EPISTEMIC CLOSURE ON DISPLAY
We have to hand it to “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace. By now he is keenly aware that a huge chunk of Fox ...
Category: As Seen on TV
STICK TO THE FORECAST
Ah, the dangers of being too entertaining. It was a rather slow Monday at KSWO, the Gray station in Lawton, OK, so someone got ...
SUPER BOWL REPORTER STANDS TOUGH
CBS Sports reporter Tracy Wolfson wasn’t going to let the madness of the Super Bowl’s ending stop her from getting an interview with Tom ...
BUILD THAT WALL
Now here’s a wall with a real purpose – serving as a backdrop for NBC News correspondent Miguel Almaguer’s “Nightly News” standup Viewers were ...
NOT YOUR TYPICAL FRIDAY NEWS DUMP
All the Emmys, Dupont, Awards, Reporter of the Year recognitions and other industry accolades won’t shield you from repercussions if you have a problem ...
IT’S TOUGH TO QUIT THOSE BANNERS
In the wake of the media feeding frenzy off a “Buzzfeed News” report that claimed Mr. Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to ...
F&F CELEBRATES 20 YEARS WITH AN “AUDIENCE”
For the first time in its 20-year history, “Fox and Friends” on Thursday took the kurvy kouch act to a live, and evidently hand-picked, ...
TWO FAMILIAR POLITICAL NAMES DEBUT AS CABLE GASBAGS
Will this ever stop? Recycling politicians – particularly failed and second-chance-seeking politicians- is becoming an all-too-familiar ploy of the 24/7 cable networks in their ...
ON THE DYSFUNCTION BEAT
This must be a first….taking the nightly newscast on the road to cover dysfunction. And that is exactly what NBC News did Wednesday night. ...
“IS THAT ALL THERE IS?”
It was curiously anti-climactic after all the buildup – the network hand-wringing over whether to grant prime air time, then the demand for equal ...
AN INSULT TURNED ON ITS HEAD
A somewhat uncharitable viewer of Tribune’s WGN undoubtedly thought [s]he was being clever when sending morning meteorologist Morgan Kolkmeyer side-by-side pictures of her and ...
HEARST LAUNCHES STILL ANOTHER BOSTON NEWSCAST
Starting yesterday in Boston, Hearst’s WCVB launched a new evening news show — anchored by Maria Stephanos and Ben Simmoneau, with chief meteorologist Harvey ...
IS THIS THE NEW FACE OF “TODAY’S” 4TH HOUR?
“Bravo’s Play by Play” host Jerry O’Connell would like to be the guy who replaces Kathie Lee Gifford when the cork is put back ...
“IT HELPS TO HAVE A GOOD HEAD OF HAIR”
Iconic New York newsman Ernie Anastos is marking 40 years of doing television news in the Big Apple. He did the usual tour of ...
REPORTER MAKES TRICK SHOT
The Harlem Globetrotters will once again make an annual appearance in Milwaukee on New Year’s Eve with perhaps a new Globetrotter? WTMJ (NBC) reporter ...
ALASKA QUAKE ROCKS ANCHORAGE NEWSROOMS
Friday’s Alaska 7.0 magnitude earthquake knocked Anchorage tv stations off the air and forced staffers to improvise to get the news out. Social media ...
FOX BANISHES GUEST FOR CRAPPY CLINTON SIMILE
So will Anna Paulina someday come back as a Fox News talking head? Or will her Thanksgiving gratuitously over-the-top insult of Hillary Clinton prove ...
HOW MUCH MORE UNHINGED CAN DOBBSY GET?
The judge’s decision in the Acosta/CNN vs. White House pushed the once-rational Lou Dobbs ever closer to the edge. Minutes after the ruling by ...
PLANT A SEED, DUMP AN INTERVIEW
Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney was evidently Thursday so excited about his failed interview with Kimbal Musk that he decided to revisit it later ...
AA-A-A-AND THE MOST-TRUSTED NEWS ANCHOR IS….
Small hint….CNN’s Anderson Cooper is the ONLY cable news anchor to show up in the top five. He came in second and was followed ...
FOX REPORTER DEFENDS MICHELLE OBAMA’S ANGER
Fox News reporter Ed Henry used an ingenious and, at Fox News, unassailable comparison to defend former First Lady Michelle Obama in her assertion ...
DID THE CELEBRATION START A LITTLE EARLY AT WDIV?
Michigan voters went to the polls last week to decide, among other things, the fate of the state’s Proposition One, which would legalize recreational ...
WHEN OBAMA-TRASHING GOES WRONG
Pete Hegseth would dearly love to be a member of the Administration’s cabinet, but, for now, he’s willing to settle for being one of ...
MONEY TALK$
That controversial ad unveiled by the Tweeter-in-Chief last week tying cop-killer Luis Bracamontes to the migrant caravan in Mexico and then draped around the ...
BALTIMORE FORECASTER COLLAPSES ON AIR
Vytas Reid, chief meteorologist for Sinclair flagship WBFF in Baltimore, was rattling off weather stats during his segment Thursday afternoon he suddenly fell. It ...
OPRAH THE CAMPAIGNER GETS A FOX “THUMBS-UP”
Don’t look for Oprah Winfrey to be back on “60 Minutes” any time soon. She’s taking a leave from the program after a year ...
OLFACTORY FUN IN N’AWLINS
It apparently was Talent Roundup Day at Tribune’s WGNO in New Orleans last week and News With A Twist reporter Kenny Lopez took the ...
SHE’S GOT A GIRL CRUSH
Miranda Combs, investigative reporter at Gray’s WKYT in Lexington, KY, was in Washington DC this week for the signing of a measure that would ...
KURVY KOUCH BORDER MISSION AKKOMPLISHED
Make that the FOUR Dumbest People On Television. Tuesday morning, the denizens of the “Fox and Friends” kurvy kouch sent out intrepid reporter Griff ...
NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA ROLLS OUT NEW PROGRAM
“Sixers Outsiders,” a new program that will air after most Philadelphia 76ers games (excluding West Coast games and Christmas) launched this weekend on NBC ...
FROM MORNINGS TO PRIMETIME
Tribune’s longtime Chicago morning anchor, Larry Potash, is getting a shot at prime time where he’ll have a chance to share his love for ...
TV REPORTER GETS A BUZZ FROM ASSIGNMENT
“This is probably the craziest thing I ever done in my entire life,” WGNO reporter Adam Bowles claimed. We have to agree. Bowles went ...
SOMETIMES THE OLD WAYS ARE THE BEST WAYS, PART 1
Ever wonder what a meteorologist does when the graphic computer crashes and there is a gang of time to fill? You go old school….just ...
SOMETIMES THE OLD WAYS ARE THE BEST WAYS, PART 2
If you’re a Philadelphia Eagles fan (and we know quite of few of them), you are feeling pretty anxious about the lackluster start to ...
SACTO TV NEWS CREW ROBBED AFTER LIVE SHOT
KOVR reporter Dina Kupfer and her crew had just finished a live shot on domestic violence awareness when they were approached by a man ...
WATTS UP WITH THIS CASTING?
So you thought it was an odd bit of casting that Russell Crowe will play Roger Ailes in an upcoming Showtime mini-series based on ...
UNIVISION LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSCAST
Univision, trying desperately to stay afloat, is hoping to break into the English-language market with new programming. To that end, the network last week ...
SOUTH FLORIDA MARVELS AT ALL-FEMALE MORNING TEAMS
We’re not unfamiliar with all-female anchor teams. We have one here in Da Burgh, at Hearst’s WTAE and it has become our go-to morning ...
CNNI MAKING MOVES WITH NEW AM PROGRAM
“First Move with Julia Chatterley” is wrapping up its debut week as the new morning offering on CNN International. “First Move” is presented live ...
REPORTER BUSTS LOOTERS
A Wilmington, North Carolina reporter made some looters famous while covering the aftermath of Hurricane Florence Saturday. They may not want this attention, however. People ...
THE WEATHER CHANNEL HITS AND MISSES
Oh, you crazy Weather Channel! On the one hand, you give us incredible innovations like the virtual storm surge video seen here. On the ...
FLORENCE BRINGS RAIN TO THE CAROLINAS, POLITICAL $$ TO TV
As Hurricane, then tropical storm and now tropical depression, Florence zeroed in and soaked the Carolinas over the weekend, the number of political ads ...
“I’M JULIE CHEN MOONVES. GOOD NIGHT.”
Les is gone, but what about his wife, Julie Chen? The above quote is her sign-off on last night’s episode of “Big Brother” so, ...
HOW THE HELL DID HE MISS THE PARROT?
As cable news ratchets up its coverage of the imminent approach of Hurricane Flo later this week, live shots abound, and everybody has a ...
WHAT THE HELL IS HE ON ABOUT NOW?
On the same day the FBI arrested a Los Angeles man for threatening the lives of journalists at the Boston Globe ( calling them ...
IT COULD MAKE YOU SWEAR OFF LIVE SHOTS
This has to be seen to be believed. KRDO reporter Krystal Story and crew were live on the air reporting on a fatal shooting ...
“TODAY” ANCHOR QUITS, STILL HAS TWO JOBS
The Melvin family showed up on the street outside 30 Rock as Craig Melvin signed off one of his three jobs at the network. ...
WHEN IN DOUBT, SMACK IT
“The Today Show’s” Al Roker is not a restrained personality. And he has always been quick with an ad lib – often far less ...
MOVING IN WITH THE PARENTS
Fox O&O WNYW in New York had a bumpy night two nights ago as the station lost Internet access, reportedly due to construction issues. ...
BONEHEAD SHOWS OFF HIS INTELLIGENCE ON C-SPAN
C-SPAN is the last refuge of reasonably intelligent discourse on its phone-in shows. The refuge appears to be under siege. “The Washington Post‘s” Paul ...
JOIN THE CLUB
OK, we get it…Chicago has a distinctive skyline. The Willis Tower. The Hancock. The CNA Tower. Metropolis. But does EVERY tv station have to ...
REMEMBER WHEN WE BEAT COMMUNIST JAPAN?
Really, it’s just too easy. Ainsley Earhardt wants to be a journalist. “I mean, I want to be a journalist, I want to ask ...
ONLY ON FOX NEWS
While everybody, rightly, went out of their way to pay tribute to the Queen of Soul on her passing Thursday, leave it to Fox ...
MAKING THE MOVE FROM SPORTS TO NEWS IN SATX
David Chancellor is the new morning co-anchor alongside newcomer Alex Del Cid at Sinclair’s WOAI in San Antonio. He started this morning. In making ...
AN INSIDE LOOK
NBC News took advantage of some infrastructure left behind by resident at that New Mexico compound that was raided by authorities last week to ...
INGRAHAM DITCHES DOG WHISTLE; DAVID DUKE APPROVES
So far, the only person of note who approves of Laura Ingraham’s headlong descent into what can only be described as unfiltered white nationalism ...
TRAUMATIZED BY THANKS
A Chicago viewer with far too much time on his hands recently wrote to Tribune’s WGN demanding that anchors stop thanking reporters who are ...
GETTING THE STORY VIA SMARTPHONE
Well here’s one way to get around visually-challenging phone interviews. It’s not perfect, but when NBC’s Lester Holt recently did a phone interview with ...
GUILIANI TRIPS OVER HIS OWN TONGUE AND FOX IS GETTING IMPATIENT
Remember when Rudy Guiliani was coherent? Well….compared to recently anyway. Even Fox News is getting a little irritated with his ramblings, walkbacks, flip-flops and ...
HISTORY-MAKING BUFFALO WEATHER LINEUP
There’s a bit of history being made in the Buffalo market at Tegna’s WGRZ. Meteorologists Maria Genero and Heather Waldman are now sharing forecasting ...
ADDITIONAL DUTIES FOR BIRMINGHAM ANCHOR
WVTM anchor Lisa Crane is adding the title of producer to her resume. This fall, the Hearst station in Birmingham, AL is launching a ...
ABC NEWS GOES BIG(GER) WITH VIDEO WALL
It’s bigger, it’s curved, it’s even MORE seamless. It’s the latest video wall unveiled on “ABC World News Tonight.” The older one – big, ...
HEARST GM: “WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY”
Hearst’s Jackson, MS general manager thinks it’s time to step up and speak out about recent violence and threats again journalists. WAPT GM Mike ...
WARDROBE MALFUNCTION ON THE SET
Dear Diary, Today was my first day on my new job and I was so excited I could burst. Instead my pants did. Thanks ...
WALLACE GETS TENSE WITH PUTIN
While Hannity was playing the poodle to Mr. Trump, Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday” was playing bulldog to Vladimir Putin in another Fox ...
BUH-BYE CNN MONEY
The “CNN Money” brand’s days are numbered. By this fall, CNN will group together what was “CNN Money,” “CNN Media,” and “CNN Tech,” under ...
IS THIS HOW SINCLAIR LAUNCHES ITS FOX NEWS ALTERNATIVE?
Sinclair Broadcast Group is planning to launch a streaming TV service this year that could create a new competitor for Fox News. The free ...
SPOKANE REPORTER CROWNED
KREM reporter DanaMarie McNicholl only joined the station last August, but she’s already saying goodbye Temporarily. McNicholl recently won the Miss Washington title which ...
“YOU ARE NOT ALONE”
Nicole Hickl, an anchor at Sinclair’s KGBT in Harlingen, TX, has gone public with her battle against depression, something she has been dealing with ...
MSNBC CANCELS HEWITT WEEKEND PROGRAM
Last week we reported that MSNBC was looking for a new EP to help create a new weekend morning program that they hope will ...
HOMELAND SECURITY BREAKS UP A TV INTERVIEW WITH WHISTLEBLOWER
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson James Schwab opened up to “CBS This Morning” about why he abruptly resigned in March. But his ...
LIVIN’ THE DREAM IN PHILLY
Robert Johnson is a summer intern at Disney’s WPVI in Philadelphia, PA And for the Penn State student, it’s a lifelong dream come true. ...
ABC ABJECTLY APOLOGIZES FOR BONEHEAD CHYRON ERROR
How the hell does this happen? As ABC News was covering – “live” – the announcement by Mr. Trump that he would sign an ...
NETWORKS SHINE HARSH LIGHT ON DETENTION CENTERS
Since the beginning of the “zero tolerance” immigration policy that is separating would-be immigrants from their children, the Trump Administration has been arguing – ...
REALLY??!?!?
We were mystified a week ago over the story of Lauren Olesky, the West Palm Beach meteorologist whose nervous manhandling of a Rubik’s Cube ...
SINGER-SONGWRITER ENTERS THE JINGLE GAME
Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams showed up on Scripps KMGH in Denver during last night’s 5 pm newscast to do the weather, promote his concert at ...
MEGYN’S NIGHTMARE: HOMELESS PEOPLE IN STARBUCKS’ BATHROOMS
As the better part of the Starbucks workforce across the country took half a day off yesterday for sensitivity training, Megyn Kelly aired her ...
