In honor of Larry King’s decision to end his CNN show this fall, here are some King-like opinions: * Channel 2 anchor-reporter Marissa Bailey does impressive work no matter where the station uses her. She reminds me why I shouldn’t be too critical when young people begin working in this market. I wasn’t overly impressed [...]
Anchors and reporters at Channel 4 soon will be playing musical chairs. According to sources, anchor-reporter Michele McClintick will be moving shortly to become a reporter on the CBS affiliate’s popular morning show “Wake Up.” McClintick just came off maternity leave so she undoubtedly is used to waking up early these days. Jericka Duncan, who [...]
At the end of the 10 O’Clock News on CW-23 last Thursday, anchor Lisa Flynn (above with her seven-year-old son Thomas and husband Tom) announced something that stilltalkintv revealed weeks ago. One of the inspirations for this blog is leaving WIVB-TV Channel 4 and its sister station, WNLO-TV. “I got one email,” said Flynn in [...]
This is what I’m thinking: * The NHL Awards from Las Vegas Wednesday were a pathetic, cheap attempt by the league to use musical acts like the Goo Goo Dolls and celebrity presenters to enhance the entertainment value of the telecast. The celebrity presenters made a bad joke out of the two awards given to [...]
Mark Wahlberg confused Tyler Myers when he presented the National Hockey League award Wednesday for rookie of the year by announcing the winner as Tie Domi instead of the Buffalo Sabres defenseman. It was unclear whether the envelope Wahlberg was reading had the name of the retired Toronto Maple Leafs bad boy, the actor-producer misread [...]
In one sense, it was earth-shattering news. An earthquake that was centered about 250 miles away in Canada shook portions of Western New York Wednesday afternoon. In another sense, it wasn’t earth-shattering news. No one was hurt here and the buildings were fine. The most predictable aspect of the unpredictable event was how local TV [...]
Here’s the headline on a very funny, mock retirement story written by Jeff Simon about me: “He Watched Crap So We Didn’t Have To.” My role hasn’t changed as a blog critic. That’s a perfect introduction to “Rookie Blue,” the new ABC drama that premieres at 9 p.m. Thursday on WKBW-TV. It’s a Canadian production [...]
One of the jokes at the retirement party for nine Buffalo News staffers was about the picture in my column. It hadn’t changed in 20, 25 or 30 years, which meant I was sort of like the ageless character Richard (Nestor Carbonell) on “Lost.” There were some advantages of using an old picture. It isn’t [...]
Who’s That Girl with the unusual name? No, not Madonna. Nalina. Inquiring minds want to know where Channel 4’s newest reporter, Nalina Shapiro, came from before she recently popped up on newscasts. Okay, a buddy of mine asked me who the new pretty blonde was on the area’s news leader. The answer illustrates how much [...]
This is what I’m thinking: * The ABC team covering the NBA Finals of play-by-play man Mike Breen and analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson were as good as any announcing team in any sport. That was especially true in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 83-79 victory over the Boston Celtics Thursday night in Game [...]