This is what I’m thinking: * Terrell Owens is gone but not forgotten in Buffalo. The second season premiere, “Bye Bye, Buffalo,” of VH-1’s “The T.O. Show” had a 2.1 rating here last Sunday. That’s about a third lower than the series premiere last season but a 2.1 still beat the average ...

This is what I’m thinking * The Buffalo market hasn’t been very interested in the broadcast networks’ attempt to woe audiences with original scripted summer programming. This June through Wednesday, the broadcast affiliates here have averaged 19.2 rating points a night. A year ago, the figure ...

Former Channel 2 consumer reporter Mike Igoe has been preparing for two big events this summer. Last Saturday, Igoe’s daughter, Channel 7 reporter Kyla Igoe, was married to Shaun Handley on one of the most beautiful days of the summer. Handley works for the Buffalo Bills in the information and technology ...

Channel 2 anchor-reporter Marissa Bailey has been named the station’s permanent 10 p.m. anchor on the newscast that airs on WNYO-TV. According to an email sent to the staff of the NBC affiliate by News Director Jeff Woodard, Bailey occasionally will be in the field instead of the studio at 10 p.m. ...

Award-winning Buffalo native David Milch (“Deadwood”) is coming back to HBO with a new series, “Luck,” that stars Dustin Hoffman (above) and takes place in the horse racing industry that Milch knows so well. Milch, who was a frequent visitor to Saratoga with his family when he was growing ...

This is what I’m thinking: * It was difficult for WUTV General Manager Nick Magnini to curb his enthusiasm about the station’s late-night lineup this fall. At 11:30 p.m., the Fox affiliate will air toned-down reruns of the first season of Larry David’s HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” “Curb” ...

Channel 4 wanted to keep reporter-anchor Jericka Duncan so badly that the station’s news director even thought of playing matchmaker. “I joked with (news director Joe Schlaerth) that if I had gotten married maybe I’d stay in Buffalo,” laughed Duncan in a telephone interview. “He tried,” ...

Some thoughts a day or so after LBJ supposedly made his big decision: * What did they know and when did they know it? That’s my question to ESPN reporters and analysts after LeBron James announced he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. I was playing a tennis league match Thursday ...

Now that Terrell Owens is a former Buffalo Bill, the question is how long will Western New Yorkers stay interested in season two of VH-1’s “The T.O Show”? Judging by Sunday’s 10:30 p.m. premiere, I’m guessing about seven minutes. That’s how long the focus is on Buffalo in an episode titled ...

Cheers. Big cheers to the voters for the Emmy nominations announced this morning. I got my wish stated in a recent blog. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton of Friday Night Lights” – who play the most supportive married couple on television – were nominated in the best actor and best actress category, ...