Image via Wikipedia This is what I’m thinking: * And the winner in Sunday’s head-to-head match-up between the Buffalo Bills on Channel 7 and the Emmy Awards on Channel 2 is… The Emmys. But not by much, especially when you consider the Emmys were live and the Bills’ 35-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Saturday [...]
Image via Wikipedia Jimmy Fallon rocked. The host of the 62nd annual Emmy Awards was so good Sunday night that any fears that show producer Charlie Haykel of Williamsville had that this year’s awards show couldn’t live up to last year’s hosted by Neil Patrick Harris were unwarranted right from the opening number. With the [...]
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Williamsville native Charlie Haykel may not know who is going to win the Emmys on Sunday. That’s my job. But as a producer of the NBC telecast, the St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute graduate knows what host Jimmy Fallon is going to be doing. In a telephone interview from [...]
Image via Wikipedia Channel 4 senior correspondent Rich Newberg had the potential breaking news story of a lifetime when City Grill suspect Riccardo M. McCray surrendered at the station’s Elmwood Avenue studios Wednesday afternoon hours before he was charged with four counts of murder. What reporter wouldn’t jump at the chance of interviewing McCray after [...]
Image by memoflores via Flickr This is what I’m thinking: * To be perfectly honest, I’ve hardly watched network television this summer. I did turn on Miss Universe from Las Vegas on Monday — by mistake. Well, not exactly by mistake. I turned on NBC’s coverage of the Donald Trump event 10 minutes early because I was [...]
When I was a little rough on the local TV stations in Buffalo News columns over the years that dealt with the coverage of big events invariably I’d receive a few emails from people condemning me for not holding the newspaper to the same standards. I’d explain that my job description didn’t include critiquing the newspaper. [...]
Image via Wikipedia I went to the movies Saturday night and felt like I was watching television. That’s because before the video game movie “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” and the previews began, there were promotional features on three new fall TV series. I’ve seen just about all the new network fall series (yes, bloggers [...]
Image via Wikipedia Tony Siragusa, TV critic. The Fox analyst turned into one Friday night during a sideline interview with Cincinnati Bengal receivers and new best friends Terrell Owens (right) and Chad Ochocinco during the Bengals’ 22-9 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. At one point in the endlessly silly and entertaining interview, Siragusa appeared to [...]
Image via Wikipedia StillTalkin TV, BBE. Oh, you don’t know what BBE stands for? It stands for Buffalo Bills Edition. Here are some thoughts about Channel 7’s coverage of the Bills surprising 34-21 victory Thursday over the Indianapolis Colts: * While the perception is that interest in the team is down this year, TV ratings [...]
Image via Wikipedia This is what I’m thinking: * Channel 2 made a nice makeup call Wednesday night when it did a brief story about whether young professionals would still be willing to go downtown after last weekend’s shootings near the City Grill. The station interviewed a young male and a young female — [...]