It was one of the more horrifying comments made in the wake of the downtown weekend shootings near the City Grill. And it was made by a television reporter, even though he tied the comment to someone else. I’m talking about what Channel 7 reporter John Borsa said during the 5:30 p.m. news Tuesday ...

Image via Wikipedia As I’ve written before when I was a newspaper columnist, I get easily annoyed. Maybe not as easily as Larry David of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fame. But at times it is close. Things that happen on TV can be especially annoying. Here are a few of my latest annoyances. * I’m ...

Cathy Jamison (Laura Linney) worries about being too boring early in tonight’s 10:30 premiere of the Showtime series dark comedy about a woman dealing with cancer in her own way, “The Big C.” But have no fear — this series with the potentially uncomfortable subject matter is never boring. ...

Sunday is usually a day of rest for stilltalkintv but an exception is being made because of the tragic events that led to the shooting deaths of four people after a wedding party in a downtown restaurant. Here are a few thoughts about the coverage: * I woke up Sunday morning in time to catch departing ...

Some random thoughts while watching the Buffalo Bills not even reach low expectations in a 42-17 preseason loss to the Washington Redskins Friday night: * Ex Bills Steve Tasker and Ray Bentley assuredly were a lot softer on the Bills during Channel 7’s telecast than the team’s fans undoubtedly were ...

Steve Tasker John Murphy, who is entering his seventh year as the radio play-by-play man of the Buffalo Bills, isn’t buying the idea that interest in this year’s edition of the team is down as it prepares for the preseason opener at 7:30 tonight against the Washington Redskins. “I know ...

This is what I’m thinking on a rainy morning: Sex and the City, Part 3: The June adultery case involving a Batavia woman ended with a reduced charge and reduced coverage on local television.The adultery charge gave the story top-of-the-news treatment in June. On Wednesday, local stations dismissed ...

I had to laugh at the question headline in Tuesday’s Buffalo News about the new CBS comedy, “$#*! My Dad Says,” starring William Shatner: “Is Shatner’s new show cursed by its title?” I laughed harder at the headline than I did while recently watching the pilot that comes from the same ...

Leonardo DiCaprio I’m back from the Jackson Hole, Wyoming wedding, a true vacation in every sense of the word for a TV critic who blogs. You see I stayed in a room with my two sons, which meant the only TV I watched was ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and its exhaustive coverage of Tiger Woods’ ...

TV never stops. But stilltalkintv is going to take another rest for a few days. I’m telling you this because after taking a few days off last week I got a few emailers asking me if I were sick. Hey, even bloggers deserve a vacation. Now I’m heading to a wedding in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where I’m ...