Image by Felix_Nine via Flickr   Channel 4 meteorologist Lindsay Schwarzwaelder’s reasons for leaving the top-rated station are as clear as the Buffalo sky on a beautiful fall day. She was trained at Penn State University to be a meteorologist, not a reporter. And at 25, the native of New Jersey ...

Image via Wikipedia   This is what I’m thinking: It is rare a television station reports on its own problems with people in the news. But Thursday night, Channel 2 reported that Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino isn’t talking to the station because he was upset about its coverage. It ...

Image via Wikipedia   Early readers of stilltalkintv may recall that last season’s finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” was one of the inspirations for this blog. Former Channel 4 anchor Lisa Flynn wrote how much she liked the finale on Facebook. I commented on Facebook that I hated the episode, ...

Image via Wikipedia   Carl Paladino seems to be begging to be the next Tea Party candidate to be parodied on “Saturday Night Live.” The late-night program deliciously skewered the political ad in which Delaware Senate hopeful Christine O’Donnell looked in the camera and told voters “I ...

Image via Wikipedia   It is always more interesting to look at local TV ratings than national ones. With that in mind, here are the Top 10 things to notice from the local ratings last week –  the third week of the new season: 1) The 9 p.m. Monday premiere of Fox’s “Lie to Me” didn’t ...

Image via Wikipedia   Maybe it was the beautiful Super Sunday weather in October. Maybe it was the fact that the Buffalo Bills look like they are going to have their worst season in 25 years. Maybe the blackout of the Bills game against Jacksonville had local fans glued to the radio call by ...

Image via Wikipedia    Buffalo Bills armchair fans lose twice on Sunday because the NFL’s team home game with the Jacksonville Jaguars is being blacked out.  First, it means the Bills-Jags game won’t be carried on Channel 4, the local CBS affiliate.  Secondly, it means only one of two ...

Channel 2 Saturday “Daybreak” anchor Erika Brason has left the station, General Manager Jim Toellner confirmed today.  “She left for personal reasons,” said Toellner. He declined to answer  whether it was her choice to leave.  “I never comment on personnel matters,” said Toellner. ...

Image via Wikipedia This is what I’m thinking: * Channel 4 led its 11 p.m. news Tuesday with an exclusive interview with former Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch (see right) about his trade to Seattle. The story continued with a Mylous Hairston report and ran for three minutes. Nothing ...

Image via Wikipedia Have you fallen behind watching “Grey’s Anatomy”? “Desperate Housewives”? “Brothers & Sisters”? “Modern Family”?  In four weeks, many Time Warner Cable subscribers will have a chance to catch up on their favorite ABC programs starring Patrick Dempsey, ...