Image by Getty Images via @daylife   Inquiring minds wanted to know: Where was Tiny Fey Sunday night? Fey was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American humor in a 90-minute taped celebration from Washington, D.C. that aired nationally on PBS.  Locally, WNED-TV aired a Nature program, ...

Image via Wikipedia    Some leftovers after the Veterans Day holiday: * It is a popular theory that the Buffalo Bills haven’t been a big TV draw in this  0-8 season.  It’s true the ratings haven’t hit the usual territory in the 30s lately . But their 22-19 loss to the Chicago Bears in ...

Image via Wikipedia   Americans can debate for another two years whether Sarah Palin is qualified to be the nation’s President or if someone who may run for the office should parade her family before reality show cameras. But it is as clear as the Alaska sky that she is made for television. Her ...

Image via Wikipedia   This is what I’m thinking: * “Conan” was a late-night winner in Western New York Monday night as well as the nation. In his first night on basic cable’s TBS, O’Brien’s new basic cable talk show had a 3.9 local rating at 11 p.m., which was about 30 percent higher ...

Image via Wikipedia   Other than a clever opening “Godfather” parody tied to NBC murdering his “Tonight Show” dream job, Conan O’Brien’s late-night  TBS  show, “Conan,” was an offer easy to refuse in Monday’s 11 p.m. premiere.  Ten months removed from his ouster ...

Image via Wikipedia   This is what I’m thinking: * You may have thought that the days of sleazy sweeps series were a thing of the past and it was safe to turn on the 11 p.m. local news in November. Then along comes “Crimes of Passion,” the hidden-camera Channel 7 series reported by John ...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife   Here is a Sunday Night Football special that includes an eight-pack of thoughts about the radio and coverage of the most recent Buffalo Bill loss to put them behind the 8-ball at 0-8. 1. Fox’s announcing team of Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan certainly took the ...

Image via Wikipedia   Just in time for the Breeders’ Cup weekend, “Mr. Ed” is back on local television. That classic TV show about a talking horse is part of the schedule of WNGS, Channel 67, which returned Wednesday on many Time Warner Cable systems on Channel 5.  WNGS, which formerly ...

  Did you miss seeing all the negative political advertisements when they were eliminated from the local TV newscasts the day after Election Day?  Didn’t think so.  But one negative ad is still worth talking about it.  I saw the ad that attacked New York State Comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, ...

Image via Wikipedia   The Top 10 thoughts about the coverage of the 2010 Election Day: 1) What speech was he watching? After Carl Paladino made his extended and belated concession speech Tuesday night, Channel 4 anchor Don Postles opined: “A very long and beautiful speech.”  Long, yes. But ...