All I can think of is my late English grandmother Mary had something to do with waking me up at 6:02 this morning, just in time to turn on the TV to see Catherine Middleton walk down the aisle to marry Prince William. After all, I vowed not to care about the wedding. It was my [...]
After the Buffalo Sabres were eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday from the Stanley Cup playoffs viewers might have thought that the MSG post-game show would stick around for an interview with Sabre Coach Lindy Ruff. Sabres public relations man Mike Gilbert noted the post-game show ended early after all the games in Philly [...]
The blog is called stilltalkintv but I’ve branched out since leaving the local newspaper. Tuesday I was talking about the change in page 1 philosophy at the Buffalo News. Today I’m talking radio. Specifically, I’m talking about the decision of Entercom Radio to simulcast WBEN-AM on another of its stations, 107.7, the former home of [...]
During my lengthy tenure as the television critic for the Buffalo News, I was frequently taken to task by readers who thought that the newspaper was guilty of a few things that I held the local television stations accountable for doing. The answer my first editor told me to say to those critics was [...]
If there was anything more exasperating for Buffalo Sabres fans than watching the home team blow two, two-goal leads, it had to be NBC’s coverage of the 5-4 overtime loss to Philadelphia on Easter Sunday. It was exasperating throughout the game but especially in the second period. While “Inside the Glass” reporter Darren Pang [...]
I spent last weekend watching the final 12 episodes of “Friday Night Lights.” That illustrates a few things. It shows how exciting some of my weekends are. And it shows how much I love “Friday Night Lights.” Of course, regular readers know that. Last week, I blogged about last Friday’s opening episode of the [...]
I’ve been searching for a reason to explain why WNLO-TV’s “Winging It!” saw a sudden spike in the ratings last Friday. Then somebody asked, “Was Donald Trump (see right) making the rounds of the national morning shows?” Funny thought. If anything gets me to instantly change the channel, it is seeing Trump getting more [...]
What did he say? That was my question after Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 for uttering what some reporters have called an “anti-gay slur.” That is redundant, of course. I mean have you ever heard of a pro-gay slur? Newspapers, talk shows and NBA announcers have all reported on the incident [...]
Inquiring minds want to know: How did Channel 4’s new morning program on WNLO-TV, “Winging It! Buffalo Style,” do in the ratings during premiere week. Not so hot on three of the five days. Not even medium. Actually, the ratings for most of the week probably would be considered a mild disappointment when you consider [...]
If the TV rating for the Buffalo Sabres’ 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs is any indication, Sabre Fever already is very high. The game had an 18.9 rating on MSG, which was 50 percent higher than the Sabres’ 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins (12.2) in [...]