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07.11.2008 12:53 pm

TCA press tour: Live, it’s CNN

Dateline: Los Angeles

Weather: Still cool and overcast. This is Southern California?

Climate in the International Ballroom, Beverly Hilton Hotel: not yet freezing.

On this fourth of four days of presentations by cable, CNN is here, and we’re in the…

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05.23.2008 1:42 pm

‘The Mole’ returns!

ali_opt.jpgJust got off the phone with my friend Scott Stone, who worked four years to bring “The Mole” back to television — and succeeds (yay!), as of Monday, June 2. (And there’s a St. Louisan among the players; more about…

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04.02.2008 3:30 pm

What do ‘30 Rock,’ ‘Dexter’ and ‘Project Runway’ have in common?

They all won Peabody Awards for broadcasting excellence. Also announced Wednesday were Peabodys for “Mad Men” and “The Colbert Report” among entertainment shows, with a long list of awards for news. Here, from the AP, is the full list.

“30…

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02.27.2008 10:35 pm

Nielsen ratings for week of Feb. 18

Sorry, no full list this week; it didn’t arrive. But here are several Top 10s from Nielsen, including the rarely seen syndication list.

Television
Broadcast TV - United States
Week of February 18, 2008
rank Program network rating viewers (000)…

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01.08.2008 9:05 am

ABC resurrects the best reality show ever: ‘The Mole’!

I’m serious — this was one great show. Not the celebrity editions but the original, with real people. Anderson Cooper hosted, and the format had a bunch of players trying to solve tricky puzzles and challenges while one of them…

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11.09.2006 9:29 am

Election night TV: How viewers voted with their remotes

With so much interest in the local races Tuesday night, it’s no real surprise that KTVI (Channel 2) won the 9-10 p.m. hour over the broadcast networks. Fox 2 had a 19 percent audience share, to 17 percent for NBC…

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11.07.2006 11:47 pm

Election night on TV

Live coverage of anything — especially anything involving numbers; e.g.  vote totals — really tests our local TV folks. Some  are remarkably  good. I think Deanne Lane could report any story anywhere without faltering. But others…. well, let’s just say…

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