Feb 2007
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 19 (Tues., Feb. 27)
02/28/07 04:24 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
D-FW TV's long, winding, marathon road
through the February sweeps hits the finish line
Wednesday night. But unclebarky.com is still hiking
it, so take a look at 10 p.m.'s two queen bees of
tease. You also can check in on the latest local
ratings, courtesy of the freshly stocked Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page. There's a new TV Bulletin Board,
too. Woo-hoo.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
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Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 18 (Mon., Feb. 26)
02/27/07 05:22 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Who's prettier -- NBC5's Brian Curtis
or CBS11's Ginger Allen? OK, we're stretching things
here, but after 18 nights worth of 10 p.m. newscast
watching, unclebarky.com is entitled to a little
flight of lunacy. Also check out the latest ratings
to see if NBC's new The Black Donnellys made
much of an impression locally. Your venue is the
Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page. Also, look to Network News
& Reviews for a closer look at Tuesday
night's poignant Bob Woodruff special on ABC. And
the final national Nielsens are in for Sunday's
Oscars. See how they compare with other telecasts
on TV Bulletin Board.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 17 (Fri., Feb. 23)
02/26/07 07:28 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Sorry for the delay in posting, but
the Oscars made for a long night Sunday and
unclebarky.com occasionally has to re-fuel with more
than diesel. The Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page is now fully and freshly restocked,
though. How'd the Oscars do in D-FW? Why are the
Belo8 anchors so revved up on the air? C'mon, get
cheeky.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
What a pair: the Oscars and The Black
Donnellys
02/26/07 02:36 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
The Network News
& Reviews page is filled to the rim with
looks at Sunday's Oscar-cast and Monday's new
The Black Donnellys from previous
Oscar-winner Paul Haggis. There are lots of nice
pictures, too. Have a look.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Thanks and no thanks: Winners, losers and host Ellen
DeGeneres get ready for their closeups
02/23/07 06:51 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
The 59th annual Academy Awards will be
closing out the last Sunday of the February sweeps.
See unclebarky.com's cute mini-preview, complete with
fun facts and handy reference links. The host page is
Network News
& Reviews.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 16 (Thurs., Feb. 22)
02/23/07 02:16 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Just four more nights to go before
unclebarky.com heads for the funny farm. Check out
our latest detailed looks at D-FW's February
sweeps-fueled 10 p.m. newscasts. And see which
high-powered show was Thursday's biggest draw --
American Idol or Grey's Anatomy. The
Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page again is ready to rock.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 15 (Wed., Feb. 21)
02/22/07 03:33 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
It's getting closer at 10 p.m. as we
head down the homestretch of the February sweeps
ratings period. See why one station went after nail
salons Wednesday night. Hint: lots more women watch
local newscasts than men, particularly in the key
25-to-54-year-old demographic. Unclebarky.com turns
loose with more pointed commentary, welcoming all
sexes and pets to read it on the newly reloaded
Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
American Idol's UNT singer of note
02/21/07 04:51 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Former University of North Texas
College of Music student Brandon Rogers (1996-'99)
didn't wow the judges during Tuesday night's
performances by American Idol's 12 male
finalists. Then again, neither did anyone else,
really. Brandon seems like a nice guy with a
velveteen voice, though. So here's his likable
audition tape in hopes it'll be a good luck charm for
him.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 14 (Tues., Feb. 20)
02/21/07 04:26 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Which was funnier at 10 p.m. Tuesday
-- Comedy Central's The Daily Show or NBC5's
newscast? Unclebarky.com twits, you decide. Also, the
hotly contested 10 p.m. ratings race tightens a bit.
See for yourself on the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Changing partners: Heather Mills segues from Sir Paul
to Dancing with the Stars
02/21/07 09:42 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
Tongues already are wagging with the
news that Heather Mills will be among the 11
contestants on ABC's fourth edition of Dancing
with the Stars. Get all the details and see who
else is vying for Emmitt Smith's crown on the
Network News
& Reviews page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 13 (Mon., Feb. 19)
02/20/07 03:52 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
All four of the 10 p.m. local
newscasts again were viewed in their entirety Monday.
But the focus this time is on ratings frontrunners
Belo8 and NBC5, who caught these eyes with four
stories from two entirely different disciplines. Hope
that doesn't sound too weighty. Also, see how a Belo8
tactical misjudgment prohibited the station from
widening its still narrow 10 p.m. lead over NBC5.
Your venue is the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page, where the beat goes on with seven
weekdays remaining in the February sweeps wars.
Pant-pant, there's a fresh batch of Ask Uncle Barky
questions, too.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 12 (Fri., Feb. 16)
02/19/07 12:32 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Sports anchor Dale Hansen throws a
bone at Bark. And the NBA All-Star game nets nothing
but impressive ratings. Get all these details and
much, much more on the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Right from the start: Fox News Channel skewers the
left in new comedy news show
02/18/07 02:06 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Conservatively speaking, here comes
Fox News Channel's satirical 1/2 Hour News
Show. Read all about it on Network News
& Reviews. You also can check out this
clip of the show's Barack Obama sendup:
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 11 (Thurs., Feb. 15)
02/16/07 05:13 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
A peanut butter scare brought D-FW to
its knees Thursday. At least that's the impression
received from two of that night's 10 p.m. newscasts.
See who spread it the thickest and also catch up on
the latest local ratings highlights. Your jelly's
waiting on the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Ending an era: Tracy Rowlett retiring next year
02/16/07 12:00 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
By ED BARK
Confirming rampant rumors and previously private communications, CBS11 anchor Tracy Rowlett announced Friday that he'll be retiring from TV news when his contract expires in July 2008.
Rowlett also will reduce his workload, anchoring just the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts after the February sweeps ratings period. His replacement at 10 p.m., beginning in March, will be current early morning anchor Doug Dunbar.
"Retirement for me will just be a reassignment," Rowlett said in a statement released by the station. "CBS11 has been very supportive of my family and me, and I will remain part of the Channel 11 family always."
In later comments to unclebarky.com, Rowlett said, "Frankly, it's all good. It's easier for me to step away than one might think. (His wife) Jill and I are looking forward to more time with Michael (their son) and our grandchildren. And there's the quality of life."
Rowlett left Belo8 after a quarter-century to join Channel 11 just after CBS bought the station in 1999. A partially enforced non-compete clause kept him off the air until February 2000, when he began anchoring the station's 10 p.m. newscasts with Karen Borta. CBS11 currently is running third in the late night news ratings.
Dunbar has worked the 5 to 7 a.m. shift for the past three years.
"Tracy is a news icon in North Texas," he said. "I am honored to have his wisdom and support to build upon his tradition of excellence."
Dunbar also will replace the departing Jody Dean as co-anchor of the 4 p.m. newscasts with Maria Arita. The station hasn't yet named Dunbar's early morning replacement.
CBS11 president and general manager Steve Mauldin said the station "would not be where it is today without the presence of Tracy Rowlett. He has made, and continues to make, significant contributions toward the success of our news operation."
No longer just "The Ticket": Gordo flies solo with
Belo
02/16/07 05:07 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
By ED BARK
At least Belo Corporation's trying to loosen its corset a bit.
Irrefutable proof is The Gordon Keith Show, which premiered Thursday night at 10 on Belo8's baby brother, KFWD-TV (Channel 52). It's undoubtedly the company's first presentation to use the words, "Keepin' yo' ass in stitches." Does imperial Belo boss of bosses Robert W. Decherd even know this program is on? If not, don't tell him.
Keith is best known as the knuckleballing comedy relief pitcher on "The Ticket's" (1310 AM) Dunham and Miller morning drive program. His humor can be an acquired taste, but many have acquired it. Now he's takin' it to TV after being duly crowned in a cover story by Belo-owned Quick, for which Keith writes a weekly column.
Keith's first half-hour show, from the gleaming new Victory Park studios, had the rough-hewn feel of a well-earned hangover. Or something like that.
It began with a comedy caper involving Belo8 station manager Mike Devlin. He ranted at Keith about the show's inflated budget before climbing over his desk to chase the underling out of his office. This scene likely has been replicated several times in real life, so Devlin carried it off reasonably well.
Keith wound up on the air anyway, and he liked his new surroundings.
"It's a testament to man's abililty to engineer and a corporation's ability to spend," he marveled after welcoming his literal "audience of two," a young man and woman.
They weren't much of an audience, leaving the host to throw out one-liners into a void. Keith could have used Belo8 anchor Gloria Campos, a good, boisterous laugher who simply could have pretended he was Dale Hansen.
Opening night's highlight was the "Delkus Cam," described on WFAA.com as a "seedy portal into the life of America's favorite weatherman." Caught in the act of being himself, Pete Delkus primped into a compact mirror, clipped his toenails and worked out with miniature barbells among other things.
"It's really sickening to see your heroes fall like this," Keith cracked. But let's give Delkus credit for having more ham in him than the Iowa State Fair.
Keith's featured taped bit took him to Farmer's Branch, lately known as being highly inhospitable to illegal immigrants. Here's where he got away with tons of stuff that could never be broadcast or printed within the confines of any other Belo property.
An elderly man who said he was Brazilian had a hard time convincing Keith he wasn't Hispanic. "Are the spines different?" he wondered.
A young woman who spoke broken English -- Keith's favorite language -- was jokingly threatened with deportation.
"Where are your papers?" he asked.
Keith later pressed an aging white woman for answers.
If all illegals are evicted, "Who will water our lawns? Who will pour our concrete?"
"I have no earthly idea," she blubbered. Generic Mariachi music played throughout.
Keith's very special guests, the Dallas band Radiant, were welcomed to the studio's "love seat of love." They recently played on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and tried to play along with their host. But the segment never picked up speed and ultimately played dead. It was funny, however, to see Keith encounter a barechested, pot-bellied cameraman enroute to the love seat of love.
Viewers are being encouraged to send in their own videos for future airplay. Keith offered one for starters, a "munkybutter" short in which a Dad inadvertently knocked his kid's head off with a baseball bat.
Then came the big finish, Gordo's annual reading of Valentines sent to "the 30 women that I stalk." Sample sentiment: "Anyone can get a tattoo. But a branding iron really says you're mine."
Keith signed off by urging viewers to "remember my signature catchphrase -- goodnight."
His show wasn't all that good for starters, but these things can take time. Keith is a very inventive guy, which he'll tell you. But seriously, let's give him a chance to find his way and let's hope that Belo will let him find it.
His announced guest next week is Dallas police chief David Kunkle, also known as Mr. Sarah Dodd. Sprinkle in a few more "Delkus Cam" highlights and it could be quite a show.
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 10 (Wed., Feb. 14)
02/15/07 03:14 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Belo8 gumshoe Byron Harris aimed a
surgical strike at D magazine on Wednesday's
10 p.m. newscast. So who's really guilty of
malpractice? Our OR is on the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page. where you'll also find the latest
local ratings highlights.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Dead from Los Angeles, it's Studio 60 on the
Sunset Strip
02/14/07 06:28 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
NBC has all but canceled Studio 60
on the Sunset Strip with its announcement that a
new series, The Black Donnellys, will supplant
it a week earlier than first announced.
Studio 60 is slated to return "later this season on a date to be determined," NBC says. But the show's high production costs and sinking ratings clearly have killed its chances for a second season.
Donnellys, which now will step in for Studio 60 on the last Monday of the February sweeps (Feb. 26), is co-created and produced by Paul Haggis, director of last year's Oscar-winning Crash. Its title characters are four working class Irish brothers caught up in New York's organized crime scene.
Ed Bark
Studio 60 is slated to return "later this season on a date to be determined," NBC says. But the show's high production costs and sinking ratings clearly have killed its chances for a second season.
Donnellys, which now will step in for Studio 60 on the last Monday of the February sweeps (Feb. 26), is co-created and produced by Paul Haggis, director of last year's Oscar-winning Crash. Its title characters are four working class Irish brothers caught up in New York's organized crime scene.
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 9 (Tues., Feb. 13)
02/14/07 03:20 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Pant-pant, we've finished another
round of 10 p.m. news viewing. Only 11 more
weeknights to go before checking into a rest home.
Check out the new 10 p.m. ratings leader, and see
whose reporting stood out -- like a sore thumb or
otherwise. The Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page appreciates your patronage.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 8 (Mon., Feb. 12)
02/13/07 04:09 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
It's all knotted up at 10 p.m. after
eight nights of D-FW's February "sweeps" wars. See
how they're running on the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page, where you also can read about some
surprising prime-time preferences Monday night.
Also, former NFL star Tiki Barber has a new TV
home and North Texas-trained comedian Bill Engvall
is getting his first sitcom. Your venue is the
TV Bulletin Board.
And we're breaking through that backlog of Ask Uncle Barky
questions. Check out the new Q&A.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Anna Nicole's death: What's its shock value?
02/12/07 03:46 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
The sudden demise of Anna Nicole Smith
prompts a top 10 ranking of shocking celebrity
deaths, excluding political figures and athletes.
Where does she rate? And man, compiling the top four
turned out to be really tough. Your comments are
welcome. The launch pad is Making a List.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
CBS11/TXA21 have a new news director
02/12/07 11:20 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
Incoming news boss Regent Ducas
By ED BARK
CBS11 and sister station TXA21 have named Regent Ducas as their new vice president of news operations.
Ducas, scheduled to arrive in March, has been news director at CBS affiliate KCTV-TV in Kansas City for the past five years. He also oversaw the news operation at sister station KSMO-TV.
"We love Regent's energy and enthusiasm," CBS11 and TXA21 president and general manager Steve Mauldin said in a statement Monday. "But beyond that he is a smart, savvy newsman and an excellent communicator."
CBS11 has improved its ratings in recent years, but is still running third at 10 p.m. and a distant fourth at 6 a.m., the two key battle zones in the D-FW news wars.
"There has been a tremendous amount of work done here, so it's not as if we have to start over," Ducas said. "I understand the mission, and if I didn't think it was attainable, I wouldn't take it on."
CBS11 and TXA21 initially had hired Greg Easterly from Fox-owned WJW-TV in Cleveland. But Easterly belatedly backed out, citing personal reasons.
Submitted for your approval
02/12/07 01:04 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
Somebody here really liked Sunday
night's Grammys. Did you? Tune in the Network News
& Reviews page for a lumpen TV critic's
opinion. And check out Dallas-Fort Worth
TV to see what local station is claiming
exclusives that really aren't. Night 7 of the
ongoing February sweeps is in the books and on our
radar.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 6 (Thurs., Feb. 8)
02/09/07 11:47 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
The death of Anna Nicole Smith and the
rise of Wade Phillips were big topics on Thursday's
10 p.m. D-FW newscasts. Contrast and compare on the
Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page, where you'll also find the latest
"sweeps" ratings results. Hint: someone's creeping
up on top dog NBC5 at 10 p.m. And this time it's
not a purse-snatcher.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Two exits: CBS11 anchor Jody Dean and Belo8 reporter
Bert Lozano are saying goodnight
02/08/07 05:27 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
By ED BARK
Jody Dean is downsizing to one job. He'll keep his morning drive spot at KLUV radio (98.7 FM), but is leaving CBS11 after a decade as an anchor and former morning TV personality. His last scheduled day is March 2nd.
"My choice. No major intrigue here," Dean said in an email.
KLUV, where he replaced the legendary Ron Chapman in June, 2005, "opened my contract early and made it possible to have just one job for a change," Dean said. "I haven't been able to say that in more than a decade. I love CBS11 . . . but I'm also now 47."
Dean, who's been anchoring the 4 p.m. newscast on CBS11, is a born-again Christian who recently authored Finding God in the Evening News. Last year he was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.
It's possible he'll return to CBS11 at some point, Dean said. "Meanwhile, I'm gonna play with my wife and daughter, and watch my sons become men."
Belo8 reporter Bert Lozano also has decided to put TV behind him. His last day at the ABC station will be Friday, Lozano said in an email.
He joined Belo8 in January 2004 after a five-year stint at KSAT-TV in San Antonio. Lozano said he already has a new job. He'll be joining the global Weber Shandwick public relations firm, which has a Dallas office.
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 5 (Wed., Feb. 7)
02/08/07 03:59 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Belo8's 10 p.m. newscast took some
strange turns Wednesday night. How strange? Check out
our latest sweeps critique and also see how
Lost fared in D-FW after its return from a
three-month layoff. It's all served fresh and crispy
on the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
He's David Caruso -- and you're not
02/07/07 05:08 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 4 (Tues., Feb. 6)
02/07/07 04:45 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Tracy jabs at Dale. American
Idol hopeful Baylie Brown's slick Web site
vanishes like the wind after the Krum kid gets her
ticket to Hollywood Tuesday night. Somehow this is
all intertwined in unclebarky.com's latest sweeps
update. So you'd better get on over to the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page, where hell's a poppin'.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Long-lost Lost returns
02/07/07 08:04 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
ABC hopes absence will make hearts
grow fonder for Lost, which returns Wednesday
(Feb. 5) after three months in hiding. Find an
interview on the Network News
& Reviews page with actor Josh Holloway,
who plays down-and-dirty James "Sawyer" Ford.
We'll also spell out a few particulars about
Wednesday's return engagement, but not enough to
spoil anything.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
She's goin' to Hollywood: Baylie Brown of Krum ain't
exactly no hick
02/06/07 08:37 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
By ED BARK
Packaged as a down home baby Britney on Tuesday's American Idol auditions from San Antonio, 16-year-old Baylie Brown of Krum isn't quite a Southern-fried neophyte.
Her very polished Web site bills her as a "seasoned professional" whose CD, Big Trouble, is readily available for purchase. Not that appearances are ever quite what they seem on Idol. But the show's so-called "Texas Rose" clearly is more a slickly packaged commodity than a wide-eyed ranch kid/"city girl at heart."
She played the part well, though, and already has a leg up after singing Faith Hill's "Stronger" for the judges. Simon Cowell positively cooed, deducing that Baylie is "probably born to be a pop star . . . You are commercial with a Capital C."
Baylie then asked whether that's a good or a bad thing. The kid's a good actor, and likeable, too. She even said, "Hi, ya'll" in greeting the judges. But don't believe for a second that she's a full-blown rube from "little bitty" Krum, population 1,542. She's goin' to Hollywood with moxie to burn.
Her winning audition was greeted with a prototypical "Yee hah!" from the folks outside closed doors. Then Paula Abdul said, "I want my name to be Baylie."
Twenty-three-year-old Akron Watson of Dallas also made it to the next round, or so he thought. According to a Pegasus News story last week, Watson belatedly got disinvited after initially receiving one of Idol's coveted gold tickets.
A Fox representative confirmed the story, but said no reason would be given for why Watson suddenly was a no-go. Judges weren't overwhelmed by his initial song choice, Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come."
"There is just a massive personality/charisma problem here," Cowell said before Watson rebooted and performed Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On." That more or less won Cowell over, as Idol showed on Tuesday's show. So Watson leapt jubilantly into the arms of his likewise unemployed cousin, William Green, who minutes earlier had been used for comic relief.
Green performed "Amazing Grace" in a very slowly unfolding bass voice that had the added disadvantage of being off-key. It left judge Randy Jackson convulsed and Cowell repulsed. But the Brit broke up after Green then asked whether it now was time to prototypically trash the judges on his way out the audition room door. Go ahead, they said. So he did while the cameras rolled merrily along.
A total of 22 San Antonio auditioners, now minus Watson, were invited to Hollywood. They include Tuesday's final auditioner, 23-year-old Jimmy McNeal of Waxahachie, who performed another Cooke hit, "Cupid."
"You're like a little fun Ruben (Studdard), aren't you?" Cowell said approvingly.
Wednesday's final pre-Hollywood edition of Idol's sixth season will showcase the worst of the worst and best of the best, host Ryan Seacrest said before signing off.
Bet on seeing far more of the former. In the meantime, enjoy the Dallas cousins' decidedly different auditions:
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 3 (Mon., Feb. 5)
02/06/07 03:27 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
A mouse trap in a purse made for the
biggest story in town on one D-FW station's 10 p.m.
newscast. Did you take the bait? Also, see the latest
local ratings, where CBS11 finally scored at 10 p.m.,
but not as big as it should have. Your venue is the
Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page, where unclebarky.com is tracking all
20 weeknights of the ongoing February sweeps.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Wedding bell coos and Super Bowl XLI's final nat'l
stats
02/05/07 05:32 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Uncle Barky gets in touch with his
rugged feminine side by reviewing an In Style
wedding special on Network News
& Reviews. And see how Sunday's Super Bowl
XLI fell just a bit shy of the all-time record set
during one of the Dallas Cowboys' wins. It's all
on TV Bulletin Board.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 2 (Fri., Feb. 2)
02/05/07 11:55 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
CBS11 deserves larger audiences for
its quality 10 p.m. newscasts, but D-FW continues to
buy NBC5's scare tactics. See what we mean and also
find out how the Super Bowl played in the local
Nielsens. Your venue is the Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Life is just a Bowl of X highlights
02/05/07 12:22 AM Ed Bark | Permalink
D. Letterman and O. Winfrey were in
uniform for Sunday's big Super Bowl XLI. See our Top
X impressions and also catch a review of the new CBS
sitcom Rules of Engagement on the Network News
& Reviews page. And since it's newly
available, here's the 10-second Dave-Oprah love
spot. Cracks me up.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Frozen asset
02/02/07 06:54 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Release us, oh icy grip. Spare us your
arctic blasts, wintery mixes and shivering TV
correspondents on overhead passes. But you did give
us one of D-FW's all-time cold weather comedies on
the night of Nov. 24, 1992. That's when former Belo8
correspondent Valeri Williams reported from blustery,
sub-freezing Hedley near Amarillo. Her lips were
gloriously numb, to the considerable amusement of
toastily warm anchors Chip Moody and Tracy Rowlett.
So return with us now to that chilling day of
yesteryear, courtesy of this full-blown clip:
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Up close and objective: Sweeps ups and downs from
Night 1 (Thurs., Feb. 1)
02/02/07 03:16 PM Ed Bark | Permalink
Deep throat? The mystery behind NBC5
weatherman David Finfrock's coughing fits led to
plus-sized ratings for the station's Thursday 10 p.m.
newscast. Ready or not, we'll be charting the highs
and lows of all 20 weeknight competitions during the
just-started February sweeps. For your first dose,
and a companion ratings snapshot, check out the
Dallas-Fort Worth
TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark