Back Channelshttp://www.unclebarky.com/index.htmlUncle Barky's Bytesenunclebarky@tx.rr.comCopyright 2007 Ed Bark2013-04-09T10:54:19-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:59:44 -050020 years later: a rewind to how local media covered the 51-day standoff in Wacounclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2013-04-09T10:54:19-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/1216f515362e6f161ad784a3465497ea-46.html#unique-entry-id-46http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/1216f515362e6f161ad784a3465497ea-46.html#unique-entry-id-46Note to readers: It’s been 20 Springs since a 51-day standoff between federal law enforcement officials and followers of Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh ended in a shocking April 19th conflagration shown on live television. ]]>Networks' latest Pope-palooza harkens to a more somber but majestic occasionunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2013-03-11T11:38:36-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/f796befa95d79966bebe6f379576f17a-45.html#unique-entry-id-45http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/f796befa95d79966bebe6f379576f17a-45.html#unique-entry-id-45Note to readers: Network television's mass convergence on the Papal Conclave this week reminded me of the majestic funeral of Pope John Paul II and its live, very early morning coverage in the U.S. ]]>Replaying the launch of Fox -- and revisiting its original home in Dallas -- on the network's 25th anniversaryunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2012-04-20T08:43:22-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/4ffd1b0f6e65d14eab5566dbc5076ad1-44.html#unique-entry-id-44http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/4ffd1b0f6e65d14eab5566dbc5076ad1-44.html#unique-entry-id-44I've been covering Fox from its very beginning, dating to the time when its owned-and-operated station in Dallas was KDAF-TV (Ch. 33) rather than KDFW-TV (Channel 4). ]]>Pelley would be hard-working, Rather-esque choice to helm <i>CBS Evening News</i>unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2011-04-12T09:34:29-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/a32f5638e8e561846312e471b1ca7997-43.html#unique-entry-id-43http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/a32f5638e8e561846312e471b1ca7997-43.html#unique-entry-id-43Good Morning America in September); Russ Mitchell (joining former Congresswoman Susan Molinari next month as co-anchor of the new CBS News Saturday Morning) and Peter Van Sant (who will be a featured correspondent on CBS' new Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel). ]]>Bob Feller: Tales from a Hurst shopping mall unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2010-12-17T17:15:37-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/bf72c8e8b2df08694245389e431182b5-42.html#unique-entry-id-42http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/bf72c8e8b2df08694245389e431182b5-42.html#unique-entry-id-42R.I.P. Steven J. Cannell: Feb. 5, 1941 to Sept. 30, 2010unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2010-10-04T11:16:39-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/de591e8a6384c266dcc573597957327d-41.html#unique-entry-id-41http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/de591e8a6384c266dcc573597957327d-41.html#unique-entry-id-41King Con, during which he wrote a rough draft of the first 150 pages; fine-tuning the screenplay for Final Victim, which is still in the casting stage; shooting a Hawaii Five-0 pilot for CBS starring Gary Busey; a "couple of small acting gigs" and then back to King Con. ]]>Investigator Brett Shipp used to be Channel 4 material -- but his journalist dad Bert knew his WFAA8 time would comeunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2010-08-25T13:04:13-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/185ed4896e37cd25faacf04e1ce25779-40.html#unique-entry-id-40http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/185ed4896e37cd25faacf04e1ce25779-40.html#unique-entry-id-40Note to readers: WFAA8 investigator Brett Shipp is in the news again -- this time with a high-profile story that questions the eligibility of a hot-shot starting quarterback on Southlake Carroll's powerhouse football team. ]]>Fess Parker -- frontiersman, winemaker and above all a good, good manunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2010-03-18T18:21:55-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/cbbf946dce5afd241a1ad8167619b218-39.html#unique-entry-id-39http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/cbbf946dce5afd241a1ad8167619b218-39.html#unique-entry-id-39Staying power: Leno's a punch toy who keeps bouncing back unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2010-01-27T12:02:58-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/3b756542ae07a8bccee9aa9dab24e496-38.html#unique-entry-id-38http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/3b756542ae07a8bccee9aa9dab24e496-38.html#unique-entry-id-38George from Washington pushes his book in Dallas before ABC News strives to make him a starunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-12-14T12:40:36-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/835b759b45e1e43a524f1db637359b43-37.html#unique-entry-id-37http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/835b759b45e1e43a524f1db637359b43-37.html#unique-entry-id-37Oprah way back when -- in a starkly candid 1986 interviewunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-11-23T15:51:54-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/d83e8e5129533e902b573305f0e7a771-36.html#unique-entry-id-36http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/d83e8e5129533e902b573305f0e7a771-36.html#unique-entry-id-36A vintage, self-analytical Letterman during a rare one-on-one sit-downunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-10-07T07:57:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/71ae7106cea4d88ed1ad34597ee863db-35.html#unique-entry-id-35http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/71ae7106cea4d88ed1ad34597ee863db-35.html#unique-entry-id-35Don Hewitt does Dallas -- and receives a lovely parting giftunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-08-19T11:26:32-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/b00643f943ea540c432493ca887dc205-34.html#unique-entry-id-34http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/b00643f943ea540c432493ca887dc205-34.html#unique-entry-id-3460 Minutes reportedly is imperiled, even though CBS News president Andrew Heyward responded by telling the Associated Press, "I certainly hope that Don is part of CBS for as long as he wants to be." ]]>Rewinding to KXAS-TV's explosive hidden camera investigation of a Dallas Cowboys "Triplet"unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-08-12T14:36:13-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/2bf47311efdf0b52da5312c1d4c04475-33.html#unique-entry-id-33http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/2bf47311efdf0b52da5312c1d4c04475-33.html#unique-entry-id-33Ed McMahon: March 6, 1923 to June 23, 2009 unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-06-23T09:28:15-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/d23e4cc43d33cd042e2d48efaa86b463-32.html#unique-entry-id-32http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/d23e4cc43d33cd042e2d48efaa86b463-32.html#unique-entry-id-32 Tonight Show, McMahon also pitched products, hosted Star Search and knew the drill when it came to the increasingly reclusive "King of Late Night." ]]>Conan O'-Not-so-badunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-05-28T11:33:23-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/9bccaa065413aa8b3f6d315c15dde3d9-31.html#unique-entry-id-31http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/9bccaa065413aa8b3f6d315c15dde3d9-31.html#unique-entry-id-31Infancy of infomercials -- satisfaction guaranteed or your money back unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-04-21T14:03:35-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/5f3456875b6b5f4b7e27df73ebe18c22-30.html#unique-entry-id-30http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/5f3456875b6b5f4b7e27df73ebe18c22-30.html#unique-entry-id-30Bright lights, big networks -- and sometimes bigger letdowns for D-FW glory-seekersunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-04-14T14:41:26-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/61557a0974a7ea94a52bc824b688037b-29.html#unique-entry-id-29http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/61557a0974a7ea94a52bc824b688037b-29.html#unique-entry-id-29All hat and cattle, too: <i>Lonesome Dove</i> still resonates 20 years after its premiereunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2009-02-06T08:57:01-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/b3df0392f3f998ce74487bb0768aa294-28.html#unique-entry-id-28http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/b3df0392f3f998ce74487bb0768aa294-28.html#unique-entry-id-28Dove promotion party. ]]>Cloris Leachman: Still wacky (or maybe wackier) while dancing as fast as she can't on ABCunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-10-27T18:09:52-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/430280b4d94110286b7772334c7e2532-27.html#unique-entry-id-27http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/430280b4d94110286b7772334c7e2532-27.html#unique-entry-id-27The Last Picture Show, for which she won the best supporting actor Oscar; two made-in-Dallas movies -- The Acorn People and Miss All-American Beauty -- and a small role as the late Henry Fonda's wife in The Oldest Living Graduate, which was staged at Southern Methodist University in 1980 as the first in a series of NBC Live Theater productions. ]]>O'Reilly vs. Bono -- but with velvet gloves and at least one ego in checkunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-09-03T15:09:36-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/934b25e78c471b8d7c6cdefd340ed9fe-26.html#unique-entry-id-26http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/934b25e78c471b8d7c6cdefd340ed9fe-26.html#unique-entry-id-26The O'Reilly Factor. ]]>Michael Moore does a slow burn before blasting CNN anchorunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-08-22T07:38:21-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/1e61d9bd04b1eddf11d4405645e961cc-25.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/1e61d9bd04b1eddf11d4405645e961cc-25.html#unique-entry-id-25Fahrenheit 9/11 filmmaker Michael Moore roared at a surprised Bill Hemmer, who had interviewed him roughly 45 minutes earlier on CNN's Monday edition of American Morning. ]]>Bernard Jeffrey McCullough -- Bernie Mac -- Oct. 5, 1957 to Aug. 9, 2008unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-08-11T05:44:17-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/23d4eeaef7616d4c0e073086f20f589f-24.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/23d4eeaef7616d4c0e073086f20f589f-24.html#unique-entry-id-24The Bernie Mac Show, in which he plays a "tough-love" surrogate father, is on film and without a laugh track or the loud, whoooo!-fueled histrionics that long have bamboozled the genre. ]]>Ch. 5's Bobbie Wygant kept seeing stars and knew what to do with themunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-06-26T11:13:22-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/9b63a1693ad763659555d33df32c9f00-23.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/9b63a1693ad763659555d33df32c9f00-23.html#unique-entry-id-23George Carlin: May 12, 1937 to June 22, 2008unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-06-23T06:44:40-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/12c9fa32330348bf3da68b88a1ee9317-22.html#unique-entry-id-22http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/12c9fa32330348bf3da68b88a1ee9317-22.html#unique-entry-id-22 The Daily Cardinal. It includes both a review of Carlin's performance and a still unforgettable interview with him backstage. Warning: the article contains some hard-core profanity that we somehow managed to get in the paper 33 years ago. ]]>Deliverance: The day Dale got dumpedunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-05-11T20:44:16-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/012cf2a9163d3273636b4e85c76b23c9-21.html#unique-entry-id-21http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/012cf2a9163d3273636b4e85c76b23c9-21.html#unique-entry-id-21D-FW's last true anchor/reporter (not necessarily in that order)unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-04-16T10:25:27-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/aefd72c8edfb2b8de9620c5f775d2a95-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/aefd72c8edfb2b8de9620c5f775d2a95-20.html#unique-entry-id-20Nice guy finishes first -- no Harmon thatunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-04-07T08:28:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/91be5364bfb13bd6c6d954147e2acf78-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/91be5364bfb13bd6c6d954147e2acf78-19.html#unique-entry-id-19People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive," the resilient Harmon is returning to series TV this fall as the star of CBS' Navy NCIS. ]]>Late bloomers: Suzanne Pleshette, Tom Poston married late, met their fatesunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-01-22T13:25:44-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/4d899cb879a2b1f7670eee8fe082ed29-18.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/4d899cb879a2b1f7670eee8fe082ed29-18.html#unique-entry-id-18Tracy Rowlett: transition accomplishedunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2008-01-15T17:50:41-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/854b25a9027b26d20b0b0216196fc020-17.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/854b25a9027b26d20b0b0216196fc020-17.html#unique-entry-id-17Then and now: Tracy Rowlett in the early stages at CBS11 with co-anchor Karen Borta and in a current photo from the station's Web site, which didn't exist when he made the big move from Belo8. ]]>Knievel and son: jump back unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-12-03T14:00:17-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/17739451bec8d112cccf1073902bfa62-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/17739451bec8d112cccf1073902bfa62-16.html#unique-entry-id-16A flicker of Norman Mailerunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-11-13T21:44:45-06:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/86c0e20c06c52bc0cd42ebed606d9686-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/86c0e20c06c52bc0cd42ebed606d9686-15.html#unique-entry-id-15Joey Bishop: "Anybody tells you you're a good audience, you punch 'em right in the mouth."unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-10-23T11:47:57-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/f3c8829f9dc553b84f1a9cfcc7fe8ce8-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/f3c8829f9dc553b84f1a9cfcc7fe8ce8-14.html#unique-entry-id-14Chip Moody: He lived to anchor -- and died too soonunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-10-11T18:18:19-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/7579e3b2b01fcb39dd57ac60e4b3aa25-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/7579e3b2b01fcb39dd57ac60e4b3aa25-13.html#unique-entry-id-13A yesteryear's TV newscaster survey -- except that quite a few are still at their appointed anchor desksunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-10-01T16:34:36-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/aa273c880c4b3d5df78c12d79f4490a5-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/aa273c880c4b3d5df78c12d79f4490a5-11.html#unique-entry-id-11Note to readers: This September 1986 mail-in survey of readers' favorite D-FW news personalities and newscasts long pre-dated the Internet and for the most part, cable TV news. ]]>Iola Johnson: leaving for parts unknownunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-08-28T15:34:07-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/76fe72f510466f97011f1fddd9e298f3-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/76fe72f510466f97011f1fddd9e298f3-10.html#unique-entry-id-10Michael Richards: A "press tour" premonition of sortsunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-07-05T17:57:14-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/7046d3d14939cdf29eae33cb42644fb4-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/7046d3d14939cdf29eae33cb42644fb4-9.html#unique-entry-id-9Know whut I mean? Rechanneling Ernest as the ambassador for Ch. 4 news unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-06-20T09:12:15-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/20d2673adccced977659c05066966680-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/20d2673adccced977659c05066966680-8.html#unique-entry-id-8Tony the Tiger gets sheepish in public unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-06-04T10:52:47-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/35fc55d61e785b6549af5eba9ce9cb96-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/35fc55d61e785b6549af5eba9ce9cb96-7.html#unique-entry-id-7The Sopranos could go down as a classic, groundbreaking TV series in league with Hill Street Blues and All In the Family. ]]>Clothes off their backs and onto the rack unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-05-28T17:19:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/335f6130fd359f2530d84e6fa4af69fb-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/335f6130fd359f2530d84e6fa4af69fb-6.html#unique-entry-id-6Moonlighting ("a steal at $2,000"); a sleevless, red cotton dress filed out by Catherine Bach on The Dukes of Hazzard ($145) and a Farrah wool tube skirt ($65). ]]>Rosie to Roseanne? unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-05-06T16:19:38-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/9303201cb9b934838e6c995d58d9413d-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/9303201cb9b934838e6c995d58d9413d-4.html#unique-entry-id-4Roseanne sitcom is a good bet to be the highest-rated new series of the season. ]]>Back when just about everybody watched -- Feb. "sweeps," 1981unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-04-24T17:32:40-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/3b2b706b2c368df0082e4eb1a8a69c43-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/3b2b706b2c368df0082e4eb1a8a69c43-3.html#unique-entry-id-3Hillary, without "Tubby" in tow, braves Dave for the first timeunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-04-11T09:47:31-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/2dc85bccbd3db47275b5ef9b32869239-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/2dc85bccbd3db47275b5ef9b32869239-2.html#unique-entry-id-2Note to readers: Barack Obama's winning performance on Monday's Late Show with David Letterman probably means that his arch rival for the Democratic presidential nomination will have to show up again in the near future. ]]>Mouth by mouth-western: O'Reilly vs. Matthews at SMUunclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-03-29T20:09:36-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/6e346d9042320d79e8b7d89395c5936e-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/6e346d9042320d79e8b7d89395c5936e-1.html#unique-entry-id-1The O'Reilly Factor and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews otherwise are more accustomed to pummeling a hapless university professor or dominating a think-tank politico on their respective shows. ]]>Boy, that Bart's really a mother unclebarky@tx.rr.comBack Channels2007-03-18T23:46:46-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/a43bdd486466a35cfd91a0097d2794cc-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.unclebarky.com/back_files/a43bdd486466a35cfd91a0097d2794cc-0.html#unique-entry-id-0Cartwright had been muzzled by Fox executives, who still aren't keen on spreading the word that brat Bart is voice by a woman whose first cartoon character was Gloria the girlfriend on Richie Rich. ]]>