http://www.unclebarky.com/index.htmlDallas-Fort Worth TVenEd BarkCopyright 2006 Ed Bark2008-09-05T11:34:47-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:12:59 -0500Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-09-05T11:34:47-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/347fa35bf15936b20554eab172842098-809.html#unique-entry-id-809http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/347fa35bf15936b20554eab172842098-809.html#unique-entry-id-809Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-09-04T09:54:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/95c7dd6ec5b8768b9abf3368273ee590-808.html#unique-entry-id-808http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/95c7dd6ec5b8768b9abf3368273ee590-808.html#unique-entry-id-808Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-09-03T10:07:46-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3c1faf3f71b571682019d80f75c3dbb5-806.html#unique-entry-id-806http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3c1faf3f71b571682019d80f75c3dbb5-806.html#unique-entry-id-806 Jepson in earlier days at WFAA8 and in latter day station photo. By ED BARK Former WFAA8 anchor/reporter Macie Jepson got the news on Aug. 21st that the station had cut her loose after eight years. ...In the meantime I've already enjoyed spending extra time with my husband and daughters, who are the real blessings in my life. As always I wish everyone the best and thanks to all for making my time at WFAA so enjoyable.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-09-03T09:23:52-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c54aa9f6a3d3a46d20c744d7491b30aa-807.html#unique-entry-id-807http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c54aa9f6a3d3a46d20c744d7491b30aa-807.html#unique-entry-id-807The Shield on FX also failed to ignite much of a response with 38,970 homes at 9 p.m. Still, that was easily FX's biggest audience haul of the day. ...In Tuesday's local news derby, WFAA8 won at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-09-02T10:05:47-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1d241a9b8ae49e920aca2444d2e25050-805.html#unique-entry-id-805http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1d241a9b8ae49e920aca2444d2e25050-805.html#unique-entry-id-805Gossip Girl drew just 38,970 D-FW homes from 7 to 8 p.m., falling sharply off a lead-in from CW33's Two and a Half Men repeat (80,375 homes). ...WFAA8 also swept Monday's 5 and 6 p.m. news Nielsens, with Fox4 a close second at 5 p.m. in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-09-01T20:53:03-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/be6d246a4ebf2be7c0868296b8c33fc9-804.html#unique-entry-id-804http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/be6d246a4ebf2be7c0868296b8c33fc9-804.html#unique-entry-id-804Good Day, currently battling NBC5 Today for supremacy while WFAA8's slumping Daybreak plays catchup, used to deploy a catchphrase that arguably was brilliant in its very basic simplicity. ...Good Day's other featured team members, Megan Henderson, Evan Andrews and a now chopper-less Chip Waggoner, also played along in a campaign that underscored the basic essentials provided by Good Day and its three competitors.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-29T10:54:17-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cc4e221ea41ae906cdb2e1dca998bd96-803.html#unique-entry-id-803http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cc4e221ea41ae906cdb2e1dca998bd96-803.html#unique-entry-id-803By ED BARK The closing hour of the Cowboys' final pre-season game, against Minnesota, went head-to-head Thursday night against Barack Obama's acceptance speech, also originating from a football stadium. ...WFAA8 swept the 6 p.m. competition and also won in total homes at 5 p.m. Fox4 took the gold at 5 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-28T09:36:05-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d232382097c75cca856c51e09e9ef498-802.html#unique-entry-id-802http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d232382097c75cca856c51e09e9ef498-802.html#unique-entry-id-802By ED BARK D-FW audiences for Democratic convention coverage on NBC and CBS again fell sharply despite sizable lead-in advantages while ABC saw its rating arrow point upward. Before detailing the latest 9 to 10 p.m. Nielsens -- when seven networks went head-to-head from Denver -- here's a look at what NBC, CBS and ABC inherited from 8:45 to 9 p.m.:]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-27T11:07:53-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e1fd9e1dcc71fcbfe8397f1d4b17be99-801.html#unique-entry-id-801http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e1fd9e1dcc71fcbfe8397f1d4b17be99-801.html#unique-entry-id-801 By ED BARK NBC5 sports anchor Newy Scruggs sends word that he scored an interview with Tony Romo's dad, Ramiro, after traveling all the way to Uncle Barky's native land of Wisconsin last month. ...By the way, Scruggs and the NBC5 sports staff have a one-hour Dallas Cowboys special on Friday at 7 p.m. It's called Tampa Bay or Bust.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-27T09:54:37-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d38a614325cdaa3d7e693d294dab4a05-800.html#unique-entry-id-800http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d38a614325cdaa3d7e693d294dab4a05-800.html#unique-entry-id-800Still Standing repeats, TXA21's Dr.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-26T09:50:17-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6f5dcb71e40693aa174a2e316bc5f327-799.html#unique-entry-id-799http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6f5dcb71e40693aa174a2e316bc5f327-799.html#unique-entry-id-799The New Adventures of Old Christine, draws 124,216 homes from 8:30 to 9 p.m. while ABC's rerun of Samantha Who? lures just 48,712 homes in that same half-hour. ...25-to-54-YEAR-OLDS Fox4 -- 58,890 (44,168) NBC5 -- 55,946 (50,057) WFAA8 -- 53,001 (55,946) CBS11 -- 38,279 (29,445)]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-25T11:07:16-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c10fcceb79fc5a7f4f2d9ce514a27a0c-797.html#unique-entry-id-797http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c10fcceb79fc5a7f4f2d9ce514a27a0c-797.html#unique-entry-id-797Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-25T11:06:40-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5fb6233ca4fecf27a0ce9cb5fd63d4ea-798.html#unique-entry-id-798http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5fb6233ca4fecf27a0ce9cb5fd63d4ea-798.html#unique-entry-id-798By ED BARK Blown out by the Olympics the previous week, the Dallas Cowboys rebooted Friday night to thrash NBC's Summer Games on D-FW's overall Nielsen scorecard. ...Sunday night's gaudy sendoff from the "Bird's Nest" expectedly dominated the prime-time ratings, luring 300,066 total homes to more than double the audience for the most-watched competing program, a rerun of CBS' Cold Case (146,136 homes).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-22T10:24:15-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9de31eb89a762660f18edb7bf0883db8-796.html#unique-entry-id-796http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9de31eb89a762660f18edb7bf0883db8-796.html#unique-entry-id-796Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-22T08:39:33-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bde948ff44d8d033cc6e186836d6cd67-795.html#unique-entry-id-795http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bde948ff44d8d033cc6e186836d6cd67-795.html#unique-entry-id-795Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-21T10:04:43-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/47d1841f84913322b6eb04c9c6d31c36-793.html#unique-entry-id-793http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/47d1841f84913322b6eb04c9c6d31c36-793.html#unique-entry-id-793By ED BARK So how'd that sand stay so dry during the otherwise rain-soaked beach volleyball final won by the USA's Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh? ...In the local news derby, WFAA8 edged CBS11 in a downsized 10 p.m. field and won by a more comfortable margin among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-20T10:58:28-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3838b737a09dfc29864a261fa433fab8-791.html#unique-entry-id-791http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3838b737a09dfc29864a261fa433fab8-791.html#unique-entry-id-791By ED BARK The higher costs of flying high have led to a forced landing for D-FW television's last airborne traffic correspondent. ...Although they've recently dropped somewhat, hefty fuel costs are the latest bottom-line worries for stations that also have to feed gas-guzzling satellite trucks in pursuit of various live shots throughout North Texas.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-20T10:57:51-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/af9139ba921444d5e75f7a3f09ae7191-792.html#unique-entry-id-792http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/af9139ba921444d5e75f7a3f09ae7191-792.html#unique-entry-id-792Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-19T10:40:24-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f52491128b29916728f45c20aeae2a67-790.html#unique-entry-id-790http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f52491128b29916728f45c20aeae2a67-790.html#unique-entry-id-790High School Musical: Get In the Picture barely flickered in just 14,614 homes from 7 to 8 p.m. That's the smallest local audience in recent memory -- and perhaps ever -- for a prime-time program on one of the Big Four broadcast networks. ...NBC5 in turn has dominated the 5 and 6 p.m. news Nielsens, running the table on Friday and Monday in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-12T09:44:30-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0ef6fd3fc8ac464cce961ce54d36ee35-789.html#unique-entry-id-789http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0ef6fd3fc8ac464cce961ce54d36ee35-789.html#unique-entry-id-789High School Musical: Get In the Picture (29,227 homes), a pair of Samantha Who? repeats (31,623) and The Mole (41,405). ...NBC5 otherwise ran the table at 6 a.m., and at 5 and 6 p.m. It's the first time in recent memory that WFAA8 went without a gold in any of the four major local news competitions.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-11T10:22:51-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/22140261cd6d5d8a54007531b954b348-788.html#unique-entry-id-788http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/22140261cd6d5d8a54007531b954b348-788.html#unique-entry-id-788Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-11T06:58:15-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5ffe6da0a0da58162e8cf83f1b79daa2-787.html#unique-entry-id-787http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5ffe6da0a0da58162e8cf83f1b79daa2-787.html#unique-entry-id-787Former CBS11/TXA21 news staffer Kaushal Patel, laid off in late March as part of a cost-cutting CBS corporate mandate, has bounced back as a new addition to CNN International. ...TXA21/CBS11 anchor Kenneth Taylor has been dropped after management declined to renew his contract.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-08T09:52:36-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b8852e79a2d0df2d77b952aee36fb108-786.html#unique-entry-id-786http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b8852e79a2d0df2d77b952aee36fb108-786.html#unique-entry-id-786Dance won the 7 to 9 p.m. slot in total D-FW homes, but with a less-than-impressive 124,216 of 'em. At 9 p.m., a new episode of CBS' Flashpoint police drama took over with 138,829 homes.... Among 18-to-49-year-olds, CBS' Big Brother 10 nipped the first hour of Dance, which then won in that demo from 8 to 9 p.m. The last hour of NBC's 90-minute America's Got Talent was tops with 18-to-49-year-olds from 9 to 10 p.m.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-07T09:51:46-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/49f84609267a5aa7ed9101d731583166-785.html#unique-entry-id-785http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/49f84609267a5aa7ed9101d731583166-785.html#unique-entry-id-785Greatest American Dog competition lured 102,295 D-FW homes to edge the first hour of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance (99,860) despite the presence of Fort Worth finalist Joshua Allen. CBS then won by more comfortable margins from 8 to 10 p.m. with repeats of Criminal Minds (Wednesday's biggest draw with 197,284 homes) and CSI: NY (131,522).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-06T09:19:24-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/95b84bcb647fdce5b91dd0879c1a2647-784.html#unique-entry-id-784http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/95b84bcb647fdce5b91dd0879c1a2647-784.html#unique-entry-id-784Talent wiped out competing programming from 8 to 10 p.m., drawing 182,670 D-FW homes and also dominating the ratings among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds (116,676). ...Tuesday otherwise dawned on a jarring note for WFAA8's May sweeps-winning Daybreak, which ran fourth at 6 a.m. in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-05T23:53:18-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/26c22080509fcc710ada88200b618d1f-783.html#unique-entry-id-783http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/26c22080509fcc710ada88200b618d1f-783.html#unique-entry-id-783 Fox4 sports anchor Mike Doocy, Josh Hamilton and Josh Howard By ED BARK Featured sports anchor Mike Doocy is one of Fox4's more prolific, dedicated bloggers. ...And Doocy, newly returned from Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, may have been suffering from brain lag when he posted this on-site observation on Aug. 5, 8:55 p.m. from the Rangers-Yankees game.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-05T12:55:20-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/97061511d82ccd4f7425004302df4654-782.html#unique-entry-id-782http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/97061511d82ccd4f7425004302df4654-782.html#unique-entry-id-782Two and a Half Men repeat on CBS (228,946 homes between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m.). ...The Peacock's Nashville Star climax, with Arlington's Melissa Lawson singing her way to the top, fared better with a nice-sized 146,136 total homes from 9 to 10 p.m. Still, that put it just third in homes and fourth in the 18-to-49 demo.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-05T07:31:13-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/52befbf6ab8229fb95e97afa59477081-781.html#unique-entry-id-781http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/52befbf6ab8229fb95e97afa59477081-781.html#unique-entry-id-781Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-04T10:12:09-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d4fca0a8e0c22da57dfe557cd0ae5327-780.html#unique-entry-id-780http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d4fca0a8e0c22da57dfe557cd0ae5327-780.html#unique-entry-id-780Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-04T05:40:12-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7178da57485e87a4629c3495e569a023-779.html#unique-entry-id-779http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7178da57485e87a4629c3495e569a023-779.html#unique-entry-id-779Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-01T09:34:27-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/661939d83da77ad2255f0f3328a4ab86-778.html#unique-entry-id-778http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/661939d83da77ad2255f0f3328a4ab86-778.html#unique-entry-id-778Fear Itself put a scare in rival networks by taking the top spot with 69,375 of 'em. Flashpoint plunged to fourth with 53,608 viewers in the all-important 18-to-49 demo. ...Despite the presence of Fort Worth's Joshua Allen, who's advancing to next week's finale, Dance ran second in total homes (109,602) at 8 p.m. and just third with 18-to-49-year-olds behind the hour two of NBC's Last Comic Standing and CBS' repeat of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-08-01T04:59:05-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1cd229cd87a39d8e47da357b0a43791b-777.html#unique-entry-id-777http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1cd229cd87a39d8e47da357b0a43791b-777.html#unique-entry-id-777 Play-by-play dudes Bill Jones, Daryl Johnston, Mickey Spagnola By ED BARK CBS11 and TXA21 are loading up in August with all four Dallas Cowboys pre-season games. ...The play-by-play team is Bill Jones, Daryl Johnston and Mickey Spagnola, with Steve Dennis and Gina Miller patrolling the sidelines.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-31T11:03:37-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a9a26d83b762e5c5ae466ab739449932-776.html#unique-entry-id-776http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a9a26d83b762e5c5ae466ab739449932-776.html#unique-entry-id-776Wendy Williams Show, getting a daytime tryout in just four markets (including D-FW), perked up a bit at 11 a.m. with a second place finish in total homes behind CBS11's combo of Jeopardy! and the first half-hour of The Young and the Restless. ...In the local news derby, WFAA8 nipped CBS11 for first place in total homes, but dipped to third among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-30T17:27:13-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/68308ca9a04491deb7988cbfe0f6fb23-775.html#unique-entry-id-775http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/68308ca9a04491deb7988cbfe0f6fb23-775.html#unique-entry-id-775 Find out who's behind the above headline in this nicely done sendoff to NBC5 sports reporter/anchor Derek Castillo, whose official last day at the station is Friday (Aug. 1st). The clip below, which runs 6 minutes, 20 seconds, includes an array of familiar on-camera faces and also many whose behind-the-scenes work at NBC5 helped to make Castillo shine.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-30T16:03:37-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/92c868d3d317e7baf1f956d97718b3cb-774.html#unique-entry-id-774http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/92c868d3d317e7baf1f956d97718b3cb-774.html#unique-entry-id-774NCIS controlled the 7 p.m. hour in total homes (168,056) but was no match for ABC's Wipeout among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds (107,216 of 'em). ...At 9 p.m., ABC's Primetime: The Last Lecture: A Celebration of Life cleaned house with 158,314 total homes and 107,216 of the viewers that most advertisers are willing to pay more for.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-29T22:31:39-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c54de24aeefd9df2b881b432aa7a4b7a-773.html#unique-entry-id-773http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c54de24aeefd9df2b881b432aa7a4b7a-773.html#unique-entry-id-773A. Return long-form investigative reporting to NBC5 while also performing major surgery on a semi-tabloid newscast that mostly relies on short bursts of crime, tragedy and flimsy consumer reporting.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-29T09:21:07-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/60574c1c386d83f9eba44f9834f914d0-772.html#unique-entry-id-772http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/60574c1c386d83f9eba44f9834f914d0-772.html#unique-entry-id-772Gladiators drew 114,473 homes to run second behind Fox's Bones rerun (129,087 homes), but took the gold in its first half-hour among 18-to-49-year-olds before being nipped from 7:30 to 8 p.m. by CBS' reprise of How I Met Your Mother. ABC continued to run on near-empty from 7 to 10 p.m. with a first-run reality competition lineup of High School Musical: Get in the Picture (85,246 homes), Wanna Bet (56,019 homes) and The Mole (70,632 homes).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-28T13:44:33-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/40460b687b995f8ade36e90b733f054a-771.html#unique-entry-id-771http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/40460b687b995f8ade36e90b733f054a-771.html#unique-entry-id-771By ED BARK D-FW's four major TV news providers continued to splurge on Cowboys training camp coverage Sunday night, with all four sports specials deploying their A-Team anchors at the team's Oxnard, CA training camp. ...TOTAL HOMES Dale Hansen's Sports Special -- 92,553 Sports Extra with New Scruggs -- 90,117 Sports Sunday with Mike Doocy -- 73,068 The Score with Babe Laufenberg -- 51,148]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-25T14:23:22-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/af509ade12accd8bae40a5c4f1caad68-770.html#unique-entry-id-770http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/af509ade12accd8bae40a5c4f1caad68-770.html#unique-entry-id-770 New NBC5 sports guy Matt Barrie and mainstay Newy Scruggs. By ED BARK Thursday marked the arrival of the Dallas Cowboys for their latest summer training camp in Oxnard, CA. ...Reporter Ted Madden accompanied Hansen to Oxnard while CBS11's Babe Laufenberg used Steve Dennis as his wingman on coverage titled "Cowboys Training Camp -- It's On!"]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-25T09:34:27-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b6158e6b9615dd2190203cdcdcba9f40-769.html#unique-entry-id-769http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b6158e6b9615dd2190203cdcdcba9f40-769.html#unique-entry-id-769By ED BARK A sluggish summer night in the D-FW Nielsens found a repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ranking as the most-watched program with a commonplace 148,572 homes. ...In the local news derby, chalk up another pair of 10 p.m. wins for WFAA8 in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-24T09:11:57-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b4290eb9d12d3c07fa0ff364e6d919b1-768.html#unique-entry-id-768http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b4290eb9d12d3c07fa0ff364e6d919b1-768.html#unique-entry-id-768So You Think You Can Dance had the biggest overall audience from 7 to 8 p.m., but ran second among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-23T13:42:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f3ed0cc082008b4509af52897c3c8f12-767.html#unique-entry-id-767http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f3ed0cc082008b4509af52897c3c8f12-767.html#unique-entry-id-767Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-23T10:42:41-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/865547a97b02d21177b38cb039b2ddb0-766.html#unique-entry-id-766http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/865547a97b02d21177b38cb039b2ddb0-766.html#unique-entry-id-766Primetime: Family Secrets in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds. Post- prime time, though, WFAA8's 10 p.m. newscast had Tuesday's biggest audience hauls in total homes, 18-to-49-year-olds and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-22T09:58:29-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0168378734c47db4dfb585da5158910c-763.html#unique-entry-id-763http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0168378734c47db4dfb585da5158910c-763.html#unique-entry-id-763 Weathercaster Katrina Voss as pictured on her official website. By ED BARK Seemingly brainy, undeniably pretty and best known on youtube for a "yogacast" and other comedy weather spots, 37-year-old meteorologist Katrina Voss might be ready to take Dallas-Fort Worth by storm. ...Voss's yogacast (below), which you'll have to see to believe, could be a big chill for weather purists, let alone an incumbent Fox4 weather staff headed by comparative traditionalists Dan Henry and Evan Andrews.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-22T09:54:58-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/82825940a639175cc1d64e40af9506a6-764.html#unique-entry-id-764http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/82825940a639175cc1d64e40af9506a6-764.html#unique-entry-id-764 Arlington's Melissa Lawson and Musical's Nick Lachey By ED BARK ABC's all-new Monday night reality lineup, particularly the new High School Musical: Get In the Picture, continued to scrape bottom while CBS and Fox set the pace with drama and comedy repeats. ...NBC's Nashville Star (114,473 D-FW homes) drew a bit more than twice the overall audience for HSM: GITP while still finishing just third at 8 p.m. in both total homes and among 18-to-49-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-21T13:13:19-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3051a4e4c44131401317eb47acc8b3b3-762.html#unique-entry-id-762http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3051a4e4c44131401317eb47acc8b3b3-762.html#unique-entry-id-762F & F weekend fill-ins Ainsley Earhardt (who was on the couch this past weekend), or Megan Henderson, of Fox's Dallas station, remains to be seen," TV Newser concluded.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-21T10:02:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2f55ee12d7ea9b79956518d450f35ee2-761.html#unique-entry-id-761http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2f55ee12d7ea9b79956518d450f35ee2-761.html#unique-entry-id-761American's Funniest Home Videos (94,988 homes) and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (119,344 homes), both of which were repeats. ...In Friday's four major local news combat zones, WFAA8 again set the pace at 10 p.m. with wins in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-18T13:35:27-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5ba482166d9f3b572b088ae89f7f1e39-760.html#unique-entry-id-760http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5ba482166d9f3b572b088ae89f7f1e39-760.html#unique-entry-id-760 Heavy-hitters Dale Hansen, Debbie Denmon and Mike Snyder By ED BARK WFAA8 sports anchor Dale Hansen regularly calls attention to his poundage, and recently dropped about 60 of 'em on a regimen of Slim-Fast shakes and bananas. ...NBC5 anchor Mike Snyder, appalled at his latter day girth, keeps blogging on nbc5i.com about his ongoing efforts to slim down to 190 pounds from an all-time high of 256.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-18T08:29:51-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f315565790934a5ec18e86c1119b0dcf-758.html#unique-entry-id-758http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f315565790934a5ec18e86c1119b0dcf-758.html#unique-entry-id-758Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-18T08:29:24-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2c84a182e77bbf9895e972dbb14aa728-759.html#unique-entry-id-759http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2c84a182e77bbf9895e972dbb14aa728-759.html#unique-entry-id-759CSI: Crime Scene Investigation whipped Fox's So You Think You Can Dance results hour in total homes, but slipped to second with 18-to-49-year-olds. Helped by a healthy Hopkins lead-in, WFAA's 10 p.m. newscast cruised to easy wins in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-17T11:02:17-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/59ef78432c39d20ae680af3adf289071-757.html#unique-entry-id-757http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/59ef78432c39d20ae680af3adf289071-757.html#unique-entry-id-757Criminal Minds (158,314 homes) and CSI: NY (163,185) controlled the 8 to 10 p.m. slot Wednesday, with the first hour of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance winning at 7 p.m. with 110,211 homes. Among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, Dance topped the 7 to 9 p.m. competition in that key demo before ABC's PrimeTime: Crime took over at 9 p.m. The latter hour's finale of NBC's Celebrity Circus tumbled into fourth place in both ratings measurements.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-16T09:20:54-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/42a50b8b08724835b64d8ae776958ab5-756.html#unique-entry-id-756http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/42a50b8b08724835b64d8ae776958ab5-756.html#unique-entry-id-756 Justin Moreau scores winning run at 12:37 a.m. Wednesday. Getty By ED BARK Going, going, going and finally gone at 12:37 a.m. Wednesday, baseball's 79th annual All-Star game still managed to outscore all competing programming during its four hours and 50 minutes on Fox. ...18-to-49-year-old men -- 105,190 from 9 to 9:15 p.m. 18-to-49-year-old women -- 53,428 from 9 to 9:15 p.m. 55 years and up -- 161,600 from 8:15 to 8:30 p.m., and 8:45 to 9 p.m. 12-to-17-year-olds -- 48,140 from 10 to 10:15 p.m.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-15T11:00:12-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9b1b66df2509b06466ddecbad9d547ec-755.html#unique-entry-id-755http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9b1b66df2509b06466ddecbad9d547ec-755.html#unique-entry-id-755Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-14T09:18:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/11ce30ea1dd5e83afa2f64beb5d7c71e-754.html#unique-entry-id-754http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/11ce30ea1dd5e83afa2f64beb5d7c71e-754.html#unique-entry-id-75460 Minutes (160,750 homes), but clubbed the news magazine and everything else among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds. ...NBC's two-hour Miss Universe Pageant, in which top 10 finalist Miss USA (Crystle Stewart of Missouri City, TX) fell down during the evening gown competition, fell pretty flat itself with 94,988 homes from 8 to 10 p.m. It was pounded in the 9 p.m. hour by Fox4's local newscast, which drew 170,492 homes while also easily winning the time period with 18-to-49-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-11T09:52:56-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7daf4e6e27bd55ce878df7064d6f829e-753.html#unique-entry-id-753http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7daf4e6e27bd55ce878df7064d6f829e-753.html#unique-entry-id-753So You Think You Can Dance results show niftily tapped to the top with 18-to-49-year-olds but ran second in total homes behind a repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ...This helped propel WFAA8's 10 p.m. newscast to comfortable wins in both total homes (155,878) and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-10T16:12:43-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d7d3e50e60c2e4d39a05ca388db8e7fc-752.html#unique-entry-id-752http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d7d3e50e60c2e4d39a05ca388db8e7fc-752.html#unique-entry-id-752Daybreak program. Informed sources at the station confirmed that Hawkins, a fixture on WFAA8's weekend newscasts, will join incumbent Cynthia Izaguirre when Farmer leaves for WSB-TV in Atlanta at the end of July.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-10T09:25:46-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/120e65d7e6337083eab58c2568fc4ecb-751.html#unique-entry-id-751http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/120e65d7e6337083eab58c2568fc4ecb-751.html#unique-entry-id-751CSI: NY drew the biggest overall audience with 160,750 D-FW homes despite finishing fourth at 9 p.m. in the 18-to-49 demo. A new episode of NBC's controversial Baby Borrowers ran fourth in total homes at 8 p.m., but moved up to the second spot in that time slot with 18-to-49-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-09T18:22:00-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/054085b5922b3e322bc88be81ab417a6-750.html#unique-entry-id-750http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/054085b5922b3e322bc88be81ab417a6-750.html#unique-entry-id-750By ED BARK Mike Castellucci, best known as WFAA8's "Why Guy" since joining the station in spring 2003, has decided to leave Dallas-Fort Worth and move to San Diego with his wife. ...Castellucci previously worked at TV stations in Grand Junction, Colo., Colorado Springs, San Diego and Los Angeles before his Emmy Award-winning tenure at WFAA8.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-09T09:58:26-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5f613558c83c10f7872ca64f35d7bd29-749.html#unique-entry-id-749http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5f613558c83c10f7872ca64f35d7bd29-749.html#unique-entry-id-749Celebrity Family Feud (91,449) a distant runnerup during the 7 p.m. hour. The Peacock's America's Got Talent took over at 8 p.m., matching Wipeout's numbers in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-08T11:29:14-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cc50a87efdb346a2331e7368f6c3dd18-748.html#unique-entry-id-748http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cc50a87efdb346a2331e7368f6c3dd18-748.html#unique-entry-id-748CSI: Miami repeat beat Bachelorette for the gold at 9 p.m. (207,027 homes). ...In the local news derby, WFAA8 won at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-07T09:15:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d9dbfdb4a525260368e58683677c24dd-747.html#unique-entry-id-747http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d9dbfdb4a525260368e58683677c24dd-747.html#unique-entry-id-747So You Think You Can Dance results show, which weighed in with 129,087 homes and also called the tune among 18-to-49-year-olds, the main advertiser target for non-news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-03T09:17:54-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e47ae3d23eb90d6f82e7053031093598-746.html#unique-entry-id-746http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e47ae3d23eb90d6f82e7053031093598-746.html#unique-entry-id-746By ED BARK A 10 p.m. local newscast again ranked as the day's most-watched program while Fox's So You Think You Can Dance and NBC's The Baby Borrowers fought for attention in the 8 p.m. hour. ...At 9 p.m., a repeat of CBS' CSI: NY ruled in total homes (177,799), but NBC's three-ring hokum, Celebrity Circus, nipped the coppers and Fox4's local newscast in the 18-to-49 demo.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-02T10:06:26-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b9b1a8a629ac161e3a777205ff5ddbe8-745.html#unique-entry-id-745http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b9b1a8a629ac161e3a777205ff5ddbe8-745.html#unique-entry-id-745NCIS repeat won in total homes (172,928) but Fox's The Moment of Truth sucked in the most 18-to-49-year-olds. ...Also at that hour, a second week's dollop of NBC's Celebrity Family Feud ran fourth in total homes and third with 18-to-49-year-olds; NCIS dipped to fourth in the latter battle.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-01T11:05:12-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8a7876eb11dd33391945e6f170485f6d-744.html#unique-entry-id-744http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8a7876eb11dd33391945e6f170485f6d-744.html#unique-entry-id-744 Tracy Kornet (in white) and the Eleven21 band. Photos: Ed Bark By ED BARK News anchor by night, lead singer by later night, Tracy Kornet has decided to abide by a song she regularly covers -- Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes You Happy." ... A black-and-white night for the Eleven21 band and singer Kornet. "I kind of know about the Ashleigh Banfield era," Kornet says.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-01T10:06:33-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1c1e888fd85111af1214e1a2ee326733-743.html#unique-entry-id-743http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1c1e888fd85111af1214e1a2ee326733-743.html#unique-entry-id-743The Mole again played dead with a double dose of fourth-place finishes at 9 p.m. NBC's two-hour Nashville Star lagged in third with 104,731 homes from 8 to 10 p.m. despite now having three Texas-tied contestants among the competition's Final Eight.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-07-01T01:38:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/04ae39ed77b4875b99c8a78cd6d8fd4d-742.html#unique-entry-id-742http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/04ae39ed77b4875b99c8a78cd6d8fd4d-742.html#unique-entry-id-742Here's a look at CBS11's new 30-second image campaign, starring the station's four featured news personalities -- Doug Dunbar, Karen Borta, Larry Mowry and Babe Laufenberg.... Ed Bark]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-30T11:35:28-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3b6a9c4aa5164c7aa2555428888b4e86-741.html#unique-entry-id-741http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3b6a9c4aa5164c7aa2555428888b4e86-741.html#unique-entry-id-741Meet the Press lured 85,246 homes from 9 to 10 a.m., good enough to easily beat ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos (51,148), CBS' Face the Nation (34,098) and Fox News Sunday (29,227). ...On Saturday, CBS11's very nicely done King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs drew 60,890 D-FW homes from 6 to 7 p.m. Anchored and reported by Tracy Rowlett and presented in high-definition, the special went abroad to preview the Tut exhibit's arrival in Dallas in October.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-27T09:56:40-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/94cd86fc5f5627535f76d1fed426ec31-740.html#unique-entry-id-740http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/94cd86fc5f5627535f76d1fed426ec31-740.html#unique-entry-id-740Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-26T15:01:58-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d3c058fb642e3b6b6a7329203b7c7d8e-739.html#unique-entry-id-739http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d3c058fb642e3b6b6a7329203b7c7d8e-739.html#unique-entry-id-739Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-26T09:56:32-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/428739e18871fa3e134f1f10f46d17e2-738.html#unique-entry-id-738http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/428739e18871fa3e134f1f10f46d17e2-738.html#unique-entry-id-738By ED BARK Fox4 has hired Sophia Reza from ABC station KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City to bolster its recently thinned reporting staff. Reza, born in El Paso and raised in Houston, is scheduled to join her new station on July 28th according to a memo distributed Thursday.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-26T09:14:04-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/15fcac1ff32c87e404b25c672e2db253-737.html#unique-entry-id-737http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/15fcac1ff32c87e404b25c672e2db253-737.html#unique-entry-id-737The Baby Borrowers topped all of the day's programming among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds. ...At 9 p.m., a repeat of CBS' CSI: NY took the total homes competition while the premiere of ABC's Primetime: Crime narrowly outpointed Fox4's 9 p..m.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-25T09:30:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b4de12df332e66263628023006fe7249-736.html#unique-entry-id-736http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b4de12df332e66263628023006fe7249-736.html#unique-entry-id-736Wipeout and I survived a Japanese Game Show (contestant degradation at its best) both finished first in D-FW among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. ...America's Got Talent won the last two hours of prime-time in total homes, with the premiere of ABC's PrimeTime: the Outsiders tying a repeat of CBS' Without A Trace for second place.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-24T09:51:22-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fce0f0b81760a32798d2bf2c85aae32b-735.html#unique-entry-id-735http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fce0f0b81760a32798d2bf2c85aae32b-735.html#unique-entry-id-735By ED BARK ABC pulled surprisingly strong numbers for The Bachelorette Monday, winning the first two hours of prime-time in total homes before CBS' CSI: Miami repeat took over with the biggest total homes haul of the day. Bachelorette averaged 168,056 D-FW homes from 7 to 9 p.m. It also controlled the advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-old Nielsens except for a small pocket of resistance in the first half-hour from a rerun of CBS' The Big Bang Theory.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-23T11:45:48-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/657910320897d057a3d6c92f3fb071ce-733.html#unique-entry-id-733http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/657910320897d057a3d6c92f3fb071ce-733.html#unique-entry-id-733 Jennifer Lopez in previous job; NBC5 hasn't posted a new pic yet. By ED BARK Perky for now but forecasting a droop-off by week's end, Jennifer Lopez put her first 12 weather segments behind her Monday as NBC5's new waker-upper meteorologist. "The early time slot is going to be an eye-opener," she told co-anchor Scott Friedman at the halfway point of her 5 to 7 a.m. shift.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-23T11:44:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ed9d312d00734d6a571f0e275abe5618-734.html#unique-entry-id-734http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ed9d312d00734d6a571f0e275abe5618-734.html#unique-entry-id-734Numb3rs (163,185 homes) had a larger audience than CBS11's 10 p.m. news (143,700 homes) and NBC5's competing late night newscast (129,087 homes). ...In Friday's other local news competitions, NBC5 and WFAA8 tied for first at 10 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-23T05:57:42-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f9da1c2b712a61ad9e3659124dca0db7-732.html#unique-entry-id-732http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f9da1c2b712a61ad9e3659124dca0db7-732.html#unique-entry-id-732Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-20T10:10:07-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1dd2f38b196c95cafd172f575fcedf97-731.html#unique-entry-id-731http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1dd2f38b196c95cafd172f575fcedf97-731.html#unique-entry-id-731Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-20T09:24:33-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/454862d82a2b785b1e3a95a1f2ed42e4-730.html#unique-entry-id-730http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/454862d82a2b785b1e3a95a1f2ed42e4-730.html#unique-entry-id-730So You Think You Can Dance followed with a decisive win among 18-to-49-year-olds, but fell a bit short of CBS' Criminal Minds repeat in total homes. Fox4's 9 p.m. news then drew prime-time's biggest overall audience (163,185 homes) while also topping the charts with 18-to-49-year-olds and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-19T10:00:20-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8942f80a632be743c3f7b4e6351f959b-729.html#unique-entry-id-729http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8942f80a632be743c3f7b4e6351f959b-729.html#unique-entry-id-729By ED BARK Wednesday brought Tinytown ratings to D-FW, with NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast ranking as the day's most-watched program with a modest haul of 163,185 homes. ...The local news derby saw NBC5 adding to its 10 p.m. total homes win with a first-place finish among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-18T10:50:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fe5cac029ef58e8509e918f725acc9cf-727.html#unique-entry-id-727http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fe5cac029ef58e8509e918f725acc9cf-727.html#unique-entry-id-727 By ED BARK Rebecca Miller is baking away -- and probably simmering a bit, too -- while her early morning replacement at NBC5, former Weather Channel meteorologist Jennifer Lopez, prepares to make her on-air debut. ...What I have found out is that other stations (in the D-FW market) can't talk to me during my non-compete because they have their own non-competes with their own employees.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-18T10:49:43-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b1073e3749a519a7c988dcbd69f2e3fa-728.html#unique-entry-id-728http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b1073e3749a519a7c988dcbd69f2e3fa-728.html#unique-entry-id-728America's Got Talent. ...Over on CBS, a three-hour special devoted to the American Film Institute's latest lists limped in with 90,117 homes, beating only Fox's still onerous The Moment of Truth in the 7 to 8 p.m. hour.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-17T13:42:07-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2a0da513a2fce41f360ebf6c187c7a03-726.html#unique-entry-id-726http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2a0da513a2fce41f360ebf6c187c7a03-726.html#unique-entry-id-726Mike Snyder primed the prime-time pump by teasing a snake "explosion" and "invasion." Reporter Brett Johnson did the honors this time, reporting from Ellis County on a woman who had a non-poisonous snake die and decompose inside her dryer exhaust vent after it slithered aboard from a nearby pond.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-17T09:32:47-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d26df2d2808111163f1760b5faa417b0-725.html#unique-entry-id-725http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d26df2d2808111163f1760b5faa417b0-725.html#unique-entry-id-725Nashville Star had a weak-kneed 104,731 homes, even though four Texas-tied competitors, including Melissa Lawson of Arlington, are now among the Final 10. ...In the local news derby, WFAA8 nipped CBS11 for first place at 10 p.m. in total homes while doing the same to NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-16T13:01:18-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fa4c61f2dabe2e3f79ff92946f268dba-724.html#unique-entry-id-724http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fa4c61f2dabe2e3f79ff92946f268dba-724.html#unique-entry-id-724Meet the Press tribute to the late Tim Russert, who died Friday, drew 92,553 homes from 9 to 10 a.m. to easily beat all of the competing network public affairs programs. In Friday's local news derby, WFAA8 notched twin wins at 10 p.m. in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-13T09:41:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6417ca1ee9b0958f2bc0c6e1b8c3457b-723.html#unique-entry-id-723http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6417ca1ee9b0958f2bc0c6e1b8c3457b-723.html#unique-entry-id-723So You Think You Can Dance ranking as the No. ...The second episodes of CBS' Swingtown and NBC's Fear Itself both had limited appeal at 9 p.m. Swingtown managed 109,602 homes in outdrawing Fear Itself (90,117 homes).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-12T09:47:07-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b39ed125549040d7c0caf80f75773913-722.html#unique-entry-id-722http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b39ed125549040d7c0caf80f75773913-722.html#unique-entry-id-722Here's a spanking new promo for Fox4's Good Day. Hanging in the balance is whether co-anchor Megan Henderson will stay in the picture or succumb to a job at Fox News Channel, which lately has taken a strong interest in her.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-12T09:05:22-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7faf4d888c2d273e018910c8bc981fdd-721.html#unique-entry-id-721http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7faf4d888c2d273e018910c8bc981fdd-721.html#unique-entry-id-721Trees drew just 53,583 homes opposite CBS' repeat of CSI: NY (148,572); Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast (112,038) and the premiere of NBC's dismal Celebrity Circus (87,682). ...Fox's two-hour So You Think You Can Dance, with three North Texans among the 20 finalists, drew 121,780 homes to finish a close second overall opposite a 90-minute edition of NBC's Deal Or No Deal (129,067 homes).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-11T10:38:11-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1018dc38fa1937c36ac9cb4778a359ad-720.html#unique-entry-id-720http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1018dc38fa1937c36ac9cb4778a359ad-720.html#unique-entry-id-720The Moment of Truth and Hell's Kitchen. ...NBC5 continued to fare well in the early mornings, winning for the second straight weekday at 6 a.m. in total homes and racking up a fourth consecutive first place finish among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-10T11:45:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/db42ee302fe62fa06bfe57b2a4cb9d03-719.html#unique-entry-id-719http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/db42ee302fe62fa06bfe57b2a4cb9d03-719.html#unique-entry-id-719Nashville Star, with four Texas-tied contestants among the 12 finalists, averaged 116,909 D-FW homes from 8 to 10 p.m. But CBS controlled those two hours with a retread lineup of Two and a Half Men (165,621 homes), Rules of Engagement (141,265) and CSi: Miami (180,234 homes). ...ABC's The Mole had the night's lowest reality series numbers, sucking in just 63,326 homes between 9 and 10 p.m. It also ran fourth in that time slot among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with the final hour of Nashville Star taking third in that measurement.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-10T11:24:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8b8c0d2839156dc1d953859cf412ea64-718.html#unique-entry-id-718http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8b8c0d2839156dc1d953859cf412ea64-718.html#unique-entry-id-718By ED BARK Peak D-FW ratings for the NBA's thoroughbreds couldn't match those for Big Brown's shocking last-place finish in the Belmont. ...In the waker-upper hour, Fox4 took the 6 a.m. gold in total homes but sunk to third with 25-to-54-year-olds behind fronrunner NBC5 and WFAA8.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-10T10:59:31-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8981b7f497af0f9cd21266770457af73-717.html#unique-entry-id-717http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8981b7f497af0f9cd21266770457af73-717.html#unique-entry-id-717Swingtown, set in the sexually ripe '70s, ran second at 9 p.m., luring 151,007 homes against the first outing for NBC's Fear Itself (fourth with 102,295 homes). In the local news derby, CBS11 won a three-way competition at 10 p.m. in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-05T16:49:52-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ddfc72f70f8682776408f7a20e38f57e-716.html#unique-entry-id-716http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ddfc72f70f8682776408f7a20e38f57e-716.html#unique-entry-id-716 Suited up twice and in a sportcoat with broadcast mate Josh Lewin By ED BARK Tom Grieve, as he readily admits, has been the Texas Rangers' ultimate utility man. ...FSN Southwest's 30-minute In My Own Words: Tom Grieve, airing Sunday, June 8th at 10 p.m. (central), affords the subject a chance to be his usual self-effacting self.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-05T14:52:03-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5932c559b42c3030e9c6b303448598e6-715.html#unique-entry-id-715http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5932c559b42c3030e9c6b303448598e6-715.html#unique-entry-id-715; John Wayne in The Searchers. By ED BARK Maybe Mark Cuban should consider throwing some of his Mavs mad money at his most underpublicized asset -- HDNet Movies. ...The upcoming June menu also includes Easy Rider; Days of Wine and Roses; Badlands; Cool Hand Luke; Spartacus; Places In the Heart; Apollo 13; A Passage to India; Serpico; Splendor In the Grass; Prince of the City; The Music Man and Steve McQueen's last movie, Tom Horn.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-05T09:14:25-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ff06fe503395c15c9c71fff57c1e8ee9-714.html#unique-entry-id-714http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ff06fe503395c15c9c71fff57c1e8ee9-714.html#unique-entry-id-714So You Think You Can Dance drew the most advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds from 7 to 9 p.m., with a repeat of CBS' CSI: NY taking the throttle at 9 p.m. ...On NBC, Detroit's closeout of Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup finale ran fourth overall in total homes with just 63,326 of 'em. Still, the last hour of the matchup skated to second place among 18-to-49-year-olds, outdrawing Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast and a repeat of ABC's Men In Trees.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-04T10:06:30-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8cb43df1614493b3e366f96580f47b08-713.html#unique-entry-id-713http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8cb43df1614493b3e366f96580f47b08-713.html#unique-entry-id-713By ED BARK CBS and Fox carried the most weight in prime-time Tuesday, but more than a few D-FW homes bought into a history-making night on the cable news networks. ...Over on WFAA8, the 7 p.m. prime-time debut of The Gordon Keith Show ran fifth overall in total homes with 48,712 despite appearances by Mark Cuban and Adam Sandler.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-03T09:26:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3b9746e5644f14cb4ecccf5115d7e2dc-712.html#unique-entry-id-712http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3b9746e5644f14cb4ecccf5115d7e2dc-712.html#unique-entry-id-712Bachelorette remained third in the 18-to-49 demo, but Mole gave ABC a beauty mark with a narrow first place win over CBS' CSI: Miami reprise. In the local news derby, WFAA8 edged CBS11 in total homes at 10 p.m. in a downsized three-way race that kept NBC5's late night newscast on ice until 11:52 p.m. (Of note: NBC5 didn't make its reporters wait endlessly out in the field for those obligatory live shots.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-02T12:12:47-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1fd80130a69c77412de9b2a8100f5ad6-711.html#unique-entry-id-711http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1fd80130a69c77412de9b2a8100f5ad6-711.html#unique-entry-id-711Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-02T11:07:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/47030dec14f20530e3a6557af3245252-710.html#unique-entry-id-710http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/47030dec14f20530e3a6557af3245252-710.html#unique-entry-id-710Scripps National Spelling Bee peaked at 94,988 D-FW homes in the final 15 minutes, which ran past 9 p.m. and delayed the start of 20/20. ...In Friday's local news derby, CBS11 won a three-way 10 p.m. race in total homes, with WFAA8 not starting until 10:11 p.m. NBC5 and CBS11 tied at that hour among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-06-02T03:28:07-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0d24298f81af48a53e2065f0e2c42122-709.html#unique-entry-id-709http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0d24298f81af48a53e2065f0e2c42122-709.html#unique-entry-id-709 Valeri Williams (left) and with her daughter. Pictures provided by Williams By ED BARK Readers of this site regularly ask about the whereabouts of local TV reporter Valeri Williams. ..."I've kept a real low profile," says Williams, 47, who initially joined WFAA8 in 1992 and worked for ABC News as an Atlanta-based correspondent before returning to the station in 1999 for a second and shorter stay.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-30T11:03:16-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/54dd5b3a45f76308ed5f3eb86a9e9c56-708.html#unique-entry-id-708http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/54dd5b3a45f76308ed5f3eb86a9e9c56-708.html#unique-entry-id-708 Cynthia Izaguirre at WFAA8 and from an earlier series on KOAT-TV. By ED BARK WFAA8's homespun new 30-second image campaign for Cynthia Izaguirre seems to be timed just right. ...And Izaguirre's lame duck Daybreak desk partner, Justin Farmer -- better known as whatsisname at the station -- will be leaving in July to join WSB-TV in Atlanta, where his father, Don Farmer, once ruled the roost.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-30T09:56:00-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9d5103dc34fed7ac5a610952fe37cd45-707.html#unique-entry-id-707http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9d5103dc34fed7ac5a610952fe37cd45-707.html#unique-entry-id-707Last Comic Standing thudded to fourth place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. with 77,940 total homes and 50,454 viewers of the 18-to-49 persuasion. In the local news derby, WFAA8 nipped CBS11 at 10 p.m. in total homes and won comfortably with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-29T10:32:57-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3c70eeb08497a36af61acfc339a89f91-705.html#unique-entry-id-705http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3c70eeb08497a36af61acfc339a89f91-705.html#unique-entry-id-705 Newy Scruggs, Gloria Campos, Clarice Tinsley and Chris Salcedo By ED BARK The May "sweeps" ratings battles are over, but readers of this Web site consistently have expressed an interest in another numbers game. ... Nerissa Knight, Omar Villafranca, Lynn Kawano and Gary Reaves FOX4 The station's two major moneymakers -- its weekday early morning and 9 p.m. newscasts -- have no people of color in the featured news, weather or sports anchor positions.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-29T10:32:28-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/46cca73bfa5c2c12ebb824bb3603dfc8-706.html#unique-entry-id-706http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/46cca73bfa5c2c12ebb824bb3603dfc8-706.html#unique-entry-id-706CSI: NY repeat, which also was Wednesday's most-watched program with 228,946 D-FW homes. CBS11's 10 p.m. newscast then held on to the lion's share of a big lead-in audience to notch its second straight narrow win over WFAA8.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-28T10:11:37-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/da02541151e982cfab99eb026bd7ce9b-704.html#unique-entry-id-704http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/da02541151e982cfab99eb026bd7ce9b-704.html#unique-entry-id-704Kitchen and a repeat of CBS' The Unit tied for first at 8 p.m. with 119,344 apiece. ...In the local news derby, CBS11 nipped WFAA8 at 10 p.m. in total homes, but fell to fourth among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-27T14:54:17-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/de36b7ba9776b7272788330b6a14cae3-703.html#unique-entry-id-703http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/de36b7ba9776b7272788330b6a14cae3-703.html#unique-entry-id-703Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-23T10:59:36-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f2d65b79758e681884f5cca8c033de59-702.html#unique-entry-id-702http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/f2d65b79758e681884f5cca8c033de59-702.html#unique-entry-id-702By ED BARK Cruising through a sea of post-May sweeps reruns and reality competitions, ABC's two-hour season finale of Grey's Anatomy easily dominated Thursday's prime-time Nielsens. ...In the local news derby, WFAA8 again flexed at 10 p.m., winning in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-22T12:36:32-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6c7780b85aab66aa0f39fa2220d49e06-701.html#unique-entry-id-701http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6c7780b85aab66aa0f39fa2220d49e06-701.html#unique-entry-id-701Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-22T10:29:03-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b1ecb8f70a28b0cbde5d09151bcf89cd-700.html#unique-entry-id-700http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b1ecb8f70a28b0cbde5d09151bcf89cd-700.html#unique-entry-id-700 By ED BARK The four-week May sweeps ratings competition ended on a triumphant note for WFAA8, which ran first in all four major battlegrounds while upping its year-to-year Nielsen numbers in the key 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. battlegrounds. ...WFAA8 and Fox4 ran a similar down-to-the-wire race in the February sweeps, with the latter station holding an even measlier 244-homes edge at 6 a.m. Advertisers interpret both of these outcomes as ties.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-22T09:11:19-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bf812b954885ebbcb67f7f301a9d9f41-699.html#unique-entry-id-699http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bf812b954885ebbcb67f7f301a9d9f41-699.html#unique-entry-id-699By ED BARK Fox's two-hour Season 7 American Idol finale predictably crushed all in its path Wednesday as the May sweeps ended a four-week run just shy of Memorial Day weekend. ...In the four-way local news derby, WFAA8 finished with a flourish in the hotly contested 6 a.m. race, edging Fox4 in total homes and winning more comfortably among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-21T14:41:20-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9475aa065c384ac10cfe566863d7ee11-698.html#unique-entry-id-698http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9475aa065c384ac10cfe566863d7ee11-698.html#unique-entry-id-698Jane McGarry before reporter Ellen Goldberg told of a 23-year-old victim's manhandling by four sub-humans. ...That story led directly to reporter Grant Stinchfield's tale of a 62-year-old Seagoville woman who was kidnapped and taken into the woods by a young scumbag who's a registered sex offender.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-21T09:30:47-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d4bb03e7ee60ed6fbf83558962fdf506-697.html#unique-entry-id-697http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d4bb03e7ee60ed6fbf83558962fdf506-697.html#unique-entry-id-697By ED BARK American Idol's duel of the Davids not surprisingly had its way Tuesday among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. ...NBC5's 6 a.m. show suddenly rose up and won Tuesday by comfortable margins in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-20T14:31:09-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b6ad472eff39c4238104b213a18ae5b4-696.html#unique-entry-id-696http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b6ad472eff39c4238104b213a18ae5b4-696.html#unique-entry-id-696Katherine Blake's poignant followup story on a six-year-old girl from Aledo who's set to undergo major brain surgery in hopes of combatting a rare, often fatal disease.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-20T10:33:57-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ee7e1e29cb49a1aba761b6ecbb1ac51d-695.html#unique-entry-id-695http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ee7e1e29cb49a1aba761b6ecbb1ac51d-695.html#unique-entry-id-695CSI: Miami lead-in audience to top the 10 p.m. news ratings in total homes. It's won five of the 18 late night competitions in this measurement, and will end up a solid second behind WFAA8 after the final May sweeps bell sounds Wednesday night.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-19T15:19:42-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b094506d8dbb26a3e379c11129d7a280-694.html#unique-entry-id-694http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b094506d8dbb26a3e379c11129d7a280-694.html#unique-entry-id-694By ED BARK CBS' Academy of Country Music Awards and ABC's two-hour season finale of Desperate Housewives went twang-to-toe for ratings supremacy Sunday night. ...With just three weekdays left in the May "sweeps," Fox4 and WFAA8 are in a virtual dead heat in total homes while the ABC station has perhaps a sub-smidgen of breathing room in a three-way race to top the 25-to-54 demo.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-19T08:52:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/08dad4bbedc09ab7413c61877c2cf95c-693.html#unique-entry-id-693http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/08dad4bbedc09ab7413c61877c2cf95c-693.html#unique-entry-id-693 Live shots of home explosions in McKinney, shooting at NorthPark. By ED BARK Going live to scenes of crime or tragedy of course is nothing new on D-FW's late night newscasts. ...***WFAA8's Brett Shipp followed up on Thursday's investigation of alleged grade-fixing at South Oak Cliff High School that could force it to forfeit a second state basketball title.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-19T05:14:18-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b9ee9fe668d80fb645df5df84751e14e-692.html#unique-entry-id-692http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b9ee9fe668d80fb645df5df84751e14e-692.html#unique-entry-id-692 Fox4's Mike Doocy and former "Ticket" mainstay Greg Williams By ED BARK All dressed up but still with no place to go, former big-time radio personality Greg "The Hammer" Williams looked a bit older and maybe even wiser Sunday night during his first public appearance in more than seven months. ..."It was my own fault that I left, and ya know, if I hadn't a done some of the things I did, some bad things, I'd probably still be with The Ticket.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-18T18:39:32-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3d8ddb5443f320cefdf88a4957aa2e43-691.html#unique-entry-id-691http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3d8ddb5443f320cefdf88a4957aa2e43-691.html#unique-entry-id-691Daybreak meteorologist Meghan Danahey, who joined the station in 2007, is heading for Austin to become the weekday morning temperature taker for KVUE-TV, the market's ABC affiliate. ...Danahey had a summer internship with former featured WFAA8 weatherman Troy Dungan before working her way back to Dallas via stints in the Wichita Falls/Lawton, TX and Fort Myers/Naples FL markets.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-16T13:44:04-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1c99d4e95b0b414b93d0598a5bfb215f-690.html#unique-entry-id-690http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1c99d4e95b0b414b93d0598a5bfb215f-690.html#unique-entry-id-690Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-16T12:08:03-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/687541347853464919d82258574a2e98-689.html#unique-entry-id-689http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/687541347853464919d82258574a2e98-689.html#unique-entry-id-689 Fox4 sports anchor Mike Doocy and Greg "The Hammer" Williams By ED BARK Fox4 sports anchor Mike Doocy dropped an intriguing nugget at the close of his Thursday, 9 p.m. segment. ...Williams, also known as "The Hammer," officially resigned from The Ticket's Hardline afternoon drive program on Jan. 10th after being absent from the station since mid-October of last year.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-16T09:11:14-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cbb45db7a8631c4a7dd9d712c26ed7e4-688.html#unique-entry-id-688http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cbb45db7a8631c4a7dd9d712c26ed7e4-688.html#unique-entry-id-688By ED BARK CBS' eighth season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ranked as Thursday's biggest draw in total homes, but ABC's Lost found itself tops for the night among 18-to-49-year-olds. ...Although it dominated Lost in total homes, Trace ran well behind ABC's magical, mystery tour in the key 18-to-49 demo.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-15T15:38:49-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7f224ef10a23684615e47172f5752559-687.html#unique-entry-id-687http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7f224ef10a23684615e47172f5752559-687.html#unique-entry-id-687 Strong work from WFAA8's Shelly Slater, NBC5's Scott Friedman. By ED BARK Believe it or not, it's more satisfying to point out the pluses in local TV news reporting than to twit the more than abundant minuses at some stations. ...***WFAA8's Steve Stoler, this time with help from colleague Craig Civale, followed up on an exclusive Tuesday night story about a Catholic priest who abruptly resigned from his McKinney parish after being linked to a now defunct Web site for gay priests.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-15T09:51:37-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3978335c172113bcbcf589b0f93d0783-685.html#unique-entry-id-685http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3978335c172113bcbcf589b0f93d0783-685.html#unique-entry-id-685Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-15T09:51:09-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3e6f37f66091455896469ee60d6814e7-686.html#unique-entry-id-686http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3e6f37f66091455896469ee60d6814e7-686.html#unique-entry-id-686Boston Legal during those 15 minutes. In the local news derby, WFAA8 won at 10 p.m. in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-14T15:58:17-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9763e181c04ecd9d8c0a9071f4bc36f1-682.html#unique-entry-id-682http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/9763e181c04ecd9d8c0a9071f4bc36f1-682.html#unique-entry-id-682 Photo: Ed Bark By ED BARK Open to change while still happy at Fox4, Good Day co-anchor Megan Henderson says she'll "absolutely" entertain any Fox News Channel offers during a second weekend stint set for early next month. ...Henderson, who's co-anchored Good Day with Tim Ryan since August 2003, confirmed a Tuesday report by the Web site TV Newser that she'd be returning to New York on June 7-8 to guest-anchor FNC's Fox & Friends Weekend.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-14T15:55:25-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/20c8341416ad16dddfe4fb4b102111c1-684.html#unique-entry-id-684http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/20c8341416ad16dddfe4fb4b102111c1-684.html#unique-entry-id-684 CBS11's Jack Fink, Fox4's Brandon Todd and NBC5's Scott Gordon By ED BARK All four late night news providers first hit their "Storm Watch" buttons. ...***NBC5's Scott Gordon told viewers about a family that had been flooded out of their Arlington home a year ago and has been living in two small hotel rooms ever since.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-14T12:28:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7d369fea943b8d93c51be89d87a7b7be-683.html#unique-entry-id-683http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7d369fea943b8d93c51be89d87a7b7be-683.html#unique-entry-id-683American Idol easily carried the 7 p.m. hour among 18-to-49-year-olds, the key advertiser audience for entertainment programming. ...Fox4's 9 p.m. local news then won its time slot with 18-to-49-year-olds while nipping ABC's just canceled Women's Murder Club in total homes.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-13T14:20:19-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e5583bc2c9fbf697f66d2f66446e6a3b-681.html#unique-entry-id-681http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e5583bc2c9fbf697f66d2f66446e6a3b-681.html#unique-entry-id-681Jonathan Betz uncovered an advanced German textbook -- Deutsch Aktuell -- that had a picture of a German adult bookstore in the upper right hand corner of one of its pages. ...THIS JUST IN: SOME GROCERY STORES ACTUALLY ARE CHEAPER THAN OTHERS -- CBS11's Borta narrated a story on comparison shopping at Tom Thumb, Kroger, Wal Mart and Target to see which was selling 20 selected items at a lower total price.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-13T10:57:42-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5931ddbcf341435c306681cca35c58b9-680.html#unique-entry-id-680http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5931ddbcf341435c306681cca35c58b9-680.html#unique-entry-id-680Gladiators averaged just 77,939 D-FW homes in running a distant fourth from 8 to 10 p.m. It managed a third-place finish among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with Fox's duo of Bones and House falling far out of the money into fourth place. ...ABC's Dancing with the Stars performance show as usual controlled Monday's 7 to 8:30 p.m. slot, drawing 258,174 D-FW homes and also edging CBS' comedy lineup in the 18-to-49 demo.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-12T12:54:33-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5d93f2d77f8809b43775174a563d02f3-679.html#unique-entry-id-679http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/5d93f2d77f8809b43775174a563d02f3-679.html#unique-entry-id-679Brothers & Sisters had 153,443 homes, the same as Fox4's competing 9 p.m. local newscast.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-11T13:40:31-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d1487e1251cceb2f13752e3ed04816b0-678.html#unique-entry-id-678http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d1487e1251cceb2f13752e3ed04816b0-678.html#unique-entry-id-678Saturday Night Live sketch emerged, although anchor Mike Snyder and reporter Meredith Land of course played it deadly serious with the station's lead story on marauding Texas coral snakes. ... WFAA8's Cynthia Izaguirre, Fox4's Emily Lopez, WFAA8's Craig Civale NOT MAKING THE GRADE -- WFAA8 early morning anchor Cynthia Izaguirre, making her first late night sweeps appearance, had a lengthy and very good report on yet another shortcoming in the Dallas Independent School District.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-09T13:20:47-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e05bf52a4ac8aeaef198992aba05fbc2-677.html#unique-entry-id-677http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e05bf52a4ac8aeaef198992aba05fbc2-677.html#unique-entry-id-677 WFAA8's Chris Hawes, NBC5's Grant Stinchfield, CBS11's Jay Gormley By ED BARK A supposedly irate Dallas pizzeria owner has been griping lately about the local media's drum-beating of bad economic news. ...MORE GOOD WORK -- CBS11's Stephanie Lucero had an interesting story on how homeowner insurance rates often can be tied to their nearest fire department's response time ratings and overall excellence, as judged by ISO (Insurance Service Organization) exams.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-09T09:37:48-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c1067d800ef49ec360e476b5e6c4d48a-675.html#unique-entry-id-675http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c1067d800ef49ec360e476b5e6c4d48a-675.html#unique-entry-id-675 Picture book swing or rusty gate on a broken hinge? Photos: Ed Bark By ED BARK FRISCO -- At first -- and especially in the second inning -- The Ticket radio's "Great Game" proved to be anything but. ...Lewis, one of his two broadcast buddies on The Ticket's afternoon BaD radio show, paced the losing Team Hardline by making five putouts in centerfield, recording the game's first two runs batted in and reaching base three of four times.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-09T09:37:24-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ba0ace93445c32a83b47f1080b923423-676.html#unique-entry-id-676http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ba0ace93445c32a83b47f1080b923423-676.html#unique-entry-id-676Grey's Anatomy and CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation tying at 8 p.m. in total homes (263,045 apiece). ...WFAA8 ran the table at 5 and 6 p.m. Its lopsided victory among 25-to-54-year-olds in the earlier hour served to shoo away the Peacock, which had been pressing WFAA8 a bit for first place in that demographic.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-08T15:38:50-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3629eb40bc80169d8b9ffb78980ec9ed-673.html#unique-entry-id-673http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3629eb40bc80169d8b9ffb78980ec9ed-673.html#unique-entry-id-673 CBS11's Katherine Blake and WFAA8's Jason Whitely By ED BARK No one took note at the time, including the reporter on the scene and your dogged chronicler of D-FW's late night newscasts. ...But NBC5's Newy Scruggs and CBS11's Babe Laufenberg also let it be known that they frown on the Dallas Cowboys' decision to be part of HBO's Hard Knocks reality series for the first time since 2001.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-08T15:38:26-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fe167959bdec8ff8a89180d92c399170-674.html#unique-entry-id-674http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/fe167959bdec8ff8a89180d92c399170-674.html#unique-entry-id-674Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-07T15:26:28-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ec73a829ab6560d2d82e5fb2e9dd5fe4-672.html#unique-entry-id-672http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ec73a829ab6560d2d82e5fb2e9dd5fe4-672.html#unique-entry-id-672***CBS11's "Private Workout" story, by reporter Katherine Blake, took viewers inside a smaller-scale exercise joint whose patrons get to work out mostly behind closed doors in private instead of amid all those other sweaty bodies.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-07T09:06:17-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/92e83c908a41fdd887e3e44ef80e2558-671.html#unique-entry-id-671http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/92e83c908a41fdd887e3e44ef80e2558-671.html#unique-entry-id-671By ED BARK Fox's American Idol and ABC's Dancing with the Stars again controlled the prime-time ratings, but a pair of late night newscasts made bigger impressions. ...Fox4's 9 p.m. newscast also made a big noise in Tuesday's Nielsens, running a very close second to ABC's Women's Murder Club in total homes but easily topping the time slot among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-06T15:00:09-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8cc413f39f7e1358220be8a186db7cd9-670.html#unique-entry-id-670http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8cc413f39f7e1358220be8a186db7cd9-670.html#unique-entry-id-670***Intrepid reporter Jason Overstreet, who's leaving Fox4 at the end of the May sweeps for a non-TV news job, interviewed a McKinney woman and her nine-year-old son after their home had been burglarized by a gang of 12-to-14-year-olds who since have been caught by police.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-06T10:06:36-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d70d633307bb38968dd8cfbf8f8934dd-669.html#unique-entry-id-669http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d70d633307bb38968dd8cfbf8f8934dd-669.html#unique-entry-id-669Daybreak edged Fox4's Good Day by one-tenth of a rating point (2,436 homes) in the total homes Nielsens, with a still plucky NBC5 running a close third. ...CBS' CSI: Miami cleaned up in both measurements at 9 p.m., bequeathing CBS11's late night newscast a dominating lead-in audience from 9:45 to 10 p.m. WFAA8 rallied to win anyway, despite the usual weak-kneed performance by ABC's preceding The Bachelor.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-05T10:59:56-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3b7e97549d8067ed5e9e741538b39e7f-667.html#unique-entry-id-667http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/3b7e97549d8067ed5e9e741538b39e7f-667.html#unique-entry-id-667Mike Snyder proclaimed before foreboding music further set the stage for Meredith Land's report on C-dif (Clostridium Dificile) bacteria that can cause diarrhea and sometimes death. ...Thomas followed up on the station's earlier story about "Baby Lydia," who needs a heart transplant and has been hospitalized since her birth three months ago. Her parents, who have three other children, abruptly were evicted from their home after falling behind on rent payments due to the heavy medical bills they're also trying to absorb.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-05T10:59:27-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/765217a48ad35cf83c5df494219cf951-668.html#unique-entry-id-668http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/765217a48ad35cf83c5df494219cf951-668.html#unique-entry-id-668DH averaged a lower audience share -- 17 percent -- than the Stars' late night haul because there were many more enticing viewing alternatives from 8 to 9 p.m. than from 1:15 to 1:30 a.m. ...WFAA ran first in total homes at 5 and 6 p.m. while clipping runnerup NBC5 by just one-tenth of a rating point (2,436 viewers) in the 6 p.m. competition for 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-02T16:56:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bc5df19a2b76475eeee395f251e9067e-666.html#unique-entry-id-666http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bc5df19a2b76475eeee395f251e9067e-666.html#unique-entry-id-666