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Yeah, ENVY magazine. C'mon, you know ENVY. Where you been? Everyone reads that thing.

Monday, Aug. 18, 2008

Cast of Dallas to reunite at Southfork Ranch in November

Dallas the 30-year-old TV show, that is. Mark your calendars!

Friday, Aug. 15, 2008

Uncle Barky interviews Tracy Kornet and the Eleven21 Band

News anchor Tracy Kornet and band stop by the Uncle Barky Show to play some tunes and reminisce.

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008

South Oak Cliff cleared of grade changing allegations from Brett Shipp sweeps week story

By Shawn Williams

Because of the type of man he is, Coach Mays had nothing negative to say about WFAA or Shipp.

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008

Olympics are unstoppable in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Aug. 11)

The Olympics averaged 494,427 D-FW homes, peaking at 616,207 between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008

Dallas-based Paciugo Gelato featured on Food Network’s Unwrapped

See owner Cristiana Ginatta make gelato by hand!

Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008

Cowboys’ preseason game beats Olympics — for a while

From 9 to 9:45 p.m. (i.e. while the starters were in the game), the Cowboys ruled the roost. Otherwise, the Olympics dominated all weekend long.

Monday, Aug. 11, 2008

New web series features increased presence of Latinos

By Marisa Treviño

Launched last Friday, Ylse is a bilingual, bi-cultural cross between Ally McBeal and Larry Sanders.

Monday, Aug. 11, 2008

DFW viewers mostly scarce for reality shows

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Aug. 7)

In fact, three of the closely bunched 10 p.m. local newscasts drew bigger crowds than any of the Big Four network offerings.

Friday, Aug. 8, 2008

Fort Worth native Joshua Allen wins TV reality show So You Think You Can Dance

Allen impressed the judges with his jumping ability and technical skills.

Friday, Aug. 8, 2008

Wednesday a ratings dead zone in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Aug. 6)

So You Think You Can Dance called the tune with advertiser-favored 18-to-49-year-olds, though, averaging a not-so-hot 75,682 of 'em to win the 7 to 9 p.m. slot.

Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008

America’s Got Talent still brings in DFW viewers

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Aug. 5)

Talent 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).

Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008

Rangers’ walk-off victory a win for MY27

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Aug. 4)

The last 15 minutes of the Rangers' win drew 214,333 D-FW homes to outpoint everything except Monday's final 15 minutes of a Two and a Half Men repeat on CBS.

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008

Arlington mom is NBC’s new “Nashville Star”

Melissa Lawson, mother of five, is TV's latest reality show winner.

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008

WFAA8 makes abrupt Daybreak switch

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., Aug. 1-3)

Friday was Justin Farmer's last day as co-anchor with Cynthia Izaguirre; Brad Hawkins took over on Monday.

Monday, Aug. 4, 2008

August 7 issue of Rolling Stone magazine filled with Dallas, Texas references

Most of them occur in the cover story on the Jonas Brothers, but still.

Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008

Flashpoint the hot spot in Thursday ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., July 31)

The CBS police drama easily won the 9 p.m. hour, gathering 168,056 total homes, though only 53,608 viewers in the 18-to-49 demo.

Friday, Aug. 1, 2008

So You Think You Can Dance draws “right” DFW viewers

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., July 30)

Dance ran just third in total D-FW homes at 8 p.m., but took the top spot with advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

CBS, NBC, and ABC swap leads in DFW ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 29)

All three stations had at least one show lead the ratings at various times Tuesday night.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

DFW reality locals help NBC to strong Monday night

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 28)

North Texas contestants on Nashville Star and American Gladiators help boost the ratings.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

DFW sports anchors jump on Cowboys camp bandwagon

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., July 25-27)

NBC5's Newy Scruggs and WFAA8's Dale Hansen were the night's Big Tunas while Fox4's Mike Doocy and CBS11's Babe Laufenberg played backup.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Dallas contestant Liza Garza does not win The Next Food Network Star

As accidentally revealed last week on the Food Network's web site, the winner was Aaron.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Food Network website accidentally reveals outcome of Next Food Network Star

We only watched it because a Dallasite was a contestant anyway.

Friday, July 25, 2008

TXA21 draws viewers by turning off signal

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., July 23)

From 7 to 8 p.m., TXA21's "First in Prime" news averaged 73,068 D-FW homes, peaking at 97,424 between 7:15 to 7:30 p.m. in anticipation of the analog signal shutoff at 8:15 p.m.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

America’s Got Talent, Wipeout still tops in DFW ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 22)

Talent had prime-time's biggest overall audience, while Wipeout dominated the ratings among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Nashville Star trounces High School Musical in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 21)

NBC's Nashville Star (114,473 D-FW homes) drew a bit more than twice the overall audience for HSM: GITP.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

UPDATED: Radio talent experiences a shift at Live 105.3 and The Bone

Dueling duos Cindy Scull & Robert Miguel and Pugs & Kelly are free agents.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

DFW viewers refuse to Get in the Picture

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., July 18-20)

ABC mega-bombed with the premiere of High School Musical: Get In the Picture, drawing a piddling 51,148 homes.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Dallas’ Lisa Garza makes it to finale of Next Food Network Star, surprise surprise

Irritating episode opts to advance all three finalists to the finale.

Monday, July 21, 2008

DJ Russ Martin arrested, released in Southlake

Host of The Russ Martin Show on KLLI-FM (105.3) was charged with aggravated assault with bodily injuries with a deadly weapon.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

CBS crime repeats still a draw in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., July 16)

The Eye network's Criminal Minds (158,314 homes) and CSI: NY (163,185) controlled the 8 to 10 p.m. slot Wednesday.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Rhett Miller to appear on NPR’s Fresh Air on Thursday (ie: today)

Performing songs from the Old 97's latest release.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

DFW viewers stay up late to watch baseball

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 15, All-Star baseball edition)

The game itself, which started at 7:47 p.m. Tuesday, averaged 199,719 D-FW homes overall from opening pitch to 15th inning slide across home plate.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Josh Hamilton’s Bunyan-esque feat draws lots of DFW viewers

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 14)

168,056 homes zeroed in on ESPN during the Home Run Derby, good enough to beat all competing programming from 8:30 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Rangers beat White Sox and dominate ratings Sunday

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., July 11-13)

The marathon 12-11 win over the White Sox dominated all daytime programming before peaking at 141,265 homes from 6 to 6:15 p.m.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Gay Dallas rodeo cowboy to appear on Big Brother

By Arnold Wayne Jones

Steven Daigle being the only out contestant on Big Brother has his lesbian sister on pins and needles.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Wipeout could be break-out hit of summer in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 8)

Wipeout ruled the 7 p.m. hour among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, the only audience that networks really care about.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The Bachelorette dominates Monday DFW ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 7)