http://www.unclebarky.com/index.htmlDallas-Fort Worth TVenEd BarkCopyright 2006 Ed Bark2008-07-18T13:35:27-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:12:58 -0500Ed 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-666Dallas Morning News metro columnist James Ragland.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-02T09:08:00-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/08b2a5d39d9617ed1b04e80f409e1816-665.html#unique-entry-id-665http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/08b2a5d39d9617ed1b04e80f409e1816-665.html#unique-entry-id-665Lost then dipped to 165,621 homes, running well behind CBS' Without A Trace (219,204) and only a bit ahead of Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast (148,572). ...Fox4 had better news at 5 and 6 p.m. It tied WFAA8 at the earlier hour among 25-to-54-year-olds and won outright at 6 p.m., where the ABC station usually dominates.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-01T16:32:11-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/106b6a56b910ff8caf36d5fbfc4a7ff1-664.html#unique-entry-id-664http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/106b6a56b910ff8caf36d5fbfc4a7ff1-664.html#unique-entry-id-664By ED BARK The Dallas Stars couldn't pull off a series sweep against San Jose in their Stanley Cup playoff matchup Wednesday, but did draw their highest ratings of the year on Fox Sports Southwest. ...WFAA8 also had twin wins at 6 a.m., edging Fox4 in total homes and winning by a bit bigger margin over NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-01T13:17:10-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/eb443ec2b86cc2b2d5b34785575bd239-663.html#unique-entry-id-663http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/eb443ec2b86cc2b2d5b34785575bd239-663.html#unique-entry-id-663Gloria Campos told viewers they could read more on the story in Thursday's Denton Record-Chronicle, which like WFAA8 is owned by Belo Corp. ...TAKING A HARDLINE -- All four stations also covered a shooting in Mesquite during which a man killed his wife and wounded his two stepchildren before turning himself in. But Fox4's Jeff Crilley had details the others missed, plus a provocative quote from Mesquite police lieutenant Steve Callarmann.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-05-01T04:39:22-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/033de5ddf532a349d92f1f60758ac314-662.html#unique-entry-id-662http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/033de5ddf532a349d92f1f60758ac314-662.html#unique-entry-id-662Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-30T18:04:12-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/87e245f95699ef992d8fb543d4420964-661.html#unique-entry-id-661http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/87e245f95699ef992d8fb543d4420964-661.html#unique-entry-id-661***WFAA8's Steve Stoler reported from Plano on five small businesses, including a popular restaurant and barber shop, that will have to make way for a new apartment/retail development backed by city leaders. ...***Gormley quickly returned to the living by leading off Tuesday's CBS11 late nighter with video of Dallas County Commissioners John Wiley Price and Kenneth Mayfield having a heated argument over the amount of overtime being paid to sheriff deputies and staffers.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-30T09:51:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/277b8c1f0e2ace1ec964edf0066baa49-660.html#unique-entry-id-660http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/277b8c1f0e2ace1ec964edf0066baa49-660.html#unique-entry-id-660Women's Murder Club, which won the time period in total homes and tied Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast for first among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds. ...It added a pair of 6 p.m. victories and ran first in total homes at 5 p.m. WFAA8 and Fox4 shared the lead in that earlier hour among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-29T15:53:08-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/98872fd9113912a4b60d1229fc29862d-659.html#unique-entry-id-659http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/98872fd9113912a4b60d1229fc29862d-659.html#unique-entry-id-659Pete 'n' Dale's Playhouse -- Weatherman Pete Delkus began Monday's festivities by reading an email from a viewer who said, "I really like the way you and Dale go at each other.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-29T09:09:14-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6661f243ec0b46c788a78f2a60ca1acf-658.html#unique-entry-id-658http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6661f243ec0b46c788a78f2a60ca1acf-658.html#unique-entry-id-658Two and a Half Men (211,897) edged House in total homes and tied it in the 18-to-49 demo before the Eye network's Rules of Engagement drew smaller crowds from 8:30 to 9 p.m.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-28T10:46:32-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cf72bdf0cffe5eebed7541f7de440346-657.html#unique-entry-id-657http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cf72bdf0cffe5eebed7541f7de440346-657.html#unique-entry-id-657KEY INGREDIENT MISSING -- NBC5 reporter Brett Johnson stood live in the dark to tell viewers that "a lot of the folks that we talked to" said they'd be spending their federal income tax rebate checks "on something fun" such as electronics at Best Buy.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-28T09:34:01-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bf477cdcab38bc455deee388c3ff7a57-656.html#unique-entry-id-656http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bf477cdcab38bc455deee388c3ff7a57-656.html#unique-entry-id-656Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-25T10:11:27-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a145b8e102d5ae2ce7ddd18d81b78130-655.html#unique-entry-id-655http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a145b8e102d5ae2ce7ddd18d81b78130-655.html#unique-entry-id-655Meredith Land. ...GOOD WORK -- WFAA8 veteran Jim Douglas turned in another interesting report, this one on a "DWI Loophole" that has given some offenders a basic slap on the wrist if they're passed out behind the wheel when discovered by police.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-25T08:50:19-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/4de9a3521f5830147bec546912be4077-654.html#unique-entry-id-654http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/4de9a3521f5830147bec546912be4077-654.html#unique-entry-id-654Good Day again comfortably won that time period in both ratings measurements Thursday, with Today finishing third in total homes and in a second-place tie with ABC's Good Morning America among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-24T16:28:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2edfd43b3eb780e092b71180cb28dcf1-652.html#unique-entry-id-652http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2edfd43b3eb780e092b71180cb28dcf1-652.html#unique-entry-id-652A good part of Scruggs still longs to make it back to L.A., where he left KCOP-TV (then a UPN station) after "I got into a contract battle, lost that and ended up here.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-24T11:16:00-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e4e4fae33ce541695cc4a727d01292da-651.html#unique-entry-id-651http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e4e4fae33ce541695cc4a727d01292da-651.html#unique-entry-id-651 Fox4 news director Maria Barrs and former reporter Rebecca Aguilar By ED BARK Former Fox4 reporter Rebecca Aguilar's "Charge of Discrimination" against Dallas-based KDFW-TV (Channel 4) basically boils down to a battle between two strong-willed women with many years of experience in local television news. ...In her complaint, Aguilar says that in September 2007, "I proposed to Ms. Barrs that the station at least apply the Rooney Rule when it came to interviewing Latino and Hispanic candidates for management positions.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-24T09:40:01-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/60c6b92dceda4a19ca1f1164fb089d24-650.html#unique-entry-id-650http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/60c6b92dceda4a19ca1f1164fb089d24-650.html#unique-entry-id-650Big Brother 9 among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds and also with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. ...But Fox4's following 9 p.m. local newscast was the day's most-watched attraction, drawing a Goliath-sized 340,984 homes in crushing NBC's runnerup new episode of Law & Order (192,412 homes) in which Jesse L.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-23T10:25:54-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2931dc99703594aac52852104904737e-648.html#unique-entry-id-648http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2931dc99703594aac52852104904737e-648.html#unique-entry-id-648 Jason Kidd, Josh Howard, Erick Dampier and coach Avery Johnson By ED BARK Barring an immediate, season-ending injury to Chris Paul, the Mavericks' NBA championship window is pretty much slammed shut -- for this season and now for the foreseeable future, too. Tuesday's embarrassing, nationally televised no-contest in New Orleans raises one big question -- who's most responsible for two double-digit losses to a team the Mavs supposedly wanted in the first round?]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-23T09:52:29-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cf9823f4060b6c902274d276e011a6db-649.html#unique-entry-id-649http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/cf9823f4060b6c902274d276e011a6db-649.html#unique-entry-id-649American Idol at 7 p.m. and then the first half-hour of ABC's Dancing with the Stars results show. ...The Peacock nipped Fox4 in the total homes race by one-tenth of a rating point (2,436 homes) and lost by just two-tenths of a point to Fox4 among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-22T15:04:05-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a47d2162859cbfa2574eb953dcf8f36e-647.html#unique-entry-id-647http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a47d2162859cbfa2574eb953dcf8f36e-647.html#unique-entry-id-647 Here's to bright futures for all in this picture. Photo: Ed Bark Your friendly unclebarky.com proprietor met Monday with SMU graduate students of Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism Tony Pederson. No one appeared to doze off during their class on New Media and Society.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-22T10:32:42-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bd57c4f53aadd1a846af4ee0c8504f16-646.html#unique-entry-id-646http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/bd57c4f53aadd1a846af4ee0c8504f16-646.html#unique-entry-id-646CSI: Miami.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-21T09:57:44-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c324ab64f459756048b3d65803bcbe81-645.html#unique-entry-id-645http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c324ab64f459756048b3d65803bcbe81-645.html#unique-entry-id-645Wheel of Fortune (165,621 homes).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-20T22:23:45-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a4c5018b760b8e70fbbc889b94bea2a3-644.html#unique-entry-id-644http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a4c5018b760b8e70fbbc889b94bea2a3-644.html#unique-entry-id-644DFW Today, will always make any respectable list of all-time TV bloopers. He's now anchoring at ABC affiliate WAAY-TV in Huntsville, Alabama, where his official station bio even includes a link to "Mr. Scott's Famous Leapin' Lizard Episode."]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-18T11:16:35-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8bb7b14681857463f2520bc6344970ed-643.html#unique-entry-id-643http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8bb7b14681857463f2520bc6344970ed-643.html#unique-entry-id-643Scrubs at 8:30 p.m., the total homes number dropped to 107,166. ...But Fox4 took the hour with 25-to-54-year-olds while WFAA8 ran second with its blend of weather coverage and Eli Stone.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-18T05:03:28-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/dfb6be788a8af4708ec1f0ea548b9780-642.html#unique-entry-id-642http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/dfb6be788a8af4708ec1f0ea548b9780-642.html#unique-entry-id-642CSI: Crime Scene Investigation before weatherman Larry Mowry (helped by Kristine Kahanek) abruptly pulled the plug. ...But the Stars were the best entertainment value in town Thursday night, unless some viewers instead enjoyed the sight of a drenched, wind-buffeted Chris Hawes losing her umbrella on WFAA8 as the storm hit downtown Fort Worth shortly after 8 p.m.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-17T16:18:06-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6308109cc43bcd018d3fb5d4fd1dcd0f-641.html#unique-entry-id-641http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6308109cc43bcd018d3fb5d4fd1dcd0f-641.html#unique-entry-id-641Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-17T12:26:31-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/890ef8261d64285baf235c83ab8de84f-640.html#unique-entry-id-640http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/890ef8261d64285baf235c83ab8de84f-640.html#unique-entry-id-640American Idol results show, which had a league-leading 314,192 homes from 8 to 9 p.m. But dose Dems did all right against the likes of CBS' Criminal Minds (194,848 homes) and Big Brother 9 (80,375); NBC's Deal or No Deal (163,185) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (75,504); and Fox's 'Til Death (143,700) and Back To You (141,265).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-16T09:11:16-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d236b5b3d57795b719debb771185824a-639.html#unique-entry-id-639http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d236b5b3d57795b719debb771185824a-639.html#unique-entry-id-639D-FW viewers still haven't puckered up to the Stars, although the team's third Stanley Cup playoff encounter with Anaheim did almost beat a Mission: Impossible repeat on Ch. 52. The Ducks beat Dallas on its home ice to the tune of 34,098 total homes on Fox Sports Southwest while a 9 to 10 p.m. episode of Mission had 36,534 homes.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-15T09:10:00-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/99029366096d143624e5dd03992359ff-638.html#unique-entry-id-638http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/99029366096d143624e5dd03992359ff-638.html#unique-entry-id-638Dancing with the Stars did the deed, averaging an 11 rating (267,916 D-FW homes) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. A new episode of the network's Samantha Who? then dipped to 165,621 homes, losing in both that measurement and among advertiser-courted 18-to-49-year-olds to CBS' 8:30 p.m. return of Rules of Engagement (172,928 homes). ...WFAA8's latenight newscast edged onetime archrival NBC5 in total homes, with the Peacock then prevailing among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-14T11:26:34-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e4fe52111757849b2689fd6774de10a7-637.html#unique-entry-id-637http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/e4fe52111757849b2689fd6774de10a7-637.html#unique-entry-id-637A. The only way to go with a high-definition set is to local newscasts that fill my wider screen with sharper images.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-14T10:16:29-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/831e8799eea977ffc37b7b4abed6fd97-636.html#unique-entry-id-636http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/831e8799eea977ffc37b7b4abed6fd97-636.html#unique-entry-id-636By ED BARK ABC's Desperate Housewives returned to the living with a new post-strike episode Sunday, but The Masters' overrun out-stroked Wisteria Lane in the D-FW Nielsens. The closing half-hour of pro golf's most sainted tournament -- just ask a genuflecting Jim Nantz -- drew a robust 264,263 total homes from 6 to 6:30 p.m. DH had 211,897 homes from 8 to 9 p.m.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-11T09:11:39-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/99a259c7f6db444fb920cf943e2ae179-635.html#unique-entry-id-635http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/99a259c7f6db444fb920cf943e2ae179-635.html#unique-entry-id-635American Idol. ...In the local news derby, WFAA8 and CBS11 tied at 10 p.m. in total homes (231,382 apiece) despite the latter station's huge lead-in advantage from CBS' Without A Trace vs. ABC's Eli Stone.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-10T11:18:55-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8a4a2b6e95fd939553c3fa9b54d3b04c-634.html#unique-entry-id-634http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/8a4a2b6e95fd939553c3fa9b54d3b04c-634.html#unique-entry-id-634Wheel of Fortune (185,106 homes). ...Gives Back ran the table among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, edging Wheel at 6:30 p.m. before more than doubling the audience for any competing prime-time program.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-09T23:30:08-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/49388fa21c8d9903e312b131225324e5-633.html#unique-entry-id-633http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/49388fa21c8d9903e312b131225324e5-633.html#unique-entry-id-633Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-09T09:39:41-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/dec871ffe60eebe323666a01eac45baa-631.html#unique-entry-id-631http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/dec871ffe60eebe323666a01eac45baa-631.html#unique-entry-id-631 Nerissa Knight, Cynthia Izaguirre, Adrian Arambulo, Ellen Goldberg By ED BARK Experienced veterans should be valued in D-FW's television newsrooms, but quality newcomers also are part of any station's equation. ...Ellen Goldberg of NBC5 has been a featured reporter on the station's 10 p.m. weekday newscasts since March, 2007.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-09T09:39:27-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/05938d608858d36d85d1bc43b8e572fe-632.html#unique-entry-id-632http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/05938d608858d36d85d1bc43b8e572fe-632.html#unique-entry-id-632Good Day seems to be in another of its periodic mini-slumps, at least at 6 a.m. The February "sweeps" ratings champ ran second in total homes (barely ahead of NBC5) and dipped to a close third behind the Peacock among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-08T10:38:42-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/554b9111e9a0d59e5c96ac6e6a8986da-630.html#unique-entry-id-630http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/554b9111e9a0d59e5c96ac6e6a8986da-630.html#unique-entry-id-630Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-07T10:24:04-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/950f45c720784a99011a6b86fc51c315-629.html#unique-entry-id-629http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/950f45c720784a99011a6b86fc51c315-629.html#unique-entry-id-629By ED BARK The Dallas Mavericks' big comeback win against Phoenix paced a non-stop sports weekend that also included NCAA Final Four hoops and Texas Motor Speedway loops. ...In Friday's local news derby, WFAA8 again topped the 10 p.m. field in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-07T05:49:21-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/88ce0545c9e22433fe882afc62eaca46-628.html#unique-entry-id-628http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/88ce0545c9e22433fe882afc62eaca46-628.html#unique-entry-id-628 By ED BARK Megan Henderson didn't miss a beat Monday, returning to Fox4's Good Day after a weekend in New York co-hosting Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends. ... Journalism 101: anchor Courtney Friel in and out of uniform. During one of Saturday's periodic news breaks, the former World Poker Tour host termed herself a "total ghetto princess" after breaking a few moves.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-04T16:01:18-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/63a8828d1606e4cd364198ad0285f789-627.html#unique-entry-id-627http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/63a8828d1606e4cd364198ad0285f789-627.html#unique-entry-id-627 4, 5, 8, 11: Clarice Tinsley, David Finfrock, Dale Hansen, Karen Borta By ED BARK A whole lotta downsizing's been going on again lately in the TV news biz. And some are reporting that the era of big-time personalities making out-sized salaries is drawing to a quick close.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-04T11:48:11-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7355d8fb230ef347a546b4d2f0ce7030-626.html#unique-entry-id-626http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/7355d8fb230ef347a546b4d2f0ce7030-626.html#unique-entry-id-626CSI led all attractions with 319,064 homes and Trace (255,738 homes) had the biggest audience at 9 p.m. Survivor took the gold in the 7 p.m. hour, drawing 148,572 homes to edge the one-hour return of NBC's My Name Is Earl (146,136 homes). ...In the local news derby, WFAA8 returned to the winners circle at 10 p.m. with first place finishes in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-03T15:56:24-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c40473437e2bcfdf95217956f2516586-625.html#unique-entry-id-625http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c40473437e2bcfdf95217956f2516586-625.html#unique-entry-id-625KDFW-TV (Channel 4), then a CBS affiliate, had a featured news team of Clarice Tinsley, Chip Moody, Dale Hansen and weatherman Wayne Shattuck in place during a 1981-'82 season in which the network had seven of prime-time's top 10 series, led by Dallas. ...But it's worth the relatively brief wait, particularly for a money shot in which Hansen has a box of popcorn knocked in his face while at a ballgame.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-03T14:05:28-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a6a43373d01cd217d2e40b7606dd8f42-624.html#unique-entry-id-624http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/a6a43373d01cd217d2e40b7606dd8f42-624.html#unique-entry-id-624The Moment of Truth again drew enough train wreck voyeurs to win at 7 p.m. in both total D-FW homes and with advertiser-favored 18-to-49-year-olds. ...In the other major local news competitions, WFAA8 whipped Fox4 at 6 a.m. in both ratings measurements and also had twin wins at 6 p.m. The 5 p.m. gold in total homes was shared by WFAA8 and NBC5, but the ABC station had the top spot to itself among 25-to-54-year-olds.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-02T13:28:59-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1130d6277bb76324a822674ea74185f6-623.html#unique-entry-id-623http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/1130d6277bb76324a822674ea74185f6-623.html#unique-entry-id-623 By ED BARK Dallas-Fort Worth's most-honored television news operation made another big impression Wednesday, this time with the George Foster Peabody Awards. ...Harris was cited for reports on the U.S. Export-Import Bank and a probe of Dateline NBC's "To Catch A Predator" sting operation in Murphy, TX.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-02T10:21:02-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b362209f24c8c0e8c19356e3ae47c19c-622.html#unique-entry-id-622http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/b362209f24c8c0e8c19356e3ae47c19c-622.html#unique-entry-id-622Dancing with the Stars then called the tune and evicted happy/sappy Steve Guttenberg at 8 p.m. It drew 267,916 homes in outpointing the return of Hell's Kitchen on Fox (197,284). ...Even a repeat of NCIS, for instance, beat Idol among viewers 55 years and older, drawing 254,400 of 'em. Among 12-to-17-year-olds, though, NCIS registered "hashmarks" (no measurable audience).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-01T21:36:44-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0b4ec7d779eab2beab5dc041b5687e19-621.html#unique-entry-id-621http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/0b4ec7d779eab2beab5dc041b5687e19-621.html#unique-entry-id-621 All wound up while winding it down at the Majestic. Photos: Ed Bark By ED BARK Comedian/actor Eddie Izzard and his iPhone played the Majestic Theatre in Dallas Monday night. ... Izzard up-close backstage just before playing to a packed house. Izzard, 46, also is lately known as a traveling gypsy con artist impersonating a wealthy dead man on FX cable's The Riches, which had its strike-shortened second season premiere on March 18th.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-01T17:41:40-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/45c8e45fd5a31cf5fc7790f855670ad0-620.html#unique-entry-id-620http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/45c8e45fd5a31cf5fc7790f855670ad0-620.html#unique-entry-id-620By ED BARK Fox4 fell hard Tuesday for an April Fool's joke about a $900 million retractable roof to be built over the Texas Motor Speedway. ...That's the made-up moniker of a pitching phenom in a famous April Fool's hoax article written in 1985 for Sports Illustrated by George Plimpton.]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-04-01T09:26:55-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/15c6fd38c6349478f95fa2af3006bcdc-619.html#unique-entry-id-619http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/15c6fd38c6349478f95fa2af3006bcdc-619.html#unique-entry-id-619By ED BARK A new episode of CBS' CSI: Miami and another round of ABC's Dancing with the Stars paced Monday's prime-time ratings while the Texas Rangers' traditional opening day loss to a West Coast team was pretty much a whiff in the Nielsens, too. ...CBS11's 6 p.m. newscast had a particularly tough time with the key 25-to-54-year-old audience, drawing a sub-puny 23,556 of 'em. That put it sixth among all broadcast stations, and ridiculously far behind frontrunning WFAA8 (161,948).]]>Ed BarkDallas-Fort Worth TV2008-03-31T14:18:46-05:00http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/05a2be5b356f489bfc1b332babcd1ed6-618.html#unique-entry-id-618http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/05a2be5b356f489bfc1b332babcd1ed6-618.html#unique-entry-id-618