Jan 2012
Lucky day for HBO's Luck
01/31/12 01:23 PM
Just two days after Sunday's premiere,
HBO has renewed its horse race drama Luck for
a second season. Gotta love the quick action of cable
networks. These and numerous other tidbits are on the
TV Bulletin Board page.
Plus, we've revived "Ask Uncle Barky" with a collection of new inquiries. And Monday's D-FW Nielsen ratings are also in the house.
And now, since they say it's my birthday -- and it is -- I'm going to take the rest of Tuesday off before starting a new month tomorrow.
Ed Bark
Plus, we've revived "Ask Uncle Barky" with a collection of new inquiries. And Monday's D-FW Nielsen ratings are also in the house.
And now, since they say it's my birthday -- and it is -- I'm going to take the rest of Tuesday off before starting a new month tomorrow.
Ed Bark
WFAA8 anchors Campos, McCaa hope to join fellow mainstay Hansen in re-upping (but also at reduced rates)
01/30/12 05:37 PM
Dallas-based WFAA8 has three featured
anchors who each have been with the station for more
than a quarter-century. Sports caster Dale Hansen
recently extended his deal. Now news anchors Gloria
Campos and John McCaa hope to do the same, even
though it will be under the new realities of
diminished salaries. Our update is on the Dallas-Fort Worth TV page, where
you also can find the weekend D-FW Nielsen ratings.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
Phil Ochs finally gets the American Masters treatment -- and at least one person (me) is happy about that
01/27/12 02:25 PM
Phil Ochs met a tragic end of his own
making after years of playing Avis to Bob Dylan's
Hertz. But a relative handful of us once preferred
both his voice and his ways with words. And hey, I
also had some very up-close and personal experiences
with PO. Our review of a new PBS American
Masters film is here. As are our reminiscences.
Plus, Thursday's D-FW Nielsen ratings are a bit of a blow to American Idol.
Ed Bark
Plus, Thursday's D-FW Nielsen ratings are a bit of a blow to American Idol.
Ed Bark
Fox4's Peter Daut leaving to anchor elsewhere
01/26/12 03:28 PM
After three years as a reporter and
fill-in anchor at Dallas-based Fox4, Peter Daut is
leaving to become a full-time anchor. Details are on
the Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.
Ed Bark
Ed Bark
HBO has very good (but not great) Luck with Hoffman, Nolte, horse racing
01/26/12 01:48 PM
There's virtually no track record for
TV series about horse racing. But starting Sunday,
HBO's saddles up with Luck and a group of
thoroughbreds on-camera and off-. Our review is here.
Plus, Wednesday's D-FW Nielsen ratings are at best so-so for Fox's new Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch.
Ed Bark
Plus, Wednesday's D-FW Nielsen ratings are at best so-so for Fox's new Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch.
Ed Bark
Another courtroom defeat from afar for WFAA8 anchor/reporter Shon Gables
01/25/12 12:19 PM
WFAA8 anchor/reporter Shon Gables,
still a wanted woman in Michigan, is on the receiving
end of another judgment against her by a circuit
court judge. Details are on the Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.
Also, we have a collection of other local TV news morsels and the D-FW ratings for Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
Ed Bark
Also, we have a collection of other local TV news morsels and the D-FW ratings for Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
Ed Bark
Fox's Touch: Kiefer segues from Action Jack to vexed baggage handler named Martin
01/23/12 06:56 PM
He's still highly dependent on cell
phones, but Kiefer Sutherland otherwise makes a
pretty clean break from 24 to Touch.
Our review is here.
Plus, a 1999 series of WFAA8 promos stir up a witches brew of a rat scare.
Ed Bark
Plus, a 1999 series of WFAA8 promos stir up a witches brew of a rat scare.
Ed Bark
WFAA8's next news director could be a D-FW market first
01/23/12 12:38 PM
Sources say that veteran Kurt Davis,
currently executive news director at San Antonio's
KENS-TV, has become a leading candidate for the
vacant position at Dallas-based WFAA8. If he's hired,
he'd be D-FW's first African-American male TV news
director. More details are on our Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.
Plus, Sunday's down-to-the-wire AFC and NFC championship games gave the NFL total dominance -- again. The numbers are in the weekend "Local Nielsen Ratings Snapshot." Thursday's Nielsen highlights also are posted.
Ed Bark
Plus, Sunday's down-to-the-wire AFC and NFC championship games gave the NFL total dominance -- again. The numbers are in the weekend "Local Nielsen Ratings Snapshot." Thursday's Nielsen highlights also are posted.
Ed Bark
We hope that you enjoy the show
01/19/12 07:24 PM
Our semi-annual, homemade TV "press
tour" picture book is ready for you to eyeball. Take
a look on the Network News & Reviews page.
Plus, another Dallas-based TV oldies station gets ready to reprise "some of the most enjoyed shows ever broadcast." And Wednesday's D-FW "ratings snapshot" shows that American Idol is still a very heavy hitter.
Furthermore, thrill to a 1992 KXAS-TV news promo in which the yet to be birthed DART is presented as a horrific runaway train. Complete with a classic Mike Snyder voice intonation.
Ed Bark
Plus, another Dallas-based TV oldies station gets ready to reprise "some of the most enjoyed shows ever broadcast." And Wednesday's D-FW "ratings snapshot" shows that American Idol is still a very heavy hitter.
Furthermore, thrill to a 1992 KXAS-TV news promo in which the yet to be birthed DART is presented as a horrific runaway train. Complete with a classic Mike Snyder voice intonation.
Ed Bark
Down and out in cartoonland with FX's Unsupervised
01/19/12 12:36 AM
Fox's animated version of Napoleon
Dynamite and FX's Unsupervised, which
premieres on Thurs., Jan. 19th, put hand-drawn teens
in hardscrabble situations without any semblance of
parental guidance. Who knew Bart and Lisa had it so
lucky? Our review of Unsupervised is here.
Plus, the "Local Nielsen Snapshot" feature plays a serious game of catchup after a two-week absence for the winter TV Critics Association "press tour." You can find all the numbers of consequence on the Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.
Ed Bark
Plus, the "Local Nielsen Snapshot" feature plays a serious game of catchup after a two-week absence for the winter TV Critics Association "press tour." You can find all the numbers of consequence on the Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.
Ed Bark
Back in play after another TV "press tour" excursion out West
01/18/12 01:58 AM
It's great to be back after another
full immersion in the Television Critics Association
winter "press tour," which ran for nearly two weeks
until Sunday's last gasp.
We tweeted a couple of notable D-FW television developments while out in Pasadena. But they're reprised on our Dallas-Fort Worth TV page for the many who might have missed them.
Plus, the Network News & Reviews page is newly stocked with details on a critically savaged show's quick demise and the long-benched sitcom that will replace it on Valentine's night. There's also the matter of a surprise nationally televised Wisconsin win after my native state Badgers and Packers ended their seasons with high-profile football losses.
Here comes another monthly reminder, too. Readers can support unclebarky.com by clicking on any Amazon ad on any page before making the purchases you were going to make anyway. A small percentage of whatever you spend will go toward keeping this site running. Every little bit helps, and we sincerely thank those who have been helping out.
Also, you can read full-length stories about all of the press tour ups and downs by going to locatetv.com. Topics range from the first full press conference by the old and new stars of Dallas to a one-of-a-kind exchange between your friendly content provider and Dustin Hoffman, with Nick Nolte also chipping in.
Thanks again to all for your continued readership and support.
Ed Bark
We tweeted a couple of notable D-FW television developments while out in Pasadena. But they're reprised on our Dallas-Fort Worth TV page for the many who might have missed them.
Plus, the Network News & Reviews page is newly stocked with details on a critically savaged show's quick demise and the long-benched sitcom that will replace it on Valentine's night. There's also the matter of a surprise nationally televised Wisconsin win after my native state Badgers and Packers ended their seasons with high-profile football losses.
Here comes another monthly reminder, too. Readers can support unclebarky.com by clicking on any Amazon ad on any page before making the purchases you were going to make anyway. A small percentage of whatever you spend will go toward keeping this site running. Every little bit helps, and we sincerely thank those who have been helping out.
Also, you can read full-length stories about all of the press tour ups and downs by going to locatetv.com. Topics range from the first full press conference by the old and new stars of Dallas to a one-of-a-kind exchange between your friendly content provider and Dustin Hoffman, with Nick Nolte also chipping in.
Thanks again to all for your continued readership and support.
Ed Bark