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I agree, its kinda lackluster at this point haha. Especially when they are serving the most populated and most expensive city and Metropolitan area in the nation. If they are serving the most densely populated and most expensive city in the nation, they will naturally be the most watched station in the nation.

Seriously ... I don't know a single regular poster here that claims to be in the TV biz... I see a lot of people with some good working knowledge of the biz here....but nobody dumb enough to admit to being so fucking stupid as to work in TV news. What kind of dumb ass would do that?

Tourists are food, not friends.

We usually get one of those "entertaining" trolls every once in a while. But this time we got one of those "fake news" crying, CNN trolling, Linda Church-hating, WPIX loathing fella. Ahh, gotta love the internet and times we live in.

The slowest seal has the least flavor... In the mean time... here is exclusive video of some of my dolphin friends getting high on puffers.

That goes back to the 80s when commercial stations in Australia found US morning shows a great and topical way to fill a few hours of overnight programming in the first few years of 24 hour broadcasting. Because of the time difference, we could get quality network news from the US at 1 or 2 AM. You're right, Seven were the first to do it. But they actually aired CNN originally. Later, in the early 90s, 10 got exclusive access to CNN and carried it midnight to dawn. NBC Today aired for many years from about 1 AM on Seven. Despite airing in the graveyard shift, it gathered such a cult following that it was regularly sent up on our version of Saturday Night Live for years. The comedians' take on it was much the same as my first reaction on seeing it as a kid after living in England for some years. I had never seen news anchors do that much inane "happy chat". My dad was like "what the?!" but I loved it! It was just a whole other level of "anchor stardom". Yes, big name 'newsreaders' in England were paid big bucks and were household names, but there was a sense of formality and authority (that was never really repeated since). I loved the English anchors who were so professional and matter-of-fact (as you can see on my YouTube channel). The big "handover" of the alarm clock between Jane Pauley and Deborah Norville perfectly illustrated this bizarre netherworld of "TV anchorland" that the rest of the world grew to emulate later (Recorded on Seven affiliate near Sydney.) Another recorded on Seven.. (and damn.. Katie really fluffs that accent at the end! The 'inanity' level was, in fact, exaggerated because we used to receive that part of the 'Today Show' produced for stations without local news at :25 past the hour - the 'co-op' - where the cast would chat.. and chat.. and chat about any old thing. Of course, none of us in Australia realised that it wasn't really intended to air widely.. it was only meant for Flintstick, Wyoming and other such one-horse towns. We thought it was an actual part of the show where they return from commercials and literally talk about themselves for an entire block! Here's my 2 contributions to the co-op files.. again from Channel 7. You can see what I mean about the happy-chatting anchors that we were so unaccustomed to!

I'm certain somewhere in the 210 markets there are stations more dominant in rating points or market share...

Don't expect WABC to unveil a banner in their newsroom which reads "ABC7 Eyewitness News: The #1 News Team in America" anytime soon with "Sorry, WSB!" on the bottom; their ratings dominance in households and 25-54s speaks for itself (I think WNBC is tops in 18-49s, especially with "This Is Us" being a huge hit in primetime).

In honor of Valentine's Day, here are WGN's favorite lovebirds. Demetrius and Erin? Nooooooooooo... But it's okay, they didn't forget about their wives...

We take you back to 1998 where WYMT opens the evening edition of "57 Mountain News" featuring an unknown news theme. We take you one year later to 1999 where WKYT opens an edition of award-winning "27 NewsFirst". Also, we take you back to 1979 where we feature something rare: A WBOC newscast. WBOC-16 was the only commercial TV station in the Delmarva area before WMDT-47 signed on a year or two later. It does not contain a news open, but features a rare look at the station's news product. On top of that, here is a WOKR-13 newscast from 1989 and you gotta love the news open. Also, we take you back to the decade of the 1990s where KCCO/KCCW aired its last locally originated newscasts before KCCO/KCCW became a full-time satellite. The theme they used in the news open aired in the late 1970s was also used on WRC-TV for their editorial segments. The theme they used in the second news open was the KSAT 1984 News theme by an unknown composer.

I'm not allowed to play with my food. It freaks-out the tourist at La Jolla Cove.

Waah Waah Waah. Yawn. Incoherent rant. Time for a nap mr. nobody. You're very cranky.

Happy New Year's from WXIA-TV 11 ALIVE[ then ABC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=EbcDXOmqIsA;t=128 11ALIVE Today promo Hal Suit & Guy Sharpe