No Chat Today
I won’t be chatting today. I’m on deadline with all the fall TV stories and fall movie stories for our Sunday A&E section, and a few other things. We can talk then about new daytime and 28 new prime-time fall TV shows, “Cincinnality” and local TV changes....
Posted: 9/13/2011 11:20 AM in TV and Media Blog
Sensible Don Joins Deters Full Time
“Sensible Don” Lewis finally has a regular radio gig, after years of being a periodic guest and caller on WLW-AM. Sensible Don joined attorney Eric Deters this week as his everyday sidekick 7-9 a.m. on “Real Talk 1160″ WQRT-AM. Lewis had been Deters’...
Posted: 9/13/2011 9:42 AM in TV and Media Blog
Bengals Win Big For Channel 12
The Bengals also won big for WKRC-TV Sunday, when they beat the Browns in Cleveland 27-17. The CBS telecast on Channel 12 averaged a 31.0 rating and 56% audience share — a bigger audience than the 27.0 rating for the Bengals’ season opening loss at New...
Posted: 9/13/2011 9:25 AM in TV and Media Blog
4,192 On Fox Sports Ohio Tonight
The Pete Rose documentary released last year – ”4,192: The Crowning of the Hit King — makes its TV debut tonight following the Reds-Cubs game on Fox Sports Ohio. It will start at approximately 10:30 p.m. FSO is airing the two-hour special to celebrate...
Posted: 9/13/2011 8:22 AM in TV and Media Blog
Cincinnality Comes Up Short
You can honestly say that “Cincinnality” came up short Monday. The premiere for the city’s first over-the-air daytime variety show in 20 years, broadcast this week by WXIX-TV (3 p.m., Channel 19), ended seven minutes short, at 3:53 p.m. After a commercial...
Posted: 9/12/2011 5:56 PM in TV and Media Blog
Anchor Changes At 5 and 12
11:15 A.M. MONDAY UPDATE: Channel 5 explains why Lisa Cooney starts a split shift today — and I apologize for that typo, you can guess what I wrote – why she’s anchoring at 5 p.m. with Sheree Paolello (replacing Jack Atherton) to draw viewers into the...
Posted: 9/12/2011 10:08 AM in TV and Media Blog
Long Live The King
Congratulations, trusty Dusty! Fifty years ago, young DJ named W. Emerson “Dusty” Rhodes arrived from New York on WSAI-AM (1360), as his beloved Yankees were heading for a 1961 World Series showdown with the Cincinnati Reds. Rhodes, 71, brought the Beatles...
Posted: 9/12/2011 8:43 AM in TV and Media Blog
Batman Producer Headlines Comic Expo
“Batman” movie franchise executive producer Michael E. Uslan again will headline the Cincinnati Comic Expo on Saturday, which moves from the Cintas Center to the Duke Energy Convention Center this year. (How convenient for people wanting to go to both...
Posted: 9/12/2011 8:12 AM in TV and Media Blog
Five Stars From Clooney’s Collaborator
Want to make sure you saw my interview today with Grant Heslov, Clooney’s co-writer “The Ides of March” and business partner: George Clooney’s “The Ides of March” collaborator gives five stars to Cincinnati area residents — and five stars to the film...
Posted: 9/10/2011 1:42 PM in TV and Media Blog
Bengals Hang Up On Post-Game Callers
If you’re eager to talk about the Bengals game Sunday afternoon, be prepared to wait. Alan Cutler won’t be taking phone calls on the Bengals Radio Network “Locker Room Report” 4-5;30 p.m. Sunday on WCKY-AM (1530) and WEBN-FM (102.7). The Bengals, which...
Posted: 9/9/2011 11:42 AM in TV and Media Blog