Television Broadcasting and Production

VIDEO: The TV Ad Dave Spence Doesn't Want You to See

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence has sent a cease-and-desist letter to television stations around the state warning them they could face legal action if they continue to run what his attorney calls a "defamatory" ad. The television commercial in question paints Spence as a St. Louis ... More >>

Will This Year's World Series Have The Worst TV Ratings Ever?

Black nor white: Cardinals in the World Series doesn't necessarily mean poor TV ratings.​You hear it each time the Cardinals enter the World Series. "Oh, the television execs must be dying! A mid-market team in the series? Ratings will be horrendous!" Yes and no. That dire prediction proved to be ... More >>

New Michael Pollan Article in Times Magazine

Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) has an epic new article in this weekend's edition of the New York Times magazine in which he tackles the decline of cooking in America and the rise of food-related television programming. Well worth your time. Here's t ... More >>

Tomorrow is D-Day (Digital Television Conversion)

Tomorrow broadcast TV is going all digital on your ass, when analog television signals are switched off and replaced with digital signals. Hopefully you've heard about this already and have purchased a converter box if you aren't already using cable or a satellite service. Just in case you've b ... More >>

Anyone Else Unable to Get Local Channels Through Digital Broadcasts?

flickr.com/photos/89978611@N00Your TV got snow? I'd like to know. Comment below.I realize I'm in the minority here being among the 10 percent of the U.S. population who do not subscribe to satellite or cable television.But I've got to kvetch to the small fragment of folks out there like me. Can you ... More >>

Ricky Skaggs/Bruce Hornsby

8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 4. Touhill Performing Arts Center, One University Drive.

Video: Ludo on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Let the Eyes Have It

The Beat Generation

Jem

Saturday, October 29; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

The Johnny A. Band

Thursday, July 21; BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups (700 South Broadway)

Best TV Station

KPLR-TV (Channel 11)

Best Weathercaster

Joe Petrovich, Ph.D.
KMOV-TV (Channel 4)

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

Flunk You

If Fox expels Undeclared, blame everyone but Judd Apatow

Net Loss

The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

School's Out

When Fox-TV canceled American High, the network hit a new low

Home Movies

Sleeping with the Enemy

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is finding common cause with some local television newscasts.