Conan O'Brien jokes that he might get emotional when his last "Late Night" show airs tonight on NBC. ...more

February 20, 2009

If you want to get an early start on your Super Bowl fix, check out NBC, Channel 8, beginning at 9 a.m. today as the "Today" show commandeers the pirate ship at Raymond James Stadium. Pregame coverage begins at noon, with coverage of the game at 6 p.m. Kickoff is about a half-hour later. ...more

February 1, 2009

Scoring more than 1,200 votes, Baarney, a Bedlington terrier who belongs to Patricia and Robin Patterson of New Port Richey, has been named one of the top 10 canine finalists in USA Today's Marley & Me photo contest. ...more

January 10, 2009

Concerned that large numbers of television viewers will be dazed, confused and left in the dark when TV stations go totally digital, broadcasters in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area are planning more analog cutoffs in January and February. ...more

December 19, 2008

TAMPA -- Concerned that large numbers of television viewers will be dazed, confused and left in the dark when TV stations go totally digital, broadcasters in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area are planning more analog cutoffs in January and February. A three-minute test Wednesday evening resulted in just over 1,000 calls, according to representatives of the major network affiliates here. ...more

December 18, 2008

A three-minute shut-off of the analog broadcast signal by several Tampa-St. Petersburg TV stations got mixed results Wednesday night. ...more

December 18, 2008

The surprising thing about NBC's plan to give up a third of its prime-time on weeknights to Jay Leno is that the Peacock gang didn't try this move a couple of years ago.. ...more

December 10, 2008

A new political advertisement aired on Channel 8 shows how misleading these ads can be. This ad tells how Sarah Palin voted to allow shooting of wolves from airplanes. It is very graphic. And it is true. But Alaska is a different world. In an area of 1,000 miles (equal to Orlando to Detroit), are many Native American villages. The people of these villages are allowed to live a subsistence life. That being, they may kill caribou to provide meat for the winter months. One caribou will sustain a family for the whole winter. But when the wolf population increases, the caribou herd is in danger. Wolves will kill for the sport. If the caribou herd declines, or moves away, the families of these small villages have no food for the winter. ...more

September 22, 2008

It was a forecast that Anna Allen couldn't make. The 43-year-old meteorologist says she was surprised by a sudden, unexpected termination from WTSP, Channel 10. ...more

August 22, 2008

The Tampa Tribune said Tuesday that it will lay off 11 newsroom staffers this week with another 10 news jobs to be eliminated by early fall. ...more

July 1, 2008