Channel
Surfing
By
Laura Nachman
Bucks
County Courier Times
March 13, 2007
6ABC
news anchor Monica Malpass was in the news last week after it became public
that her former fiancé, Steve Thorne filed papers in court to get back a
$78,000 engagement ring. Malpass
also garnered headlines a few years ago when she got divorced from developer
David Cutler.
However,
on the air she’s enjoyed a successful partnership with 5 p.m. co-anchor Rick
Williams. The two were first
paired on the morning and noon news starting in the early-90’s, until a few
years ago when they moved to the 5 p.m. show, replacing Marc Howard and Lisa
Thomas-Laury.
On
another note, it’s great to see Thomas-Laury back on the air.
Even Jim Gardner seems happier when she’s on the set.
NBC10,
which just lost weekend evening weather anchor Amy Freeze to the Fox affiliate
in Chicago, will be losing weekend evening news anchor Lauren Cohn to the same
station. Cohn joined NBC10 from
Chicago in 2004. Her last day on
the air will be Sunday, March 25. No
word yet on who will replace Cohn on NBC10 or the “myPHL News Powered by
NBC10” on myPHL17.
Meanwhile,
former NBC10 news anchor Larry Mendte probably felt some vindication, as his
current station, CBS3 beat NBC10 at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. in February
sweeps. Mendte co-anchors the 6
p.m. and 11 p.m. shows with Alycia Lane.
In an email, Mendte wrote, "I am elated with our station’s success but I get no joy out of NBC10's fall in the ratings. I know and like a lot of talented, hard working journalists at NBC10 and I wish nothing but good things for them."
It’s
Diana Ross night on “American Idol” at 8 p.m. on Fox.
If “Sanjay-Ugh” gets the long-overdue ax this week, maybe he could
team up with his sister for a “Donny and Marie” type act. They definitely
have the teeth for it.
One
of my all-time favorite sitcoms, “Bosom Buddies” with Tom Hanks and Peter
Scolari is available on DVD.
Here
are the results of first round action of our “Television Field of 64.”
Please email your winners to laurnachman@verizon.net.
Drama
Bracket
(1)
Grey’s Anatomy over (16) Boston Legal
(2)
Heroes over (15) Dirt
(14)
Lost over (3) CSI
(13) Criminal Minds over (3) CSI Miami
(3)
24 over (12) Shark
(11)
Cold Case over (6) Brothers and Sisters
(7)
Friday Night Lights over (10) Without a Trace
(9)
House over (8) Law and Order – SVU
Second round action
(1)
Grey’s Anatomy vs. (9) House
(2)
Heroes vs. (7) Friday Night Lights
(14)
Lost vs. (11) Cold Case
(13) Criminal Minds vs. (3) 24
Comedy
Bracket
(1) The Office over (16) Sarah Silverman
(2) Two and a Half Men over (15) Family Guy
(3)
Desperate Housewives over (14) Everybody Hates Chris
(4) 30 Rock over (13) Girlfriends
(5) Ugly Betty over (12) Mad TV
(6) The Simpsons over (11) Saturday Night Live
(10) The New Adventures of Old Christine over (7) Scrubs
(8) My Name is Earl over (9) South Park
Second round action
(1) The Office vs. (8) My Name is Earl
(2) Two and a Half Men vs. (10) The New Adventures of Old Christine
(3) Desperate Housewives vs. (6) The Simpsons
(4) 30 Rock vs. (5) Ugly Betty
Reality Bracket
(1) American Idol over (16) Bam’s Unholy Union
(2) Dancing with the Stars over (15) Real Housewives of Orange County
(3) Deal or No Deal over (14) The Agency
(4) Survivor over (13) I Love New York
(5) The Amazing Race over (12) 1 vs. 100
(6) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition over (11) Grease
(7) The Apprentice over (10) Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader
(8) America’s Top Model over (9) Wife Swap
Second Round Action
(1)
American Idol vs. (8) America’s Next Top Model
(2) Dancing with the Stars vs. (7) The Apprentice
(3) Deal or No Deal vs. (6) Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition
(4) Survivor vs. (5) The Amazing Race
Talk
Show Bracket
(1) The Tonight Show over (16) Craig Ferguson
(2) Oprah over (15) Colbert Report
(3) Letterman over (14) Maury
(4) The View over (13) Jerry
(5)
Jimmy Kimmel over (12) Martha
(6) Conan O’Brien over (11) Rachael Ray
(10) The Daily Show over (7) Regis & Kelly
(9) Ellen over (8) Dr. Phil
Second Round Action
(1) The Tonight Show vs. (9) Ellen
(2) Oprah vs. (10) The Daily Show
(3) Letterman vs. (6) Conan O’Brien
(4) The View vs. (5) Jimmy Kimmel
Bucks
County’s Lisa Bouchelle will perform on “10” Wednesday at 10 a.m. on
NBC10.