"Tucker vs KYW"

For anyone that taped Survivor last night and didn't watch it for whatever reason. Don't read this!

Tucker is pissed, but first read the back story. I was actually going to slam them before tonight for simliar reasons.

So in the Philly/ South Jersey region Action News on Wpvi 6 (ABC affilate) has been the top rated local news show over and over again. Which is why they have such a slow turn over of talent. Action News is as Philly as the soft pretzel. Try as they might WACU 10 (NBC Affilate) and KYW 3 (CBS affilate) have not been able to kick WPVI's Action News off the hill. Okay NBC 10 won a sweeps period a few years ago. HOwever, usually the two channels are so far behind they end up fighting for 2nd place.

In the past few years KYW 3's Eye Whitness News as tried to marketself as the #1 show local news channel and tried to take on ACtion News. They even lured WPVI's veteran Marc Howard to their broadcast team which really gave them a shot in the arm. He has since moved to the evening broadcast.


Anyway, KYW 3 has taken full advantage of their highly rated CBS aired shows such as CSI. and Survivor the later is related to why this rant is here. Let me give you two shamless examples of KYW trying to get viewers of their shows afraid to flip to their prefered news show.


One was during sweeps recently. They promised bloopers of their talent. I thought that could be funny. SO I watched. Sadly, they weren't Bloopers. It was simply old footage of their talent working in other cities with bad hair and entry level jobs. Or Besley Resse dancing off camera. A few old commericals, and to top it all off their #1 was a Larry Mendte (their #1 Anchor) where he got his faced pissed in by is kid on the Dr. Phil show. But, it was fake piss, which means it was a skit, not a blooper.

The 2nd one was a few weeks ago when we all thought the Delware River Whale had gone out toe sea. They said "Sad News for Whale Watchers"; and the tone was serious. OF course the promo ran at top of the broadcast and we didn't learn if the whale had gone belly up or not till half way till Letterman. I actually fell for that one for like 3 minutes. I am ashamed.


Tonight, they really crossed a line. 15 mins into a already delayed Survivor they boasted having a contestant Stephanie's back story and family on the news tonight. The reason being shes a Philyl resident. Okay, what reason would they randomly decide to that if the show had not just started, or she won the million bucks a show that won't air for a a few more weeks. Well clearly, because she was voted off, and it turns out I was right. Anyone with even a quarter of a brain that wasn't out taking a whizz or making a sandwitch during that commerical set might as well turned off their tv.

So if your as pissed as I am. Or even pissed about the concept. Email the local affliate and rant to them! http://kyw.com/feedback/ Don't forget to say in your e-mail that you are going to just watch ACtion NEws now. That really chaps their ass. Larry Mendte also has a blog, so you can send him a message



Just thats just wrong. EYE WHITNESS NEWS>>>>>>>BANNED!