Obviously This Guy Never Heard the Saying....

....you don't shot the messenger.

Cops took a Bradenton into custody after he shot his TV early Saturday morning.

Officers were dispatched to a home in the 100 block of Sixth Street Northeast around 5:41 a.m. after they received a call from a man who said his roommate was shooting inside the residence, according to a police report.

The officers found a man who admitted to shooting the TV in the living room, police said.

"The subject was upset over recent events in his life and had been drinking," the report states.

The man, who was not identified by police, was taken into custody under the Baker Act and transported to Manatee Glens.

Detectives were continuing to investigate and criminal charges were possible, police said.

"All firearms were removed and secured into property for safe keeping," the report states.

H/T Bradenton Herald 

Just Don't Go

WKRC (Cincinnati) Anchor Bob Herzog took the song from Disney's hit movie 'Frozen' called 'Let it Go' and changed the words a bit to fit the words of a Traffic Reporter:

O-Town Anchor Returning to the Air

WKMG  anchor Lauren Rowe returns Monday to her regular shift after taking a break in mid-January to seek treatment for depression.

"I'm very happy Lauren is returning to our newscasts beginning Monday," WKMG General Manager Skip Valet said Friday. "She appreciates all of the letters and emails of support our viewers have sent to her."

Rowe's last day on the air was Jan. 13, and the CBS affiliate announced on Jan. 17 that she would be away. In a note, Rowe told colleagues that she had suffered from depression for many years.

"With the help of my doctors, I have been able to manage it," she wrote. "Recently, it has become harder for me to deal with my depression. In consultation with my doctors, I have decided to step away and seek treatment. I know this is the right thing for me to do."

Rowe has been at Channel 6 since 2001. She will be back anchoring at 5, 6, 7 and 11 p.m.

H/T Orlando Sentinel 

FCC Pulls Plug on Newsroom Spying Idea

This morning, FTVLive told you about an FCC plan to place "researchers" in U.S. newsrooms, supposedly to learn all about how editorial decisions are made.

We questioned as to why any station would ever let this happen or why it was even being considered.

This afternoon the FCC says they are scrapping the idea and that TV journalists won't be asked about news content and bias.

The FCC says they are working to redesigned the project.

In other words, you will never hear about it ever again. 

Scripps Launching 4PM Show for Next Fall

The Scripps stations will be getting a new lead-in to their 5PM newscasts starting next Fall.

Scripps is developing an original daytime program for fall 2014 to air on eight of its stations.

Scripps, which already airs original game show Let’s Ask America and pop culture news show The Liston several of its stations, is developing a live, news-oriented program that will have nationally focused content and some local content. 

“It’s a 4 p.m. show,” says Bob Sullivan, VP of programming at E. W. Scripps. “We want to be live from 4 p.m. Eastern to 5 p.m. Pacific because the eight markets span four time zones.

“We want to be live over that window of time because the way people watch news and share news is very different from the way local stations have done news since its inception.”

In other words the local Scripps stations are going to get a really crappy lead-in.

H/T TVNewsCheck 

Can you Hear Me Now?

WGN Morning News in Chicago had a major audio meltdown and the only mic that worked was on a Reporter doing a live shot. But the Anchors still figured out how to get some face time. 

Let's go to the video:

Really Now?

Signing Off Eh?

Longtime CBC Meteorologist Claire Martin signed off north of the border.

Martin was named the best weather presenter in the world 3 different times and now she's hanging it up.

Here's how the network said goodbye to Claire:

Creepy Matt Lauer

Our good buddy Conan O'Brien thinks that Matt Lauer is getting a bit creepy while working the Olympics.

Here's his video proof:

RIP - Garrick Utley

Robert Feder tells us that Garrick Utley, the son of a pioneering Chicago television news couple, began as a copy boy for the Chicago Sun-Times and rose to prominence as a globe-trotting correspondent for three networks, moderator of “Meet the Press” and weekend anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and “Sunday Today.”

Utley, who was 74, died of prostate cancer Thursday at his home in New York, according to family. He passed “with the same grace and dignity he showed throughout his life and career,” said Utley’s sister-in-law, Chicago journalist Carol Marin.

Utley joined NBC News in 1963 as an assistant to John Chancellor in the network’s Brussels bureau. The following year, he was assigned to the Saigon bureau, where he was among the first television correspondents to cover the Vietnam War. He went on to report from more than 70 countries, winning numerous honors including an Edward R. Murrow Award and George Foster Peabody Award.

Providence Reporter is Fighting her Firing

FTVLive told you back on Feb. 12th that WJAR had parted ways with Reporter Julie Tremmel. We wrote that ....it seems that WJAR has finally figured out that Tremmel might not be cut out to be a Reporter in Providence. The station has sent Tremmel packing.

Now Tremmel says she was fired for no reason and she is fighting back.

"I was terminated without cause from WJAR and my Union and I are fighting it through the grievance and arbitration process in our Contract with the Station,”Tremmel told GoLocal Prov in an email. “That is all I'm prepared to say at this time.”

A petition has been launched to bring Tremmel back to the station. The goal of the petition is to garner 1000 signatures, when we checked this morning it had 159.

So yeah.....she's not coming back. 

Reporter Found Guilty of Sexual Assault on a Child

Guilty!

That's what they jury comeback with on the case against former WNYW Fox 5 Reporter Charles Leaf.

The former New York City television reporter has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child at his home in New Jersey.

He was also found guilty  of possession of child porn.

His bail was revoked and Leaf was carted off to jail until his sentencing on June 6.

NBC Today Show Host at Bottom of the Q Score Gage

The good news for Matt Lauer is that he doesn't have the lowest rated Q score of the NBC Today Show crew, but he's still near the bottom. 

The latest Q Scores are in on the most-liked and least-liked network morning show personalities.

TV Week writes that the Networks rely on Q Scores to gauge which television personalities are hitting it off with viewers, with the average Positive Q Score for a celebrity hovering at about 15, the report notes. The most-liked morning show personality is Robin Roberts of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” with a Positive Q Score of 29, the story reports.

But the least-liked morning personality may surprise some, given the focus that NBC’s Matt Lauer has drawn in the past year or so. While Lauer scores a low 7 on the Positive Q Score index, two morning personalities rank even lower than him, the story notes.

They are NBC’s Carson Daly, who earns a 6 Positive Q Score, and “Today” co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, who has the lowest of the bunch, with a 5 Positive Q Score, the piece reports.

Lauer’s score does represent a sharp decline from his earlier scores. He suffered after “Today” ousted co-host Ann Curry, with many viewers blaming him for her departure. Prior to Curry's ouster, Lauer scored in the mid-20s for Positive Q scores.

The report notes: "Robin Roberts, whose heroic cancer fight last year was a major focus of 'GMA,' has a Positive Q Score of 29 -- the best in the morning. No. 2 is her former colleague Sam Champion, who recently left 'GMA' for The Weather Channel. He has a 25 positivity score. Third on the list is another 'GMA'-er, Josh Elliott."

Other than people associated with "Good Morning America," the highest score went to “CBS This Morning” journalist Norah O’Donnell, with a 19. Al Roker and Willie Geist, who both scored 14, are the highest among the "Today" show group.

I don't Know About you....

.....but I bet this guy got a really bad burn when he did it.