I like to say the Television Critic has become more like a book critic in that there is so much sifting rather than attempting to cover everything, but it is fantastic work in the television is a great excuse to write about everything because tv is the nervous system of america and it reflects whatever people are interested in or obsessed with. I write about sitcoms and reality tv and the circumstances were right. A pretty vast field. How much time do you spend with the networks as opposed to amazon, who lou etc. . The old traditional networks, part of the subject of the book, a vast drop through that content ocean and it used to be every fall, three or four networks would release the shows they were going to premiere the coming season, that is what we were concerned and Fall Television is one thing among many, so much on amazon. Hbo, showtime, basic cable, premium cable. What we used to think of as tv is a tiny amount of what constitutes television and a lot of television is not on wh
60s, 70s, 80s. 4 01 in the morning on a monday. We have starting off with the tracy super commute. I like what i see so far. Not a lot going on. You can see traffic is doing very well. From tracy to livermore, continuing to pleasanton. No problems on interstate 880. Traffic is off to a nice start. Nice looking commute at the bay bridge and in the east bay. Back to the desk. Storm barry hit parts of the gulf coast. The area not in the clear yet. Some people are cleaning up this morning, others are bracing for a hit from tropical depression barry. Doug is in new orleans with details on the storms path. Reporter in coastal louisiana, authorities are allowing people to go in to their homes to assess the damage. The city of new orleans escaped damage, because of meteorological predictions which never materialized. We made it. Reporter barry continuing to dutch rain in parts of louisiana and mississippi as the one time hurricane moves inland. For some parts the damage has been done. Severe f
Channing street. Caution there. We have a red line delay. A full look at traffic next. Back to you. 7 oclock is our time right now. Developing overnight the power is back on at the worlds Busiest Airport. But now thousands are backed up after being stranded and delayed in atlanta. All right in the thick of Christmas Travel of course and fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live at Reagan National airport with how these major delays are affecting us locally. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, and, yes, it is definitely affecting us locally. We had a number of passengers who told us that they came here to the airport yesterday, their flight was canceled they were rebooked on flights for this morning. They got here this morning and those flights were canceled and thats why weve seen such big backups here at the terminal and also at the at the check in counter as people are trying to figure out where are they going, how can they get there and when can they get there, all of this because of that power ou
On capitol hill with lawmakers fielding questions about healthcare and well spend some time talking with veterans only and get your experience with the v. A. System. If you live in the Eastern Central part dial it at 2027488000, 2027488001 or send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com or send an email. Veterans only and the lines are open. Take a look at the numbers. This is from the Veterans Affairs department. These are the number of veterans that get benefits and healthcare through the v. A. System. About 9 million are enrolled in the v. A. Healthcare system and nearly 7 million have a Life Insurance policy administered by the v. A. And four4 million are active and 1 million get education benefits and. 3 million receiving a v. A. Pension and about. 1 v. A. Vocational rehabilitation beneficiaries. That is the different benefits and healthcare that the v. A. Offers. Heres the veteran population about 22 million veterans 9 of those are female. The rest males. Look how it breaks down by war
Alienation and the pass thefg torch from george bush to john mc. God it feels so good to be republican. Jon aasif is in the bathroom. Ive been here five days and no exaggeration to say every single male republican is a closet homosexual. Jon rob riggle, where are you . Are you there . By the sink. John they do this every four years . Thats right, rob. Whoo how long do the memories last . Jon the the Daily Show News Team everybody. Now of course the gay [bleep]ing and sucking is not nonstop some business is being conduct and the Convention Team was john mccain the person he is and who better to tell us about the person who is than the person he hates. The person he beat and the person who just eight years ago his party beat. First up the still president who was introduced by the still first lady. Before i introduce him to the i want to talk about the man i love. His name is javier. And he has been my familys gardener for almost 12 years. Youve heard a lot of politicians offer a lot of o