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"Idol" started at 10:57 p.m. ET Sunday, nearly an hour after Fox thought it would begin. Even so, the show drew 19.8 million viewers....

In prime time, the CBS lineup on WKMG averaged 137,937 total viewers while the Fox lineup on WOFL pulled in 137,500. The ABC lineup on WFTV drew 96,409 while the NBC lineup on WESH attracted 82,091....

WKMG-Channel 6 tonight offered an interview with a neighbor who described George Zimmerman as caring and concerned. "I would never guess that he was racist or violent in any way," the woman said. "We've had many conversations about the constant break-...

The morning race will be fascinating to watch in coming months after WFTV finally splits up its longtime anchor team Greg Warmoth and Vanessa Echols. He is going to anchor in the evening, and she will remain in the morning....

WOFL reporter Valerie Boey told me how she landed the interview with Robert Zimmerman. "He emailed me. I thought at first, I’m not going to get my hopes up. I went and met him in a public place," she said. "I asked to see his ID. I asked, 'Why me?'...

People Magazine today published the latest book that tries to explain the engrossing story behind the Casey Anthony case. Amazon.com is selling the 25,000-word, 13-chapter paperback edition of "Outrage: The Casey Anthony Story" for $6.99. The online...

Dennis Welsh is general manager of local TV stations WOFL-Channel 35 and WRBW-Channel 65. He spoke recently with TV critic Hal Boedeker about the new television season, which officially begins today. CFB: Will 'The X Factor,' the new show from Simon...

Simon Cowell will spice up the results show of "The X Factor" this week. The results show will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday, eject two of the nine finalists and feature performances by Kelly Clarkson and Bruno Mars. First "American Idol" champ Clarkson...

Matthew Bartlett, a 28-year-old server at an Orlando TGI Fridays, was disciplined before a national audience by an Orlando judge on Thursday during the proceedings in the Casey Anthony murder trial, reports WOFL-FOX TV-35 in Orlando. Bartlett had...

There's no doubt that WFTV was seen in more households, the former way for tabulating ratings before people meters were introduced in Orlando. The household count for Monday through Friday, when Opsahl was anchoring: WFTV with 85,200 homes, WKMG with 71,...

Van Fleet wasn't afraid to show his quirky sense of humor, either. He had another message for viewers: "Tell them I'm going down there with the best intentions and hopes, but if it doesn't work out, look for me weekend mornings somewhere in Orlando."...

The public finally saw Casey Anthony's reaction on the day daughter Caylee's remains were found in December 2008. But the 15-minute tape was extremely grainy and offered just a few moments of Anthony reacting to TV coverage that day in the Orange County...