Sunday, November 22, 2009
Television: Neal Justin
Traditionally ambitious local TV news operations are trying to weather advertising revenue losses that have hit the industry.
Ch. 9: "Fox News Sunday": Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Kit Bond, R-Mo., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; Bernadine Healy, former director of the National Institutes of Health.
For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television.
Country music helped ABC to its best ratings week in more than a year. The network, which narrowly lost to CBS for the distinction of America's most popular TV network last week, aired the Country Music Association awards to 17.2 million people, according to the Nielsen Co.
Viewers' questions are answered on "Dear Food Network: Top 10 Thanksgiving Problems Solved" (1 p.m., Food), which offers tips for carving turkey and recipes for turkey, side dishes, drinks and desserts; on "Thanksgiving Dessert" (4 p.m., Food), Ina Garten gives modern confectionery ideas with help from Alton Brown and Tyler Florence.
The economy has claimed another Twin Cities non-profit organization: the National Institute on Family and the Media.
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