BILL GREEN

Regis Philbin began today’s discussion with a clarification: “I’m moving on, not retiring.” Last night at NATPE, the TV execs conference being held in Miami Beach, the “Live” talk show host was honored alongside “Entertainment Tonight” anchor Mary Hart, sports ...

Daryl Hall, the blond half of Hall & Oates, responsible for such hits as "She's Gone" and "Rich Girl" is blazing a new path on the Internet. It's one of the many web happenings that's getting the attention of TV ...

I'm sitting in my hotel room in Miami Beach watching "Entertainment Tonight" when Mary Hart reports on Regis Philbin's salary dispute, which reportedly led to his retirement decision. I'm struck by the irony: Both Hart and Philbin will be in ...

Most of you have heard of the irresistible force paradox: “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” Well, now that the feds have cleared the way for Comcast to buy NBC, I can’t help but wonder: What ...

The B word is about to get its own show. Not OWN show, as in Oprah Winfrey Network. Oprah has banned the word from hers. The show in question is “Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23,” written by former ...

Michael Ausiello is a TV guru I’ve been following for a long time. I read his stuff when he was at TV Guide. I followed him to Entertainment Weekly. I’ve gone through withdrawal as he left to start his new ...

Last week I posed the question, is this the year of the HD TV? And indeed many of you wrote to say that there was a flat screen under your tree Christmas morning. Naples Buzz writes: “So I woke up ...

How many of you awoke this morning to find a new flat-screen HD TV under your Christmas tree? Many are expecting this to be the Christmas of the HD TV. Our household added a second HD TV, only 19 inches, ...

Mornings are the new prime time, many in the TV industry say, including Darrel Lieze-Adams, executive news director and manager of marketing and promotions at Waterman Broadcasting — the folks behind NBC-2 and ABC-7. Lieze-Adams emphasized the statement in a ...

On rare occasions, you hear about an idea so good, you just can’t wait to see it take shape. Among TV shows, however, even a wonderful premise rarely ends in a promising result. So I’m trying to stay grounded. This ...

“The Morning Program,” “This Morning,” and “The Early Show;” Bob Schieffer, Lesley Stahl, Charles Kuralt, Mariette Hartley and Bryant Gumbel; a live studio audience, Bob Saget doing the weather and a street level studio — just a few of the ...

When it premieres Jan. 19, the new season of “American Idol” will be the most radically altered season since its debut. New rules, new judges and a new airing pattern are just some of the changes to expect. Gone are ...

Fox 4’s 6, 10 and 11 p.m. anchor, Patrick Nolan, may have even surpassed his own station in popularity, if that’s even possible. For four years in a row, Nolan has been part of an anchor team that was voted ...

After seeing our readers’ poll last week on cable news, the one in which Fox News won decisively.

Daytime TV fans have had mixed emotions about some of the new shows this season. “Swift Justice,” Nancy Grace’s new court offering, is showing growth in many TV markets over what existed in the time period last season. Folks have ...

Joan Stacy writes: “The time for ‘Friday Night Lights’ was changed, apparently without notice. It moved from Monday-Friday at 6 p.m. to 11 a.m. on Ch. 46. I wish they had given change notice as I missed a few shows ...

So Courtney Cox and David Arquette are splitsville, along with Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman, Heidi Klum and Victoria’s Secret. In these turbulent times, it’s good to know some relationships last. I’m talking about Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter. As ...

The new fall season is off to an abysmal start. “Hawaii Five-O” is the only new show that made the top 20 this week. And it was down. “Five-O” premiered with 14.2 million viewers. In its second week, it earned ...

It’s no lie; “Lone Star” is history. After just two episodes, the show about a con man trying to turn his life around (sort of) has won the distinction of being the first series of the new season to be ...

A Southwest Florida dispute will come to a resolution Tuesday in Judge Joe Brown’s TV courtroom. It started when a scooter and a truck collided in Lehigh Acres. Jerry Bault, 52, is suing Phillip Kleinmann, 51, for $918, according to ...

It’s premiere week in primetime and I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. The moment I heard the redo of the “Hawaii Five-O” theme song, I was sold. Not to mention the cast includes the talented Alex O’Loughlin (“Moonlight”) ...

“As The World Turns,” which began just two years after this market’s CBS affiliate, WINK, signed on in 1954, will depart the airwaves next week. The last episode is at 2 p.m. Friday. “World” and “Edge of Night” were the ...

If you’ll allow me a little self indulgence … October 2006: I visited Marco Island for the very first time. As I crossed the Jolley Bridge, as many people have before and since, I fell in love. I decided to ...

Whether you’re a fan of embattled City Manager Steve Thompson or not, the actions by City Council Monday night, especially those of Chairman Frank Recker, should be of great concern to you. On that note, I have some questions.

It was Jan. 8 online, Jan. 9 in print, that we first announced the Eagle i initiative to Marco Island.

First thank you! You, our readers, have made the Eagle i initiative an unquantifiable success.

I’ve received quite a few comments concerning the proposal for Tract K — a solar farm for Collier Schools and a community athletic field. A few individuals, who’d really like to see a high school there, are sad the dream ...

Someone who is eagle-eyed is said to have keen vision. Hence, the term eagle-eyed reporter — a journalist who rarely lets anything escape his or her watchful eye.

I won’t point fingers, but some city councilors and a hand full of residents have already tried and convicted City Manager Steven Thompson, without even bothering to look at the evidence. Heck, we haven’t even made it through discovery yet.

Occasionally, when an article appears in the Eagle like Wednesday’s “Politics get personal at council meeting,” I will get a couple of complaints from readers.

I’m not much to look at, but for those of you who’d like to have a gander anyway, you’ll find me at Orion Bank Monday night, along with some of my compatriots.

Most of us desire to live a long time, especially if we’re able to retain our health and quality of life. If you chose Marco Island/Naples to live out the second half of your life, then AARP says great choice!

On a recent weekend, a friend and I decided to take a nice Sunday drive to Sanibel and Captiva Island. I hear their names quite frequently on the news, but having moved here just over a year ago, this was ...

If someone cuts you off with a grocery cart between the milk and the bread, chances are you don’t flip ’em off as you speed around them. However, if someone cuts you off in traffic, there’s a good chance you ...

Ever since I was old enough to know what a newspaper was, I’ve heard that it’s a dying industry. So it’s with some amazement that I find myself in the year 2008, working in the business and invited to the ...

Marco voters finally had their say on the sewer project and it appears they want it to continue. This newspaper spent the better part of 2007 on coverage leading up to this election.

A couple of weeks ago, I told you change was a comin’ and well, it has arrived. Starting next week, there will be no Monday Marco Eagle. No Tuesday or Thursday Eagle, either.

Change. Isaac Asimov, who many suspect was paraphrasing Greek philosopher Heraclitus, said that its life’s only constant. Roman poet Ovid produced a classic thematic handling of the subject called “Metamorphoses.”