This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting’s New ...

"Watching Paint Dry." Now, there's an idea for a three-hour TV special. Not much crazier, though, than the idea Fred Thrower, general manager of WPIX-TV Channel 11, proposed in November 1966: three ...

The Yule Log is a holiday tradition, but the original video recording of the festive fireplace hasn’t been seen on television since 1969. That’s changing nearly 50 years later as New York’s PIX11 ...

This year, Christmas goes old school. The long-lost original Yule Log video — recorded by WPIX/Channel 11 at Gracie Mansion in 1966 — aired on Christmas morning for the first time since 1969. The tape ...

In 1966, WPIX in New York aired the original Yule Log show, a loop of a log burning in a fireplace. The station aired it for a few years before re-filming it in 1970, as the original had "degraded." ...

Christmas is a time of the year to celebrate family and holiday traditions. The season has plenty, from putting out cookies for Santa to hanging the stockings on the mantle. For all the talk during ...

From Ozzy to Baby Yoda, here are some made-for-TV fires that will (sort of not really) keep you warm Ah, the televised burning Yule log, a symbol of the holidays that, depending on how you look at it, ...

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This article originally ran on Dec. 25, 2008. From a TV perspective, Christmas Eve 1966 looked grim. The regular Saturday night college basketball broadcast was suspended due to the holiday, and while ...

Nick Romano is a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly with 15 years of journalism experience covering entertainment. His work previously appeared in Vanity Fair, Vulture, IGN, and more. The Yule Log ...