1.   Consultants are hired by stations to find ways to increase the ratings of news shows, and to do so quickly.

2.   Never forget that the producer of the program is trying to grab you before you zap away to another news show.

3.   This is as true of the television news show as any other form of programming.

4.   And television entertainment news shows have come to treat the world of fashion as the new Hollywood.

5.   And phase three, which will begin in late August, will feature the Newstand news magazine show.

6.   Another question hanging over Fox is its lack of a nightly news show.

7.   As it stands now, very few ratings points separate the three network news shows.

8.   As rumors swirled about high-level political involvement in the assassination, Reyes went on a popular nightly television news show to protest his innocence.

9.   Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller appeared personally before reporters late in the afternoon, just before the evening television network news shows.

10.   Attorney Lin Wood appeared on a network morning news show to talk about the libel suit.