NFL Restrictions Drive Local TV Anchors To Insanity

As you may know, the NFL runs a very tight ship in regards to its footage. NFL Films does a great job with all the footage, but only licenses footage to… I dunno, whatever. I don’t know how it works. But (it seems) only news broadcasts and those who pay out the ass can show NFL footage, especially Super Bowl footage. And you certainly can’t put it online. (You have to go to NFL.com for that!)

This puts local television hosts in a tough situation. When talking about last night’s Super Bowl, the hosts of 10! weren’t able to show any footage. Fortunately, Lori Wilson channeled her second grade ways and was able to use action figures and stuffed toys to create a fairly accurate recap.

Oh, also, Bill Henley is wearing a Peyton Manning jersey and shoulderpads in this clip.

To the NFL: Please don’t ever release your footage. We’d lose moments like this.

Oh, and also, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened.

PWD People Of The Year: Bill Henley

The weatherman and 10! co-host wins for this, on Feb. 1, 2006:

“Nice box, Miss America.” Truer words were never spoken.

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And, Oh Boy, Does This Look Like Fun

Watch Bill Henley and Lori Wilson vogue each and every weekday! You really couldn’t get that from The View, could you?

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Here’s To Bill Henley, Who Sometimes Makes ‘10!’ Watchable

If you’ve ever seen the NBC 10 morning talk show 10!, you know that it’s bordering on trainwreck on most days. (Phillymag rated the show an F.) But, sometimes, Bill Henley decides to make it his own vaudeville show, and it’s simply… well… this.

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Bill Henley Gets Adoration Previously Only Reserved For John Bolaris

Yes, those are homemade “I (Heart) Bill Henley” t-shirts.

This Makes Us Want To Vote For Pedro

I tried to cut this down to the few seconds that best explains this segment on 10! yesterday, but I really couldn’t. So here’s a five-minute clip of Efren Ramirez (Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite) DJing for the crowd, consisting mainly of old white women.

If you don’t have the time, just let it load and scroll to the end to catch Bill Henley raising the roof.

Update, 1:04 p.m.: Oh, yeah. Ramirez is in town because he’s introducing Ashlee Simpson at her concert tonight. But of course.

Bill Henley Thinks He’s A Sex Symbol

It’s actually kind of more fun to watch this video — from 10! this morning — without the sound on. (Also, that hides the fact the audio and video aren’t synched up at the beginning.)

“She’s not used to working with a sex symbol.” Oh, Bill, just use eHarmony.

Oh, yeah, and ladies: Is he one? I don’t know these things.
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Video: Bill Henley’s double entendre

The second video of today is a bit of an old one, but since I finally got everything set up, I figured I’d pass it on. A few weeks ago my friend and local quizmaster, Johnny Goodtimes, happened to co-host the NBC mid-morning talk show, 10! I recorded it, and as such caught this moment.

He and co-host Bill Henley interviewed Miss America Jennifer Berry. She was showing off her crown, and the box her crown came in…

If you listen closely, you can hear crew members laughing after Henley says his unintentional one-liner.

Blogger to co-host NBC 10 show, world to explode

Everyone knows blogging is so hot right now. Blogs have increased respectability, celebrities are blogging (poorly) and there are even professional bloggers.

Yeah, you say. So what? Ahh, my friend, I am getting to that. Fresh off Quizzo Bowl II, Philadelphia Quizzo maven Johnny Goodtimes — who doesn’t pay me for this publicity — will be co-hosting 10! on Wednesday, according to sources close to Mr. Goodtimes (i.e. him).

To be honest, I usually leave the house before 10! starts, since I like to be at my desk by 10 a.m. But since Lauren Hart left the show, host and meteorologist Bill Henley has been hosting with a variety of co-hosts, including a whole week when random viewers were selected to host.

Johnny Goodtimes immediately moves onto the “biggest celebrities to co-host 10!” list, somewhere in the A.D. Amorosi area (but below John DeBella and Pierre Robert). I’m sure Johnny will do a fine job as co-host, but you know what this means, right? 10! is down to hiring bloggers to co-host the show. Good luck with alllll that.

Side note: Bill Henley’s biography contained the greatest thing seen on NBC10.com, like, ever: Bill Henley wallpaper. Not only that, but almost all the anchors have desktop wallpaper: John Blunt! Tracy Davidson! Harry Hairston! Bill Baldini! Edie Huggins! Even Deanna Durante! Sadly, though, NBC 10’s Lauren Cohn doesn’t have any on her bio page, which is a shame — since that’s the only wallpaper I really wanted. Sigh.

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