This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. The world-famous WPIX Yule Log is a yearly ...

"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 year 2016 is coming to a close, and what better way to shut it down than by staring at fire with a personal pitcher of egg nog in your grip. The fiery, eternal flames of the Yule Log are coming ...

For decades, Christmas time has meant the return of that quintessential holiday TV program, “The Yule Log.” The static image of a wood-burning fireplace — accompanied by a holiday soundtrack— has ...

Television’s yule log has been part of American Christmases for almost 50 years. A lot of kids have opened their presents in front of that image of a roaring fire accompanied by 1960s versions of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...