| Making News: Texas Style | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Directed by | Steve Bronstein |
| Starring | KOSA-TV Staff |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Nick Davis |
| Producer | Nick Davis Productions |
| Production location | Odessa, Texas |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Guide Network |
| Release | June 11 (2007-06-11) – September 23, 2007 (2007-09-23) |
| Related | |
| Making News: Savannah Style | |
Making News: Texas Style was a 2007TV Guide Networkreality television series based in theMidland/Odessa,TexasMetro area, following the work lives of the anchors and reporters atKOSA-TV, the localCBS affiliate in the nation's 159th-ranked media market. The show aired on Monday nights at 8/7C on the TV Guide Network.
The program was taped at KOSA's studio atMusic City Mall, which is owned by KOSA's parent company and is located in Odessa, contrary to the title sequence.
The series featured stories from Odessa and Midland as well asGoldsmith andPecos. Sometimes, news anchors at rival stationKWES-TV, the market's localNBC affiliate, were followed, but not as frequently.
The series marked the shifting priorities of the TV Guide Network as it "veered harder into entertainment" and "extended the channel's thematic interest in television."[1] The series was described as a ratings success for the network, doubling its average primetime household rating and leading toa 2008 spinoff series set inSavannah, Georgia.[2]
Writing forTexas Monthly, TV critic Christopher Kelly compared the program tomockumentaries likeWaiting for Guffman, calling it " a witty, insightful, and even touching look at a television station that’s probably not much bigger than your average high school AV club" and said the show "blows to smithereens every last stereotype of small-minded, small-town Texas."[3]New York Daily News critic Richard Huff said that the series was "fun to watch", but he thought that it largely confirmed the stereotypes of local television news as "cheesy, overwrought and sensational".[4]
*The cast is listed by appearance in theme sequence*
The entire KOSA news team can be found here:KOSA-TV Staff