Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

Nielsen, the tv ratings firm, has announced that the February sweeps period in 2009 will move from February to March next year. With the move from analog to all digital TV on February 17, 2009, Nielsen feels that keeping sweeps during the same month might be an inaccurate assessment of a local station's performance. Also, Nielsen will begin to test ratings collections on digital-only stations this December. To read more from Broadcasting and Cable: CLICK HERE

We take you behind the scenes of Channel 3 News with a look at some of the big stories we are featuring during the month of February. This feature has been added to the menu at the right for easy, daily access. Preview of Upcoming Stories: None Currently The Stories That Have Already Aired: Aired 2/20/08 "Beside Bandits" - The Investigator, Tom Meyers, exposes criminals striking in what's supposed to be the safest of places... the hospital. Theft, assault and thousand of other cases are being investigated locally. Tom shows you just how easy it is to access patients and a way to protect yourself against these "Bedside Bandits". To watch the package: CLICK HERE Aired 2/18/08 "Faceblind" - Health Anchor Monica Robins reveals a rare medical mystery that leaves faces, blank. But others can never remember one. Even faces they've known since birth. The condition is called prosopagnosia, or face blindness. To watch the package: CLICK HERE Aired 2/14/08...

It's that time of the season again...February sweeps. Though not a huge book, it will begin another round of compelling and sometimes sensational stories that hope to captivate viewers over the course of the next month. As we have been telling you, The Investigator Tom Meyers officially joins Channel 3 News this Thursday Night at 11 PM to kick it all off. The book runs through February 27th. Let the fun begin!