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Video Gem: "Must See TV" Demonstration Ends With One Arrest

Editor's Note: We found this gem on the NBC feeds today. As you'll see, it involved demonstrators starring at blank tv's to get people to notice. It's a head scratcher, but very entertaining. Take a look at the video below the story: --- It was meant to draw reaction in Downtown Roanoke Thursday afternoon, and it certainly did. An event called "Must See TV", where dozens of people met at Market Square and sat in front of blank television sets to make people take notice. The group says the purpose was to make others talk, but they didn't just get the attention of people on the street. One police officer also took notice. The five minute event ended with one arrest. Police Spokesperson Aisha Johnson sent out this statement, "The arrest occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. today. An officer patrolling the downtown area saw a female subject on the Campbell Avenue side of the Market Building, sitting on the steps watching a tel...

Video Gem: Costa Rica TV Station Gets Rocked by Earthquake

Here's another one of those stories about the media becoming part of the news. A major earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Thursday and was centered about 22 miles northwest of the capital of San Jose. The six-point-one magnitude quake caught thousands of people off guard this afternoon, including workers at this television studio. Hold On!

Video Gem: Fun Time in Sin City on New Year's Eve

You just know people aren't going to behave on New Year's Eve...so why do news stations risk the inevitable? For fun. Take a look at the video gem we found from a Las Vegas reporter who says it's a peaceful, but rowdy night in Sin City. Lemor Shlomof from Reno, NBC affiliate KRNV was doing a live report from Lake Tahoe on the New Year's eve celebrations when a man tried to kiss her. A woman also came up and tried to steal the show by making faces then jumping in front of the camera and doing her own report. After that a man put his hat on her head. Take a look:

Video Gem: Ain't True Love Blind - Even on TV?

Here's today's video gem related to the TV industry: Reporter Sergio Avila proposed to his girlfriend Griselda Sanchez during Yuma, Arizona NBC affiliate KYMA's 6 p.m. newscast on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. The couple met on MySpace and have been dating for over a year. Griselda plans to move to Tucson with Sergio next month when he starts a new job there. The couple will enjoy a two year engagement before getting married. Perhaps this is a good example of why NOT to use the public airwaves to propose? Take a look....