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    Stern, Michaels and "SNL" were sliced and diced in a new "TV Funhouse" segment from
producer/writer Robert Smigel and animator J.J. Sedelmaier.

    Combining outrageous cartoon visuals with audio from previously aired "SNL" sketches and Stern's own radio shows, Smigel and co-writer Adam McKay constructed a scenario in which Stern attacks "SNL" sketches as lame while trumpeting the superiority of his own material.

    The Smigel-McKay cartoon includes shots of deranged "SNL" audience members committing suicide during the show; cast members crassly hawking show-related souvenirs from the stage;  and Michaels ignoring the show while obsessing over movie spin-offs of "SNL" characters.

    The cartoon Stern, meanwhile, is shown vomiting on "SNL" performers — "See, that's interesting," he says; feeding sidekick Robin Quivers cookies like a trained seal, rewarding her for laughing at his comments; and presenting as entertainment two half-naked lesbians rolling on the floor and a man on his hands and knees passing gas into a
microphone.

    The insanity escalates. When Stern suggests that Michaels needs to "check his underwear" for evidence of nervousness, the animated Michaels orders a flunky to do it for him. When Stern is shot by a Michaels-hired sniper, Michaels is forced to revive him, mouth-to-mouth, after an NBC peacock reports huge ratings for Stern on "SNL."

    The cartoon ends with Michaels forsaking all integrity to create a new TV and film franchise: "Saturday HowardNight LiveStern."

Saturday, October 10, 1998:

Good News at Last!!  "The Howard Stern Radio Show" rose more than half a point to 3.5/9.  Even though the show is still in 3rd place, it has gained ground 3 weeks in a row, this week, with it's most significant increase yet!

NBC's "Saturday Night Live" ran the best of Dana Carvey, 7.3/19.  Fox's "Mad TV" had a 4.4/9.

Saturday, October 3, 1998:

Kelsey Grammer hosted "SNL" with musical guests Sheryl Crow and a special performance by Shaquille O'Neal, 7.2/19. On Fox, "Mad TV" had a 4.6/10.  Howard Stern's ratings showed a slight increase with a 2.9/7.
 

Saturday, September 26, 1998:

The Season Premiere of "Saturday Night Live," garnered a strong 7.9.  On FOX, "Mad TV" came in second place again with a 4.6/10. "The Howard Stern Radio Show", coming in third place again, recieved a 2.7.  It's been in third place since debuting in the number 2 slot.  This is not a bad place to be in, as the show has proven it can hold at #3, and has guaranteed a GOLD MINE in advertising dough for CBS.  Howard basically has one season to figure out how to dethrone SNL, in my opinion.  He will either be a goat or the #1 man in television.  And knowing his track record, look out SNL!!
 
 

Albuquerque: Ch 29 KHFT 11 pm (upn)

Alexandria, MN: Ch. 7 KCCO 1 am (cbs)

Atlanta: Ch. 69 WUPA 11pm (upn)

Bakersfield, CA: Ch 45 KUVI 11 pm (upn)

Baltimore: Ch. 13 WJZ  midnight (cbs)

Baton Rouge: Ch. 33 WVLA midnight, (nbc, yuck!) Cancelled.

Birmingham, AL: Ch. 42 WIAT Cancelled.

Boston: Ch. 4 WBZ (cbs)

Brownsville / McAllen / Harlingen, TX: Ch. 4 KGBT 10:30 PM (cbs)

Buffalo: Ch. 29 WUTV (fox)

Burlington, VT: Ch. 44 WFFF

Cedar Rapids / Dubuque / Waterloo, IA: Ch. 28 KFXA (fox) 11 pm, no web page

Charleston, SC: Ch. 36 WMMP

Chatanooga: Ch 61 WDSI (fox) midnight

Charlotte: Ch. 18 WCCB Cable Ch. 11. (Fox) at midnight.

Chicago: Ch. 2 WBBM

Cleveland & Akron: Ch. 19 WOIO

Columbus, OH: Ch. 6 WSYX

Corpus Christi, TX: Ch.4 KGBT (cbs)

Denver: Ch. 4 KCNC

Detroit: Ch. 62 WWJ

El Paso: Ch. 4 KDBC (cbs) 10:35 pm

Fayetteville: Ch. 22 WFTL (wb) 11:00 pm

Fort Myers & Naples: Cable Ch. 6, UHF 46 (WTVK, WB) at 11 pm Cancelled.

Fresno: Ch. 53 11pm, in some cable areas Ch. 13

Galveston, TX: Ch. 39 KHTV (wb) 10:30 pm

Greensboro / Winston-Salem / High Point: Ch. 45 WXLV (abc) 11:30 pm

Grand Rapids, MI: Ch. 8 WOOD (nbc)

Gulfport / Biloxi, MS: Ch. 25 WXXV (fox) 9:00 pm

Green Bay, WI: Ch. 5 WFRV

Hartford: Ch. 61 WTIC (Fox) at midnight. Cancelled.

Honolulu: Ch. 4 KITV (abc) midnight

Houston: Ch. 39 KHTV, (WB) 10:35 PM Central Time

Jacksonville: Ch. 17 WJWB (wb) Cancelled.

Kansas City: Ch. 29 KCWB

Lansing, MI: Ch. 10 WILX 1pm

Las Vegas: Ch 8 KLAS 11:30 pm

Lexington, KY: Ch. 36 WTVQ (abc) 12:35 a.m

Los Angeles: Ch. 2 KCBS

Louisville: Ch. 41 WDRB

Miami & Ft. Lauderdale: Ch. 4 WFOR

Milwaukee: Ch. 58 WDJT (cbs) 11:30 pm

Minneapolis & St. Paul: Ch. 4 WCCO

Monterey / Salinas, CA: Ch. 46 KION (cbs) 11:30 pm

Myrtle Beach & Florence, SC: Ch 15 WPDE 11:30 pm

Nashville: Ch. 1 WNAB 11 pm

New Orleans: Ch. 54 WUPN

New York: Ch. 2 WCBS

Norfolk: Ch 33 WTVZ midnight

Oklahoma City: Ch 5 KOCO (abc)

Orlando: Ch. 18 WKCF

Panama City: Ch. 28 WPGX 11 pm

Philadelphia: Ch. 3 KYW

Pittsburgh: Ch. 2 KDKA

Phoenix: Ch. 3 KTVK at 10:35 pm Cancelled.

Portland: Ch. 32 WB Cancelled.

Providence:  Ch. 28  WLWC  (UPN ) at 11 pm.

Raleigh-Durham: Ch. 22 WLFL at 11 pm

Reno / Carson City: Ch. 21 KAME (upn) midnight

Sacramento, CA: Ch. 5 KPIX (cbs) 11:30 pm

Savannah, GA: Ch. 34 WUBI (upn) 11 pm

St. Louis: Ch.11 KPLR (wb) 10 pm Cancelled.

San Diego: Ch. 9 KUSI  Cancelled.

San Francisco: Ch. 5 KPIX

Santa Fe: Ch. 50 KASY 11 pm

Seattle: Ch. 22 KTZZ (wb)

Syracuse: Ch. 68 WSYT (fox) midnight, (ya can get this in Wayne co. & Ontario co.)

St. Louis: Ch.11 KPLR 10pm

Tampa & St. Pete: Ch. 38 WTTA

Terre Haute, IN: Ch. 38 WBAK (fox)

Toledo: Ch. 6 WSYX 11:35 pm or TVLM 11:30 pm

Waco, TX: Ch. 62 KAKW (wb) 10 pm Cancelled.

Wahsington, DC: Ch. 50 WBDC (wb) 11pm

West Palm Beach: Ch. 29 WFLX (fox) midnight

If you have a BUD, (that's a Big, Ugly satellite Dish), not one of the little DSS (Digital Scrappy Service) type dishes, you can get the CBS feed of The Howard Stern Radio Show here:

            2:00am-3:00am Eastern time - Saturday - Galaxy 6, transponder 21
            11:00am-noon   Eastern time - Saturday - Galaxy 6, transponder 18
            2:00pm-3:00pm Eastern time - Saturday - Galaxy 6, transponder 21

Stay tuned for many more additions as station execs ponder who will win on Saturday night...