Nick Romano is a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly with 15 years of journalism experience covering entertainment. His work previously appeared in Vanity Fair, Vulture, IGN, and more. The Yule Log ...

"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 ...

NEW YORK — PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting’s New York flagship station, is thrilled to announce the station will air the original 1966 version of the Yule Log, which has not been seen on air since 1969.

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 ...

Christmas is a time of the year to celebrate family and holiday traditions. The season has plenty, from putting out cookies for Santa to hanging the stockings on the mantle. For all the talk during ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Yule Log is a holiday tradition, but the original video recording of the festive fireplace hasn’t been seen on television ...

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 ...