Half a century ago, Fred M. Thrower, president of New York's WPIX-TV had an idea. Film a few minutes of a log burning in a fireplace, loop it, and broadcast it for hours on Christmas morning. The Yule ...

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 ...

Only in New York would watching a Yule log burn on TV be a cherished Christmas tradition. A station there has broadcast the log since 1966, and gotten surprisingly high ratings. But this year it's ...

There's a yule duel brewing this Christmas Day. Not one, but two versions of "The Yule Log," one of TV's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts.

Viacom-owned KCAL-TV is bringing the Yule Log to Los Angeles, airing three hours of a flaming fireplace Christmas morning. KCAL borrowed the idea from New York’s WPIX-TV, which made the Yule Log an ...

LOS ANGELES -- Show them nothing and they will watch. A television program showing only a yule log burning in a fireplace -- accompanied by a soundtrack of seasonal songs -- was the highest rated ...

As the world celebrate the Yuletide season under the freezing winter cold, families gather around the fireplace on Christmas Eve to get the much needed heat from the burning wood. While books, movies, ...

It had to happen: the yule log in 3-D. This latest refinement carries a whiff of retrofitted modernity, like a space capsule upholstered in chintz or a Microsoft Kinect game of croquet. But each ...

2010's edition of the holiday favorite gains an added dimension. By Bryan Alexander Fitting for 2010, the cherished televised Yule Log has gone 3D. The added dimension is available for free via Video ...

2010's edition of the holiday favorite gains an added dimension. By Bryan Alexander Fitting for 2010, the cherished televised Yule Log has gone 3D. The added dimension is available for free via Video ...