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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
  STATES</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
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  D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF
  THE</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">May&nbsp;1,
  2008</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of
  Report (Date of earliest event reported)</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">HEARST-ARGYLE
  TELEVISION, INC.</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
  Charter)</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1-14776</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">74-2717523</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
    Jurisdiction<br>
    Of Incorporation)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Commission File
    Number)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer
    Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">300 West
  57<sup>th</sup> Street</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">New
  York, New York 10019</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(212) 887-6800</font></b></p>
  
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  telephone number, including area code)</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
  
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    pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Soliciting material
    pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;2.02.
  &#160;Results of Operations and Financial
  Condition.</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;1, 2008, the
  Registrant issued a press release reporting financial results and earnings for
  the Registrant&#146;s quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2008.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information contained
  in Item 2.02, Item 7.01 and Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 of Item 9.01 of this Current Report
  on Form&nbsp;8-K shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or
  otherwise subject to liability under that Section.&#160; In addition, the information contained in Item
  2.02, Item 7.01 and Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 of Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
  shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
  expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;7.01.
  &#160;Regulation&nbsp;FD Disclosure.</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See Item 2.02 above.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;9.01.
  &#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Exhibits</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release of the
    Registrant dated May&nbsp;1, 2008.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
  duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">HEARST-ARGYLE
    TELEVISION, INC.</font></p>
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    JONATHAN C. MINTZER</font></p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
  THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  May 1,
  2008
  Date of
  Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  HEARST-ARGYLE
  TELEVISION, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
  Charter)
  Delaware
  1-14776
  74-2717523
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction
  Of Incorporation)
  (Commission File
    Number)
  (IRS Employer
    Identification No.)
  300 West
  57
  th
  Street
  New
  York, New York 10019
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  (212) 887-6800
  (Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code)
  Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  o
  Written communications
    pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
  o
  Soliciting material
    pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
  o
  Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
  o
  Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
  Item 2.02.
   Results of Operations and Financial
  Condition.
  On May 1, 2008, the
  Registrant issued a press release reporting financial results and earnings for
  the Registrant's quarterly period ended March 31, 2008.
  The information contained
  in Item 2.02, Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of Item 9.01 of this Current Report
  on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or
  otherwise subject to liability under that Section.  In addition, the information contained in Item
  2.02, Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K
  shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
  expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
  Item 7.01.
   Regulation FD Disclosure.
  See Item 2.02 above.
  Item 9.01.
   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (c) Exhibits
  Item
  Exhibit
  99.1
  Press Release of the
    Registrant dated May 1, 2008.
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
  duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized.
  HEARST-ARGYLE
    TELEVISION, INC.
  By:
  /S/
    JONATHAN C. MINTZER
  Jonathan C. Mintzer
  Vice President, General
    Counsel and
  Secretary
  Date: May 1, 2008
  3
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Exhibit
  99.1
  Press Release of the
    Registrant, dated May 1, 2008.
  4