[TV orNotTV] Unusual Things on Colbert

[Mark Jeffries]

Last Tuesday night, when Stephen had as guests the authors of the new book 
about the Harvey Weinstein affair and #MeToo "She Said," there was a cable 
news-style lower third all throughout the interview--which was two acts!  
The first lower third at 1:48 in the segment read "JOURNALISTS JODI KANTOR 
& MEGAN TWOHEY ON BREAKING THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN STORY."  It was replaced at 
2:26 by "JOURNALISTS JODI KANTOR & MEGAN TWOHEY ON THEIR BOOK, [i]SHE 
SAID[/I].  They went back to the first graphic at 3:30.  At 4:44 came 
"JOURNALISTS...TALK #METOO POST-WEINSTEIN."  The graphics disappeared at 
5:47.  In the second segment appearing at around :43 was "[i]SHE SAID[I] 
AUTHORS...ON TRUMP AND #METOO."  Jimmy took out the graphic at 2;27.

Now this is the first time I've seen any late-night talk show do a cable 
news-style you-don't-need-captioning-when-we've-got-it-on-the screen 
graphic for a segment.  "The Late Show" hasn't done it since last Tuesday 
(and they've had politicians on since then) and they sure as hell didn't do 
it for the other guest last week, Ansel Egort.  The lower thirds were in 
the same font they use the gag lower thirds they sometimes insert over 
actual news footage in the cold opening.  But why?  Were they thinking that 
the viewers would not know what the guests were talking about and was this 
network meddling with a threat to take it off if they said the words "Les 
Moonves?"

You can see the segments yourself at:

https://youtu.be/0wOP4NFGjDM

and

https://youtu.be/IOyfBD3qUuw

BTW, what the hell did what Jon Batiste was playing as walk-on music have 
anything to do with the guests?  I'm surprised Paul Shaffer hasn't had a 
conversation with him about walk-on music.

And Monday night, the first commercial break had the spots squeezed back on 
the screen while we saw "behind-the-scenes" video footage squeezed back 
even farther and a lower third saying that the "Meanwhile..." segment was 
next.  Now I've seen this done on reality comps that have live episodes to 
I guess prove that what they're doing is live, but outside of shows like 
last Thursday night, we know Colbert's recorded.  Or was this just 
something to make the advertiser who paid for the billboard happy?  (I 
haven't seen tonight's show yet, so I don't know if they're doing it again 
tonight--yet.)

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Tribune Media finds its buyer

[Mark Jeffries]

And Nexstar is expected to sell off WGN Radio in Chicago and the WGN
America cable channel.  I suspect that the radio station will go to iHeart,
since they have room to pick up an AM station in Chicago.  Basically,
expect all of their rightwing talk hosts that are currently on WLS and WIND
to move to WGN.  As for the cable channel, your guess is as good as mine,
but if Sinclair still wants to go up against Fox News with the least likely
audience to cut the cord (unless a conservative news channel pops up on OTA
subchannels), well, this is their opportunity.

Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
spotligh...@gmail.com


On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 9:05 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

>
> Moi, March 24 this year:
>>
>>
>> Moi, 12/4/18:
>>>
>>>
>>> And it's Nexstar, which already owns or operates a slew of stations (two
>>> in Scranton, PA)... $4.1 billion, plus over $2B in debt.
>>>
>>> Stations in at least 13 markets will be divested to satisfy Federal
>>> rules, and post-divestiture Fox has designs on a few of 'em. The deal also
>>> includes Trib's minority stake in Food Network.
>>>
>>> Variety
>>> 
>>> (link)
>>>
>>>
>>> WPIX, once the deal closes, will get spun off with seven other stations
>> to Scripps, while Tegna will receive 11 stations including one in Scranton
>> and one in Harrisburg, our capital.
>>
>>
>> https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/tegna-nexstar-11-stations-740-million-1203167775/
>> (link)
>>
>>
>> Candyman approves deal prettymuch as is...
>
> https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-359677A1.pdf (link)
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: RIP Ric Ocasek

[Pete Ahles]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 5:35 PM M-D November  wrote:

> Semi-TV, really - MTV connection aside, he made some appearances on the
> Colbert Report.
>
>
Colbert put Todd Rundgren "On Notice" when Rik Ocasek was on the show.
Rundgren toured with The Cars when Ocasek refused to.

Pete

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[TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: RIP Ric Ocasek

[M-D November]

Semi-TV, really - MTV connection aside, he made some appearances on the 
Colbert Report. 

On Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 9:01:24 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
>
> I only mention it here because The Cars are, to me, intertwined with the 
> early years of MTV. Their music videos set the standard if not the 
> stereotype, and their songs were on constant rotation on MTV (and VH1) for 
> years. 
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ric-ocasek-dead-lead-singer-cars-was-75-1239832
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[TV orNotTV] Nellie: Safe name for NBCU streamer

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

It's "Peacock," she wrote, and along with reboots of familiar brands 
"Battlestar Galactica" (by Sam Esmail), "Saved by the Bell" (two original 
cast in grownup roles), and (the likewise grown-up) "Punky Brewster", plus 
repeats of "Parks and Rec", it'll have new stuff from Ed Helms, Amber 
Ruffin, and Esmail's better half Emily Rossum, and eventually "Brave New 
World" (q.v.)

Bonnie Hammer (pictured in the first article) also hopes an "Office" reboot 
comes to fruition there (in a second article)

https://deadline.com/2019/09/nbcu-streamer-peacock-name-slate-of-reboots-dr-death-mike-schur-ed-helms-series-amber-ruffin-parks-recreation-1202736689/
 
(link)
https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-office-reboot-nbcu-streamer-peacock-1202736651/
 
(link) 


(Those pages utterly froze my Firefox while trying to type this into GG 
web. Use caution.)

B

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[TV orNotTV] Re: CBS's 60 Minutes lead-in just took a big hit.....

[daniel anderson]

Fox meanwhile. has 2 late games before the Emmys-any bets that either one 
goes to OT and bumps the red carpet stuff?

On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 8:36:00 PM UTC-4, daniel anderson wrote:
>
> Big Ben is out for the season and Drew Brees is out for 6 weeks...Does the 
> Eye make Texans at Chargers it's lead game? 
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Gillies out at SNL

[Tom Wolper]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:29 AM Kevin M.  wrote:

> Rob Schneider weighed in... calling an openly racist conversation a
> “misfire”
>
> https://twitter.com/robschneider/status/1173728343377641474?s=21
> 
>

When the story first broke I was going to predict Gillies was toast. I
didn't because... who knows these days? But as I was watching Country Music
and they were showing blackface entertainers in the late 19th and early 20
centuries I remembered Megyn Kelly and the financial bath NBC took over
her. There was no way NBC was going to keep Gillies on.

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Alex Trebek

[Kevin M.]

Alex suffers a setback... back on chemo

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-undergoing-chemotherapy-numbers-sky-65651536


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:28 AM Tom Wolper  wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 8:11 PM Steve Timko  wrote:
>
>> Alex Trebek, saying he's on the mend, back at 'Jeopardy!'
>>
>> LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek has returned to work,
>> saying he's "on the mend" following treatment for pancreatic cancer.
>>
>> The game show posted a video Thursday on Twitter showing the 79-year-old
>> host back on set and promising "a good year" ahead. He actually started
>> work on July 22, his birthday.
>>
>> New episodes of the upcoming Season 36 are slated to begin airing on
>> Sept. 9.
>>
>> Trebek announced his diagnosis in March. He said he planned to beat the
>> disease's low survival rate with the love and support of family and friends
>> and with prayers from viewers.
>>
>> The American Cancer Society estimates 3% of patients with stage 4
>> pancreatic cancer are alive 5 years after being diagnosed.
>>
>
> Here's a season premiere promo video from the Jeopardy folks:
>
> https://twitter.com/Jeopardy/status/1167142434653868032
>
> And a today show segment they retweeted:
>
> https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1167406394573762560
> https://twitter.com/Jeopardy/status/116714243465
> https://twitter.com/Jeopardy/status/1167142434653868032?s=20
> https://twitter.com/Jeopardy/status/1167142434653868032?s=20
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[TV orNotTV] ABC says journalist Cokie Roberts has died at age 75

[Steve Timko]

https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/ABC-says-journalist-Cokie-Roberts-has-died-at-age-75-560577131.html

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Gillies out at SNL

[Kevin M.]

Rob Schneider weighed in... calling an openly racist conversation a
“misfire”

https://twitter.com/robschneider/status/1173728343377641474?s=21


On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 8:29 PM Kevin M.  wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 8:23 PM PGage  wrote:
>
>> Inevitable and appropriate. But is it really possible that SNL, in this
>> day and age, hires cast members without searching and evaluating at least
>> their YouTube videos?
>>
>
> It is quite possible.
>
> I’m still cheesed that the guy’s apology makes it sound like he simply
> made an off color joke while trying to be edgy. No, he didn’t. He was
> having an on-mic conversation and let loose some racist bullsh*t. There was
> no punchline. He was just being an a-hole.
>
>
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 1:19 PM  wrote:
>>
>>> And as the kids would say, "Nothing of value was lost."
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/shane-gillis-at-saturday-night-live-racial-homophobic-slurs-podcast-1239506
>>>
>>> ~D
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[TV orNotTV] Re: Tribune Media finds its buyer

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

Moi, March 24 this year:
>
>
> Moi, 12/4/18:
>>
>>
>> And it's Nexstar, which already owns or operates a slew of stations (two 
>> in Scranton, PA)... $4.1 billion, plus over $2B in debt.
>>
>> Stations in at least 13 markets will be divested to satisfy Federal 
>> rules, and post-divestiture Fox has designs on a few of 'em. The deal also 
>> includes Trib's minority stake in Food Network.
>>
>> Variety 
>> 
>>  
>> (link)
>>
>>
>> WPIX, once the deal closes, will get spun off with seven other stations 
> to Scripps, while Tegna will receive 11 stations including one in Scranton 
> and one in Harrisburg, our capital.
>
>
> https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/tegna-nexstar-11-stations-740-million-1203167775/
>  
> (link)
>
>
> Candyman approves deal prettymuch as is...

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-359677A1.pdf (link)

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[TV orNotTV] Re: CBS's 60 Minutes lead-in just took a big hit.....

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

daniel anderson, Monday (9/16):
>
> Big Ben is out for the season and Drew Brees is out for 6 weeks...Does the 
> Eye make Texans at Chargers it's lead game? 
>

Preliminary maps obtained by JP Kirby in Canada 
 (link) still have 
Saints / Seahawks to most. I'd end up with Steelers / 49ers.

B

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: HGTV buys Brady Bunch house

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

Well, they at least let Mr Bass (and his life-partner) tour the place...

https://www.hgtv.com/shows/a-very-brady-renovation/lance-bass-tours-the-brady-bunch-house-pictures
 
(link)

The remaining episodes (being normal length) go behind the authentication 
wall. Not sure how that works for HGTV...

B

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