[TV orNotTV] Re: Katie Couric is the most trusted newscaster in Iowa?

2009-07-23 Thread bradfo...@dwx.com
Re. Iowa: Probably because the CBS affiliate in Des Moines has traditionally had higher ratings for their newscasts than the ABC and NBC stations combined. It also accounts for the fact that Letterman's Late Show has continually beat the Tonight Show in the market. --- Original Message

[TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN cutie used as virus front

2009-07-23 Thread Joe Hass
To bring this back to EA: I mentioned earlier that this story hasn't turned into a blame the blogosphere slamfest. Instead, it's turned into Look At The Naked (but tastefully blurred) Hot Chick. The New York Post ran a screen grab on the front page of the paper on Tuesday, five days after this

[TV orNotTV] ESPN and sports fans (was ESPN cutie used as virus front)

2009-07-23 Thread Joe Hass
ESPN, put simply, does not care about the hardcore sports fan, and haven't for the at least the last 10 years. The wall between editorial and the rest of their business is long gone, replaced with a level of incest that would be prosecutorial if it were real life. Add to that keeping people who

[TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN and sports fans (was ESPN cutie used as virus front)

2009-07-23 Thread Jason Carpio
I just had one issue regarding this part Joe.. I suspect that Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan has knowledge of the game. He's just not a hall of famer when it comes to articulating it on a broadcast. Add to that keeping people who have little to know actual knowledge of the game (Joe Morgan is

[TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN and sports fans (was ESPN cutie used as virus front)

2009-07-23 Thread Joe Hass
There's a reason the site firejoemorgan.com was launched: Morgan is someone who has never let the facts get in the way of a good story. He's from the camp that believes the new influx of data and statistics is awful for the game, dismissing it on more than one occasion. And then there are the

[TV orNotTV] Another steamed pol rags on ads that look like news

2009-07-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
I've seen infomercials that look like this, and frankly I agree...why? BroadcastingCable: 'Our news folks have enough problems with credibility right now without fake news being aired,' said Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) at a subcommittee hearing Wednesday (July 22) on advertising and

[TV orNotTV] Re: Katie Couric is the most trusted newscaster in Iowa?

2009-07-23 Thread Melissa Neal
On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:00 AM, bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: Re. Iowa: Probably because the CBS affiliate in Des Moines has traditionally had higher ratings for their newscasts than the ABC and NBC stations combined. It also accounts for the fact that Letterman's Late Show has continually

[TV orNotTV] Leno gets new director, re-assigns John M.

2009-07-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Liz Plonka, formerly with Conan, who's filled in for Ellen Brown, will be calling the shots come Sep 14. Eubanks will remain, but Melendez will become one of the show's writers. And yes, www.TheJayLenoShow.com is up... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006372.html?categoryid=14cs=1 -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] IYC: Melrose's posters

2009-07-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/07/melrose-place-art-.html -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to

[TV orNotTV] Re: Cronkite lives!

2009-07-23 Thread stan
On Jul 22, 6:40 pm, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: On Jul 21, 12:10 am, Keith Privett priv...@yahoo.com wrote: Will it be preceded by a commercial break with a Jupiter Jack or Mighty Mendit ad starring Billy Mays ? --- On Mon, 7/20/09, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote:

[TV orNotTV] Set your DVRs

2009-07-23 Thread Bradford
Discovery Channel to re-air 'Cronkite Remembers' Wed Jul 22, 2:06 pm ET NEW YORK - Discovery Channel says it's re-airing Cronkite Remembers, an eight-part look at the 20th century through the eyes of veteran newsman Walter Cronkite. The encore presentation honors Cronkite, who died last week

[TV orNotTV] Re: Katie Couric is the most trusted newscaster in Iowa?

2009-07-23 Thread Mark J.
On Jul 23, 12:00 am, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Yay for online polls! With the passing of Walter Cronkite, Time commissioned an internet poll asking who people today trusted the most for news. Surprising or not, Jon Stewart wins the plurarity of the internet vote (9409 folks

[TV orNotTV] Re: BBC America spin

2009-07-23 Thread televisiongirl
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@nyc.rr.com wrote: BBC AMERICA’s new HD channel, which is a simulcast of BBC AMERICA’s standard definition channel, is available to all the channel’s distribution partners from today, July 20. We have a number of deals signed and in the

[TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN and sports fans (was ESPN cutie used as virus front)

2009-07-23 Thread Mark J.
On Jul 23, 9:12 am, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: ESPN, put simply, does not care about the hardcore sports fan, and haven't for the at least the last 10 years. The wall between editorial and the rest of their business is long gone, replaced with a level of incest that would be

[TV orNotTV] Re: Les Lye, actor and broadcaster, dies

2009-07-23 Thread Mark J.
On Jul 22, 7:50 pm, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: Barth's finally closes up shop. And somewhere Lisa Ruddy and Moose   McGlade have a moment of quiet contemplation. Not to mention the fact that this low-budget, jerry-built Canadian kids show became the template for the remake of an

[TV orNotTV] Re: Katie Couric is the most trusted newscaster in Iowa?

2009-07-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jul 23, 12:00 am, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: With the passing of Walter Cronkite, Time commissioned an internet poll asking who people today trusted the most for news. Surprising or not, Jon Stewart wins the plurarity of the internet vote (9409 folks voted total), and

[TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN and sports fans (was ESPN cutie used as virus front)

2009-07-23 Thread PGage
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Mark J.mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: I still wonder why no one has at least made a try at getting the hardcore sports fan (at least since FSN shut down The National Sports Report and CNN/SI went bust).  If Versus wants to really go big on sports, how about

[TV orNotTV] Re: Katie Couric is the most trusted newscaster in Iowa?

2009-07-23 Thread PGage
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Jim Ellwangertrain...@ellwanger.tv wrote: Does not appear to be due to the strength of CBS affiliates in Iowa, as was opined here earlier.  Appears to be due to pranksters.  Here's a graphic compiling some other recent Time internet polls (hopefully this link

[TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN and sports fans (was ESPN cutie used as virus front)

2009-07-23 Thread televisiongirl
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:38 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: It is obviously not true that Joe Morgan knows nothing about baseball; it is that he stubbornly sticks to an old fashioned, or traditional approach to baseball that is informed more by gut, feel, intuition and tradition than it