[TV orNotTV] Re: Cold Case on ice

2009-10-20 Thread JW
[Responding to multiple posts] I can understand that the non-doubleheader network drops out of bonus coverage of the second game, but surely those who'd been watching that second game from the start get to see the end. Pulling out of a sports fixture that you've just invested over four hours

[TV orNotTV] Re: Cold Case on ice

2009-10-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Oct 20, 2009, at 1:06 AM, JW wrote: Bonus coverage would only apply to 4:05 games, i.e., late games on the network that doesn't have the doubleheader. No. When the Pats-Titans primary national game ended Sunday, CBS switched to the end of Jets-Bills, which ran until 8:15. Had it gone

[TV orNotTV] Re: SGºU: Darkness

2009-10-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
Administrivia: Does that degree symbol between the G and the U in the subject cause anyone else's mail besides mine to have the subject line encoded in B64? Check it out: Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?B?W1RWIG9yTm90VFZdIFJlOiBTR7pVOiAiRGFya25lc3Mi?= -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] Re: Cold Case on ice

2009-10-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jim Ellwanger, to JW, in part: Perhaps I'm remembering incorrectly, but in the '80s, I only remember   seeing CBS switch FROM local programming TO football (as opposed to   60 Minutes) at 7:00 when... 1. It was a doubleheader week for CBS. 2. My local CBS affiliate wasn't showing a game at

[TV orNotTV] Re: SGºU: Darkness

2009-10-20 Thread Kevin M.
Sorry... won't do it again, though that is technically how it appears on screen at the top of each show. For those interested, one of the principles behind the series, Joe Mallozzi, maintains an extensive blog. Included therein are several high-res images of the new set... they make dandy

[TV orNotTV] MoveOn.org joins Pres. Obama in snubbing FoxNews

2009-10-20 Thread Kevin M.
Which means, in turn, some right wing website will move to keep Republicans off of MSNBC and CNN, which means no debate will take place except between the lugnut pundits... hurray! Entire press release follows: Dear MoveOn member, All year, FOX has worked 24/7 to block President Obama's

[TV orNotTV] Re: Panel: Pubcasting Should Think Local

2009-10-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mark J, in part.: Of course, the problem is that local news and public affairs costs money, particularly if public radio stations want to do it with slick NPR-style production--and most of the lefties who complain of NPR monoculture seem more interested in local classical/jazz/folk DJs or

[TV orNotTV] Re: SGºU: Darkness

2009-10-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin M., to moi: Sorry... won't do it again, though that is technically how it appears on screen at the top of each show. For those interested, one of the principles behind the series, Joe Mallozzi, maintains an extensive blog. Included therein are several high-res images of the new

[TV orNotTV] Re: Cold Case on ice

2009-10-20 Thread Mark J.
On Oct 20, 3:06 am, JW redbu...@gmail.com wrote: In the '70s, on weeks where CBS' single game was early, I'd turn on my affiliate at 7:00 to see 60 Minutes, and they'd join the end of their late national game. I always assumed that was so they could keep the network together, and that

[TV orNotTV] TMZ founder says rights violated by police

2009-10-20 Thread Trevor Trevor
TMZ founder says rights violated by police http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/10/20/tmz-probe.html The founder of celebrity gossip website TMZ.com is angry over a Los Angeles police investigation that involved a scan of his personal phone records. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's

[TV orNotTV] Addams Family songwriter Vic Mizzy dies

2009-10-20 Thread Trevor Trevor
Addams Family songwriter Vic Mizzy dies http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/10/20/obit-mizzy-vic-themes.html Vic Mizzy, the songwriter best known for composing the imminently hummable themes for 1960s' TV comedies The Addams Family and Green Acres, has died at the age of 93. Mizzy died at

[TV orNotTV] U2's Rose Bowl gig to air on YouTube

2009-10-20 Thread Trevor Trevor
U2's Rose Bowl gig to air on YouTube http://www.arcamax.com/entertainmenttoday/s-632297-624684 PASADENA, Calif. (UPI) -- The Irish rock band U2 said on its Web site its sold-out concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California will be streamed free, in full and live on YouTube. Sunday's show

[TV orNotTV] The thunderstorms will resume at intermission.

2009-10-20 Thread Wesley McGee
http://tinyurl.com/OccasionallyTheWeatherChannel Remember this discussion? Starting next Friday, the Weather Channel will be showing movies. http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/10/20/the-weather-channel-to-show-movies-hail-no/ Gather the family around the TV sets, for on Friday nights when there is

[TV orNotTV] SYTYCD's Shankman named co-producer of next Oscar show

2009-10-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
Which prolly means another versatile actor will get the hosting job: http://www.zap2it.com/news/zap-adam-shankman-bill-mechanic-oscars-ap,0,2683938.story -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because

[TV orNotTV] Re: The thunderstorms will resume at intermission.

2009-10-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
Wesley: When they run those programs, they squeeze the program ever so slightly to allow a sidebar and baseline to show the local stuff. I hope that if there's major weather news, they'll just toss the d...@mned movie. This is basically what the news nets do when something important (to them)

[TV orNotTV] Palin book tour begins on...

2009-10-20 Thread Bob in Jersey
...Oprah, Nov. 16th. (We all know who she backed in the election.) http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2009/10/oprah-winfrey-gets-world-exclusive-with-sarah-palin.html -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV)

[TV orNotTV] Re: Palin book tour begins on...

2009-10-20 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: ...Oprah, Nov. 16th.  (We all know who she backed in the election.) http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2009/10/oprah-winfrey-gets-world-exclusive-with-sarah-palin.html I would actually respect

[TV orNotTV] Re: Palin book tour begins on...

2009-10-20 Thread PGage
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I would actually respect Oprah if, an hour or so before the show, she bumped Palin. As it is, for one media whore to lend her audience to another media her, when both claim to be so diametrically opposed... well... it

[TV orNotTV] Re: Palin book tour begins on...

2009-10-20 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:06 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I would actually respect Oprah if, an hour or so before the show, she bumped Palin. As it is, for one media whore to lend her audience to another media

[TV orNotTV] Re: Palin book tour begins on...

2009-10-20 Thread PGage
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Because, having endured enough Oprah in my lifetime, and more than enough of Palin, I don't see the point of their happy talk. Oprah won't confront Palin about their disagreements... not on any serious level anyway. And

[TV orNotTV] Re: Palin book tour begins on...

2009-10-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Oct 20, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: ...Oprah, Nov. 16th. (We all know who she backed in the election.) And probably because I've been watching the Monty Python documentary this week on IFC, my first thought when I saw this subject line was, Oh, Michael Palin has another