[TV orNotTV] As I was saying: ESPNOlbermann

2013-08-27 Thread PGage
I liked it. I still think he needs that other guy at the table with him to really shine, because it takes the edge off of his narcissistic megalomania. But even so the show works. He is smart and funny and fearless - and back in the sports context the stakes are low enough that it is possible to

[TV orNotTV] House of Cards folks to do LIVE interviews...

2013-08-27 Thread Bob in Jersey
...with the NY Times. Get your questions in by tonight (27)... airs on their website Wednesday. http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/netflixs-house-cards-do-nyts-first-set-timestalks-exclusive-113196 -- B. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

Re: [TV orNotTV] As I was saying: ESPNOlbermann

2013-08-27 Thread M-D November
Only repeated once *on The Deuce*. But I spotted two consecutive airings (at 1am and 2am EDT) on ESPNNews. Not being an avid watcher of ESPN or sports in general, a few comments: - When MSNBC moved Countdown from NJ to 30Rock, I always felt like the flags in the window behind KO were

Re: [TV orNotTV] As I was saying: ESPNOlbermann

2013-08-27 Thread PGage
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:16 AM, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: Only repeated once *on The Deuce*. But I spotted two consecutive airings (at 1am and 2am EDT) on ESPNNews. Thanks! I was about to send a self-pitying reply that I don't get ESPNNews Bay Area Comcast), but this

[TV orNotTV] Bruce Dunning Obit

2013-08-27 Thread PGage
Bruce Dunning, the CBS News correspondent whose 1975 television report on the last flight from Da Nang vividly captured the frantic end of the Vietnam War, died Monday in New York at the age of 73.

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: F-bomb published in NYT

2013-08-27 Thread Bob in Jersey
Well, not the paper proper, but the T style-magazine insert this past Sunday (25). Romenesko, f'rinstance, has a partial shot of a page there containing thumbnails of various books with lines from them adjacent... a Jonathan Lethem tome provides a participle form of the term.

[TV orNotTV] Lynda Carter to grace Men

2013-08-27 Thread Bob in Jersey
Essentially as herself, to address a reported crush from her telly heyday on the part of Alan. http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/two-and-half-men-books-lynda-carter-season-11-113396 -- B. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed

[TV orNotTV] Web Sketchcom Renewed by Nick

2013-08-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
AwesomenessTV, a sketchcom taken from material on the teen/tween-leaning YouTube channel recently bought by DreamWorks, has been renewed for seven more eps on the Viacom kids channel--but explain to me why the TV show has to have a hyperactive laugh track when the YouTube videos don't--is it

Re: [TV orNotTV] Golf on Fox follow-up

2013-08-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
I meant Fuel (which has never been picked up Comcast in Chicago, while I lost access to Fuse when I downgraded my cable). Sorry about that. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: Mark Jeffries,

[TV orNotTV] Vieira starts network

2013-08-27 Thread Bob in Jersey
On YouTube. LIVES, which launches on September 9, will feature women sharing their experiences and sounding off on current issues. 'Through a channel like this, we can connect so many women of all generations, all colors, sizes and shapes to share stories,' [she] tweeted. Added bonus: a photo

[TV orNotTV] Love, American Style to be reimagined

2013-08-27 Thread Bob in Jersey
From the creators of CBC's *Being Erica* and Global's *The Best Years*, CBS will consider not an anthology of unrelated short stories, but the ongoing tale of four couples who are connected through the many stages of love and their complicated relationships. Commenters as usual all over the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Love, American Style to be reimagined

2013-08-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Aug 27, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: From the creators of CBC's Being Erica and Global's The Best Years... Sounds more like Love, Canadian Style, eh? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

Re: [TV orNotTV] VMAs Spark Online Spike in 'NSYNC, Timberlake

2013-08-27 Thread Kevin M.
Don't forget, Miley Cyrus performed pantomime masturbation on the show, which is the best thing anybody can ever say about her music. On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:22 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote: Well, folks, MTV