[TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal for Oct 30th: Six Feet Under and Big Love complete series on DVD

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
SFU lists for about $150, $54.49 today... BL lists at nearly $200, $84.99 today. (The day there ends 12mid west.)

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Remainder of DC to leave Gotham for Burbank

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
The owner of iconic superheroes led by the Man of Steel and Dark Knight had largely transplanted itself to that Californy town back in 2010, to be closer to parent Warner Bros Entertainment, leaving only the actual comic-book operations including MAD... the final move west won't be till

[TV orNotTV] What Steve Capus has been doing since leaving NBC News

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Championing the induction of British prog-rock band Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... they're a finalist... http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/5770659/nbc-news-former-president-devoted-to-securing-yes B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People!

[TV orNotTV] COM Handing Out Renewal Notices

2013-10-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
The lead-ins to TDS are getting picked up--Daniel Tosh's cartoon Brickleberry is back for a third season next year, the sketchcom Key and Peele for a fourth season and the one-joker Drunk History from Funny or Die for a second season:

[TV orNotTV] Holmes' debut numbers below predecessor

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
TheWrap: 407k viewers, 245k in the prime adult demo; George Lopez' final week managed 424k / 269k. Denizens of this list have already weighed in as commenters. http://www.thewrap.com/pete-holmes-show-debuts-lopez-ratings/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Holmes' debut numbers below predecessor

2013-10-30 Thread David Bruggeman
I'm ratings illiterate, but how would the fact that Holmes is 30 minutes, and Lopez was an hour, affect the comparison? David From: Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 5:19 PM Subject: [TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Holmes' debut numbers below predecessor

2013-10-30 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:30 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm ratings illiterate, but how would the fact that Holmes is 30 minutes, and Lopez was an hour, affect the comparison? The conventional wisdom is that an hour late night show loses audience in the second half hour. So

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Three ex-Murdoch newsies plead guilty...

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
...in the phone-hacking scandal that closed down one of his UK papers (previous coverage by us herehttps://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/tvornottv/murdoch$20news$20world/tvornottv/53eWpIWqkks/qUR8VItfIY4J)... their admissions were revealed in the trial of two others accused of the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Holmes' debut numbers below predecessor

2013-10-30 Thread David Bruggeman
From: Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Holmes' debut numbers below predecessor People who write about like to use ratings without context to set up comparisons. That makes sense as the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Holmes' debut numbers below predecessor

2013-10-30 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:19 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: Based strictly on the size of his set, which could probably fit into the old Lopez Tonight space 2 or 3 times, I suspect The Pete Holmes Show is substantially cheaper to produce. While Holmes does rely on pre-taped