[TV orNotTV] Re: Dave gets the JIP treatment?

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Jersey
stannc, in part: Is someone at WBTV letting the interns run the equipment again? Of course! The veterans are all watching the game and talking (and talking, and talking, *and* *talking*) about it afterwards. It's the Atlantic Coast Conference obviously, but was this the Duke/UNC game that

[TV orNotTV] TJ Quinn fills in for KO...

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Jersey
...after the latter came down with shingles, per Lisa D. Letterman had it once... so did my dad... a be-itch. http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/keith-olbermann-explains-mia-on-espn/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[TV orNotTV] Q scores in for many breakfast-show folks...

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Jersey
http://www.thewrap.com/q-scores-morning-tv-robin-roberts-kathie-lee-gifford-matt-lauer B -- -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] TJ Quinn fills in for KO...

2014-02-21 Thread David Bruggeman
TJ was the third guest host this week, but his was the first word on the program about why Keith was out.  When KO is away, the show shrinks to 30 minutes and loses most of the sports highlights.  I don't miss them, but that's just me. David From: Bob

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave gets the JIP treatment?

2014-02-21 Thread chialex
Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: stannc, in part: Is someone at WBTV letting the interns run the equipment again? Of course! The veterans are all watching the game and talking (and talking, and talking, *and* *talking*) about it afterwards. It's the Atlantic Coast

Re: [TV orNotTV] Conan theme songs

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
How Conan was able to take the closing theme with him to TBS: Jimmy Vivino wrote and holds the copyright on the closing music, I believe. Interestingly enough, as of the beginning of Feburary the titles on Conan began to be compressed, so the theme's shorter, we open with the family getting out

[TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread Joe Hass
Is there a true broadcast-quality DVR with the feature set of a TiVo? If so, why wouldn't a network showing a live sporting event with no TV timeouts (say, Olympic hockey) effectively pause the broadcast to insert commercial breaks, then catch up to live during intermissions or halftime? -- --

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave gets the JIP treatment?

2014-02-21 Thread M-D November
Duke does, indeed, suck. Let's go Orange! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/OttotheOrange.svg/248px-OttotheOrange.svg.png On Friday, February 21, 2014 10:53:01 AM UTC-5, BigOShowtime wrote: Bob Jersey bob.in...@juno.com javascript: wrote: stannc, in part:

RE: [TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread doug
Because A) then the broadcast isn't truly "live", which actually is a thing if you prefer to watch TV while listening to a different audio source on the radio or internetand 2) because lots of times there is game-related information/interviews/entertainment during the intermissions or

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread Joe Hass
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:25 PM, d...@flids.net wrote: A) then the broadcast isn't truly live, which actually is a thing if you prefer to watch TV while listening to a different audio source on the radio or internet I completely get the second half of this. 2) because lots of times there

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
Same with WGN and the Blackhawks in the Lloyd Petit days--all of the in-period breaks were 30 seconds and usually the puck dropped on the 31st second. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread Adam Bowie
My father - who lived in NY in the 60s - claims that the first time US TV tried football (soccer), they had officials hold up throw ins and corners to squeeze a thirty second spot in. In answer to the original query, I'm certain that there ate no technical difficulties, but the broadcaster would

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread Joe Hass
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: My father - who lived in NY in the 60s - claims that the first time US TV tried football (soccer), they had officials hold up throw ins and corners to squeeze a thirty second spot in. In answer to the original query, I'm

[TV orNotTV] Chelsea Peeved at Bill Carter

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
In a HuffPo blog post entitled No One Puts Baby in Parentheses, Handler doesn't like the fact that in an article on the latest changes in late-night, Bill Carter referred to her this way: (The only female host in late-night is Chelsea Handler, 38, on E!)--All of the other hosts weren't in

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread Adam Bowie
As I say, technically there be no problem. But it'd be awful from a fan's perspective. If you're watching a game live, then you really want it live. Not at 30 seconds - 4 minutes' delay. How would that work with social media? It's one thing watching at event at 9pm in a Today at the Olympics

[TV orNotTV] Ks East of the Mississippi

2014-02-21 Thread Joe Coughlin
Next week, KJWP, a MeTv affiliate is being added to cable systems in the Philadelphia area, adding yet another anomalous TV station call letter combination in Philadelphia (KYW Channel 3, the current CBS and former NBC affiliate is a double anomaly, three letters beginning with a K east of the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ks East of the Mississippi

2014-02-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Joe Coughlin wrote: Next week, KJWP, a MeTv affiliate is being added to cable systems in the Philadelphia area, adding yet another anomalous TV station call letter combination in Philadelphia (KYW Channel 3, the current CBS and former NBC affiliate is a double anomaly, three letters beginning

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chelsea Peeved at Bill Carter

2014-02-21 Thread Kevin M.
She's being marginalized because she is a marginal talent. That she's a woman doesn't factor into it. Her ratings, fame, following, success, do not rival those actively engaged in the newly revived talk show wars. She's a knife at a gun show. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Mark Jeffries

[TV orNotTV] The Sounds of Silence

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
The sound board in the studio for the WGN Morning News on the Tribune-owned CW station in Chicago blew up this morning and for about 20 minutes there was no studio sound--the only sound available other than the commercials from Master Control was reporter Nancy Loo doing a live shot on

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chelsea Peeved at Bill Carter

2014-02-21 Thread PGage
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote: In a HuffPo blog post entitled No One Puts Baby in Parentheses, Handler doesn't like the fact that in an article on the latest changes in late-night, Bill Carter referred to her this way: (The only female host in

[TV orNotTV] Garrick Utley passes

2014-02-21 Thread K.M. Richards
From prostate cancer, at age 74: http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/02/21/garrick-utley-1939-2014/ -- -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Garrick Utley passes

2014-02-21 Thread Doug Eastick
a related post led me to this. http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/02/21/quiet-on-the-set-wgn-morning-news-falls-silent/ audio problems cause the hosts of the morning show to hold up signs, with the only working mic being the lady covering the storm on the street. On 2014-02-21 7:45 PM,

[TV orNotTV] Fred Silverman not dead

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Jersey
And, in fact, still active (presumably as a freelancer) helping stations bolster local (non-news) programming... among his observations, that local weatherpeople are bigger celebs locally than many national figures (I'll vouch for that here in PA)...

[TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal for Feb 21st: Full House: The Complete Series Collection on DVD

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Jersey
From 2007. Hurry, expires 12mid west. About $55 (68 % off). http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DVIP94/ref=gbsl_tit_l-1_9102_a7839fc0?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DERpf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DERpf_rd_t=701pf_rd_s=left-new-1pf_rd_r=1K2AJHTQHJMS3G102Z32pf_rd_i=20pf_rd_p=1725149102 B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

[TV orNotTV] 'Cards' producer to Maryland gov: Give us tax credits, or we'll bolt

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Jersey
Not like the state didn't pay them anything... it's just that the legislature can't decide on how much to appropriate for this year, putting the third season on hold till a vote.

[TV orNotTV] Is the B!tch back?

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Jersey
Krysten Ritter, evicted from *...Apt. 23*, is in talks to costar in Will Ferrell's *Burgundy*-like period comedy *Mission Control* planned for NBC... she'll get producer credit, too... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/krysten-ritter-star-nbcs-astronaut-682243 B -- -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Cards' producer to Maryland gov: Give us tax credits, or we'll bolt

2014-02-21 Thread David Bruggeman
I've heard idle speculation that the promised job impacts based on the tax credits are comparable to the touted benefits of publicly financed stadiums.  That is, overblown.  Is anyone familiar with research in this area? David From: Bob Jersey

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Random Question That May Open Pandora's Box

2014-02-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Joe Hass: Is there a true broadcast-quality DVR with the feature set of a TiVo? Yes, it's TiVo Premiere. RCN cable systems offer them. TiVo Premiere is not broadcast-quality. The devices that broadcast outlets use for