Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread David Lynch
"Civil" doesn't necessarily mean warm and fuzzy when it comes to the judges' critiques, but it is very far from the sort of competitive reality TV where the participants say "I'm not here to make friends." The drive that defines the bakers is their perfectionism, not their competitiveness. Everythi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread doug
Definitely not typical. I haven't registered for this year's test yet, but in all of my past annual attempts, I got a confirmation almost immediately. Doug Fields Tampa, FL Get Outlook for Android From: Bill Partsch Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Je

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 9:54 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Adam Bowie, to David Risner, in part: >> >> Adam (Who met his old boss last week to hear about the new Union Jack >> service. It's based on the Jack FM format, the rights to which they own in >> the UK. The difference being that it's not ther

[TV orNotTV] Re: Lochte Protesters Try to Crash 'DWTS' Stage, Fails

2016-09-13 Thread Bob Jersey
Since they could be seen on at least one camera, they don't consider it a fail. ABC7 (link), f'rinstance, published the perps' names. Whether they turn out to have even bigger motives, we'

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread PGage
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > > According to a separate Hollywood Reporter article, Netflix has streaming > rights to the back catalog. > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/great-british-bake-season-7-925624 > But so far only Season 1 is streaming on Netflix. I saw se

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread Bob Jersey
Adam Bowie, to David Risner, in part: > > Adam (Who met his old boss last week to hear about the new Union Jack > service. It's based on the Jack FM format, the rights to which they own in > the UK. The difference being that it's not there to compete with local > services (this is national), so

[TV orNotTV] Re: When a dramatic pause becomes... too dramatic

2016-09-13 Thread Bob Jersey
Moi, June 1st this year: > > > More like probably unnecessary, as in when Katie Couric, in the > Epix-backed documentary "Under the Gun," asked a group of activists how > felons or terrorists could be kept from obtaining weapons without > background checks... the undoctored audio had them respo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread Ben Scripps
> On Sep 13, 2016, at 9:14 PM, Bill Partsch wrote: > > I registered for the test last night but have yet to receive a confirmation. > Is that typical in others' experiences? Thanks. > > —Bill I had an e-mail confirmation from "nore...@email.jeopardy.com ”

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread Bill Partsch
I registered for the test last night but have yet to receive a confirmation. Is that typical in others' experiences? Thanks. --Bill > On Sep 13, 2016, at 2:43 PM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > I might mention here that my wife will be on the show on October 12th. I was > trying t

RE: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PGage >Like many others I so love this show - though have only seen up to season 3, >and am looking for where to see season 4. Did not know they had already done >season 7 and shown 6 on PBS. According to a sep

Re: [TV orNotTV] Off topic: Vegas

2016-09-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
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Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread PGage
Like many others I so love this show - though have only seen up to season 3, and am looking for where to see season 4. Did not know they had already done season 7 and shown 6 on PBS. I very much hope they find a way to do a show with all 4 of the principals, one way or the other, on BBC. BTW - Wh

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread Adam Bowie
This is all front page news in the UK because this is the biggest show on British television. And when I say biggest, I mean bigger than everything, including the Olympics, England football and anything else. A couple of things worth noting here: - BBC One and ITV are the biggest two networks, an

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread David Risner
I believe the season currently running on BBC1 is the seventh season, as the sixth season just finished running on PBS here in the states a few weeks ago. Hard to imagine the show continuing without Paul & Mary. I can see it without Sue & Mel, although I would rather not. Having watched some of

[TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

2016-09-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
"The Great British Bake-Off," or as it's called on PBS, "The Great British Baking Show," the world's most civil reality show, will move next year from the Beeb's primary network BBC1 to Channel 4, the commercial-but-not-for-profit net that hasn't had a reality hit since "Big Brother" moved to C

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread doug
Very cool.  Good luck to the missus.Doug FieldsTampa, FL Original Message Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! October Test From: "'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV" Date: Tue, September 13, 2016 2:43 pm To: TVorNotTV Cc: dbr...

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
I might mention here that my wife will be on the show on October 12th. I was trying to find out how many married couples have been on the show, but no luck. --Dave Sikula On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 2:12:13 PM UTC-7, David Bruggeman wrote: > > Many of you probably received a similar email,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread John Edwards
There was an issue during the last testing cycle, apparently due to Sony not being in compliance with the Canadian Anti-Spam Law. Canadians were still eligible to be contestants, but none could actually register. Presumably, this has now been resolved. John On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 2:11 PM wrot

RE: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread doug
From the online test FAQ page (https://www.jeopardy.com/be-a-contestant/contestant-faqs):WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS?Applicants must meet the following requirements to be eligible:must be over 18 (except for the Teen Tournament, College Championship)must not have appeared on any v

RE: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread doug
Has it ever been restricted?  You see Canadians on the show now and then.Doug FieldsTampa, FL Original Message Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! October Test From: Chris Neuman Date: Tue, September 13, 2016 1:53 pm To: "tvornottv@googlegroups.com"

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread Chris Neuman
Is the test still restricted to US residents/citizens only? Chris On Tuesday, 13 September 2016, wrote: > Remember taking the test five times. Got called back three of those times > (Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh). The Raleigh callback for the winter test... > pending? > > ~D > > -- > -- > TV or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! October Test

2016-09-13 Thread chialex
Remember taking the test five times. Got called back three of those times (Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh). The Raleigh callback for the winter test... pending? ~D -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or N