Re: [TV orNotTV] "Mik" retiring from NBC News

2016-09-28 Thread Doug Eastick
I can't picture the face, but I must be getting old when I know his name. Aside: almost every Polish name is hear my brain says "wojo: you spell it just like it sounds" On Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 9:27 PM Bob Jersey wrote: > > Jim Miklaszewski, whose full name was too long for the screen in that big

[TV orNotTV] I suffered something similar...

2016-09-28 Thread Bob Jersey
...to the person posting about pumpkins that drew Snopes' attention... I spotted something linking to an April story about Jim Miklaszewski retiring from NBC. I am not blaming it on the cold I am also having to endure. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this mes

[TV orNotTV] "Mik" retiring from NBC News

2016-09-28 Thread Bob Jersey
Jim Miklaszewski, whose full name was too long for the screen in that big, bulky chyron at the early CNN, was their White House man (and hosted their first Sunday interview show) before the Peacock picked him up for an over-30-year career, including being at the Pentagon when it was attacked o

[TV orNotTV] Viacom, CBS Controlling Stockholder Call for Re-Merge

2016-09-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
National Amusements, the movie theater chain founded by the Redstone family that holds the controlling stock of CBS and Viacom, has called for the two companies to re-merge after ten years apart, responding to the recent woes of Viacom as its once-mighty cable networks face cord cutters and Para

[TV orNotTV] SNL pegs Baldwin as third Trump in 12 months

2016-09-28 Thread Brad Beam
Alec, that is. Direct from the make-up chair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpeDdqcU_VY _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or No

Re: [TV orNotTV] Day 10 of the Fall Season and a Renewal Already

2016-09-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
Yeah. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > Flag on the play. That's not a renewal, it's a pickup. Renewal would be if > NBC ordered season 2. > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Mark Jeffries > wrote: > >> NBC has giv

[TV orNotTV] RIP Agnes Nixon

2016-09-28 Thread Tom Wolper
Agnes Nixon, known as the grande dame of daytime drama for creating, writing, and producing soap operas including “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and “Search for Tomorrow,” died Wednesday in Pennsylvania. She was 93. http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/agnes-nixon-dead-dies-all-my-children-one-l

[TV orNotTV] NCIS EP Gary Glasberg dead at 50

2016-09-28 Thread Kevin M.
He passed away in his sleep. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gary-glasberg-dead-ncis-showrunner-933440 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 grou

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Snopes busts revived canned pumpkin fib

2016-09-28 Thread Bob Jersey
The fact-checking site (link) had to step in recently after social sites freaked over a foodandwine.com poster's unattributed "revelation" that other types of squash go into the stuff made into pies this time of year... sounded like

[TV orNotTV] Re: Another Lawsuit Against Ailes (and Fox News)

2016-09-28 Thread Bob Jersey
Mark Jeffries, Aug 23rd: > > Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros has filed a lawsuit against the 21st > Century Fox division, former CEO Roger Ailes, his replacement Bill Shine > and three female execs (including PR chief Irena Briganti) alleging sexual > harassment and describing the workplac

[TV orNotTV] Re: Local HS grad's charity vying for NASCAR award

2016-09-28 Thread Bob Jersey
Moi, July 24th: > > > For those who'll watch today's Indianapolis Cup race on NBCSN (the big > network has to do the celebs-with-legit-golfing-talent American Century > Championship, and wrap up the Tour de France), you might find out about the > finalists for the Betty Jane France Humanitarian

Re: [TV orNotTV] Day 10 of the Fall Season and a Renewal Already

2016-09-28 Thread Jon Delfin
Flag on the play. That's not a renewal, it's a pickup. Renewal would be if NBC ordered season 2. On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > NBC has given an HBO-ish renewal to the drama series "This Is Us," after > only the second episode--however, it's only the back five, not the b