Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

2017-03-17 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > So what do they do on the west coast at 11:30 p.m.? Rebroadcast the show? > Yep. A special circle of hell. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

2017-03-17 Thread Steve Timko
So what do they do on the west coast at 11:30 p.m.? Rebroadcast the show? On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:11 PM, PGage wrote: > Right - I certainly am not worried about SNL in primetime out here; I'm just > interested in why now they are doing this when many of us on The Coast have > been asking for a

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

2017-03-17 Thread PGage
Right - I certainly am not worried about SNL in primetime out here; I'm just interested in why now they are doing this when many of us on The Coast have been asking for actual live broadcasts for years and told it wasn't possible. On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:39 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Fri, Ma

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

2017-03-17 Thread stannc
Well, really it began with the evening news discussing the leader of the free world being the recipient of a "special kiss". -Stan -- -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

2017-03-17 Thread Tom Wolper
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > Being on the West Coast and having satellite, I get TV-MA programming on > basic cable channels starting at 7:00 P.M. (occasionally earlier) -- so it > seems fairly quaint to be worrying about the TV-14 "SNL" airing at 8:30 > instead of 1

Re: [TV orNotTV] One "Bake-Off" face will follow it to C4

2017-03-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Mar 17, 2017, at 4:57 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > > Interesting. > > Toksvig took over last year with the start of N. Also, Series J aired on BBC America early in 2015, but it apparently didn't do well (it was moved from a Thursday prime-time slot to midday Sunday during the run). -- Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

2017-03-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Mar 17, 2017, at 2:36 AM, JW wrote: > > My completely uninformed guess is that, especially in this age of social > media, the network is willing to let SNL do its thing in prime time. (We'll > see how far the writers are willing to push it.) They've had plenty of prime-time anthology spe

[TV orNotTV] Re: Dr. Neal Baer back in the (TV) hospital

2017-03-17 Thread Bob Jersey
Moi, Feb 10th: > > > The ex-pediatrician, former writer and exec of hits such as "ER" and > "SVU", gets a pilot order from Fox for "The Beast", about an MD with a > clinical fear of death who faces at least one case every week he might not > be able to save... his old "SVU" mate Dawn DeNoon co-

Re: [TV orNotTV] One "Bake-Off" face will follow it to C4

2017-03-17 Thread Adam Bowie
Interesting. Toksvig took over last year with the start of N. On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* adam.bo...@gmail.com [mailto:adam.bo...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Adam > Bowie > > *>*Kevin - Sandi also presents QI, a series which I don't believe has a > made it across

RE: [TV orNotTV] One "Bake-Off" face will follow it to C4

2017-03-17 Thread Brad Beam
From: adam.bo...@gmail.com [mailto:adam.bo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Adam Bowie >Kevin - Sandi also presents QI, a series which I don't believe has a made it >across the pond. Something to do with stock image rights bizarrely. She took >over last year from Stephen Fry, who'd been presenting fo

Re: [TV orNotTV] One "Bake-Off" face will follow it to C4

2017-03-17 Thread Adam Bowie
Bob - Lots of people are fans. It was the most popular show in the UK for the last couple of years after all. But that doesn't make fans great hosts. He *wants* to do it, but *should* he do it? It'll be interesting to see. Kevin - Sandi also presents QI, a series which I don't believe has a made i

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

2017-03-17 Thread JW
> I have asked about this for years and have always been told NBC could not > do it because they wouldn't put "adult content" on before 10:00. Did st > change? My completely uninformed guess is that, especially in this age of social media, the network is willing to let SNL do its thing in prime ti