[TV orNotTV] RIP Chuck Barris

2017-03-21 Thread Kevin M.
My tenure at the Burbank NBC studios didn't occur until well after The Gong Show, but the legacy employees there who shared stories told the best stories about life behind-the-scenes, much of it not entirely legal, all of it totally insane. Barris was an enigma for many, but he provided a great dea

Re: [TV orNotTV] Cable nets fixin' to shed the dead weight

2017-03-21 Thread Kevin M.
I still take umbrage with this concept. When we were promised "500 channels" back in the 1990s, we were led to believe there would be channels for niche audiences... that every channel did not need to pander to get every possible viewer. Cut to the present day, and gone are channels devoted to clas

Re: [TV orNotTV] The last of my uncles...

2017-03-21 Thread Kevin M.
Sorry for your loss, though it does sound like your uncle had a good run and you have some good memories On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > ...on mother's side passed back on St Pat's, and he'll be laid to rest > tomorrow in Pen Argyl*, about a mile from where Jayne Mansfield

[TV orNotTV] Viacom not feeling Neighbourly in the UK

2017-03-21 Thread Brad Beam
Viacom, the parent company of Channel 5, is in stalled talks with Australian producer Fremantle over the rights to air "Neighbours" in the Isles. The popular soap could end up on another British channel or none at all. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/neighbours-facing-axe-british-television- 100

Re: [TV orNotTV] Napolitano pulled from FOX News

2017-03-21 Thread Doug Eastick
THEY DIDN'T **USE** IT, THEY JUST **READ** IT. out loud from the podium of the WH. On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:41 AM PGage wrote: > Of course the significance of this story is not the craziness of the > claim, which may only be an 8,5 on the Fox News Crazy scale, but its use by > the Whi

[TV orNotTV] The last of my uncles...

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Jersey
...on mother's side passed back on St Pat's, and he'll be laid to rest tomorrow in Pen Argyl*, about a mile from where Jayne Mansfield is. Uncle Leo lived a storybook life of sorts: grew up in the coal belt of PA where fortunes can turn on a dime (the Centralia underground fire still burns), e

[TV orNotTV] Cable nets fixin' to shed the dead weight

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Jersey
Cover story at Variety (link): "With pay-TV bundles going on a diet, programmers are facing a dilemma: Let marginal channels die a slow death from steady subscriber losses, or pull the plug sooner rat

[TV orNotTV] "Madness" comes back in the ratings

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Jersey
TVWeek (link): The men's NCAA hoops tourney across CBS and three Turner nets through its first weekend was up 10%, with Sunday's numbers a 34% rise from 2016's. Streaming hit an all-time record. B -

Re: [TV orNotTV] Napolitano pulled from FOX News

2017-03-21 Thread PGage
Of course the significance of this story is not the craziness of the claim, which may only be an 8,5 on the Fox News Crazy scale, but its use by the White House. On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 3:41 AM Steve Timko wrote: > This follows his claims the British tapped Trump's phone for Obama. > > The Post

[TV orNotTV] Napolitano pulled from FOX News

2017-03-21 Thread Steve Timko
This follows his claims the British tapped Trump's phone for Obama. The Post story says The Wall Street Journal reports he won't be gone long. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/21/andrew-napolitano-reportedly-pulled-"-fox-news-over-debunked-wiretapping-claims/ Anyone who