I didn't mind the size; cutting down on the bloat that has accumulated around
this broadcast is something to be welcomed. Nor did I mind the lack of song and
dance. To be honest, hearing the nominated songs, I could not have told you one
from another even as they were playing. Now that original
Doubt anyone really thought that was spontaneous.
I loved the song choice for the In Memoriam, much less maudlin and
sentimental than usual, but still appropriate. I wonder how many people who
were offended actually know the song?
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 7:49 PM Paul Murray wrote:
> I only watc
I am not surprised to be in the minority on this, but a little push-back
against the Compact Majority:
1. Marin is repeating a complaint on Twitter that simply is not true. They
did have clips for; they never have clips for all or even most categories.
I guess the biggest difference was for the ac
I only watched the first 15-20 minutes, then watched the In Memoriam reel
on YouTube. Based on what I saw and read, some of the experiments paid off,
and some did not (spectacularly so).
I'm impressed that they found new ways to screw up the In Memoriam reel.
Bad song choice, terrible pacing,
Still, Variety reviewer Caroline Framke agrees with many here:
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/oscars-review-academy-awards-2021-1234960324/
(link)
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ABC's Rob Mills Q&As with Variety's Michael Schneider...
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/oscars-order-da-butt-glenn-close-in-memoriam-1234960635/
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Steve Timko, to MelissaP, April 26th:
> The endless, bad, humorless speeches are a close second. Why were
>> the winners and others allo
I'm not the biggest fan of awards' ceremonies in general but my main
thoughts about this year's ceremony - which I watched bits of earlier
today, with a fair amount of fast-forwarding because it's three hours...
1. Ratings of this year's awards must for the most part reflect the films -
or lack of
While they may not have the $$$ to compare with the networks, this seems like
something E! would love to take on.
David
On Monday, April 26, 2021, 3:41:24 PM PDT, Kevin M.
wrote:
I can only liken it to the decline of beauty pageants; what once were the talk
of the water-cooler, big r
I can only liken it to the decline of beauty pageants; what once were the
talk of the water-cooler, big rated, hyped, and dirt cheap to produce, pop
culture has reduced them to the nothings they deserve to be. Eventually,
the constant stream of bad press and public criticism is going to force the
n
Uh...never mind...
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 2:42 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> They scoured hours of footage of the entertainer for a new Discovery+
> docu, as of now apparently only available in the UK...
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9512851/M
That seems unlikely, at least re Oscars, which even with a 58% drop in
ratings would be the highest rated show on most any day of a regular week.
What will almost certainly change, for Oscar and other main Awards shows,
is the magnitude of the revenue stream they provide. If the Academy one
year s
I hesitate to make light of Covid, but it would certainly be an upside to
the pandemic if one of the end results was an end to televised award
ceremonies.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 2:06 PM PGage wrote:
> Looks like the LAT was right (and my optimistic prediction wrong) - Oscar
> ratings down 58%,
They scoured hours of footage of the entertainer for a new Discovery+ docu,
as of now apparently only available in the UK...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9512851/Michael-Jacksons-body-language-suggest-hes-telling-truth-refuting-child-abuse-claims.html
(link)
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Carrie Ann deciding to stay away for now...
https://tvline.com/2021/04/26/the-talk-carrie-ann-inaba-leaving-2021-leave-of-absence-video/
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Steve Timko, to John Edwards, moi, and Joe Hass, April 14th:
> The Talk returns minus Ozzy's wife.
>
>
> https://www.poynter.org/new
Looks like the LAT was right (and my optimistic prediction wrong) - Oscar
ratings down 58%, in the single digits (9.85M vs 23.6M last year). This
worse that the Grammys, but (slightly) better than the Golden Globes.
If next year ratings return to their pre COVID declining trend, we would
expect th
From: 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com]
>There's not a chance in hell I'll watch this one. Either of them on the show
>would be intolerable. Combine them and I have to wonder if Rockefeller Center
>won't collapse into a black hole of terrible out of self-protectio
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 9:05 AM Melissa P wrote:
>
>
> The endless, bad, humorless speeches are a close second. Why were
> the winners and others allowed to talk so long?
>
> Everyone on camera was just plain dull.
>
I think the aim was for more intimacy, less spectacle. To return the focus
to f
It's worth noting that Hockey Night In Canada reported this weekend that
*Fox* was the leader for the second half of the package, with Apple picking
up a little bit.
https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2021/04/26/fox-reportedly-frontrunner-for-nhl-tv-deal/
https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/138
>From Marc Maron’s WTF email newsletter:
I will say that this year’s Oscars seemed like the most honest ceremony in
years. Because of the limitations and the choices that were made by the
producer Stephen Soderbergh to make it intimate and sparse it came off as
small. It felt like an in-house corp
I don't know where Dan Rather is meeting these college journalists. Of the
last dozen I have met, this describes one. TV journalists seem much dumber
today than when I went to school.
Take a look at this story from the Poynter Institute
https://www.poynter.org/educators-students/2021/dan-rather-o
With the "Sports Business Journal" reporting that NBC has pulled out of the
bidding, it appears that the secondary contract may go to the networks of
Turner - perhaps with an appearance or few on CBS.
https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1386721001430519812
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I agree with just about everything Dave said.
I tuned in at 8 pm ET, the start of the show, only to discover that the
recordings of the 5 nominated songs were broadcast before 8 pm. If I want
to see that footage, I guess I'll have to search for it online.
That was what I found most annoying.
Th
The opening was dynamic. I loved the music. The change of location was
great. But I missed the funny opening. The Oscars, for me, are escapism.
Humor is a grat escapism.
So cut the walk in half and add humor.
I wonder how many tuned out after the tone of the opening.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 3:50 AM
In an opinion that I'm sure will shock no one, I thought it was one of the
most inept and pointless spectacles I've ever witnessed, and will,
hopefully, kill the Oscarcast for the future.
There was almost nothing to recommend it. The format was dull, the speeches
too long, and -- even moreso th
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