Re: [TV orNotTV] Tucker's Gone At FNC

2023-04-27 Thread PGage
This was my initial take as well. In some ways Fox News is similar to ESPN in that both get nervous when the talent starts thinking it is more important than the brand. But…there does seem to be a growing concerted effort by a significant fraction of the hyper Right to punish Fox and move the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver among victims of D!sney layoffs

2023-04-27 Thread PGage
I think we have had this argument before, so I will just not that I mostly disagree, and still respect Nate and what he does. Few if any does what he does better. He lost his way a bit when he strayed into public health issues during the pandemic, true. But his bread and butter, sports and

[TV orNotTV] "Wheel" contestant likes show's announcer

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
So Sony snowed her by switching Jim Thornton with Sajak before the bonus round during the Wednesday (26) episode... Kate Rodriguez at the NJ Newhouse papers: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/2023/04/wheel-of-fortune-host-pat-sajak-skips-bonus-round-leaving-fans-puzzled.html

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver among victims of D!sney layoffs

2023-04-27 Thread Tom Wolper
I will admit to not having kept up. I know that when they started doing poll aggregation on 538 it was an innovation and gave accurate results. In recent years a lot of poll aggregators have come along and 538 had to go elsewhere to generate their value. On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:58 AM Kevin M.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jerry Springer is gone

2023-04-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
In September 1992, I saw two episodes of his show taped at NBC in Chicago shortly after I arrived in town as a bright-eyed college freshman. That was when it was still a relatively serious show, akin to "Donahue," rather than what it turned into. There was a lunch break between the two shows,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver among victims of D!sney layoffs

2023-04-27 Thread Kevin M.
I’ll point out that Silver and his people sullied their own brand when they shifted from their original model of collecting as much polling and sampling data as possible to only curating polls and sampling that supported Silver’s increasingly distorted take on society and culture. In the end,

[TV orNotTV] eOne founder fixin' to buy his company back from Hasbro

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The toy/game giant announced it would spin off the studio late in '22, but would keep key properties D, Peppa Pig and Transformers... Darren Throop, reportedly with help from a Luxembourg venture-capital firm, jumped into the fray last week...

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jerry Springer is gone

2023-04-27 Thread Kevin M.
When I was an NBC Page, Springer was scheduled to appear on the Tonight show to promote a straight-to-video episode of his syndicated talk show that no TV station would air. The episode was entitled “I’m in love with my horse.” I refused to work on the show that day. The bosses were very grumpy

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver among victims of D!sney layoffs

2023-04-27 Thread Tom Wolper
I’ll just point out that while Disney says that 538 isn’t going away, all of the people who built it up with Silver got laid off too so all that’s left is the brand name. On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:07 AM Kevin M. wrote: > Nate Silver molests collies > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 7:06 AM 'Bob

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tucker's Gone At FNC

2023-04-27 Thread Tom Wolper
One thing that comes through from reading about FNC and Carlson is how disposable he was. The Murdochs gave him a ton of money and their best time slot and all he did with it was regurgitate right wing talking points to the faithful. He didn’t recruit new people to the cause or make the talking

[TV orNotTV] Jerry Springer is gone

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Reportedly from worsening cancer, tho V did not note as such here... 79. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jerry-springer-dead-tv-host-1235596610/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver among victims of D!sney layoffs

2023-04-27 Thread Kevin M.
Nate Silver molests collies On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 7:06 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > He told FiveThirtyEight staff on Slack "unfortunately the day we've been > worried about has arrived... We don’t yet know the scope of these layoffs, > exactly who is

[TV orNotTV] Nate Silver among victims of D!sney layoffs

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
He told FiveThirtyEight staff on Slack "unfortunately the day we've been worried about has arrived... We don’t yet know the scope of these layoffs, exactly who is impacted, or the terms under which they are departing, but it is going to be a hard day for all of us,” 538 is not going away, but

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tucker's Gone At FNC

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
On the tweetybox, he marvelled at "how many genuinely nice people there are in this country" and that most of the debates on TV are "incredibly stupid." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tucker-carlson-breaks-silence-fox-news-fired-1235403422/ (link)