[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Franklin

2024-04-13 Thread Kevin M.
Did any of you see the John Wayne movie where he played a German freighter captain in WWII? How about when Wayne played Ghengis Khan? Or when Sean Connery played a Russian? Or a Spaniard? Yeah, as in those instances, Michael Douglas makes no attempt whatsoever to sound unlike himself in his

[TV orNotTV] Star Trek Discovery season five

2024-04-13 Thread Kevin M.
I’ve nicknamed the series “volume up volume down” because it feels like I’m adjusting the sound level every few minutes, as the show cannot resist hard transitions from subdued dialogue scenes to explosive action sequences. It took me until the fifth season to really understand what most annoys

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'The Show the Pros Watch' Moves tto CW

2024-04-13 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
C-Dub announces it's been leased by NBC Sports to show the final eight races *this* season... https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/04/11/the-cw-network-broadcast-final-eight-races-nascar-xfinity-series-2024/ (link) Only seven events in three rounds make up the playoffs in the XS (vs 10 / 4 in

[TV orNotTV] 'Talk' Going, New Soap Replacing It?

2024-04-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
The CBS daytime talk show will end its 15-year run, during which it went far afield from creator Sara Gilbert's original "'View' with working moms" premise, in December--no indication yet if the soap "The Gates," the first new daytime soap in over 25 years, will be replacing it, but I'd bet on

[TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Robert McNeil of McNeil Lehrer Newshour

2024-04-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Some music in honor of Mr. McNeil, that famous theme song expanded upon by its composer Bernard Hoffer: https://youtu.be/kuQ5OV6uTD8?si=FFmSlX0w1Zwh_t2f On Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 12:23:00 AM UTC-5 Steve Timko wrote: > The current version is a shell of the show's glory years. > > >