She remains, with Mo Rocca and Josh Gondelman, one of my least favorite
panelists. Paula Poundstone is right up there, too.
--Dave Sikula
On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 12:45:41 PM UTC-7 M-D November wrote:
> Hopefully that means she'll continue to appear on WWDTM.
>
> On Friday, May 24, 2024 at
One might say CBS has made a mint off of identical procedurals with
identically indistinguishable characters solving the same crimes in the
same way over and over for decades.
--Dave Sikula
On Monday, May 20, 2024 at 3:59:56 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:
> Except there is no depth to either
As I've mentioned previously, I'm looking at Stewart's eps with a jaundiced
eye, but am watching those with Klepper (who should probably get the gig
full time, but I understand the hesitation to cast Yet Another White Guy.
TBH, Wood was the perfect choice, but they lost him.). I was especially
I, for one, would like to thank CBS for once again guaranteeing that I have
no reason to watch its network.
--Dave Sikula
On Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 3:12:48 PM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote:
It seemed to me that I had heard had Paramount was not going to do an
upfront presentation this
The bigger problem for me (beyond the lack of chemistry of any of the
players) was the combination of terrible writing and worse acting. The
writing staff apparently didn't believe in either subtext or subtlety,
driving home every character beat by having someone say the equivalent of
"You
I enjoyed the first part enough to go back for Part Two, but it suffers
from something that irritates the beejeezus out of me in almost anything
set in a non-English speaking country: everyone speaks perfect vernacular
English, but all the printed matter is in the local language (in this case,
Lori Laughlin had a previous engagement with Larry David.
--Dave Sikula
On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 6:10:34 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:
> Because every other actress in LA was unavailable?!
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 3:54 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>
Is it just my deliberate avoidance of Flavors of the Month, or is the
"stacked" cast in the linked article anything -but- "stacked?" Other than
Simmons and Wolfhard (whose name I had to look up), has anyone head of any
of these people?
And, yes, I will watch/see it, and yes, I will hate it.
It drives me crazy when people call MSNBC either overwhelmingly liberal or
the equivalent of Fox. I can't think of a single liberal or moderate on
Fox, but MSNBC is lousy with Republicans, former Republicans, and overly
"moderate" hosts and commentators, what with the Scarboroughs, Andrea
You can probably imagine, given my warm feelings for the star, that I'm all
over this show
--Dave Sikula
On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 9:05:44 AM UTC-7 Kevin M. wrote:
> Watching the first episode was exhausting. So much overacting. As a woman
> in a coma, Carol Burnett should be
As someone who was exactly the right age during the original run, I think
the general consensus was that Emily was right up there with Laura Petrie,
Samantha Stevens, and 99, and that Bob had married up. They were, at the
time, one of the few sitcom couples who seemed to have a real attraction
To see the opening ceremonies in real time on a huge screen with good sound
and no ads, even if it is the Usual Gang of Idiots doing commentary?
Count me in.
--Dave Sikula
On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 6:29:22 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> ...is already promising to be an eye-popper, being
Now if they could only digitally add comedy.
--Dave Sikula
On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 7:56:31 PM UTC-7 Stan S wrote:
> Digital de-branding occurred after a recent SNL sketch.
>
> https://latenighter.com/news/chase-bank-to-snl-thanks-but-no-thanks/
>
> -Stan
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I wasn't expecting much from the inevitable SNL cold opening, and that's
exactly what I got.
While it wasn't as bad as I figured it would be, casting ScarJo in the part
was a major mistake. Between her usual one-note acting and utter inability
to capture either Britt's vocal quality or
Oswalt's presence alone will be enough to make me avoid this one like the
plague.
--Dave Sikula
On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 1:38:48 PM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:
> *The 1% Club*, Patton Oswalt's first-ever hosting gig, adapting a British
> show co-produced by BBC but airing on itv, had been
"NBC will celebrate the 10th anniversary of 'The Tonight Show Starring
Jimmy Fallon' with a two-hour special on May 14 at 9p. 'From "Saturday
Night Live" to "Late Night" to "The Tonight Show," Jimmy Fallon stands as
one of the greatest performers across NBC’s rich history,' said Mark
Lazarus,
I watched both shows out of a morbid curiosity.
I still watch Colbert even though the show is rarely funny and gotten
really calcified. It's deteriorated into Colbert slamming Trump in the same
ways over and over (which is, admittedly somewhat enjoyable) and saying
"Biden is old!" It was a
I enjoyed it enough to continue, but (as the WaPo review noted) there's a
huge problem when half of the shots are white guys wearing masks in
identical uniforms flying identical planes: "Which one is that?" "Who just
got shot at?"
In addition, Barry Keoghan (who's a good actor) gives
I doubt anyone will be surprised to hear I'm very leery about this. On his
Late Show appearances, he seemed to be leaning a little too hard into COVID
conspiracies, and (for me) too much of his work on TDS was both-sidesing
things for which there were really only one side.
I'll watch, but with
Not half as much as I'll hate that Brat Pack atrocity.
--Dave Sikula
On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 10:23:16 PM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries wrote:
> Written and directed by Jason Reitman for Sony, "SNL 1975" tells the story
> behind-the-scenes of the weeks before the NBC late-night institution began
I watched the second episode (mainly because of Tompkins) and got to notice
three things. One is that it didn't get much better; it really runs out of
gas after about thirty minutes. Two is that I just don't find Tomlinson
funny or host material. The third -- and most irritating -- is that
As always, I question yet another British actor playing yet another
American for no good reason, but there was enough here to bring me back.
On the other hand, I found so much to dislike in the reincarnation of "True
Detective" that I won't be back. Too many unpleasant characters, amateurish
Just watched "comedy superstar" Tomlinson's appearance with Colbert last
week, and my initial impression is that she's unfunny and bland enough that
she won't distract from the guests.
I had expected gameplay similar to the original version ("Points!"), but
the examples she provided Colbert
As I've said in other venues, any show that is relying on Farrell and Wiig
to bring the funny is screwed to begin with.
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This tracks with the "real" version, as it's the only section that's not
taped in real time. Producers have to verify that the amount the contestant
has written is the amount they intended to wager (if only to prevent
someone from saying "Yes, I wrote down $1,000, but I meant to write
I just want to stick up for "Girl from the North Country." I have next to
no interest in Dylan or his music and was floored by this one.
--Dave Sikula
On Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 8:44:45 AM UTC-8 Melissa P wrote:
> Soul was the star of what is my most unusual experience in a theater. He
Haven't watched even one minute of this one, but I always wondered what
they would do once the kid aged out of the role (hasn't his voice already
changed?), Guess this answers the question.
--Dave Sikua
On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 5:09:00 PM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:
> S7 begins Feb 15th,
As an artistic choice, it was honestly no worse than the rest of the
evening. I, too, am at the age where any number of the references might as
well be in Icelandic for all the sense they make to me. I mean, I had no
idea if the guy in the waking dream was an actual person or not
(apparently,
I'm the last one to defend Zaslov, but I found Frazier's original article
to be strained at best, and Chuck Jones, who probably knew the characters
better than anyone, realized that they were best seen in seven-minute
doses, and rarely at that. An hour and a half of it would probably outstay
I'm proud to say I didn't understand one word of that.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 5:37:16 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> Mr Hall had shut down production of the Webby-winning series at his Hudson
> Valley club and restaurant long before the pandemic, though its most recent
>
I'm proud to say I didn't understand one of that.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 5:37:16 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> Mr Hall had shut down production of the Webby-winning series at his Hudson
> Valley club and restaurant long before the pandemic, though its most recent
> two
I did, too.
About all I remember was that I thought it wasn't bad; just stupid.
--Dave Sikula
On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 12:18:38 PM UTC-7 Jon Delfin wrote:
> anybody else able (willing?) to admit they saw the original broadcast?
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 3:11 PM Carlton Doerner wrote:
>
I couldn't disagree more with this.
Maddow proved the other night that 23 minutes of reading and recapping the
indictment was deadly, and she was touching on just the highlights. To
spend 60 minutes or more reading and annotating it would have been
illustrated radio and sets clicking off
At the risk of reiterating my point, most of the articles I've read have
made the same mistake (and so much for The New Yorker's fact-checking,
which I find to be weak at best): "Well, WBD owns all those movies; there
should be no financial issues in showing them, so what's the big deal?,"
and
Not just the GM, but also Charlie Tabish, the chief programmer, Anne
Wilson, the vice president of studio production, Dexter Fedor, who was in
charge of marketing and creative design (and who was responsible for the
unfortunate graphic redesigns of a couple of years ago). and Genevieve
I'm so tired of the "Stan vs. Jack"/"Stan vs. Steve" binary. Nothing Ditko
or Kirby created without Stan had any legs (Darkseid -might- be the one
exception), nor did anything Stan create without Kirby, Ditko, Heck, or
Lieber. They needed the symbiosis, but that doesn't make for either good
On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 11:30:06 AM UTC-7 M-D November wrote:
Hey, for the low, low price of at least 2 mortgage payments, you can have
your own Jeopardy! podium...(although interestingly, I noticed that they
removed the timing lights from above the score display...
**cough** lectern
I don't know that Licht is right-wing so much as he's a spineless company
man who'll do exactly what the bosses tell him. At CBS, Colbert being
liberal (however ineptly the show came off) made money, so that's what he
gave Viacom/Paramount. John Malone wants CNN to tilt to the right, so
that's
Couldn't disagree more. I'll agree it's a little slow to start, but I
expect that, as with last year, it'll gain momentum and take off like a
rocket about halfway through.
It's one of my favorite shows, this season even moreso with Maslany.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:23:26
Losing those horrific nepotistic segments would only boost the show's
entertainment value. They generally make "Laser Cats" look like "Citizen
Kane."
--Dave Sikula
On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 11:08:46 PM UTC-8 David Bruggeman wrote:
I can't be sure of this, but my sense is that the three
The most appropriate thing one can say about this clown show is that they
hold them in an actual circus tent.
--Dave Sikula
On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 5:27:28 AM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries wrote:
> Of the wide palette of entertainment media properties owned by Penske
> (Variety, the Hollywood
Not to get too far off-topic (from TV), but this is something that
generally comes up in my world when a Marlowe movie airs on TCM. For me
(and many), Dick Powell is far and away the best Marlowe, Bogart is too
much of a tough guy for my tastes (you couldn't slip a sheet of paper
between his
Between this genius move and the reported attempts to sign Gayle King,
Olbermann's low opinion of Licht seems more justified than ever.
--Dave Sikula
On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 9:08:55 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
CNN = Certainly Not News
On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 9:07 PM Brad Beam
Given that Colbert thinks the world of Licht, who seems to be living down
to everything KO describes him as being, I'm going with Olbermann on this
one.
That Colbert does not like TFG is obvious, but most of his other politics
seem to be pretty moderate. Of course, it could just be the alcohol
Anyone else in on this one? The wife and I finished it tonight and mostly
liked it, though it did strike me that, minus the "Choose Your Own
Adventure" gimmickry, it seemed like, if watched in chronological order, it
would be only a so-so caper/thriller.
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A legacy that will last a commercial break.
She had the range of a fire hydrant.
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On Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 6:11:24 AM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:
> It was no surprise. Some, though, were surprised to see Lizzo instead of
> Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
>
>
I'm in deep enough that I'll keep watching, but it remains one of the worst
shows on television, whose inept writing is exceeded only by the uniformly
terrible cast (the lead possibly excepted).
No wonder Sam didn't want to come back if this is what was waiting for him.
(BTW, I still expect
I have to say (with no irony or sarcasm) that I find darts more exciting
and having more action than any soccer game.
--Dave Sikula
On Friday, December 2, 2022 at 5:33:28 PM UTC-8 Adam Bowie wrote:
> Ha ha. Well the most recent ITV darts coverage was hosted by the excellent
> News Boulting
A friend of mine posted this story today:
In 1975 I was working stage crew at the theater venue at Knott's Berry
Farm. That year the summer show was "Pop Your Buttons" this was an
archetype of a theme park show and is like that this was probably the worst
thing ever. It was supposed to be a
So, if I'm reading this right, they made you sit in the house with nothing
happening for about 90 minutes? That's inexcusable.
--Dave Sikula
On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:22:13 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote:
> I left the Ed about 6:45 Eastern, and haven't seen the show yet, so I
>
According to Sigourney Weaver, when she was on with Marc Maron, Cameron is
planning parts 4 and 5, too.
--Dave Sikula
Also, WHO THE F**K WAS ASKING FOR TWO AVATAR SEQUELS?!?
>
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I have a reservation for November myself, but the last time I was there
(2017?), I screwed up the arrival time and got there just before the cutoff
of 4:00 (I thought that was the time to show up).
I don't know how it is post-COVID, but then, it was far more disorganized
than Dave's LS. They
In a sane world, this would mean the release of the vast number of Hallmark
Hall of Fame episodes of the 50s through the 70s that featured really
notable actors in really good plays. (The only one I own is an "Arsenic and
Old Lace" with Boris Karloff, Tony Randall, and Tom Bosley.)
Seeing that
Wait! Farrow lied about a moral matter? Color me shocked.
--Dave Sikula
On Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 3:05:03 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:
>
> Per THR:
> Celebs who say they are leaving include: Shonda Rhymes, Ken Olin
> Celebs who said they would leave if Musk took over, then changed their
>
Noah was bad enough, but put either of those two on, and it's Local News,
Here I Come!
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 2:07:43 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> Not that they or their peeps would comment, but Sam Bee and Kal Penn are
> among those namedropped by Brian Steinberg...
>
And the nets wonder why viewership is plummeting?
-- Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11:24:20 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> The planned primetime competition is FoD's second project since being sold
> to Henry Muñoz, after the Weird Al movie...
>
Be that as it may, outside of MAGAland, I'm hard=pressed to think of three
more repulsive people in show business.
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I'm honestly startled to see it's that popular, since it's a truly terrible
show. Poor writing, basic direction, ugly cinematography, and miserable
characters. What's to like?
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Not to talk this too far off track, but am I the only one who's finding the
current season of Celebrity Jeopardy an irredeemable train wreck?
I mean, I'm expecting the questions to be dumbed down ("This striped
animal's name starts with a Z and ends with an A"), but even as moronic as
the
Any episode that lacks McKinnon and Strong is going to be that much
stronger. (I was, frankly, astounded at the uproar not having the latter's
names in the credits caused. Parenthetically, the idea of Strong doing a
one-woman show that relies on portraying a number of different characters
is
I'm with you on this one. I think I've long since made my feelings about
Noah and his parade of skits and crappy accents well-known.
While the next host should probably be someone like Dulce Sloan (whose own
career is probably in the midst of taking off), I wouldn't be surprised if
Paramount
Well, now that the second episode has come and gone, this one looks like a
dead fish. The effects were slightly better this time, though for all the
money spent on a credible Space Shuttle set, they might have done better to
put a couple more bucks in the script. (None of the other crew members
I thought it failed in pretty much every regard. I totally agree about the
cast; Lee isn't bad, but everyone else is a non-entity, and Ernie Hudson is
really phoning this one in.
I'll stick with it because I so liked the original, but there's not a lot
there, other than high school-level green
Only reinforcing how toothless the show's satire is. Sure, he's angry, but
if angry were funny, I'd be the most hilarious person on the planet.
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I enjoy Puck, even if some of the Hollywood coverage succumbs to the
Industry mindset that there's nothing in the universe more important than
the movie business and its associated egos. (The KCRW podcast, "The
Business," is especially egregious in this regard.)
My biggest takeaway from the
As loath as I am to agree with Schneider, I found that rendering of
"Hallelujah" cringeworthy as well, but (I assume) for different reasons: 1)
If there's a more overdone and unnecessary song, I'm hard-pressed to think
of it, and b) McKinnon's typically lifeless, enervated, and one-note
While I can only guess who those actresses are (I have my suspicions ...),
Rudd may be a bridge too far for me. I honestly can't stand the guy.
--Dave Sikula
On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 7:29:06 AM UTC-7 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
> This series is a pleasure to watch. Even two actresses I
I've been listening to some of the episodes of Keith Olbermann's new
podcast, and he has -nothing- good to say about Licht. Obviously, it's a
"consider the source" thing, but the examples seem sourced enough to paint
a very bad picture of Licht (and explains some of the weaknesses of
Colbert's
The wife and I could make it through only the first half of the first
episode. It's manic and exhausting.
While I applaud the idea of not using Another White Guy as the host, Palmer
is a non-entity to me and not hosting material. (I vaguely know who she is,
and will blissfully stay in that
While I feel sorry for the cast, I would think Sorkin finds most things
incomprehensible.
I'm no fan of Rudin's, but anyone who protects the public from Sorkin's
efforts is to be lauded.
--Dave Sikula
On Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 7:44:29 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote:
> Also relevant, this quote
Here's wishing her a long, long, long rest.
--Dave Sikula
On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 8:25:37 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> Asked by Ripa and Seacrest if she'll watch new episodes, she said "it's
> too emo," opting for "The Bachelorette"...
>
The Daily Beast has some of the backstage info, and I can't decide if if it
was handled uglier or more stupid:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-real-broadway-drama-over-lea-michele-replacing-beanie-feldstein-in-funny-girl?ref=home
Regardless, I'm not much of a fan of the show (and even
I worked with Itzin a number of times in the 80s. He was always
interesting, great to work with, and was a part of some of the greatest
dressing-room conversations I've ever taken part in.
He'd had some health problems over the past few years, but I texted him the
day the Whew! episode
We've been watching it. Bridges and Lithgow are quite good. The writers
have been a little slower in finding enough for Shawkat and Brenneman to
do, but it's getting better.
--Dave Sikula
On Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 8:23:44 AM UTC-7 Paul Murray wrote:
> It's also on Hulu.
>
> I haven't seen
Which is, of course, the lowest of bars.
--Dave Sikula
On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 2:24:05 PM UTC-7 djly...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2022, at 04:48, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> >
> > On the subject of alternate hosts, th
I may be one of the few people who liked Wilton-North. It was rough at
first, but I thought it was pretty good by the end.
On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 10:23:27 AM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote:
> Some you know (Joan Rivers, Alan Thicke, Sajak), some you've forgotten
> ("The Wilton North
On the subject of alternate hosts, there's rumors/speculation that Buzzy
Cohen, of whom I'm not a particular fan, will be brought back to host the
Celebrity editions.
Take it with more than a grain of salt.
https://uproxx.com/tv/jeopardy-buzzy-cohen-hosting-rumors/
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No Brian Stack?
The system is irreparably broken.
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On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 6:46:27 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> Verified: Jake Plunkett, a senior producer, and Brendan Hurley, scenic
> designer, among the arrested. B
>
> Kevin M, June 17th:
>
>> I suspect the GOP will have
Heaton baffles me. My mentor (an Emmy-nominated director) is about as
liberal as I can imagine, but she and Heaton are very friendly, worked
together (very well) on "The Middle," and are trying to put a new project
together. I guess her "outrage" (real? convenient?) is directed where she
feels
In other LS musician-related news, guitarist Maddie Rose, who always looked
so unhappy to me while playing at the Ed, is now at SNL.
--Dave Sikula
On Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 6:46:57 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> At one point during one of his walk-abouts before cueing the closing
> *ba-dump*
Colbert also mentioned that Batiste will be out until he's done filming
"The Color Purple," so it's probably a combination of those two and what I
assume will be his eventual departure. There's also a new enclosure around
the bandstand that one assumes will come down when there's a piano.
In
I am reminded of nothing so much as the rant Chris Diamantopoulos's
"Episodes" character went on that insisted that the only hope network TV
had was utter chaos: that everything would be live and that there would be
no regular scheduling; shows could appear any time with any cast and any
plot
Corden leaving late night is one of the best things that could happen to
it, second only to Fallon moving on.
I'd think CBS would just let the franchise die. Local stations would
appreciate the extra revenue and the network would probably be happy to
save (the minimal) amount in the budget.
If I were running Disney, I'd say "Fine. You want it? It's yours --
starting immediately. We get a billion-dollar tax break and you get to
explain to residents why they suddenly have to pay $2200 each."
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 1:36:58 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> Including
I was a fan of those Lakers, too, and I just can't get past the, frankly,
stupid and unnecessary tinkering with history in the name of creating a
(badly-told) story. The most egregious examples in the latest episode were
that, despite the show claiming that the first Lakers/Celtics game that
I always wonder what motivates the mania for covering car chases in Los
Angeles. Is there any other city where local news drops everything to show
them?
--Dave Sikula
On Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7:45:26 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
> KCBS and KCAL (the two share news resources) have a
Davis was faced with the impossible task of replacing Vin Scully, and has
pulled it off far better than could ever have been expected. As a
play-by-play guy, I think he's superb (even if he is hampered by
overtalkative color guys). One of the highest compliments I can pay him is
that, when he
Something I've noticed in the two tapings I've been to is that, while I'm
not a real fan of the music the band plays during the actual show, they
blow the roof off the dump during the commercial breaks and play stuff that
the home audience never hears.
I don't think Batiste is great at
Suffice it to say, there's a lot going on under the surface here.
Not only do we have this:
https://people.com/style/jada-pinkett-smith-dont-give-2-craps-what-people-think-of-bald-head-before-2022-oscars/,
I also read a long and informative Twitter thread this morning examining
how slapping
"Don't Look Up" is indeed terrible, but there have been lousy nominees
aplenty over the years. I actually kind of like "Greatest Show;" it's not
great, but once one gets a sense of DeMille's directing style (it's
especially apparent in "The Ten Commandments," in that he never stopped
directing
Off-topic of Trek, but on the topic of "women past a certain age," I'd just
like to give a shout-out to my dear friend and mentor, Lee Shallat Chemel.
She's pushing 80 and parlayed her successful career as a theatre director
into a longer career in television (thanks in part to Gary David
Myers is one of the luckiest guys in the world: no perceptible talents, and
he keeps getting opportunities beyond his capabilities. (See also "Fallon,
Jimmy.")
--Dave Sikula
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 7:39:42 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
> Whatever he calls it, here's a preview:
>
We were a KNXT family got a long time, but eventually moved over the KNBC
for the duration. (My mother -loved- Snyder.)
The things that struck me for the longest time was that anchors and
reporters tended to stay in Los Angeles, but moved from station to station
(with some exceptions: Colleen
I generally either mute or FF through the cold opens (depends on if I'm
watching live or delayed). They wouldn't be so egregious if a) they were
funny (which they never will be while Stack is there) or b) they didn't
repeat material in the monologue.
There are myriad problems with TLS, from
See also "CoHAN, George M."
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On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:14:05 AM UTC-8 Brad Beam wrote:
> *From:* tvor...@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvor...@googlegroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Diner
>
> *>*In any event... "LO-en" is the original Irish pronunciation, and
> "LO-han" is the
I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily
admit I'm wrong.
L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had
the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's
Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame
I have little doubt that Lewis was capable of doing this stuff, but what
doubt there is is due to the poisonous well from which the reports stem.
--Dave Sikula
On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 1:57:31 PM UTC-8 Bob Jersey wrote:
> " Karen Sharpe, Renée Taylor and Hope Holiday all crossed
I've expressed my lack of use for awards shows in general, but a move like
this shows that the Academy has as much of a clue of how to market their
product as the people who run major league baseball.
The people who are desperate to watch movie stars assure each other how
awesome they are
He's the only one. She's awful, especially in her interactions with the
contestants and her timing in cueing them to pick the next answer. Jennings
is light years better.
I get the feeling the staff doesn't think much of her, either, especially
given the outfits the stylists put her into.
I'm a fan of Shepherd, but that movie was really catching lightning in a
bottle, unless one is a fan of such one-offs as "My Summer Story," "The
Phantom of the Open Hearth," or "Olliie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss."
Hollywood has never been able to say no a terrible idea, though, so
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