Re: [TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

2023-08-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
never heard of cord-cutting. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 9:24 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > A massive percentage of the satcaster's customers are in Nexstar's station > footprints, but they've been without the

[TV orNotTV] P+ 'Frasier' Reboot to Get First Two Eps on CBS

2023-08-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
The first two eps of the reboot, wherein Dr. Crane returns to Boston, will drop on the streamer on Oct. 12 and air on CBS on Oct. 17: https://www.thewrap.com/fraiser-reboot-premiere-date-paramount-plus/ It's an all-new cast here (although Peri Gilpin and Bebe Neuwirth will make guest

[TV orNotTV] ABC Puts 'Bachelor' Franchise Against TNF

2023-08-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
In a last-minute switch, ABC has decided to put its "Bachelor" franchise shows on Thursday nights against Amazon Prime's Thursday NIght Football, with the new "Golden Bachelor" starring an old codger romancing old ladies going from Monday after "Dancing with the Stars" to 8 p.m. and "Bachelor

[TV orNotTV] Food Network Show Shuts Down as Crew Wants to be Unionized

2023-08-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
Over 50 crew members that were working on the current season of the WBD channel's "Worst Cooks in America" on Long Island have struck and shut down production because producers Objective Media Group (owned by All3Media, in turn owned by WBD and WBD board president John Malone's Liberty Global)

[TV orNotTV] SemiNoTV: Another Rightwing Left-Field Hit

2023-08-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
Hitherto little-known country singer Oliver Anthony (not his real name) has the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with "Rich Men North of Richmond," a song that starts out as an attack on the rich but turns into dog-whistling about "welfare queens" spending their food stamp

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ItllBeOnTV: Subject of Sandy Bullock movie says adopted family swindled him

2023-08-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
If you want to, it's on Hulu. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:36 PM PGage wrote: > Hopefully this will drive many to go back and watch the film and realize > just how horrid it is… > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 at 2:10 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > >&g

[TV orNotTV] Legendary UK Talk Show Host Dies at 88

2023-08-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
Although Michael Parkinson's talk shows had a live band and musical interludes, there were no sidekicks and no monologue, as the former print journalist for the Guardian focused on serious interviews with almost every international celebrity you could name--"Parkinson" ran for eleven years on

Re: [TV orNotTV] Supermodel Turned Actress Turned Game Show Celeb Dies at 70

2023-08-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
I would say yes, but I'm not sure--perhaps Pluto TV should start a "Pyramid Hosted by Dick Clark" channel... Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 1:49 PM Joe Hass wrote: > Refresh my memory: was she the giver of the greatest Pyramid clue of all > time (&

[TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
BBC reporter Ellie House swears that before she had decided to come out as bisexual, the Netflix algorithm already knew: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66472938 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group

[TV orNotTV] Supermodel Turned Actress Turned Game Show Celeb Dies at 70

2023-08-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
Shelley Smith started out as a model, began acting in the brilliant-but-cancelled 1979 ABC sitcom "The Associates" and kept a steady-if-not-spectacular acting career into the 90s, although more people may've known her better as the celebrity partner a contestant hoped they would get on

[TV orNotTV] 'BB' Hamster Says N Word, Gets Kicked to Radford Curb

2023-08-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
They just can't help it, can't they: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/big-brother-contestant-kicked-off-n-word-luke-valentine-1235560148/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[TV orNotTV] Emmyoved to MLK Day (and Awards Season)

2023-08-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
Unless the strikes are still on, the Television Academy and Fox have rescheduled this year's Emmys for Mon. Jan. 15 from the former Bill Gates Software Borg Theater (now the Failing Streaming Division of NBCUniversal Theater) at LA Live, with the creative arts ceremonies the weekend before and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Have a new Big Brother cast!

2023-08-01 Thread Mark Jeffries
And along with being on Paramount+ commercial-free, the live feeds will be a Pluto TV channel with commercials. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 9:34 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Sorry, no pictures. Débuts tomorrow nig

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: SiriusXM Works Blue with Friars Club Roast Channel

2023-07-31 Thread Mark Jeffries
>From Aug. 6 to Sept. 2, with over 40 hours of star-studded material combed from over 70 years of Friars Club roasts never heard by the public before, unbleeped and in bad taste: https://www.thewrap.com/siriusxm-friars-club-roasts-channel/ Too many famous names to type here--you can read them

[TV orNotTV] 'Ridiculousness' Writers Want to Unionize

2023-07-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
The people who write the lead-ins and transitions to the viral videos on the long-running MTV show that has been dominating that channel's schedule for years, who are credited as "creative consultants" in the great tradition of most game shows and unscripted programming, want to organize with

[TV orNotTV] SemiNoTV: That Jason Aldean Video Got 'er Done

2023-07-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
The controversial video for "Try That in a Small Town" did what it was meant to do, as the single debuted in the BIllboard Hot 100 all the way at number 2, only Aldean's second appearance in the top 10 of the big chart ever (and his first top 10 since 2011's "Dirt Road Anthem") and number one

[TV orNotTV] 'ET' Staff Cut 10%

2023-07-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
The cuts at CBS Media Ventures' syndicated showbiz tabmag "Entertainment Tonight" were mostly on the digital end, although "correspondent" Will Marfuggi (who had only joined the show in September from E!) and weekend show co-host Matt Cohen and some producers were included:

Re: [TV orNotTV] This never happened when Alex hosted

2023-07-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
Although I can't imagine Sean Connery saying "your mother Bialik!" Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 12:28 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > Postponing the tournament was always an option. I recall while listening > to Inside Jeopardy last summer t

Re: [TV orNotTV] This never happened when Alex hosted

2023-07-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
Sony now says that the TOC will be postponed until after the WGA strike, but there will be new episodes in the fall and the writing staff wrote the material for ABC celebrity season 2 coming in the fall before the strike:

[TV orNotTV] Despite SAG-AFTRA Strike, Indie Slate Going After Drescher Administration

2023-07-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
The union is scheduled to hold elections this year, and an independent slate of members including Elliott Gould (OK), Diane Ladd (OK), Dr. Drew (oy) and rightwing wacko Rob Schneider (you must be joking) are going after president Fran Drescher and her Unity slate, claiming that Drescher and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Aldean's Rightwing Video Pulled by CMT

2023-07-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
t, Wyoming. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 8:43 AM Mark Jeffries wrote: > And for those who didn't recognize it, that line was a tribute to the "Hee > Haw" bit "saluting" small towns. > > Mark Jeffries > spotligh...@gmail.com >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Aldean's Rightwing Video Pulled by CMT

2023-07-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
And for those who didn't recognize it, that line was a tribute to the "Hee Haw" bit "saluting" small towns. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 5:08 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > The OP did, S

[TV orNotTV] Aldean's Rightwing Video Pulled by CMT

2023-07-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
The former Country Music Television, which still plays videos in the overnight hours amongst a schedule of mostly sitcom reruns (and has the 24/7 vidclip channel CMT Music), will not play the new music video for bro country stalwart Jason Aldean's three-month-old single "Try That in a Small

[TV orNotTV] 'Chosen' Gets Waiver from SAG, Can Continue Production--Hallelujah!

2023-07-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
The indie crowd-funded Christ bio series which is seen on the producers' own website and in frequent Fathom Events one-nighters in movie theaters (and an influence on the distribution of the Disney castoff turned left-field hit "Sound of Freedom"--even if some claim that many of the

[TV orNotTV] CBS Fall Revised: 'Yellowstone!'

2023-07-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
The Eye's original schedule was based on a strike not happening and we all know that turned out--here's the revised schedule, with more scripted than ABC or Fox: MONDAY: 8:00--LOTERIA LOCO--The Mexican Bingo is the inspiration for this game show from the hack behind "Best Shazam" and "Don't

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Gilmore Girls" co-star b!tches about lack of residuals

2023-07-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
aramount's Logo cable channels) the residuals have been slow in coming if at all. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 5:57 PM Steve Timko wrote: > A regular on "Orange is the New Black" showed her residual payments. It > was for $27. It appears the orig

[TV orNotTV] 'Vice' Pulled at SHO

2023-07-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
Recently it was noticed that an episode of the newsmag extension of the troubled media company on Ron DeSantis had been taken off at the last minute--turns out the whole series is not available on Showtime's VOD or streaming as it and the joined-at-the-hip Paramount+ have been purging shows

[TV orNotTV] Fox Veterans Apologize for Fox News

2023-07-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
The former counsel to News Corp., the chief lobbyist for Fox and the former head of network distribution for Fox (neither of whom worked for Fox News and all were involved in Fox's establishment) say that their efforts to bring an alternative television choice to America did not include mass

[TV orNotTV] Fox Fall Annotated (Finally)

2023-07-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
It's no surprise with the SAG-AFTRA a near certainty that Fox's fall lineup is almost all unscripted (covered by a separate pact with SAG-AFTRA that expires next year--oh boy), with the exception of the long lead time Animation Domination Sunday. Here we go: MONDAY: 8:00--Kitchen

Re: [TV orNotTV] Corruption in Irish television

2023-07-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
it's the Max reboot that was cancelled after two seasons Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 1:41 AM Steve Timko wrote: > Love this TikTok. > > https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8dyEJ5t/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Cartoon Network Animation closes its Burbank facility

2023-07-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
Warners would've flipped the houses over literally. And Guy Fieri, now that we know that he's a MAGAt. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 11:02 PM Kevin M. wrote: > All part of the fun consolidation of Warner things > > I assume Yakko, Wacko, and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Don't expect adverts for streaming properties on their platform's rivals

2023-07-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
, at least if it's legal in the states they operate in. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 4:57 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > And I've seen ads for Apple TV+ shows on Paramount+. > > On Jul 7, 2023, at 2:44 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegr

[TV orNotTV] 'Black Lady Sketch Show' Done at HBO

2023-07-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
But don't blame Daddy Zaslav on this one--showrunner/cast member Robin Thede decided to go out on a high note after four seasons--she also has a series in development at HBO: https://www.thewrap.com/a-black-lady-sketch-show-end-season-4-hbo/ Which means that "Black Lady" may beat "SNL" for the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: A fleeting take on Zaslav

2023-07-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
Pat Buttram on the Rural Purge: "They took every show with a tree off." Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 2:12 PM Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 8:05 PM Paul Murray > wrote: > >> To be clear, if you compare th

[TV orNotTV] Irish Pubcaster Head Resigns Over Alleged Under-the-Table Payments to Host

2023-07-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
Dee Forbes, the director general of the Irish pubcaster RTE, has resigned over threats of two governmental reviews of 345,000 Euros (around $376,000 US) paid to Ryan Turbidy, the host of the long-running Friday night talk show "The Late Late Show" (probably the company's most popular

[TV orNotTV] Nexstar Stations, NewsNation off DirecTV

2023-07-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
The usual battle over carriage fees, it affects 114 markets in the U.S., including the biggest markets (CW affils KTLA and WPIX in NY, indie WGN in Chicago): https://www.thewrap.com/nexstar-directv-blackout-carriage-dispute/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[TV orNotTV] Max Cans 'Other Two' Amid Toxic Workplace Claims

2023-06-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
The cult sitcom about the siblings trying to get a break in show biz as their brother becomes a Bieber-ish pop star and their mother taking off as a daytime talk host had moved to Max along with several other Comedy Central live-action series dumped by the channel and will end with its finale

[TV orNotTV] Ax Falls at Paramount+ on Day of Merger w/SHO

2023-06-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
The reboot of "Inside Amy Schumer," considered a candidate for the variety sketch Emmy, has been pulled by Paramount+ a few days before Emmy nominations are due and on the same day P+'s upper tiers began carrying Showtime programming (the plan to rebrand the linear SHO channel as P+ with SHO

[TV orNotTV] PTC Whines About HBO's 'Idol'

2023-06-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
The rightwing TV nannies haven't been complaining lately about HBO shows, perhaps because there hasn't been an instance of the liberal critics panning a show as they have the controversial drama series--they're also claiming that Max is not properly blocking NC-17 programs (as in 90 percent of

[TV orNotTV] TCM Going Off in UK

2023-06-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
The British version of TCM, known as TCM Movies, will be leaving the satellite listings in the UK and Ireland on July 6--WBD has given no reason. The classic films will be moved as part of the programming of Quest, a general audience channel on satellite and Freeview that also streams on the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Zaslav selling licensing from WB film/tv music

2023-06-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
he Beatles or Bob Dylan or David Bowie catalog. However, Paramount sold their library some years ago, but I don't remember for how much. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 7:54 PM PGage wrote: > It is hard to see on the face of it what is worth a half a bi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 100 layoffs on tap for WBD's cable brands

2023-06-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
With commercials, of course. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Plenty of the "Turner" library is already seen on Weigel/Fox-owned > Movies!, see

[TV orNotTV] Italian Media Baron, Prime Minister Dies at 86

2023-06-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Before Donald Trump, there was Silvio Berlusconi, who used a commercial TV monopoly (and arguably the world's trashiest television) to become prime minister of Italy, giving him control over the state pubcaster RAI (he didn't give up ownership of his Mediaset) and the opportunity to preside

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

2023-06-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
en-the-cw-1235511664/ >> >> The show's creator is planning seven seasons of "The Chosen," and is >> currently filming Season 4. >> >> On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 10:50:27 AM UTC-4 Mark Jeffries wrote: >> >>> "inside the NFL," the weekly showcase of

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: Veteran NPR Correspondent Wade Goodwyn Dies at 63

2023-06-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
The Dallas-based reporter with the genu-WINE Texas accent got his start on the public radio network covering Branch Davidian, but excelled at features as well--the proper obit should be NPR's:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Pat Robertson dies

2023-06-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
s thereof. Seems that Disney some years ago offered CBN $42M to buy out the contract, but Robertson put his foot down and said no. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 9:13 AM Marti Lawrence wrote: > What a surprise he had in store when he passed through the veil, exp

[TV orNotTV] 'Jimmy Pesto' Accused of MAGAing at Capitol on Jan. 6

2023-06-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
Jay Johnston, the voice of the guy who runs the pizza joint across from "Bob's Burgers" on the Fox cartoon and a seemingly legit member of the LA alt-comedy scene ("Mr. Show," "The Sarah Silverman Program") has been arrested by the FBI for alleged participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection:

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

2023-06-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
"inside the NFL," the weekly showcase of NFL Films highlights, commentary and features that began on HBO in 1977, ran there for 31 years, moved to Showtime in 2008 for another 13 years and has been on Paramount+ for the last two years, will move to The CW, its first OTA network, on Tuesday

Re: [TV orNotTV] SHO Cans 'Vice' Ep on DeSantis Allegedly Viewing Torture at Gitmo

2023-06-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
Meanwhile, the Wrap says that the delayed segment included a Vice reporter confronting DeSantis at some event (you know he doesn't do press conferences) about his time at Gitmo, which caused him to throw a hissy fit. Allegedly. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 2:07 PM

[TV orNotTV] Maureen Ryan on 'SNL''s Toxic Culture

2023-06-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
Her new book "Burn It Down" comes out Tuesday and after the excerpt on Cuse and Lindelof's writers room behavior on "Lost" was released by Vanity Fair last week, THR prints from the same book a detailed tale of the very toxic culture that has been a part of "SNL" from the beginning--and how

[TV orNotTV] SHO Cans 'Vice' Ep on DeSantis Allegedly Viewing Torture at Gitmo

2023-06-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
The episode was to have aired May 28 and seemingly would have reported on the Florida governor and Presidential candidate viewing acts committed on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay that the UN considers torture while he was serving as a JAG at the U.S. naval base--the premium channel/streamer, the

Re: [TV orNotTV] A long Chris Licht profile

2023-06-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
on CNN since Licht fired him: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/can-chris-licht-survive-at-cnn.html?utm_source=substack_medium=email On Monday, June 5, 2023 at 10:53:43 AM UTC-5 Kevin M. wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 8:34 AM Mark Jeffries wrote: > >> The question is i

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: IsThisStillOnTV? "Romeo and Juliet" from '68 flick sue Paramount for >$100M

2023-05-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
And to answer Bob's original question, the film is on VOD. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 3:09 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > At this point it sounds like elder abuse. Maybe the manager or his > attorney thought they could get a settlemen

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Hardcore Right Attacking--Fox News?

2023-05-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
Oops back--I was trying to link to a Vox article on this in this instance: https://www.vox.com/2023/5/22/23732777/fox-news-trans-bud-light-employee-handbook Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:55 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com>

[TV orNotTV] Hardcore Right Attacking--Fox News?

2023-05-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
An article in the Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal is claiming that the Fox Media employee handbook contains examples of "woke" recognizing of transgendered people. Although Fox says it is simply following New York State law, the far right Trumpers that have become as anti-corporate as the

[TV orNotTV] Summer's a Little Late This Year on CBS

2023-05-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
As the WGA strike is nowhere near being settled and the possibility exists that the DGA and SAG/AFTRA will join in, CBS has moved its summer unscripted shows to later in the summer to cover the beginning of the fall season--the second season of "Secret Celebrity Renovation" now premieres on

Re: [TV orNotTV] Russia bans US late night talk show hosts

2023-05-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Tonight on CNN: A Town Hall with Vladimir Putin." Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 6:40 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > To be clear, they are banned from entering the country. I guess Corden > quit so he could get in under the wire. > > On Fri, M

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Trump enabler awarded prime time show on CNN

2023-05-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
ws all day and won't switch unless Meemaw wants to watch Andy Griffith reruns on MeTV). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:50 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > Traditionally liberal CNN personalities like Anderson Cooper and > Christiane Amanpour are going to find th

[TV orNotTV] CW Fall Annotated, Eh?

2023-05-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
The CW, brought to you by Tim Hortons (OK, enough of the Canadian jokes). Of course, the truth is that the model the network originally ran on of lose money now, make it up for CBS and Warners on the backend overseas sales and Netflix licensing doesn't work anymore and Nexstar wants to see

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ABC Fall Annotated (oh, it's gonna happen)

2023-05-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
DeBartolo was doing more than OK. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:46 AM Brad Beam wrote: > What would a strike-era “Celebrity Jeopardy!” look like anyway? Mayim’s > off supporting the strikers, while former contestant Wil Wheaton has > basically calle

[TV orNotTV] ABC Fall Annotated (oh, it's gonna happen)

2023-05-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
The most strikeproof fall schedule yet is from the Alphabet, jampacked with unscripted franchises and game shows: Monday 8 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”--simulcast on Disney+ 10 p.m. THE GOLDEN BACHELOR--The franchise grows up, with an older gentleman looking for love from what they indicate to

[TV orNotTV] "Archer' Wraps Up With 14th Season

2023-05-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
The FXX animated spy comedy, realizing that they couldn't really go on without Jessica Walter as Sterling Archer's dominating mother/boss Mallory (yeah, it's a cartoon, they could hire another voice actress, but Walter was so damn good), is calling it a series after season 14 starts in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Next Tony Awards trying a different (but still NY) theater

2023-05-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
et that sweet on-air promotion that could save the show by airing a song from the show to a national audience. The response from the stalwarts usually is that the Tonys are an infomercial for Broadway, etc., etc. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 6:20 PM 'Bob Jersey' via T

[TV orNotTV] NBC Fall Annotated (Maybe)

2023-05-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Day late, etc., with a note that Fallon and Meyers are not crossing the WGA picket lines Monday at Radio City: MONDAY 8-10 P.M. — The Voice 10-11 P.M. — THE IRRATIONAL--Lennie Briscoe's former partner Jesse L. Martin plays a behavioral science expert who provides his expertise in crime

[TV orNotTV] 'Kelly' Staff Claim Toxic Environment, NBCU Disagrees

2023-05-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
The Rolling Stone article behind a paywall said that , even by the high-pressure standards of daytime talk shows, the staff of "The Kelly Clarkson Show" were generally overworked and underpaid and attacked upon by producers, most notably showrunner Alex Duda (the subjects said that Clarkson

[TV orNotTV] Chef Ramsay's 'Next' on Fox for 2 More [CENSORED] Years

2023-05-12 Thread Mark Jeffries
What I think is Fox standby Gordon Ramsay's third current series for the net, "Next Level Chef," has been given a two-year renewal--and I suspect that it is because the Irish production company that does "Name That Tune," "Beat Shazam" and "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" is now listed as a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Trump Gets Free Airtime on CNN Next Wed.

2023-05-12 Thread Mark Jeffries
, perhaps hoping that Collins can get that prime time show (although the MAGATs aren't going to watch what their hero called a "nasty lady") and Harlow will have the morning show all to herself. Meow. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:24 AM 'Bob Jersey' via

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Barney's Back (You Have Been Warned)

2023-05-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
SUPER DE DOOPER! Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 2:14 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > NPH is one of the judges -- and his partner David Burtka the > set-up-the-premise person -- on Hulu's party-staging pseudocompe

[TV orNotTV] CBS Fall Annotated (Maybe)

2023-05-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
Paramount was not going to do any upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall today as CBS had done in past years, mostly to boost Les Moonves' ego. But CBS has announced a best-case-scenario fall lineup, with only two new shows and a programming move on Wednesday nights that they'll probably be

[TV orNotTV] Americans Can Now Vote for Eurovision

2023-05-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
The annual festival of glorious musical overkill is happening this week in Liverpool (since last year's winner the Ukraine has other things on its mind besides a song contest) and is seen for the third year in the U.S. on Peacock. The first semi-final was yesterday, with the second semi

[TV orNotTV] Barney's Back (You Have Been Warned)

2023-05-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
The purple dinosaur beloved by 80s and 90s pre-schoolers and hated by anyone older than 6 is returning to television with a new animated series that will air on Warners Discovery's Cartoonito pre-school block on Cartoon Network and streamed on Max's Cartoonito hub--Mattel, the company that

[TV orNotTV] David Simon Tweets That HBO Has Canned Him

2023-05-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
The creator of critically-acclaimed (if not popular with viewers) series like "The Wire," "Treme" and "The Corner" tweeted they called him to tell him that his 25-year relationship with the channel was over--his response was to immediately get on the WGA picket lines:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Digest for [us] - 11 updates in 6 topics

2023-05-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
There really is a cat cafe down the street from where I live here in Chicago--it was around before "Call Me Kat." I should mention that in the superior British original "Miranda," the place Miranda Hart worked at was a joke shop inherited from her uncle. If you haven't seen it yet, it's

[TV orNotTV] Newton Minow Dead at 97

2023-05-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
The JFK era FCC chief will remain most noted for his 1961 speech where he called television a "vast wasteland," although the accomplishments he preferred to be noted for included the laws requiring all US television sets to include UHF channels and the laws that set up satellite communication,

[TV orNotTV] Fox News Threatens Media Matters Over Leaked Carlson Video

2023-05-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
They claim that the video obtained by Media Matters that included Tucker Carlson's infamous "that's not how white men fight" comment was proprietary IP and demanding that they pull the videos. MMFA's response from chief Angelo Carusone: “Reporting on newsworthy leaked material is a

[TV orNotTV] Geeks Repeat Binging Netflix Show to Get Renewal

2023-05-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
It's called "grinding," and fans of the Netflix fantasy series (what else?) "Shadow and Bone" are repeatedly binging the entire second season night after night to try to game the viewing numbers and get the Service to renew their favorite show for a third season, defeating what they believe is

Re: [TV orNotTV] Statement: UK's TalkTV, GB News limited from using other feeds of coronation

2023-05-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
of Ofcom) the Fox News of the UK. So I say F 'em up the A, even if the monarchy is an outdated institution that needs to go. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 4:36 PM Kevin M. wrote: > I’m curious, do Sky or BBC or ITV televise the coronations or > inaugurations of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Coming soon to the CW? Live sports

2023-05-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 2:29 PM Brad Beam wrote: > “You want to air LIV golf? Fine,” said eight CBS-owned CW affiliates. > “We’re leaving.” > > https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cbs-owned-stations-drop-cw-affiliations-september-1235604771/ > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Foxx Still Laid Up, Cannon to Fill In for Him on 'Beat Shazam'

2023-05-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
ts teams and Fox Sports during the pandemic. This article from a sound trade mag explains what they do, which they swear up-and-down is not "canned," even though everyone else says it is: https://www.sonofans.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/LS2101_Sonofans-Final.pdf Mark Jeffries spotligh...@

[TV orNotTV] Foxx Still Laid Up, Cannon to Fill In for Him on 'Beat Shazam'

2023-05-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
Jamie Foxx has been in an undisclosed hospital for undisclosed reasons since Apr. 12, while he was making a film for Netflix in Atlanta--since it seems as though his Fox game show "Beat Shazam" was shooting for its annual summer run in Ireland, NIck Cannon will fill in for him for this year's

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'DWTS' Back to ABC

2023-05-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
ebrity Wheel," "Celebrity Feud," "Judge Steve Harvey," "Generation Gap" and "Pyramid" to be quickly put back in production. If they can find someone to replace Alec Baldwin, they could put "Match Game" back on. If they can find someone other than

[TV orNotTV] 'DWTS' Back to ABC

2023-05-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
After last year's livestream experiment on Disney+, "Dancing With the Stars" will return for its 37th series (in the British sense) this fall to ABC, although it will continue to livestream on Disney+ and stream the next day on Hulu:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Peacock head optimistic

2023-05-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
d was told that I would have to lead with Wrestlemania, I would consider handing in my resignation and leaving Bristol pronto. I know--I guess I believe that there are still people at ESPN who want to be journalists. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 10:50 AM M-D Novem

Re: [TV orNotTV] STRIKE!

2023-05-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
have WGA writers, they don't do comedy routines, so they'll carry on with producers writing the segment intros. Same with Drew, Kelly and Jennifer Hudson, who I believe tape one week behind the air date. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 9:18 AM PGage wrote: > As expec

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The final Corden postmortem, If You Care

2023-04-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
n his show every night, even in the first break, where I assume advertisers pay premium prices to share the screen with Louis Cato and the band playing silently and the "coming up" lower thirds...) Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 6:57

[TV orNotTV] Netflix Top 10 4/27/23

2023-04-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
It's been a while since Netflix sent me a top 10 Email, so here we go--commentary mine: 10. WEL COME TO EDEN--The second season of the Spanish thriller/bodice-ripper. 9. FLORIDA MAN--Not produced by the Onion. An ex-cop returns to home state, seemingly can tolerate DeSantis and gets

Re: [TV orNotTV] Bill Maher kisses Elon Musk's butt better than Joe Rogan

2023-04-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
;woke woke woke" crap and his hatred of colleges and I don't think that more Trump and Fox News jokes will make me want to stick around anymore. Who was it who said that libertarians are conservatives who like to smoke weed? Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:5

[TV orNotTV] Suns Return to OTA TV in AZ, Will Other Teams Follow?

2023-04-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
Starting next season, the NBA Phoenix Suns and WNBA Mercury will leave Sinclair's bankrupt Bally Sports Arizona for Gray Broadcasting's indie KTVK and new LPTV KPHE (branded with CBS affil KPHO as "Arizona's Family") for a deal that will have both teams' games not airing nationally on ABC, ESPN

[TV orNotTV] NBC Wolf Shows to Cut Back Cast Appearances

2023-04-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
NBC agreed to renew the One Chicago Wednesday and "L" Thursday franchises for 22 episodes each--but the regular cast members will be doing 18-to-20 out-of-22 next season (with perhaps some exceptions like, uh, Mariska--gotta have Olivia Benson on every "SVU")--"Organized Crime" is only renewed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Len Goodman gone

2023-04-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
Last night, ABC ran a brief "In Memoriam" for Mr. Goodman at the 8 p.m. ET hour where "DWTS" ran for most of its network run (and the time it is livestreamed on Monday nights on Disney+ during the season) in front of "American Idol." On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 7:42:42 AM UTC-5 Adam Bowie

[TV orNotTV] Harry Belafonte Dead at 96

2023-04-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
The singer, actor and activist was a frequent presence on television, although he did not have a regular series--in 1960, the variety special "Harry Belafonte Tonight" won an Emmy (making him one of the first Black recipients), but after a second special Revlon bailed out of sponsorship

[TV orNotTV] Brian Cox Hosts (!) James Bond Reality Comp (!!) for Amazon

2023-04-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
"007's Road to a Million," to be filmed in many of the same locations as classic Bond films, will stream worldwide on Prime Video later this year--the former Logan Roy will play "The Controller," a Bond-villain type who will direct and misdirect teams of two as they take on missions to win

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT: Bye bye Buzzfeed News

2023-04-20 Thread Mark Jeffries
That's buzzfeed.com. BuzzFeedNews was actually a damn good, Pulitzer-winning site that people mixed up with the foolishness on the mainline BuzzFeed. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:53 AM Kevin M. wrote: > I guess people will have to go elsewhere for pictu

[TV orNotTV] Tha God, Wolf, Desus Future 'TDS' Guest Hosts

2023-04-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
With ratings up 21 percent from Noah since the parade of guest hosts started in January, "The Daily Show" has Jordan Klepper in the chair this week and starting in May will have guest hosting fellow Comedy Central personality and syndicated radio DJ Charlamagne Tha God, a "News Team Takeover"

Re: [TV orNotTV] Byron Allen Saves Another TV Judge

2023-04-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
And yes, she spells her last name "Milian." Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 10:04 AM Mark Jeffries wrote: > After giving Greg Mathis a new TV court show gig after Warner Bros. > dropped "Judge Mathis" after this season, Allen Media Grou

[TV orNotTV] Byron Allen Saves Another TV Judge

2023-04-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
After giving Greg Mathis a new TV court show gig after Warner Bros. dropped "Judge Mathis" after this season, Allen Media Group, headed by Byron Allen, is opening the door to Mathis' Warners stablemate Marilyn Milan, who presided over the "People's Court" reboot for 22 years before getting the

[TV orNotTV] Ziwe Out at SHO

2023-04-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
The talk show hosted by the former YouTube personality and the only other Black woman in late night besides Amber Ruffin has been dumped by the premium channel that is slowly being absorbed by Paramount+, ending their broadly-considered late night programming (following Desus and Mero's

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Express review: "The Great American Joke-Off"*

2023-04-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
Actually, creator/producer Dan Patterson (the same co-"devisor and compiler" of "Whose Line") is involved with this show, so this is an actual license of the format from Patterson's Angry TV, if not the Beeb. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 11:50

[TV orNotTV] BBC Cutting Back on TV by $120M

2023-03-31 Thread Mark Jeffries
The British pubcaster, dealing with a hiring freeze and a freeze in the license fee that viewers are supposed to pay to fund them, is cutting original TV programming by 1,000 hours a year and increasing funds for radio and and online services--of course, there'll still be "Breakfast" and the

[TV orNotTV] Political Comic Mark Russell Dies at 90

2023-03-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
For decades at Washington's Shoreham Hotel, from 1975 to 2004 in a series of PBS specials taped at producing station WNED in Buffalo and in a recurring role on the NBC proto-reality show "Real People," Mark Russell took aim at everyone in Washington with his one-liners and musical parodies

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