[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC’s Winter Olympics

2018-02-21 Thread JW
> For the record, I have been generally pleased with how NBC is covering > these Olympics. I'm glad you are. I find myself completely uninterested, and haven't sat down to watch anything. When I've been someplace where they're on, I've looked but find myself totally unengaged. If NHL players

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC’s Winter Olympics

2018-02-21 Thread Brad Beam
Somebody somewhere -- perhaps an Olympic-Athlete-from-Russian bot farm -- is working on a "Kirstie is not impressed" meme: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-kirstie-alley-olympics-curling-feud-20180220-story.html Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2018, at 09:16, Doug Eastick

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC’s Winter Olympics

2018-02-21 Thread Doug Eastick
the few times I've put on NBC, in the evenings, I've been impressed how much has actually been live. As usual, I've been impressed with the trio of Canadian coverage (CBC, TSN's 5 channels, and Sportsnet's 3 channels). Not all of the TSN and SN channels are used, but we usually have 3 live

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC’s Winter Olympics

2018-02-21 Thread Chris Neuman
Despite the fact that the US doesn’t dominate the Winter games quite the way they do the summer games, I commented a few days ago to my wife how odd it was to not see the US higher up in the medal standings. My theory is that it’s a regression to the mean. I present, without opinion of any kind,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! on-line tests

2018-02-21 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Thought I'd put this here... Alex will be the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner (link) Oct 1st at Hershey Lodge, and if they both show up, will moderate a debate between incumbent Governor Tom Wolf and his Republican

[TV orNotTV] Sinclair to unload three Trib stations to quiet Feds

2018-02-21 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Two are biggies: WGN and WPIX... which they will continue to operate under agreements with the as-yet-undisclosed buyers. KSWB San Diego's eventual taker will be completely free to ignore the conglom. A commenter (nobody I know) at Variety

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC’s Winter Olympics

2018-02-21 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Chris Neuman wrote: > Despite the fact that the US doesn’t dominate the Winter games quite the > way they do the summer games, I commented a few days ago to my wife how odd > it was to not see the US higher up in the medal standings. My theory is

[TV orNotTV] Billy Graham Coverage

2018-02-21 Thread stannc
I’m in Charlotte which, among other things, is Bill Graham central. The three major networks dumped out of their network morning shows in favor of local coverage. It was odd that WCNC showed local coverage instead of KLG with Meagan Kelley on the Today 9:00 hour doing a tribute to Billy

[TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! on-line tests

2018-02-21 Thread Doug Fields
It's that time of the year. Invitation emails to the next Jeopardy! on-line tests just went out. Adults - March 6-8. Teens - March 15. https://www.jeopardy.com/be-a-contestant/?utm_source=spe_medium=email_campaign=February_2018_BAC_Kickoff_content=Story_1_CTA