Re: [TV orNotTV] TNT Dumps 'Southland'

2013-05-11 Thread PGage
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:37 PM, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote: The writing had been on the wall for a while. Most of the leads had pilots lined up before the season even finished filming and the final episode took all of the remaining plot arcs and (other than the cliffhanger) the

[TV orNotTV] Scott Pelley Spanks Himself (and Others)

2013-05-11 Thread PGage
Accepting the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award, one of the best current TV journalists makes some on-the-nose, harsh, if obvious criticisms of his profession: http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-anchor-pelley-journalisms-house-fire-195955949.html This has been a bad few months for journalism...We're

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Rock Center' Dead

2013-05-11 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: Tom Wolper Did anyone here ever watch it? *raises hand* The story line-ups were quintessentially news-magazine in style: heavy stuff up front, lighter stuff in the middle, and full on BriWi-snark at the end (aka Rock Bottom) -- much different than the

Re: [TV orNotTV] TNT Dumps 'Southland'

2013-05-11 Thread David Lynch
On 11 May 2013 02:12, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:37 PM, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote: The writing had been on the wall for a while. Most of the leads had pilots lined up before the season even finished filming and the final episode took all of the

[TV orNotTV] WTHR (Indy NBC) decides Facebook doesn't need attribution

2013-05-11 Thread Joe Hass
A friend of mine shared a photo from the station's Facebook wall. It's actually an infographic showing the highest paid public employee from each state. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151481949516144set=a.124861411143.103109.5461143 Which would be lovely, if it wasn't stolen, er

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Season's Damage So Far (Annotated)

2013-05-11 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote: As we're days away from upfronts, here's how last season went, according to The Wrap: