RE: [TV orNotTV] TNT sticks a (South)fork in Dallas
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Admittedly the series lost a lot of steam when Hagman passed away, but I liked it and the younger cast really matured as actors on the screen. Just as the original series opened doors for a lot of actors, I think we'll see more from this cast in years to come. I’ll miss the fact that Judith Light (b.1949) was playing Mitch Pileggi’s (b.1952) mother. [Ed. Note: I applaud “USA Today” for recognizing the brilliance of my subject header, using it as their headline. Or, please don’t sue me for plagiarism, Gannett.] http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/10/03/tnt-cancels-dallas-after-three-seasons/16672847/ _ _ |_|_ Brad Beam- Belle WV |_|_ http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Scorpion
So, I decided to check out episode 2 on my DVR this morning while going through some email. At the 30 minute mark it suddenly shifts to a promo for Dave, and then the very start of NCIS:LA (starting with the Previously on). It continues with the opener for the episode, goes to commercial, and then returns to Scorpion - elapsed time on my DVR of 4 minutes. I was able to go to On Demand and see the missing portion. While it cut out prior to Scorpion breaking for commercial, it seems to have rejoined at the point where Scorpion returned from commercial. Over the many years of participating in this list I think have learned that things like this happen because someone punched the wrong button in some kind of switching station or something (or maybe it was just a computer glitch) and the start of NCIS:LA was selected instead of the next segment of Scorpion. But I have a couple of questions. One, why would Scorpion have cut out prior to going to its commercial? Does that suggest that someone not only punched the wrong button, but punched it too soon? Two - did this happen nation wide, just in the Pacific Time zone, or maybe just in the San Francisco area? Or could the mistake have been with my cable provider (Comcast)? The mom looked a little different this week but I could not put my finger on it. I am starting to resent the emotional manipulativeness of this show a lot. I could put up with it, and maybe even appreciate it, if the makers put half as much effort into the plots and character developments and paying off on the promise that their characters are super smart as they did into yanking on heart strings - but they seem intent on not. On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:46 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: I like Sneakers too, though every time I watch it I find I am mostly frustrated I am not watching The Hot Rock instead. Afghanistan banana stand. Exactly. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Scorpion
Whatever was the cause of the glitch, it wasn't national. Didn't happen in NYC. My first guess would be a screw-up at your local station. Also my second guess. On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: So, I decided to check out episode 2 on my DVR this morning while going through some email. At the 30 minute mark it suddenly shifts to a promo for Dave, and then the very start of NCIS:LA (starting with the Previously on). It continues with the opener for the episode, goes to commercial, and then returns to Scorpion - elapsed time on my DVR of 4 minutes. I was able to go to On Demand and see the missing portion. While it cut out prior to Scorpion breaking for commercial, it seems to have rejoined at the point where Scorpion returned from commercial. Over the many years of participating in this list I think have learned that things like this happen because someone punched the wrong button in some kind of switching station or something (or maybe it was just a computer glitch) and the start of NCIS:LA was selected instead of the next segment of Scorpion. But I have a couple of questions. One, why would Scorpion have cut out prior to going to its commercial? Does that suggest that someone not only punched the wrong button, but punched it too soon? Two - did this happen nation wide, just in the Pacific Time zone, or maybe just in the San Francisco area? Or could the mistake have been with my cable provider (Comcast)? The mom looked a little different this week but I could not put my finger on it. I am starting to resent the emotional manipulativeness of this show a lot. I could put up with it, and maybe even appreciate it, if the makers put half as much effort into the plots and character developments and paying off on the promise that their characters are super smart as they did into yanking on heart strings - but they seem intent on not. On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:46 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: I like Sneakers too, though every time I watch it I find I am mostly frustrated I am not watching The Hot Rock instead. Afghanistan banana stand. Exactly. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: CBS Plays Let's Make a Deal with Beasley w/out Wayne Brady
Out there on YouTube, there's a video of Anne's mother Kate McCauley belting out Maybe Next Time. I didn't realize her connection as daughter of Joe McCauley, but I have to admit that I hadn't thought of that name in years. My main memory of WIP from my childhood time in South Jersey was the for the Metropolitan area jingles (which I assume were on all other Metromedia stations back then--Metromedia's broadcasting name at the time was Metropolitan Broadcasting). And I guess CBS also owns WBFS in Miami, which is the MyTV affil, not the CW affil, as you might think for the second CBS-owned TV station in a market--Tribune Media owns the CW station in Miami. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Diner bwayst...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, October 2, 2014 7:12:50 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: The Eye gets Beasley Broadcast Group's two FM stations (country and rhythmic CHR) in Philly (to go with two TV stations and and four existing radio stations--all-news, right-wing talk, sports talk and old--excuse me, classic hits) and their three stations in Miami (to go with WFOR)--in exchange, Beasley gets CBS' seven Charlotte and six Tampa stations (where they don't own TV stations) plus Philly CBS Sports Network affil WIP-AM (the local sports talk and game broadcasts moved to WIP-FM, the former WYSP) and gets to keep their right-wing talk and Bible-thumping AM stations in Philly (whoop de doo): http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/134045/it- s-a-big-deal-cbs-swaps-for-beasley-s-philadelph Very interesting move here in Philly. When CBS and Westinghouse merged, Westinghouse had to sell rock powerhouse WMMR-FM to avoid FCC monopoly charges. Looks like they're jumping through hoops this time to avoid having that happen again. Re the WIP move: I'm guessing that the FM station will get to keep the call letters... which is a shame, since it's only had the call letters for three years, while the AM station has been an important part of the city's history since 1922. (Did you know actress Anne Hathaway's grandfather was WIP's Morning Mayor in the fifties and sixties? Well, now you do.) Back in the seventies, WIP, which was then a music station owned by Metromedia, ran the CBS Radio Mystery Theater weeknights at 11, but changed the name to WIP Mystery Theater so that people wouldn't think they were the CBS station in town. My, how times have changed. -Tim -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Scorpion
All stations are digital now, and switching tends to operate remotely from one of about 30 to 40 engineering hubs/routing stations across the country. Such a gaffe would take place at one of those hubs. A computer is supposed to be programed to know which router to select, which vyvx (or other dedicated land line) feed to use, and when to make such a switch. It's basic programing error that causes it. On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever was the cause of the glitch, it wasn't national. Didn't happen in NYC. My first guess would be a screw-up at your local station. Also my second guess. On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: So, I decided to check out episode 2 on my DVR this morning while going through some email. At the 30 minute mark it suddenly shifts to a promo for Dave, and then the very start of NCIS:LA (starting with the Previously on). It continues with the opener for the episode, goes to commercial, and then returns to Scorpion - elapsed time on my DVR of 4 minutes. I was able to go to On Demand and see the missing portion. While it cut out prior to Scorpion breaking for commercial, it seems to have rejoined at the point where Scorpion returned from commercial. Over the many years of participating in this list I think have learned that things like this happen because someone punched the wrong button in some kind of switching station or something (or maybe it was just a computer glitch) and the start of NCIS:LA was selected instead of the next segment of Scorpion. But I have a couple of questions. One, why would Scorpion have cut out prior to going to its commercial? Does that suggest that someone not only punched the wrong button, but punched it too soon? Two - did this happen nation wide, just in the Pacific Time zone, or maybe just in the San Francisco area? Or could the mistake have been with my cable provider (Comcast)? The mom looked a little different this week but I could not put my finger on it. I am starting to resent the emotional manipulativeness of this show a lot. I could put up with it, and maybe even appreciate it, if the makers put half as much effort into the plots and character developments and paying off on the promise that their characters are super smart as they did into yanking on heart strings - but they seem intent on not. On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:46 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: I like Sneakers too, though every time I watch it I find I am mostly frustrated I am not watching The Hot Rock instead. Afghanistan banana stand. Exactly. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Scorpion
Most CBS affiliates have multiple (typically at least three) satellite IRD's which feed into a small routing switcher controlled by CBS Satellite Operations in New York. They keep primary control for localizing feeds for affiliates (i.e. NFL Sundays or regionalized commercials during prime time) and have control over what feed each affiliate is receiving; the weekly e-mails we receive with procedures and whatnot always contain a reminder to call air control immediately if we have to switch to a secondary or tertiary feed of the network for some reason so that they can retune the IRD remotely to get us on the correct regional feed. Not having seen it directly, I'd guess that since it happened at the 30 minute mark of Scorpion, whatever station PGage was watching was maybe running 30 minutes off the clock (i.e. prime started at 8:30 local time instead of 8:00) while the rest of the network was on time, and CBS sent a trigger to switch that affiliate back to the normal network thinking they were out of prime at that point and into local programming. Just a guess... On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:55 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: All stations are digital now, and switching tends to operate remotely from one of about 30 to 40 engineering hubs/routing stations across the country. Such a gaffe would take place at one of those hubs. A computer is supposed to be programed to know which router to select, which vyvx (or other dedicated land line) feed to use, and when to make such a switch. It's basic programing error that causes it. On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com mailto:jondel...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever was the cause of the glitch, it wasn't national. Didn't happen in NYC. My first guess would be a screw-up at your local station. Also my second guess. On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com mailto:pga...@gmail.com wrote: So, I decided to check out episode 2 on my DVR this morning while going through some email. At the 30 minute mark it suddenly shifts to a promo for Dave, and then the very start of NCIS:LA (starting with the Previously on). It continues with the opener for the episode, goes to commercial, and then returns to Scorpion - elapsed time on my DVR of 4 minutes. I was able to go to On Demand and see the missing portion. While it cut out prior to Scorpion breaking for commercial, it seems to have rejoined at the point where Scorpion returned from commercial. Over the many years of participating in this list I think have learned that things like this happen because someone punched the wrong button in some kind of switching station or something (or maybe it was just a computer glitch) and the start of NCIS:LA was selected instead of the next segment of Scorpion. But I have a couple of questions. One, why would Scorpion have cut out prior to going to its commercial? Does that suggest that someone not only punched the wrong button, but punched it too soon? Two - did this happen nation wide, just in the Pacific Time zone, or maybe just in the San Francisco area? Or could the mistake have been with my cable provider (Comcast)? The mom looked a little different this week but I could not put my finger on it. I am starting to resent the emotional manipulativeness of this show a lot. I could put up with it, and maybe even appreciate it, if the makers put half as much effort into the plots and character developments and paying off on the promise that their characters are super smart as they did into yanking on heart strings - but they seem intent on not. On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:46 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com mailto:pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com mailto:jondel...@gmail.com wrote: I like Sneakers too, though every time I watch it I find I am mostly frustrated I am not watching The Hot Rock instead. Afghanistan banana stand. Exactly. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received
Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Scorpion
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Ben Scripps b...@benscripps.com wrote: Most CBS affiliates have multiple (typically at least three) satellite IRD's which feed into a small routing switcher controlled by CBS Satellite Operations in New York. They keep primary control for localizing feeds for affiliates (i.e. NFL Sundays or regionalized commercials during prime time) and have control over what feed each affiliate is receiving; the weekly e-mails we receive with procedures and whatnot always contain a reminder to call air control immediately if we have to switch to a secondary or tertiary feed of the network for some reason so that they can retune the IRD remotely to get us on the correct regional feed. Not having seen it directly, I'd guess that since it happened at the 30 minute mark of Scorpion, whatever station PGage was watching was maybe running 30 minutes off the clock (i.e. prime started at 8:30 local time instead of 8:00) while the rest of the network was on time, and CBS sent a trigger to switch that affiliate back to the normal network thinking they were out of prime at that point and into local programming. Just a guess... Without providing any technical explanation, this brief note on Deadine: http://deadline.com/2014/09/ncis-los-angeles-scorpion-interruption-843451/ confirms that the mishap occurred on the West Coast. It also reminds me that NCIS: Los Angeles now airs on Monday night at 10:00, the same night as Scorpion, which makes a little more sense (I was trying to figure out why this would happen when NCIS:LA airs on a different night). The incident occurred at 9:30 PT, and they switched to the start of the 10:00 show, so somehow they skipped a half-hour -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] NotTV: So long, Pig Virus
The well-travelled Kevin Metheny, dubbed the above quoted by Howard Stern when he programmed WNnBC, and conflated with NBC Radio exec John Hayes into Paul Giamatti's Kenny (Pig Vomit) Rushton in the film version of Stern bio *Private Parts*, succumbs to a coronary Friday... he had just made his latest job switch, between Cumulus properties in Detroit and San Francisco... NYDN http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/kevin-metheny-radio-director-ridiculed-howard-stern-dead-heart-attack-article-1.1963082, AllAccess http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/134115/kgo-a-ksfo-om-kevin-metheny-passes (links) B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
