[TV orNotTV] Founder of Inspiration for 'The Bear' Dies at 69

[Mark Jeffries]

Joseph Zucchero founded in 1979 a fast food joint on Chicago's Near North 
Side called Mr. Beef, which specialized in that peculiarly Chicago 
invention of the Italian beef sandwich. The joint was instantly successful 
and got national attention when Jay Leno went on Letterman during a week in 
Chicago with a sack of Mr. Beef sandwiches by his side (he later featured 
them in a Showtime standup special shot in Chicago). Last year, Mr. Beef 
became immortalized as the inspiration for the FX on Hulu dramedy "The 
Bear," which did take some liberties in its tale of the son of the owner, a 
Michelin-starred chef, returning to the beef joint (Mr. Zucchero's son has 
been a co-owner for many years). Mr. Zucchero died while receiving cancer 
treatment on Mar. 1:

https://www.thewrap.com/bear-joseph-zucchero-mr-beef-dead-obit/?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_campaign=breaking_news_7226212

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How to Fix the Oscars (But It Won't Happen)

[Diner]

I understand the desire to move the lifetime achievement awards back to the 
broadcast.
However, it's my understanding that the separate Governors Awards ceremony 
is popular with Academy members, because it allows lifetime achievement 
winners to give long speeches befitting their status without having to deal 
with a TV-imposed 45-second time limit. At the most recent ceremony, two of 
the winners, directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy, spoke for 15 minutes 
apiece; Michael J. Fox spoke for 13 minutes; and Diane Warren spoke for 6 
minutes. No way they're going to get rid of that. 
Also, it's held at a dinner which allows stars to shmooze with their fellow 
stars. They just love that stuff.
 
On Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 1:54:49 PM UTC-5 Tom Wolper wrote:

> It won’t happen because it might be a hassle for ABC to take the 5:30-8 
> slot and it would require a large investment from ABC with no guarantee 
> they would recoup the money.
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 1:28 PM Mark Jeffries  wrote:
>
>> The Ringer's Daniel Joyaux says admit that it's going to be a five-hour 
>> show and start it at 5:30 p.m. ET, the same time the Super Bowl kicks off, 
>> make the first two hours the craft awards, shorts, documentaries and 
>> international film hosted by a familiar person but not a big star 
>> (examples:  BIll Hader, Issa Rae, Jenny Slate), from 7:30 to 8:30 a 
>> half-time show from another location with the original songs (see Rhianna 
>> and Lady Gaga singing their nominated songs back-to-back!), the composers 
>> conducting the orchestra with excerpts from the nominated scores, the 
>> necrology and the only ads previews of upcoming movies while everyone at 
>> the Dolby is drinking and socializing, and a final two hours with a big 
>> star host and the big awards, with a graphic like the "Pardon the 
>> Interruption" rundown showing which awards are coming up, the lifetime 
>> achievement awards returning to the live telecast, and getting off in time, 
>> even with an overrun,  for the late local news at 11 p.m. ET:
>>
>>
>> https://www.theringer.com/oscars/2023/3/6/23626817/academy-awards-2023-how-to-fix-the-oscars-telecast-show
>>
>> But as I said, it'll never happen, because the Academy be the Academy.
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How to Fix the Oscars (But It Won't Happen)

[Tom Wolper]

It won’t happen because it might be a hassle for ABC to take the 5:30-8
slot and it would require a large investment from ABC with no guarantee
they would recoup the money.

On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 1:28 PM Mark Jeffries  wrote:

> The Ringer's Daniel Joyaux says admit that it's going to be a five-hour
> show and start it at 5:30 p.m. ET, the same time the Super Bowl kicks off,
> make the first two hours the craft awards, shorts, documentaries and
> international film hosted by a familiar person but not a big star
> (examples:  BIll Hader, Issa Rae, Jenny Slate), from 7:30 to 8:30 a
> half-time show from another location with the original songs (see Rhianna
> and Lady Gaga singing their nominated songs back-to-back!), the composers
> conducting the orchestra with excerpts from the nominated scores, the
> necrology and the only ads previews of upcoming movies while everyone at
> the Dolby is drinking and socializing, and a final two hours with a big
> star host and the big awards, with a graphic like the "Pardon the
> Interruption" rundown showing which awards are coming up, the lifetime
> achievement awards returning to the live telecast, and getting off in time,
> even with an overrun,  for the late local news at 11 p.m. ET:
>
>
> https://www.theringer.com/oscars/2023/3/6/23626817/academy-awards-2023-how-to-fix-the-oscars-telecast-show
>
> But as I said, it'll never happen, because the Academy be the Academy.
>
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[TV orNotTV] How to Fix the Oscars (But It Won't Happen)

[Mark Jeffries]

The Ringer's Daniel Joyaux says admit that it's going to be a five-hour 
show and start it at 5:30 p.m. ET, the same time the Super Bowl kicks off, 
make the first two hours the craft awards, shorts, documentaries and 
international film hosted by a familiar person but not a big star 
(examples:  BIll Hader, Issa Rae, Jenny Slate), from 7:30 to 8:30 a 
half-time show from another location with the original songs (see Rhianna 
and Lady Gaga singing their nominated songs back-to-back!), the composers 
conducting the orchestra with excerpts from the nominated scores, the 
necrology and the only ads previews of upcoming movies while everyone at 
the Dolby is drinking and socializing, and a final two hours with a big 
star host and the big awards, with a graphic like the "Pardon the 
Interruption" rundown showing which awards are coming up, the lifetime 
achievement awards returning to the live telecast, and getting off in time, 
even with an overrun,  for the late local news at 11 p.m. ET:

https://www.theringer.com/oscars/2023/3/6/23626817/academy-awards-2023-how-to-fix-the-oscars-telecast-show

But as I said, it'll never happen, because the Academy be the Academy.

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[TV orNotTV] Perry, Allen Kicking BET's Tires

[Mark Jeffries]

Paramount is considering selling a majority share of BET, the 42-year-old 
cable channel founded by Robert Johnson and sold in 2000 to what is now 
Paramount Global--and Black entertainment mogul Tyler Perry and Black media 
mogul Byron Allen are seriously considering bidding for the company, which 
would include Centric, BET Jams (formerly MTV Jams) BET Soul (formerly VH1 
Soul), VH1 (founded as MTV's sister channel for older viewers and now with 
mostly reality shows featuring Black celebrities) and the streamer BET+:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bet-up-for-sale-paramount-global-vh1-1235341981/

A Perry or Allen-owned BET would be attractive to advertisers who want to 
support minority-owned media (which the channel is definitely not now).  On 
the other hand, either of them would have to deal with the criticisms that 
have been prevalent from members of the Black community all throughout its 
history regarding its programming, especially involving the hip-hop videos 
that now run on the flanker channels (as if Perry and Allen aren't already 
used to receiving flak from certain members of the community about their 
past exploits).

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