Re: [TV orNotTV] ESPN staffer says colleague got NBA assignment because she is black

[Steve Timko]

Nichols gives her side of the story.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8g6oEk3/

On Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 6:23 PM Kevin M.  wrote:

> Nichols’ series “The Jump” is axed, and she’s been pulled from NBA
> coverage.
>
>
> https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/25/media/rachel-nichols-espn-the-jump/index.html
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 5:43 PM PGage  wrote:
>
>> That was the rumor as to why she announced so quickly after the NBA
>> Finals she was leaving, but there was some question if they would be able
>> to work it out.
>>
>> On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 12:44 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Taylor introduced during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics,
>>> where "she will join Mike Tirico as host for Prime Plus, and will also
>>> serve as a correspondent."
>>> https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2021/07/23/maria-taylor-joins-nbc-sports-makes-debut-at-tokyo-olympics/
>>>  (link;
>>> hat-tip Awful Announcing) B
>>>
>>> PGage, in part, July 21st:
>>>
 Taylor is expected to announce soon that she will be joining NBC, and
 may wind up as host of the SNF pregame show (plus other assignments).

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Re: [TV orNotTV] CW unveils new branding

[Diner]

My DVR was set to record new episodes of "Whose Line," but when the current 
run of episodes started in November, I noticed it wasn't working anymore. I 
soon discovered that was because CW had changed its affiliation from WPSG 
to WPHL, and my DVR was set to record only from the old station.


On Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 12:35:49 PM UTC-5 Jim Ellwanger wrote:

> Correct, WPHL is owned by Nexstar, so it was natural that the affiliation 
> would move over there.
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2024, at 9:17 AM, M-D November  wrote:
>
> With the end of the Arrowverse, I think the only thing left that I watch 
> regularly on The CW is "Whose Line...?", but even that'll be going away 
> soon.  And come to think of it, I'm not even sure where the CW affiliation 
> went in Philly - I know that with the split from CBS, WPSG/57 is back to 
> being branded as "Philly 57"...did it go to PHL17?
>
> On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 11:36:31 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote:
>
>> And the CDub has added "The Conners" reruns to the lineup, but running it 
>> once a week.  There have to be people at ABC who just want to wring Tom 
>> Werner's neck for this deal, because it makes it look like the show moved 
>> first-run to CW when it didn't.
>>
>> Mark Jeffries
>> spotl...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
>>
>>> They are literally giving their programming the hook 
>>>
>>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 2:45 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>>> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
 The "The" will be partly dropped by controlling owner Nexstar, and the 
 logo will look thicker and change to a hot color... 
 https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-cw-new-branding-logo-look-critics-choice-awards-1235870260/
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Your Emmy winners

[Tom Wolper]

I watched a bit of the awards show during commercial breaks during the game
and I was pleased with what I saw. The show seemed less bombastic than in
previous years and nobody was pretending that TV, or the awards, were more
important than what they are.

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 11:52 AM PGage  wrote:

> The Emmy winner list seemed like a duplication of TV part of GG a week
> ago, which was kind of wierd. Awards voters love The Bear (as do I), but
> maybe spread it around a bit? Oddly, I read the GG was for Season 2 and
> Emmys for S1. They also love White Lotus and Succession, which I do not,
> but whatever…
>
> Except, 1 both GG and Emmy rewarded what for me is the worst part of
> Succession (Culkin) while the Emmys completed the biggest series “Fuck You”
> in the history of television to “Better Call Saul”, which for my money was
> as good or better than “Breaking Bad”, which itself was one of the 10 best
> drams in the history of television. Odenkirk and particularly Rhea Seehorn
> were so deserving of an award. The show now holds the record for most
> nominations in Emmy history (53 according to the Wikis) without a singe win.
>
>
>
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>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 5:24 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Culkin follows his Globie... *The Bear, Beef, Succession * all do well,
>> Philly rejoices as Quinta Brunson is top comedy actress... and John Oliver
>> rules late night again...
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/arts/television/emmy-winners-list.html
>>  (link)
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] CW unveils new branding

[Jim Ellwanger]

Correct, WPHL is owned by Nexstar, so it was natural that the affiliation would 
move over there.


> On Jan 16, 2024, at 9:17 AM, M-D November  wrote:
> 
> With the end of the Arrowverse, I think the only thing left that I watch 
> regularly on The CW is "Whose Line...?", but even that'll be going away soon. 
>  And come to think of it, I'm not even sure where the CW affiliation went in 
> Philly - I know that with the split from CBS, WPSG/57 is back to being 
> branded as "Philly 57"...did it go to PHL17?
> 
> On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 11:36:31 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote:
>> And the CDub has added "The Conners" reruns to the lineup, but running it 
>> once a week.  There have to be people at ABC who just want to wring Tom 
>> Werner's neck for this deal, because it makes it look like the show moved 
>> first-run to CW when it didn't.
>> 
>> Mark Jeffries
>> spotl...@gmail.com <>
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM Kevin M. > wrote:
>>> They are literally giving their programming the hook 
>>> 
>>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 2:45 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV 
>>> > wrote:
 The "The" will be partly dropped by controlling owner Nexstar, and the 
 logo will look thicker and change to a hot color... 
 https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-cw-new-branding-logo-look-critics-choice-awards-1235870260/
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Re: [TV orNotTV] CW unveils new branding

[M-D November]

With the end of the Arrowverse, I think the only thing left that I watch 
regularly on The CW is "Whose Line...?", but even that'll be going away 
soon.  And come to think of it, I'm not even sure where the CW affiliation 
went in Philly - I know that with the split from CBS, WPSG/57 is back to 
being branded as "Philly 57"...did it go to PHL17?

On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 11:36:31 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote:

> And the CDub has added "The Conners" reruns to the lineup, but running it 
> once a week.  There have to be people at ABC who just want to wring Tom 
> Werner's neck for this deal, because it makes it look like the show moved 
> first-run to CW when it didn't.
>
> Mark Jeffries
> spotl...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
>
>> They are literally giving their programming the hook 
>>
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 2:45 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The "The" will be partly dropped by controlling owner Nexstar, and the 
>>> logo will look thicker and change to a hot color... 
>>> https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-cw-new-branding-logo-look-critics-choice-awards-1235870260/
>>>  (link)
>>> B
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Your Emmy winners

[PGage]

The Emmy winner list seemed like a duplication of TV part of GG a week ago,
which was kind of wierd. Awards voters love The Bear (as do I), but maybe
spread it around a bit? Oddly, I read the GG was for Season 2 and Emmys for
S1. They also love White Lotus and Succession, which I do not, but whatever…

Except, 1 both GG and Emmy rewarded what for me is the worst part of
Succession (Culkin) while the Emmys completed the biggest series “Fuck You”
in the history of television to “Better Call Saul”, which for my money was
as good or better than “Breaking Bad”, which itself was one of the 10 best
drams in the history of television. Odenkirk and particularly Rhea Seehorn
were so deserving of an award. The show now holds the record for most
nominations in Emmy history (53 according to the Wikis) without a singe win.



Sent from Gmail Mobile


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tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Culkin follows his Globie... *The Bear, Beef, Succession * all do well,
> Philly rejoices as Quinta Brunson is top comedy actress... and John Oliver
> rules late night again...
> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/arts/television/emmy-winners-list.html
>  (link)
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Ex-Tribune paper sold to Sinclair chairman

[Mark Jeffries]

Wonder if David Simon is on the phone to HBO about a series on media in
Baltimore?

Mark Jeffries
spotligh...@gmail.com


On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:04 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> David Smith decided to personally acquire Baltimore Sun Media, which also
> includes regional small papers and magazines in the region, in the interest
> of preserving local news... intriguing given his company's penchant to
> centralize operations, am I right?
>
> https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/01/15/baltimore-sun-media-sold-david-d-smith/?itm_source=parsely-api
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> hat-tip sister Alden Global rag *The Morning Call* in PA)
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[TV orNotTV] Ex-Tribune paper sold to Sinclair chairman

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

David Smith decided to personally acquire Baltimore Sun Media, which also 
includes regional small papers and magazines in the region, in the interest 
of preserving local news... intriguing given his company's penchant to 
centralize operations, am I right?
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/01/15/baltimore-sun-media-sold-david-d-smith/?itm_source=parsely-api
 (link, 
hat-tip sister Alden Global rag *The Morning Call* in PA)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Monsieur Spade

[Kevin M.]

At least his accent is passable. Some of them make me convinced the British
still hold a grudge against Dick Van Dyke for his accent in Mary Poppins.

I like that for Spade’s wardrobe, they seem to have taken a cue from what
Bogart wore in his later years. Makes sense, considering he wore his own
clothes in most of his movies.

True Detective seemed to confuse noir with slow and pedantic.

Kevin M. (RPCV)


On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 1:30 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> As always, I question yet another British actor playing yet another
> American for no good reason, but there was enough here to bring me back.
>
> On the other hand, I found so much to dislike in the reincarnation of
> "True Detective" that I won't be back. Too many unpleasant characters,
> amateurish acting (I'm lookin' at you, Kali Reis), the horror-movie tropes,
> and an overall feel of trying too hard were all turnoffs.
>
> --Dave Sikula
>
> On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 9:50:11 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. wrote:
>
>> I like noir. This is not quite noir, but it’s close. If I was watching it
>> on AMC instead of iTunes I’d be frustrated by commercial breaks seemingly
>> every two minutes, often in the middle of scenes. Aside from that, it’s
>> worth taking a look at.
>>
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Digest for tvornottv@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 3 topics

[Mark Smith]

Favorite Emmy ad:

For Curb Your Enthusiasm [and platform]:

Larry David taking of mask to show alien face and saying:

My job is done here.

And with another alien boarding a flying saucer and flying away!

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> Quickie Review: Monsieur Spade
> 
> "Kevin M." : Jan 15 09:49PM -0800
>
> I like noir. This is not quite noir, but it’s close. If I was watching it
> on AMC instead of iTunes I’d be frustrated by commercial breaks seemingly
> every two minutes, often in the middle of scenes. Aside from that, it’s
> worth taking a look at.
>
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> Back to top <#m_-5014243596806928253_digest_top>
> 'Sopranos' Creator: Tee Vee Sux
> 
> Mark Jeffries : Jan 15 07:50AM -0800
>
> In an interview with the Times of London (which is behind a pay wall),
> David Chase says that the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking "The
> Sopranos" should be considered "a funeral," not a celebration, and that
> television is starting to dumb down again:
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sopranos-david-chase-tv-dumb-interview-1235787462/
> "Kevin M." : Jan 15 08:18AM -0800
>
> I think if Chase checks, there was dumbed down TV 25 years ago, too. And
> although I liked (but did not love) The Sopranos, I wouldn’t classify it as
> smart TV. It was well made TV, but it wasn’t smart TV.
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>
>
> Adam Bowie : Jan 15 04:56PM
>
> Whatever you think of The Sopranos, I think Chase is right.
>
> Yes, there's still Succession, Fargo, The Bear, White Lotus and so on being
> made. But I'm not going to kid myself that this is what Netflix et al will
> be producing for the most part in the future. The most popular drama on the
> recent Netflix data dump was The Night Agent, which frankly, is rubbish. I
> only managed one episode. A bit more swearing than a network show, and
> perhaps more sex (I don't know), but otherwise, it might have aired on CBS.
>
> And it just feels to me that we're getting more of these "gourmet burgers"
> as Netflix's Bela Bajaria put it herself. In other words, if NCIS is
> McDonalds, then The Night Agent is McDonalds with fancier presentation and
> slightly better ingredients. But only very slightly. But just as I might
> like a burger and fries from time to time, I also like to eat better food,
> and that's what it feels like is going away. Like a town where the only
> restaurants are chain fast food places.
>
> Amazon's hottest show right now is Reacher. And it's absolutely... fine.
> It's definitely not exceptional in any way. It has more cash spent on it
> than a network show - the action sequences are better. But it's still very
> obviously Canada doubling for the US for tax reasons, and has an
> A-to-B-to-C plot that is not going to challenge any viewer who is also
> scrolling TikTok at the same time. I've no doubt it works well globally
> because there's not even an enormous amount of dialogue to translate/dub.
> Nobody ever got poor on selling big guys firing big guns.
>
> It's just a televisual reversion to the mean.
>
>
> Adam
>
> Tom Wolper : Jan 15 12:08PM -0500
>
> In a world of 500+ TV series there are going to be only 2 or 3 that are
> going to be considered classic or brilliant. And if these 2 or 3 brilliant
> series aren’t recognized by the algorithms to push into people’s feeds they
> won’t be found by a mass audience.
>
> Back to top <#m_-5014243596806928253_digest_top>
> 'Honeymooners'' 'Trixie' Dies at 99
> 
> Mark Jeffries : Jan 15 07:17AM -0800
>
> Joyce Randolph was the last surviving of "with the stars" from the
> so-called Classic 39 1955 cast of Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners,"
> having started playing Ed Norton's wife in the sketches on Gleason's CBS
> variety show before it spun off into its one season on its own--she left
> Gleason after that, but thanks to the constant rerunning of the Classic 39
> (and the so-called "Lost Episodes" from the variety show that were added
> to
> the package in the 90s), she is the most well-known 

[TV orNotTV] Your Emmy winners

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

Culkin follows his Globie... *The Bear, Beef, Succession * all do well, 
Philly rejoices as Quinta Brunson is top comedy actress... and John Oliver 
rules late night again...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/arts/television/emmy-winners-list.html
 (link)
B

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[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Monsieur Spade

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

As always, I question yet another British actor playing yet another 
American for no good reason, but there was enough here to bring me back.

On the other hand, I found so much to dislike in the reincarnation of "True 
Detective" that I won't be back. Too many unpleasant characters, amateurish 
acting (I'm lookin' at you, Kali Reis), the horror-movie tropes, and an 
overall feel of trying too hard were all turnoffs.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 9:50:11 PM UTC-8 Kevin M. wrote:

> I like noir. This is not quite noir, but it’s close. If I was watching it 
> on AMC instead of iTunes I’d be frustrated by commercial breaks seemingly 
> every two minutes, often in the middle of scenes. Aside from that, it’s 
> worth taking a look at. 
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

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