Re: [TV orNotTV] Rivals snapping up the CNN castoffs

2023-06-04 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
I chickened out of the second procedure for now, but am still expected at the same place where the first one was done for a consult with the surgeon. B Paul Murray, to moi, June 3rd: My brother had it done, and administering the multiple eye drops (on different schedules, of course) seemed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Late Show Band gets opening refresh

2023-06-03 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
You ain't been checking that wiki too often, as "Zigwithbag" did add him.  He is, tho, still inactive WRT social platforms... B David Bruggeman, to moi, June 3rd: A response did appear (pretty quickly, to my surprise), identifying the new-ish keyboard player as Corey Bernhard. Instagram

Re: [TV orNotTV] A long Chris Licht profile

2023-06-03 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
No, it isn't... the links must be shared by a $ubscriber to the provider in question, through whichever social channel (or through an email message, in my case, to b**j*@ptd.net, figure it out) so that more specific codes are part of the URL (this is also how the NYT handles them). I can

[TV orNotTV] Re: A Larry Sanders retrospective

2023-06-01 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
An online DJ I have met is fond of Hank's "hey now!" soundbite, and uses it freely on the DJ/music podcaster social media platform Mixcloud, which is free to use but allows funding of participants, comparable to (f'rinstance) Patreon or Substack. Are there libraries who have side doors to The

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rivals snapping up the CNN castoffs

2023-06-01 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Procedure went well, but for the time being my life revolves around multiple types of eye drops, which still have to be administered following it; apparently another doctor in the same practice will determine if I'm going to be doing this for multiple weeks. B PGage, to moi, May 31st:

[TV orNotTV] Rivals snapping up the CNN castoffs

2023-05-31 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Such as, pictured in this article, Ana Cabrera, now at MSNBC after leaving the now-WBD network last year, and Lisa Ling, a contributor to "CBS Mornings"... https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/lisa-ling-joins-cbs-news-mornings-1235628818/ (link) B (I am having cataract surgery early tomorrow. The

[TV orNotTV] Samantha cameo in S2 finale of ...And Just Like That

2023-05-31 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Kim Cattrall will be seen briefly from "London" talking on the phone with Carrie... she apparently has no other plans w.r.t. the series. Airing late August. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/kim-cattrall-samantha-jones-and-just-like-that-season-2-1235629763/ (link) B -- You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] `That 70s Show' actor Danny Masterson charged in 3 rapes

2023-05-31 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Guilty on two counts, hung jury on the third. 30 years to life. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/danny-mastersons-second-rape-trial-1235616690/ (link) B Moi, Jan 6th: Hung jury. Judge set a new trial for March. Masterson's team can't legally ask for dismissal, but hopes judge can do so

[TV orNotTV] First, the Mouse has to hire them (back?), Elle Duncan

2023-05-31 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
She lamented to an *Ebony* writer about the lack of POC in behind-the-camera positions... https://www.ebony.com/espn-elle-duncan-black-women-in-sports-journalism/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this

[TV orNotTV] Someone at V got their former Bristol folks mixed up

2023-05-31 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Yes, people have left the Bunch, but Sage Steele is not one of 'em, despite her having brought legal action against TWL... https://www.facebook.com/Variety/posts/pfbid0s8SdvguWLJYo9zBd5JTZ9ibrs6h8gZnzoG3BvyzqMuXekFphHBRfkat3JacYjuLgl

[TV orNotTV] So long, Milt Larsen

2023-05-29 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Co-founder of L.A.'s Magic Castle with his brother Bill (and, Wiki said, Bill's wife Irene)... collaborator with Richard Sherman when the latter wasn't doing so with brother Robert... associate of Ralph Edwards who kept "This Is Your Life" subjects occupied till the surprise began, then wrote

[TV orNotTV] Re: Peacock: Everybody pays for Premium content starting June 26

2023-05-29 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
I hope someone writes a new live read for Dan Patrick, who has *still* been reading one where "you can download the app and watch [his show, 9am-12n weekdays on the NBCSports channel] for free." Unless Commiecast can't afford to, having fired the applicable copywriter in a previous cutback... B

[TV orNotTV] Obama spooked some writers by holding live event plugging his Netflix series

2023-05-28 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
He began said event with about 3 minutes worth of monologue supporting the strike. The Guild then tweeted happily about that. https://gizmodo.com/writers-strike-netflix-obama-wga-west-1850479625 (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV"

[TV orNotTV] Jay Leno reveals the one thing that would end his career

2023-05-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
A stroke, he told Page Six... I guess his habits don't raise the risk of having one? https://pagesix.com/2023/05/27/jay-leno-reveals-the-one-thing-that-would-make-him-retire/

[TV orNotTV] Re: Kelly C switchin' to NY

2023-05-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
-broadway-project-1235502055/ (link) This site lets interviewees offer *merch* alongside the video, in her case her latest album... https://talkshop.live/watch/_SxBNpYVZAN4/12889 (link) B On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 4:53:37 PM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: > Studio 6A at the Rock. Tax credits are bet

[TV orNotTV] So long, Ed Ames

2023-05-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Accomplished actor ("Daniel Boone" can still be found on the ex-Bakker channel, INSP), singer (with, then without, his bros), and of course, *precision* tomahawk thrower on the Carson show... May 21st in L.A.; 95. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ed-ames-dead-daniel-boone-1235501603/

[TV orNotTV] Warren Leight: "The studios are so tone deaf"

2023-05-26 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The ex-"SVU" showrunner, now a strike captain, joins THR's "TV's Top 5" podcast (excerpts in article, full audio available) to discuss his efforts to get all studio production shut down... I liked the picture where he stands at a picket location showing off an apparent script for Steven

[TV orNotTV] Whoopi apparently rips "Idol" on "The View"

2023-05-26 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The segment started with the panel chatting on the new Anna Nicole Smith documentary on Netflix, and after a few other turns, she noted how people "love to watch stuff to judge folks... I've always thought that the downfall of society was with... what's the name of that show?" turning to

[TV orNotTV] Max embarrassed by descriptions' "creators" credits

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Lumping together producers, directors, and writers under one category... the guilds are gonna be understandably hissed... also, cast are not always listed in original credits order... the streamer apologized and promised to make things right...

[TV orNotTV] Austin's ATX TV festival still on, with substitute events added due to strike

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Austin *American-Statesman*, a Gannett paper: Panels including LNwSeth and a 25th-anny "Dawson's Creek" screening/discussion get pulled, among the new ones are "WGA on Strike!", plus celebrations of "Minx," "Jury Duty," the *50th* anny of "Austin City Limits," the third-season preem of HBO's

[TV orNotTV] Canadian TV, film actors settle arbitration case over hair, makeup for BIPOC casts

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The agreement between ACTRA and groups repping English- and French-language independent producers orders use of recommended products and equipment, better training of hair and makeup artists for working with the actors, and address allegations of discrimination and harassment...

[TV orNotTV] Re: So long, Tina Turner

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Appreciations, from Variety theater critic-turned-THR film reviewer David Rooney... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tina-turner-tommy-mad-max-critic-appreciation-1235500390/ (link) ...and Gloria Reuben, whom fresh off "ER" became a backup singer and dancer on Turner's 2000

[TV orNotTV] Re: IsThisStillOnTV? "Romeo and Juliet" from '68 flick sue Paramount for >$100M

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
within the statute... https://variety.com/2023/film/news/romeo-juliet-lawsuit-thrown-out-nude-scene-1235625534/ (link) B On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 10:51:38 AM UTC-5 Bob Jersey wrote: > Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, teens during filming, now both in their > 70s, claim Franco Zeff

[TV orNotTV] So long, Tina Turner

2023-05-24 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
>From a segregated Tennessee hospital at birth, to a huge estate along a lake in Switzerland at death... what a journey. Carson estate near-certainly going to haul out her multiple appearances, altho maybe without Ike? 83. Aypee via my local TV station:

[TV orNotTV] Re: Hardcore Right Attacking--Fox News?

2023-05-24 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Oops... https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/22/exclusive-leaked-policy-exposes-fox-news-stances-on-woke-ideology/ (link) B Mark Jeffries, in part, May 24th: An article in the Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal is claiming that the Fox Media employee handbook contains examples of "woke"

[TV orNotTV] Password-sharing officially ends at Netflix

2023-05-23 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Adding an additional user to your account will initially cost $8/person/month, but the option will not be available to advert-supported plan customers, nor to those who subscribe through a third party (does that include cablers with their super-duper boxes, like [e.g.] xfinity X1?)

[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Diplomat

2023-05-23 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
'Cuz, like Rod sang, she wears them well... B Kevin M, in part, May 23rd: PS- My wife wants to know why they are giving Keri Russell horrible hairstyles -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

[TV orNotTV] Re: Smartless: Paul Anka

2023-05-23 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Peacock (and possibly other streamers) are running an advert for something that uses another song he famously wrote for someone else. It's health-care-related, so it's likely been on linear TV, too. I wonder if they asked him about that. B Doug Eastick, May 22nd:

[TV orNotTV] Convo with exec Scott Gemmill on the final "NCIS-LA"

2023-05-22 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
CBS was nice enough to make it a two-parter... the series would have ended three years ago if not for COVID... and if it had, [spoiler] would have been killed off... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ncis-la-series-finale-callen-hanna-kensi-deeks-1235496690/ (link) B -- You

[TV orNotTV] Bill Hader: Larry David thought "Barry" was done after season 3

2023-05-21 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
He talks about this and other things on the latest "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend" podder, which drops Monday (5/22), tho a 'toob excerpt is available... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bill-hader-larry-david-barry-ended-season-3-1235497168/ (link) B -- You received this message

[TV orNotTV] 20 years later, James Marsters pipes up...

2023-05-21 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
About his role in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," the series having made its final bow 5/20/03... trying to fit his Spike, and other characters, into storylines made for challenges, which writers eventually figured out... still, were it up to him, "I would have killed Spike off in a heartbeat"...

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Jim Brown

2023-05-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Actually, it was... https://groups.google.com/g/tvornottv/c/AtmL_T2V9Gw/m/2Xxa02akYmIJ (web archive) B Moi, to Brad Beam, May 20th: I reported on the first time I'd seen JB do Evening News, on a weekend IIRC. That probably wasn't the first time he'd been there either... -- You

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Jim Brown

2023-05-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
I reported on the first time I'd seen JB do Evening News, on a weekend IIRC. That probably wasn't the first time he'd been there either... B Brad Beam, to moi, May 20th: In a case of coincidence, Norah O’Donnell was off last night, so it was left up to tontine-winner James Brown (aka JB) to

[TV orNotTV] Original "Joe Schmo" host felt "disrespected" when approached for reboot

2023-05-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Ralph Garman, replaced as host in tbs' revival by Cat Deeley, lamented that he was only asked to do a cameo at some point in the new series, and that producers apparently just jumped into getting him onto the set without consulting his managers...

[TV orNotTV] Cobie Smulders likin' her role in the MCU

2023-05-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The "HIMYM" alum's latest effort as Maria Hill, which she first played in 2012's *The Avengers*, is the coming-to-D!sney+ *Secret Invasion*, where Sam Jackson's Nick Fury leads the battle against infiltrating Skrulls bent on positions of power...

[TV orNotTV] Re: Artificial intelligence making for new threat to (striking) actors

2023-05-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
David Simon (you've heard of him...) weighs in, angrily, on NPR's *Consider This* podcast... “If that’s where this industry is going, it’s going to infantilize itself... We’re all going to be watching stuff we watched before, only worse.”

Re: [TV orNotTV] Artificial intelligence making for new threat to (striking) actors

2023-05-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
That's potentially in the offing for at least one writer who is also a member of the Guild's negotiating committee... John August (*Big Fish, Aladdin*), whom also heads something called Quote-Unquote Apps, recently became an "advisor" to (and investor in) Sudowrite, which uses an OpenAI

Re: [TV orNotTV] Russia bans US late night talk show hosts

2023-05-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Imagine Licht's surprise when he learns that translation won't be available live... B Mark Jeffries, to Tom Wolper, May 19th: "Tonight on CNN: A Town Hall with Vladimir Putin." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Another of Stern's competitors retiring

2023-05-18 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
John DeBella, a NYC native who had a far-longer career in Philadelphia radio, across multiple rockers WMMR, WYSP (where Howski had to approve his hiring), and finally WMGK from 2001 until tentatively June 30th... he actually has a television-acting credit, as a pilot in a second-season episode

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Trump enabler awarded prime time show on CNN

2023-05-18 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Only Chris knows the answer to that, and if he hasn't talked in depth about it, we'll have to wait... B Mark Jeffries, to Tom Wolper, moi, and Kevin, in part, May 18th: The question is this: The right have been told for years and years by Fox News how CNN is evil. Does Licht think he can

[TV orNotTV] Re: Trump enabler awarded prime time show on CNN

2023-05-18 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Speaking to journalism grads at Columbia and accepting their namesake award, Christiane Amanpour called somebody at the recent CNN town hall a "nasty person"... https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/christiane-amanpour-cnn-donald-trump-town-hall-1235617260/ (link) B Kevin M, May 17th: If there’s

[TV orNotTV] Lifetime-achievement award coming to Marlo Thomas

2023-05-18 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
>From the Alliance for Women in Media, at their Gracie Awards ceremony May 23rd. No clues as to viewing options nor if a continuing strike on anyone's part impacts... https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/marlo-thomas-gracie-awards-lifetime-achievement-1235616353/ (link) B -- You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Be see you, NBC CEO Jeff Shell

2023-05-18 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Katie Couric, on a Kelly Ripa podcast (thanks, we were wondering if...), *rips* Shell for being, among other things, "reckless"... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/katie-couric-nbcuniversal-jeff-shell-stupid-reckless-1235494049/ (link) B Moi, to PGage, May 10th: Gamble has been

[TV orNotTV] Third season of Apple's "Physical" to be its last

2023-05-18 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The final 10 episodes of the Rose Byrne-led dramedy drop Aug 2nd, and Zooey "New Girl" Deschanel will feature in them... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/apples-physical-to-end-with-season-3-1235494442/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[TV orNotTV] Daytime Emmys, Creative Arts ceremonies on hold

2023-05-17 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daytime-emmys-creative-arts-ceremony-postponed-writers-strike-1235493079/ (link) B -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: Rolling Stone article about chaos on the set of HBO’s The Idol

2023-05-17 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Music star The Weeknd, who plays Tedros, admitted in a wide-ranging*Vanity Fair* feature on him that he posted a now-viral clip from the series as a "ridiculous response" to the above RS article, which he likewise regards as "ridiculous"...

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tucker Carlson says he'll take his show to Twitter : NPR

2023-05-16 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
New insight into the case in V... a FoxCorp board member spoke with Carlson last month, said a source, telling the boy a verbal agreement reached as part of the Dominion settlement was the reason for the ouster... both sides deny... now the question becomes, if this show does come about, will

[TV orNotTV] More shareholder litigation headed D!sney's way

2023-05-16 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The departed Bob Chapek and Kareem Daniel, along with CFO Christine McCarthy (one of the few to survive the return of Bob Iger), are named in a new action charging the company with fibbin' about subscriber growth at D+...

[TV orNotTV] Peacock gets NFL exclusives

2023-05-15 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
After the regular-season schedule was discovered to include a Christmas weekend game (Buffalo at L.A. Chargers) going only to the streamer, they've now also been awarded... a playoff game on Wild Card Saturday... both are in primetime, *of course*...

[TV orNotTV] Artificial intelligence making for new threat to (striking) actors

2023-05-14 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
No article (there was one recently at Vanity Fair, but it might be paywalled), but a string of thought-provoking tweets from the one and only Justine Bateman, a veteran of guilds and a techie... https://twitter.com/JustineBateman/status/1657476895972413440 (link) B -- You received this message

[TV orNotTV] Re: Next Tony Awards trying a different (but still NY) theater

2023-05-13 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
WGA spikes the Tonys' waiver request... Actors' Equity joins the picket lines... voting for the awards underway, but actual presentation could end up giving way to mere website publication... https://deadline.com/2023/05/tony-awards-wga-strike-emergency-meeting-actors-equity-broadway-1235365076/

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC Fall Annotated (Maybe)

2023-05-13 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Slated for midseason, along with "...Organized Crime," "La Brea," and "Magnum P.I. 2.0"... "Lopez vs Lopez." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/lopez-vs-lopez-renewed-nbc-delays-decisions-remaining-comedies-pilots-1235486427/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are

[TV orNotTV] CW picks one up from an unlikely source

2023-05-13 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
AMC... both seasons of legal drammer "61st Street," featuring Courtney B. Vance, the latter sacked in the "unrenewal wave" that swept multiple cable nets beginning late in '22... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-cw-61st-street-amc-1235486578/ (link) B -- You received this

[TV orNotTV] Re: ABC cancels three dramas

2023-05-13 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
If I could make money off finding spelling / grammatical errors on the Web, it still wouldn't get me much... And I'll admit I didn't research "Company" at all. B Diner, to moi, May 13th: Correction - "The Company You Keep" only ran one season. (The grammar in the THR article makes that

[TV orNotTV] ABC cancels three dramas

2023-05-13 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
"Alaska Daily" after one season, "The Company You Keep" and David E. Kelley's "Big Sky" both after three... four other series including "The Conners" and six pilots also await decisions...

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Trump Gets Free Airtime on CNN Next Wed.

2023-05-12 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
At an editorial call, audio of which was obtained by THR, Chris Licht defended the special, saying "...America was served very well by what we did... because it laid bare and created, in the words of Joe Scarborough, ‘a political earthquake'"...

[TV orNotTV] GMA3 team introduced

2023-05-12 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
DeMarco Morgan (once at CBS News and NY's NBC4) and Eva Pilgrim (once at Philly's 6-ABC) take over the TJ Holmes and Amy Robach chairs, along with medical correspondent Dr Jennifer Ashton...

[TV orNotTV] NBCU ad exec reportedly to become Musk's CEO at Twitter

2023-05-12 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Linda Yaccarino interviewed Mr Stinky at an advertising event, which led to a content deal between their companies for the Paris Olympics... she will still have to do Monday's upfront:

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Jacklyn Zeman

2023-05-12 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Too brief for IMDb to catch, apparently... Staci Greason, also known for *Friday the 13th Part VII*, is much more experienced in the role. And it was Black, to whom she would be married for a time. B Kevin M, to moi, May 11th: She had a brief but memorable turn as Isabella Toscano, the

[TV orNotTV] So long, Jacklyn Zeman

2023-05-11 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
My mother adored her as Bobbie Spencer on "General Hospital" from the late 70s till she passed... one of her husbands was a legend in radio, Murray the K... 70. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jacklyn-zeman-veteran-general-hospital-cast-member-played-99248040 (link) B -- You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Barney's Back (You Have Been Warned)

2023-05-11 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
NPH is one of the judges -- and his partner David Burtka the set-up-the-premise person -- on Hulu's party-staging pseudocompetition *Drag Me to Dinner,* dropping end of this month. https://www.tvinsider.com/1092132/drag-me-to-dinner-trailer-hulu/ (link) B Mark Smith, through his digest, to Doug

Re: [TV orNotTV] David Simon Tweets That HBO Has Canned Him

2023-05-11 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Or... on the 'toob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C0c8rzOlUA (link) B David Bruggeman, to Mark Jeffries, in part, May 10th: Simon's deal has been suspended (as opposed to severed), and in an interview he gave on Dan LeBatard's podcast that dropped today, he described the action on

[TV orNotTV] Re: Barney's Back (You Have Been Warned)

2023-05-10 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Enough local events invested in phony versions that only captured the character's size, tweaking the shade of purple, swapping the green for another colour, changing the eyes, et al. B Mark Jeffries, in part, May 10th: The purple dinosaur beloved by 80s and 90s pre-schoolers and hated by

Re: [TV orNotTV] Be see you, NBC CEO Jeff Shell

2023-05-10 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Gamble has been cut, but not without compensation... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/business/cnbc-hadley-gamble.html

[TV orNotTV] Re: SWAT be gone

2023-05-08 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
*Not so fast, my friend...* Renewal for one last go-round. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/swat-renewed-final-season-7-cbs-cancellation-1235606807/ (link) B Kevin M, May 6th: The reboot bites the dust after six seasons https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/swat-canceled-cbs-6-seasons-1235604967/

[TV orNotTV] Kelly C switchin' to NY

2023-05-08 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Studio 6A at the Rock. Tax credits are better. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-kelly-clarkson-show-new-york-30-rock-move-1235606235/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: [TV orNotTV] Digest for [us] - 11 updates in 6 topics

2023-05-07 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
You're lucky there hasn't been smell-o-vision in years... B Mark Smith, May 7th, to the digest version: Re: Kat RIP Even the concept of a cat cafe is repulsive. I don't want to be fishing cat hair out of my coffee! I blame the Japanese for this, as that was where I heard the first existence of

[TV orNotTV] Re: STRIKE!

2023-05-06 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The expected letters to showrunners, even those that are also WGA, expecting them to report to work for their other duties, went out from D!sney, HBO/Max, and CBS... https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-disney-hbo-showrunners-letter-other-studios-wga-1235357794/ (link) B PGage, May 2nd,

[TV orNotTV] Fox sends cease-and-desist letter to Media Matters for America

2023-05-05 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
For posting leaked footage of Tucker... it's "newsworthy," the leftist watchdog said... https://deadline.com/2023/05/tucker-carlson-leaked-videos-media-matters-responds-fox-letter-1235357423/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV"

[TV orNotTV] Statement: UK's TalkTV, GB News limited from using other feeds of coronation

2023-05-05 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The news nets say the BBC, Sky and ITN collectively are imposing an "excessive commercial fee" to carry Charles III's big day tomorrow (5/6), despite that foreign outlets are not paying anything... https://deadline.com/2023/05/bbc-king-charles-coronation-footage-blackout-1235357492/ (link) B

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'DWTS' Back to ABC

2023-05-05 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Just not the timeslot of "Monday Night Football," likely to include at least a bit more NY teams coverage, especially with A. Rodgers now a Jet. B M-D November, to Mark Jeffries, in part, May 3rd: I can't help but wonder if this isn't also Disney hedging their bets against a long WGA

[TV orNotTV] "Karamo" doesn't want to be the next "Maury"...

2023-05-05 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
...not that the format will ever completely go away at the NBC soundstage in *Stahmford...* https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/karamo-brown-daytime-talk-show-interview-1235479806/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV"

[TV orNotTV] End in sight for "Yellowstone," but sequel on way

2023-05-05 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
And it won't go to Peacock... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/yellowstone-ending-paramount-sequel-series-release-date-1235480419/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[TV orNotTV] Drew Barrymore withdraws from hosting next MTV Movie/TV Awards

2023-05-04 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
In support of striking writers, also the reason there'll be no replacement nor red carpet nor talent interviews... https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-mtv-movie-tv-awards-writers-strike-1235603357/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[TV orNotTV] Re: Bill Shatner to feature in "Stars on Mars"

2023-05-04 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
And here's your cast, led by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and entertainer Tinashe, also including NFL great Richard Sherman, "Modern Family" fave Ariel Winter, and the reason sports-talk radio host Andrew Perloff is also called McLovin, Christopher Mintz-Plasse...

[TV orNotTV] Re: Interesting game show insight

2023-05-04 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
I'll bet that started while Whoopi was still producing... B Steve Timko, May 2nd: Game show panelists were often drunk for Thursday and Friday shows. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRw5rX83/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To

[TV orNotTV] Re: Trump Gets Free Airtime on CNN Next Wed.

2023-05-04 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
He was likely overruled on that matter by his writing staff long ago, and he's waiting for the inevitable, how-be-it unconstitutional, intervention by a re-elected FP promising retribution for defamation... against all of LN, not just Steve... B Mark Jeffries, May 2nd, in part: And speaking

[TV orNotTV] Peacock head optimistic

2023-05-01 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
They're expected to lose $3bil this year, but a BofA analyst says '24 is looking rosier, as the streamer improves through its next-day availability of NBC and Bravo shows, sports (it will delivery *every* event in next year's Olympics*), and Universal's theatrical content...

Re: [TV orNotTV] Anyone else recently locked out of Twitter?

2023-05-01 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
At least that still works for me, but I wish I could adjust the size of columns to fit my desktop screen... B Jim Ellwanger, to moi, May 1st: Am I the only one who dislikes using the term "application" to refer to something running on a website - as this article does - as opposed to a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Anyone else recently locked out of Twitter?

2023-05-01 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
This is *not* an isolated incident: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/twitter-outage-desktop-application-cant-login/ (link) B Moi, May 1st: I discovered I was logged out around 3.30-4pm today (5/1). Trying to log in using my existing creds straight-out failed. B -- You received this

[TV orNotTV] Anyone else recently locked out of Twitter?

2023-05-01 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
I discovered I was logged out around 3.30-4pm today (5/1). Trying to log in using my existing creds straight-out failed. B -- 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

[TV orNotTV] White House Correspondents' Dinner s__t

2023-04-30 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Biden was there, and made jokes, while Roy Wood jnr also appeared, not as effectively... 'toob of the former, not the latter, included... at NPR, who receives a dig from the prez (read to the end)...

[TV orNotTV] Re: Suns Return to OTA TV in AZ, Will Other Teams Follow?

2023-04-28 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Bt Diamond, the holding entity for the Bally nets, also plans to complain in bankruptcy court that Gray is breakin' the law... https://www.nexttv.com/news/bally-parent-diamond-sports-says-suns-breached-contract-with-gray-deal (link) I wondered where Broadcasting & Cable was... remember

[TV orNotTV] BBC chairman resigning

2023-04-28 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Richard Sharp failed to completely explain a loan he'd made to onetime Prime Minister Boris Johnson... how do we scream to the THR reporter about typos? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bbc-chairman-richard-sharp-resign-boris-johnson-loan-1235405496/ (link) B -- You received this

[TV orNotTV] The final Corden postmortem, If You Care

2023-04-28 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/late-late-show-james-corden-final-episode-highlights-1235405328/ (link) B -- 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

[TV orNotTV] "Wheel" contestant likes show's announcer

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
So Sony snowed her by switching Jim Thornton with Sajak before the bonus round during the Wednesday (26) episode... Kate Rodriguez at the NJ Newhouse papers: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/2023/04/wheel-of-fortune-host-pat-sajak-skips-bonus-round-leaving-fans-puzzled.html

[TV orNotTV] eOne founder fixin' to buy his company back from Hasbro

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The toy/game giant announced it would spin off the studio late in '22, but would keep key properties D, Peppa Pig and Transformers... Darren Throop, reportedly with help from a Luxembourg venture-capital firm, jumped into the fray last week...

[TV orNotTV] Jerry Springer is gone

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Reportedly from worsening cancer, tho V did not note as such here... 79. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jerry-springer-dead-tv-host-1235596610/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[TV orNotTV] Nate Silver among victims of D!sney layoffs

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
He told FiveThirtyEight staff on Slack "unfortunately the day we've been worried about has arrived... We don’t yet know the scope of these layoffs, exactly who is impacted, or the terms under which they are departing, but it is going to be a hard day for all of us,” 538 is not going away, but

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tucker's Gone At FNC

2023-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
On the tweetybox, he marvelled at "how many genuinely nice people there are in this country" and that most of the debates on TV are "incredibly stupid." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tucker-carlson-breaks-silence-fox-news-fired-1235403422/ (link)

Re: [TV orNotTV] Lilith is Back with 'Frasier' Reboot

2023-04-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Well. then, what about Roz? Peri Gilpin has signed on to do one episode... https://tvline.com/2023/04/25/peri-gilpin-returns-frasier-reboot-roz-cast-release-date-paramount-plus/ (link) It was this site who revealed back in November that David Hyde Pierce was not interested... B Tom Wolper, to

[TV orNotTV] CNBC parks, instead of cancelling, "American Greed"

2023-04-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The docuseries about business wrongdoing, with 15 seasons under its belt, had its '23 season order considerably cut, and production has halted... this V article cites "people familiar," who blamed the decision on general budget-cuttin' at NBCU...

[TV orNotTV] David Harbour ("Stranger Things") channels his hockey fandom...

2023-04-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
As a fictional "hype consultant" to players mostly competing in the NHL playoffs, but also to at least one of WBD's TNT commentators, an all-time legend... meet Gordo St John, with the help of associate creative director Tyler Lassiter (that's him in the Jordan "Paris" hoodie)...

[TV orNotTV] Nic Pizzolatto again involved with "The Magnificent Seven"

2023-04-24 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
He co-wrote the Denzel Washington-led 2016 big-screen rédux of the 1960 cinema favorite, and is writing/exec'ing a series reboot planned for Amazon Prime... Lawrence Mirisch, whose dad Walter exec'ed the original, is also an exec...

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tucker's Gone At FNC

2023-04-24 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
No clues from this V piece, but apparently Lemon got the bad news from his agent, not, say, HR. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/don-lemon-fired-cnn-1235592596/ (link) B Steve Timko, April 24th: Don Lemon is gone, too. Were they traded? -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[TV orNotTV] OT: Twitter may have been duped

2023-04-24 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
They awarded a gold checkmark, not just blue, to (at)DisneyJuniorUK, only to shortly discover the user was not only not connected with *die Maus*, but was rather uncouth with their language... the actual channel closed down permanently in 2020...

[TV orNotTV] Len Goodman gone

2023-04-24 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Bone cancer claims the "Strictly"/"DWTS" judge. 78. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65373373 (link; caution: it will ask you to create an account, or log into it, and make you approve viewing each of multiple tweets) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[TV orNotTV] Actors side with writers as latter's contract expiry nears

2023-04-23 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The SAG-AFTRA board voted Saturday to approve a resolution "strongly in support" of the WGA during its negotiations... the talent group's own deal with the Alliance is up in June...

[TV orNotTV] Re: OT: Twitter labels NPR a propaganda arm of the government

2023-04-23 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The Tweetybox universally drops the "GFM" designation, even from non-US providers like RT and Xinhua, not that it made NPR reconsider... a reporter there was told by Musk that onetime CNN honcho Walter Isaacson, who is writing the mogul's biography, came up with the idea...

[TV orNotTV] Will Ferrell's next project bound for TV

2023-04-23 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Companies involving Ferrell and Rian Johnson ("Poker Face", etc) are working on a series that would star the well-travelled actor as the star player in a fictional competing golf league obviously patterned on LIV Golf, whose telecast package we covered earlier...

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