[TV orNotTV] Emergency bulletin for Kevin

2010-03-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger
@dohertyshannen now exists. That is all. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How do you pronounce this?

2010-03-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger
game show named Whew, which a title that sounds strange if one tries to pronounce it as if it's an actual word: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypZPOIsDK90 -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] R-rated Gilligan?

2010-03-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
want to leave -- on the island, he had no serious competition for Ginger and Mary Ann. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Again with the live-v-taped Olympics...

2010-02-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
still don't have access now that my ISP is Road Runner/Time Warner -- neither one has paid ESPN's fee for the right to make it available to their subscribers. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Anyone else caught Archer on FX?

2010-02-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
may have a winner. It's from the creators of the Adult Swim cartoons Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo. Looks like it was pitched to FX soon after Adult Swim declined to renew Frisky Dingo. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stephen Colbert at Pride House

2010-02-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
is explaining it to John Kerry before a Colbert Report taping in 2007 (I'm an idiot to let them film this): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Z-IaMV3Pc -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: And we inch ever so closer to an all day Adult-Swim channel...

2010-02-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
watch the latter, since I have my receiver in hide SD duplicates mode.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Anyone else snowed in?

2010-02-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
was complaining to the receptionist about the cold weather. It was 60 degrees and sunny. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NBC zonks all CoCo from Web

2010-02-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NBC zonks all CoCo from Web

2010-02-08 Thread Jim Ellwanger
familiar for some reason -- I'm really, really bad at recognizing people out of context. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Bad, really, really bad for public relations

2010-02-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to call to check on their kids and/or significant others. 1) was not a good idea, and 2) didn't work; no one could get a call through. I've since joined the company emergency response team, which officially empowers me to yell at people during earthquakes. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: In NY, the day will start even earlier

2010-02-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. I'm sure it's even worse at 4:00. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy online test

2010-01-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
contestant pool for 18 months -- but presumably anyone who does significantly worse on the live test than the online version goes into the circular file. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy online test

2010-01-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
I've taken, live or online. I have to assume they're trying to limit the number of people competing to be randomly chosen for one of the in-person auditions. (But I think I got 41 or 42, which should put me in the running.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy online test

2010-01-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to be the charm and I'll get the call to be a contestant. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] DVR follies, part the next

2010-01-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
-working DVR? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ebersol: What this is really all about is an astounding failure by Conan

2010-01-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
was in the studio while Bird was only on a monitor, via satellite from Indiana -- definitely not an interviewing setup that Conan has had much experience with. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight Show Match Game

2010-01-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jan 14, 2010, at 11:23 PM, Kevin M. wrote: I've even replicated the Super Match board, and the game will feature the funky music to think to. But will you have a stagehand behind the board? Slide it, Earl! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Simpsons aftermath

2010-01-11 Thread Jim Ellwanger
in the program listings on my DVR as of January 2nd. (I believe even last week's Entertainment Weekly, which would have been printed couple days before that, had the start time as 8:30.) But I suspect that it was the CHANCE of a late game that led them to put the special at 8:30. -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [TV orNotTV] new DVD trick: ex-extras

2009-12-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
with the Up DVD last month -- Disney took ALL the features off the rental edition, including the subtitling/closed captioning. They did apologize, and ended up giving out discount coupons for future movies, or some such thing. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Nobody gets Texas

2009-12-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
four buttons. If I recall correctly, pressing the volume button by itself meant mute; adjusting the volume required pressing the volume button at the same time as either of the channel buttons. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Saddam TV, a channel Comcast isn't offering

2009-12-04 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Kevin M. wrote: Kevin M. (who has nightmare-inducing visions of Palin TV or even Bush TV dancing through his head) I thought we already had those, in the form of Fox News Channel. (Too obvious a response? Probably.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] technical question

2009-12-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to Kevin's brother on that. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] technical question

2009-12-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
confuse a VCR that's trying to record it. Wikipedia is happy to explain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovi_Corporation#Content_Protection -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Plan accordingly...

2009-11-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
been updated. It shows Dateline NBC at 8:00, The Biggest Loser at 9:00. Perhaps a glimpse of NBC's future...? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [TV orNotTV] Watch Oprah Tear Up Announcing Show's End

2009-11-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
!, and Oprah -- all began syndication within a couple years of each other, all syndicated by King World (which has become CBS), all airing on most of the ABC owned-and-operated stations. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

[TV orNotTV] Re: [adult swim] Stoner Series promos

2009-11-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, when writing articles about a certain department store chain, do they use Macy's instead of macy(star)s (or even macy*s)? Think about it. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

[TV orNotTV] Re: [adult swim] Stoner Series promos

2009-11-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
presenting the title of Scrubs as [scrubs] based on its logo, then they also need to do, for example, tHe SIMPSONS.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

[TV orNotTV] Re: [adult swim] Stoner Series promos

2009-11-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
it inconsistently)? Cut-and-pasting a press release is one thing; it's if you started a brand-new message that started off I was watching W*USA via DIRECTV on my S^MSUNG and then flipped over to 'MoNK' on USa...that's when I would start to get annoyed. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

[TV orNotTV] Re: We've run out of bars in Los Angeles...

2009-11-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
? I actually know of one bar in the L.A. area with saloon doors: Tinhorn Flats, on the mean streets of Burbank (specifically, Magnolia near Buena Vista). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: [adult swim] Stoner Series promos

2009-11-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
with a fancy graphic acknowledging their core audience. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Report: Hulu will not go pay-only

2009-11-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Carey is the former CEO of DirecTV, so he is of course very familiar with the subscription model -- but not with the paying for something that used to be free model. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Disney to start filming porn

2009-10-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
will be in the Santa Clarita Valley, which is a valley, not The Valley (i.e., the San Fernando Valley). Disney's current studio complex IS in The Valley, so they've apparently been making porn all this years. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: Atlanta TV station outsources sports

2009-10-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
in the works for a while -- a friend of mine, who was a sports producer/fill-in anchor at WGCL, was laid off a couple months ago. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

[TV orNotTV] Re: Naughty Office is the place...

2009-10-27 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Terry Knab wrote: He's been dealt with. I banned him personally =) Wait, this isn't the Ricky Gervais Golden Globes thread? -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

[TV orNotTV] Re: Cold Case on ice

2009-10-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
the switch before the network gets around to doing it. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Cold Case on ice

2009-10-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. It was a doubleheader week for CBS. 2. My local CBS affiliate wasn't showing a game at 4:00. I was in Tampa, so this happened in CBS doubleheader weeks when the Bucs played a 1:00 home game against an NFC opponent. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: Palin book tour begins on...

2009-10-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
travel book out? I think I'd rather live in my world. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Cold Case on ice

2009-10-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
be an incredibly unusual event to have two 4:05 games still under way at 8:20 anyway. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox DC anchors may have to be athletes

2009-10-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
aimed at a conveyor belt that carried the paper scripts along. Newfangled prompters have the same kind of control -- it's just hooked up to a computer instead of that ridiculous contraption. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Wrap: Comcast is in Negotiations to Buy NBC

2009-09-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
more networks are going to be dropped from DirecTV soon! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Quick note to NCIS: LA producers

2009-09-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. (Disclaimer: I didn't see NCIS: LA.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert running long

2009-09-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
-- it now cuts off in the middle of the cold open, or occasionally even earlier, during the Daily Show closing credits. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

[TV orNotTV] Re: Sports Commentators Who Sing!

2009-09-17 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to the Tim McCarver CD about 30 minutes before this list did.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Redux

2009-09-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
the situation during the monologue. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL news - unconfirmed

2009-09-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Dave Sikula wrote: First I'd heard of it. Was Pardo doing anything other than staying up until 11:30 on Saturdays? No, since he was officially retired from NBC -- SNL was flying him in from his home in Arizona every week when there was a new show. -- Jim

[TV orNotTV] Re: Classic Jeopardy! this week

2009-09-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
a player runs a category. (Note, in case it wasn't obvious: tonight's rerun had the contestant interview segment cut out, in addition to the plugs for the prizes given to the runners-up, obviously to make room for Alex's modern-day segments.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fire threatens LA TV towers

2009-08-31 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of a deal for those of us who pay for our TV. The FM radio stations that are also on the Mt. Wilson transmitters, on the other hand... -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

[TV orNotTV] Re: TDS/CR block starting early?

2009-08-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: Andy Dick to perform in Orange County

2009-08-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
night act. http://www.thejonlovitzcomedyclub.com/ -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wayne Brady hosts pilot of Let's Make a Deal

2009-08-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of affiliates already have GL in a morning slot, and presumably, they'll keep LMAD there). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] Re: Nickelodeon's famous orange ... thing: 1984-2009...

2009-07-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
YCDToT left the network. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: Do You, Uh, Bing?

2009-07-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Tom Wolper wrote: Yahoo's brand name is too powerful to go away. If anything, there will be something like a powered by Bing note next to a Yahoo search box. Just as, for much of the early '00s, Yahoo! search was powered by Google, before they decided to bring it in-house. -- Jim Ellwanger

[TV orNotTV] Re: 25 Years Ago today...

2009-07-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of a monotone for Sverige. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: Katie Couric is the most trusted newscaster in Iowa?

2009-07-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
recent Time internet polls (hopefully this link works): http://imgur.com/o7Uu9.png -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] Re: Les Lye, actor and broadcaster, dies

2009-07-22 Thread Jim Ellwanger
going to do without him? I don't kn--) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: BBC America HD: not!

2009-07-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
has spare channel space at this point, etc.)...and it's possible there has been very little up to this point and they're counting on an avalanche of furious calls to TV providers starting today to give them a better starting point for negotiations. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

[TV orNotTV] Re: CBS News will retire Cronkite's VO opening

2009-07-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
as much at the beginning of last night's West Coast version of CBS Evening News; after the VO, she began the obituary coverage with words to the effect of, His voice introducing this broadcast for the final time, Walter Cronkite... -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: [NotTV]Continental sat-radio coverage

2009-06-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
no reception, though, you should still be able to check whether or not you can tune to the various channels on the SAT band on the car radio. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest

[TV orNotTV] Re: [NotTV]Continental sat-radio coverage

2009-06-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
-- there ARE radio stations other than the CBC in Canada!) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: [NotTV]Continental sat-radio coverage

2009-06-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
in Canada! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: [NotTV]Continental sat-radio coverage

2009-06-29 Thread Jim Ellwanger
in Canada! -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: Observations on Australian TV

2009-06-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
transitions, not even between The Daily Show and The Colbert Report; there was always a commercial break. Kind of a schizophrenic lineup on SBS: foreign newscasts (including The Newshour with Jim Lehrer), documentaries about aborigines, Corner Gas, South Park, and Flight of the Conchords. -- Jim

[TV orNotTV] Observations on Australian TV

2009-06-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
spreading. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email

[TV orNotTV] Re: Screen time - The death of conventional TV watching may be greatly exaggerated

2009-06-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email

[TV orNotTV] Re: OT: Off with the countdowns?

2009-06-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
on the website that gives the time. '70s version should be Saturdays at the same time. Until recently, the start time for both was noon Eastern...the new time is not particularly good for those of us on the West Coast. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: NWS to Weather Guys: No Such Thing as a 'Monsoon Alert'

2009-06-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger
weather folks should be providing specific information to the viewing/listening public by using specific language for the warnings (thunderstorm, flash flood, tornado, etc.), rather than an overly broad climatological term like monsoon. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

[TV orNotTV] Re: Is Conan Getting Geezer-ly on Twitter?

2009-06-04 Thread Jim Ellwanger
are now working on Tonight, I guess that philosophy has carried over. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed

[TV orNotTV] Re: 100 Universal City Plaza

2009-06-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: Also, I'd guess that the remote with Conan driving his Taurus was taped at his actual house, which looked to be somewhere in the Valley. Brentwood, actually: http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/printedition/la-rew-hotprop1mar02,0,6236760.story -- Jim

[TV orNotTV] Re: ABC's new sked: Kelsey Grammer, Courteney Cox, Patricia Heaton, Ed O'Neill and maybe Julia Louis-Dreyfus? Christina Applegate canceled

2009-05-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Media Services or TV Guide. The DVR doesn't care about the actual show title; it only cares about an internal ID number assigned by whichever listings service it uses. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC's new schedule: Where's 30 Rock

2009-05-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
couldn't see the Spanish tile roof that would have belied its non-Indiana location. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed

[TV orNotTV] Re: FOX: No thanks, Obama

2009-04-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Apr 28, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: Just hunting and pecking, I did find that Wichita Falls, TX and Yuma, AZ don't do news post-PT. Ditto for Tallahassee, Florida, where I was this past weekend -- neither the Fox nor NBC affiliates there have local news. -- Jim Ellwanger

[TV orNotTV] Re: I really hate network TV

2009-04-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
a year, so the attention I've paid to this topic is not quite as close as it once was. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] Re: Sunday Night Football's 2009-10 sked : Since some people care

2009-04-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, it was CBS's turn to have the AFC championship in prime time, period. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[TV orNotTV] Re: Did He Actually Say This?

2009-04-10 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that definitely doesn't look like it would be in Indiana, with a Spanish tile roof, stucco balconies, and a big banner on the parking gate that has an 818 area code phone number on it. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV

[TV orNotTV] Parks and Recreation filming photos

2009-04-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
apartment -- it's not high enough to see into the actual pit very well, and there are some trees partially blocking things. But I have a set of photos anyway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trainman/sets/72157614781887315/ -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: weird close caption characters

2009-04-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
it. Here are the key pieces of the puzzle: 00:58:54 MAINT. TESTING PC-15 F1 00:58:58 CBS CAPTION TEST !!! Someone must have hit the wrong button and put the closed-captioning encoder that was handling Smallville into self-test mode. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
don't put its name in all caps. But their logo looks like FOX, not Fox! That's the same reason at least half the references on the Internet to a certain Cartoon Network programming block write it as [adult swim]. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: Muppet Show to Return To TV After 27 Years

2009-03-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2005/090505.shtml And a Muppet mockumentary series circa 2007... http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2007/011307.shtml Just to name the first three abortive Muppet TV show projects I found after a quick search. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: Conan tours the flyovers

2009-02-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Charlotte, since there's probably no danger of WCNC delaying The Tonight Show, it being an NBC OO. Maybe Conan was flying U.S. Airways and had a layover. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Conan tours the flyovers

2009-02-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
track these days. It was much easier back when the networks could only own five stations each. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because

[TV orNotTV] Re: PaleyFest details

2009-02-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of them may show up as DVD special features. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group

[TV orNotTV] Re: [audience laughter]

2009-02-18 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to keep to a relatively low reading rate; U.K. subtitles identify different characters by using different colors, which is unheard of in the U.S.). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People

[TV orNotTV] Re: Our Kevin Saves SNL

2009-02-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Feb 15, 2009, at 11:06 PM, PGage wrote: On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: Looked to me like KNBC cut away to their last block of local commercials too soon, thus interrupting the second hot-air balloon ad. Then once that block of commercials

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Tonight Show one last time...

2009-02-09 Thread Jim Ellwanger
are just past Warner Bros. and the Smoke House restaurant, at the concrete ditch -- I mean the L.A. River.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Buck starts here

2009-02-06 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, that have been suggested by others. During Game 1 of the World Series, he called Tim McCarver buddy boy at one point, at the request of Conan O'Brien. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart

[TV orNotTV] Re: Super Bowl

2009-02-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
as far as the various directors for CBS and Fox, which makes it less likely that there's a field and/or sideline yard marker on screen, thus causing part of your problem. (Of course, watching in HD makes a yard marker spotting much more likely.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
end of his monologue -- and then the very first commercial was for said film, followed by the first of the Pepsi commercials based on the MacGruder sketches (which got me to stop fast-forwarding and watch, so they did their job perfectly). -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Jim Ellwanger
. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email

[TV orNotTV] Re: Way OT: California Question

2009-01-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of business anyway within a year or two. Westinghouse changed the call letters to KDKA-TV and the affiliation to CBS. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received

[TV orNotTV] Re: Way OT: California Question

2009-01-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that someone 150 years ago decided was the center of town. 540 West 400 South translates to 540 W. 4th Street South or 540 4th Street SW in various non-Mormon locales. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Way OT: California Question

2009-01-23 Thread Jim Ellwanger
prompted this thread in the first place, I thought. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC Only 90% Sold on Super Bowl

2009-01-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
is code for New York, Los Angeles, and maybe Chicago. Philadelphia: #4 Phoenix: #12 Pittsburgh: #23 Baltimore: #26 http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/2008_09_DMA_Ranks.pdf -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only

[TV orNotTV] Re: COM going HD

2009-01-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
of South Park looked like it was being framed for widescreen, but -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group

[TV orNotTV] Re: COM going HD

2009-01-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Jim Ellwanger wrote: Mark J. wrote: Later this month on DirecTV and some cable systems, in a simulcast of the current SD feed--initially, the available programming be mostly movies, although South Park and The Sarah Silverman Program are currently being made in high-def... In fact

[TV orNotTV] Re: Tonight Show - sound is out of sync tonight

2009-01-08 Thread Jim Ellwanger
, although I was watching the HD version via DirecTV DVR, with the sound funneled through a stereo receiver. Obviously, it's a conspiracy between ABC and the major electronics manufacturers to get Kevin to upgrade his setup. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv

[TV orNotTV] Re: Someone likes the racist Burger King ads and it's the ...

2008-12-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
to listen to tirades from any shareholder in attendance. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post

[TV orNotTV] Re: How close are we...

2008-12-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
equipment so that you can stream recorded programs from the DVR to a box that doesn't record. (DirecTV is very close to having this exact model.) -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You

[TV orNotTV] Re: A satellite TV question

2008-12-12 Thread Jim Ellwanger
satellite (no local weather, no V-Me, no Retro Television Network, no Universal Sports, etc.)...although they do have add-on equipment that can integrate over-the-air digital stations, including their subchannels, with satellite channels on their DVRs or other receivers. -- Jim Ellwanger train

[TV orNotTV] Re: Well, we'll always have the Naked Gun movies...

2008-12-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger
that he's the other notable sufferer of Dennis Miller Syndrome. -- Jim Ellwanger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ellwanger.tv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group

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