Re: [TV orNotTV] Bally: Hi to NBC RSNs?

2021-07-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
The Daily Rupert article quoted in the link says that Sinclair has rights to the Chicago Bulls. Uh-huh. They have the Cubs on Marquee. All other Chicago pro teams are on NBCSN Chicago. On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, 3:21 PM Brad Beam wrote: > With NBCSN going dark by year's end, Comcast still has to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon fixin' to buy MGM

2021-05-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
And the center of MGM's holdings are the products of Arthur Krim at United Artists and later Orion, which shook up Hollywood by letting indie producers play with the big boys and let them make what they wanted. The 60s-80s UA/Orion output probably contains more acknowledged classics than any

Re: [TV orNotTV] "The Five" loses one

2021-05-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
"The Five" is on in the late afternoon and is the show that replaced Glenn Beck. That's all you need to know. On Wed, May 26, 2021, 10:33 PM PGage wrote: > I really haven’t. Four conservatives and one faux liberal talking about > the issues of the day on Fox News? No. I have heard of a Fox

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon fixin' to buy MGM

2021-05-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
MGM to develop several Bond-based > series, though this is not mentioned in the article. > > > https://deadline.com/2021/05/amazon-to-buy-mgm-for-8-45-billion-merger-1234764306/ > > > On Mon, 24 May 2021 at 4:26 PM Mark Jeffries > wrote: > >> Nope. They were in de

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon fixin' to buy MGM

2021-05-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
But does MGM own the rights to HT and Fargo now through him? > > On Sat, 22 May 2021 at 12:10 PM Mark Jeffries > wrote: > >> MGM bought Mark Burnett's production company and then put him in charge >> of television in the hopes that he would spawn the next big reality hit.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon fixin' to buy MGM

2021-05-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
MGM bought Mark Burnett's production company and then put him in charge of television in the hopes that he would spawn the next big reality hit. That hasn't happened yet. His attempts at faith-based scripted programming failed, his LightTV subchannel was sold to Byron Allen who replaced it with

[TV orNotTV] NBC Fall Annotated

2021-05-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
As listed in Variety (new show in CAPS): MONDAY 8-10 P.M. — The Voice--Only one cycle this year, as ratings have gone down and no superstar has yet to be discovered by the show (but Blake Shelton found his future wife). 10-11 P.M. — ORDINARY JOE--It sounds like a reality show, but it's drama,

Re: [TV orNotTV] The CW to go all week long this fall

2021-05-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
Last Man Standing" reruns in prime time. (They dropped C-Dub to allow for more local sports, but in one fell swoop last year they lost the Cubs, Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks to cable.) Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:22 PM Brad Beam wrote: > Going where UPN and

Re: [TV orNotTV] “Ellen” calls it quits

2021-05-12 Thread Mark Jeffries
" and "Jeopardy!", "Daily Mail Live," Judge Mathis, "Divorce Court" and syndication's top-rated show, "Family Feud." I'm curious if she is going to be continuing "Ellen's Torture Chamb--Game of Games" for another season. Mark Jeffries spotligh.

[TV orNotTV] Televangelist Ernest Angley Dies at 99

2021-05-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
The seemingly prissy evangelist and faith healer gained a national following for his weekly television series, was satirized by comics and radio DJs, including Robin Williams and Chicago's Steve Dahl, bought out Rex Humbard's "Cathedral of Tomorrow" facility in Cuyahoga Falls, O. to house his

Re: [TV orNotTV] Lilly Singh out at NBC

2021-05-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
with repeats or burnoffs--maybe an airing of Amber Ruffin. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 11:39 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I know the DC area NBC affiliate would rerun some of the daily talkers > after the

[TV orNotTV] 'Pufnstuf''s 'Witchiepoo' Dies at 96

2021-05-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
Billie Hayes had a career on Broadway, the movies and TV, but she's probably best known for the villainess on the fondly-remembered 1969 psychedelic kiddie show "H.R. Pufnstuf" (and the 1971 theatrical film based on the series)--she also played Mammy Yokum in "Lil Abner" on Broadway, in the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gray Television buys closed auto plant; will build TV & movie studios and e-gaming site

2021-05-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
Which means you can pretty much call the People magazine-branded show (a title now owned by Meredith) that's been running on the Meredith stations dead in the water. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 6:45 PM Steve Timko wrote: > Gray buys Meredith stations, includ

Re: [TV orNotTV] PartlyTV?: Citizen Kane falls from 100% level at Rotten Tomatoes

2021-04-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
quot; (his predecessor, Clifford Terry, refused the pen name). At the Sun-Times, the movie critic pen name was "Doris Arden"--and Roger Ebert flat-out refused to use the name, at about the same time the Trib put "Tinee" to pasture. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Oscars So Good

2021-04-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
the 7 p.m. hour. I'm even guessing they aired in the half-hour in Chicago where WLS interrupted the pre-show for a newscast. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:05 AM Melissa P wrote: > I agree with just about everything Dave said. > > I tuned in at 8 pm ET

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert monologue doesn't mention Chauvin verdict

2021-04-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
For the record, the credits this week list a cold open producer and cold open writer--and Stack's name isn't on either of them. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 1:28 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > The verdict came

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBS News names a new president and it’s, actually, two people

2021-04-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
And the old-show familiarity (most of the on-air staff has been with the station for at least over a decade) is why WPVI's "Action News" is still [Jeff Kaye/Charlie Van Dyke] "Delaware Valley's leading news program." [JK/CVD] Move closer to your world, my friend. Ma

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBS News names a new president and it’s, actually, two people

2021-04-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
per se at its worst eventually disappeared). Is CBS going to try to rebuild the local shops as serious news outlets like in the Cronkite days? Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 2:53 PM Diner wrote: > Dan Rather and Connie Chung? > > Seriously, this is the

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL inks sports bet deals with Caesars, FanDuel, DraftKings

2021-04-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
And since the NFL officially banned point spreads from the pre-game shows for years, the "SportsCenter" ESPN used to run at 11:30 a.m. ET before "Game Day" had one main purpose: Showing the point spreads. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:12 A

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert repeat Thursday, not Friday

2021-04-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
And after Colbert finally switched to the "CBS Studios" vanity card with the new version of the 90s ID music (with one note added) last week, all of a sudden we're back to the old "CBS Broadcasting" card at the end. Did British Jimmy do the same thing? Mark Jeffries s

[TV orNotTV] BBC Viewers Complain About Wall-to-Wall Prince Philip Death

2021-04-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
When the announcement was made around noontime Friday, the Beeb followed past tradition, played "God Save the Queen" on all of its adult channels (not CBBC or Ceebeebies) before announcing the death of the Duke of Edinburgh and then simulcast news and tributes to Philip on BBC1, BBC2 and BBC

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: Arclight and Pacific theaters closing in SoCal

2021-04-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
In Chicago, the Arclight opened up a location a few years ago and I didn't mind paying for the lack of ads, only two or three trailers, the soundtracks they played in the theaters and the human introductions. And damn good popcorn and a bar. It will be missed. Mark Jeffries spotligh

[TV orNotTV] Netflix US Top 10 4/11

2021-04-12 Thread Mark Jeffries
For the Sunday after Easter: 10. SNIPER: GHOST SHOOTER--The seventh in the action film series (all but the first straight-to-video), with Billy Zane, if that floats your boat. Rotten Tomatoes says 33%, but no shock there. 9. LEGALLY BLONDE--Ohmigod you guys, the movie that made Reese

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC wants to bring back some classic game shows

2021-04-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
le's BUZZR is paying NBCU for the two versions they run daily. Some of the first episodes of "Classic Concentration" (Trebek) had the Fremantle vanity card added at the end, but the 70s version has no added vanity card--not even NBCU. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Apr 11,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Bob Bergen seems... a lit-tle bit lonely

2021-04-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
bouche! Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 8:41 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > A post from today (4/8/21) about an interview that was actually recorded > in 2019 was removed from GG web. Bergen, tho, *is* in the latest

Re: [TV orNotTV] Trip to space = prize in new reality comp

2021-04-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
now Owens ran NatGeo for a while), especially their last show, the TBS talent show that they called "The Go BIg Show" and I called "Rednecks' Got Talent" (why, Rosario Dawson, why?)... Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 7:46 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorN

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Law & Order-Organized Crime

2021-04-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
Is that why Amber Ruffin runs lower thirds with the lyrics to a parody or original song on her show? (This is not captioning--it's standard Chyron-ing.) Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 12:01 PM Diner wrote: > I'm using captions more and more, for some of the s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jack Hanna has dementia, will retire

2021-04-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
"While Jim is wrestling an alligator, I'm back at the base camp with some island girls and a pitcher of Mai Tais..." Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 7:45 AM Pete Ahles wrote: > I don't think Jack Hanna was ever on the Tonight Show. Mostly just D

Re: [TV orNotTV] Aaron Rodgers

2021-04-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
And BUZZR airs them every weekday at 2 p.m. ET with some more slight cutting (the first commercial break cut out so that they go right from the intros to the game--it is often noticeable), Lee Vines reintroducing Ludden after the station break). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 6

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ariana Grande replaces Nick Jonas as "Voice" judge

2021-03-31 Thread Mark Jeffries
They've done it all throughout--usually when the live shows start, though. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 3:05 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > It seems weird to make these announcements about the next seaso

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gray Television buys closed auto plant; will build TV & movie studios and e-gaming site

2021-03-31 Thread Mark Jeffries
As there's a great call to boycott Georgia because of the voting rights legislation the Republican governor recently signed behind closed doors while a civil rights activist was dragged away by the cops for daring to knock on the governor's door. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar

Re: [TV orNotTV] Aussie Net Hacked, Live Programming Affected

2021-03-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
are the Foxtel cable/satellite system, which includes Sky News Australia, or Fox News Channel with an accent. He did have some other TV holdings for a while a long time ago. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 2:29 PM John Edwards wrote: > Did they insert a mon

[TV orNotTV] Netflix Top 10 3/27

2021-03-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
Since Netflix has sent out an E-mail of their daily U.S. countdown of programming that I can treat as a hard copy, let's play Casey Kasem and count them down: 10. COUNTRY COMFORT--Katharine McPhee plays a country singer-turned-nanny in a multi-cam 10-ep sitcom (created by "Miss Congeniality"

[TV orNotTV] Aussie Net Hacked, Live Programming Affected

2021-03-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
Nine Network, one of the two commercial networks in Australia that dominate the ratings in that country, suffered a weekend cyberattack that affected their news and current affairs departments and wreaked havoc on live programming on Sunday (including their morning show "Today") and the news

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Torching Meghan McCain’s Trumpless Trumpism

2021-03-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
Osmond as a flaming liberal, even though she seems to keep her politics to herself. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 12:29 PM PGage wrote: > So, was Sharon O the conservative performer on her show? > > On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 at 6:52 AM Tom Wolper wrote: >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Torching Meghan McCain’s Trumpless Trumpism

2021-03-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
most evewything and will say almost anything. And in a perfect world, I'd get to join the gwoup whenever I wanted." And with the youngest panelist 34 these days (Abby Huntsman), is there anyone today that's the young woman just starting out? Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno Apologizes for Decades of Jokes About Asians: ‘In My Heart I Knew It Was Wrong’

2021-03-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
Coming this fall: KEVIN EUBANKS: Jay, our next couple is Michael Takashaki and Jane Boong On. Folks, won't you come in please and meet Jay Leno? (Yes, Eubanks is going to be Jay's George Fenneman on "You Bet Your Life.") Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 25, 2021

Re: [TV orNotTV] Beginning of the End for Ellen?

2021-03-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
lite talk format or try something else (like daytime versions of, say, "Pyramid" with Strahan and "Match Game" with Laura Benanti?). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:22 PM PGage wrote: > There was a fairly long period of time when, even though

Re: [TV orNotTV] US 'Chase' Writers Strike Producers

2021-03-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
st American version on Game Show Network had just Labbett and I believe was originally just once a week, so it's possible, but ABC wanted the GOATs all together. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:24 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:18 PM Jo

[TV orNotTV] Beginning of the End for Ellen?

2021-03-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
After all of the stories about the toxicity of Ellen DeGeneres' workplace and the firing of producers for Telepictures who had been creating similar waste dump workplaces for Warner Bros. daytime talkers for years, the ratings have gone down from up there with Dr. Phil and Kelly R. and

[TV orNotTV] US 'Chase' Writers Strike Producers

2021-03-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
The Writers Guild says that ITV America, the producers of ABC's version of the hit UK quizzer (which is produced by and seen in the UK on ITV), refuses to agree to the guild's Minimum Basic Agreement regarding health care and residuals for the show's writers, similar to WGA contracts with

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jamie Foxx still interested in Mike Tyson bio

2021-03-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
Or he could sign on to do another season of that Adult Swim cartoon that portrays him as a functional idiot,. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:19 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Tyson could always fight the proj

Re: [TV orNotTV] Early leader to replace Rush Limbaugh

2021-03-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
all concerned is that AM talk radio audiences are dying off with little or no chance of replacement. The Proud Boys and the other alt-righties are spending more time on podcasts and YouTube videos than they are talk radio or Fox News or Newsmax or OAN. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, M

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Behind the Music" returning later this year

2021-03-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
VH1. During their "Music First" days. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 9:23 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Not on MTV, but Paramount+ (of course...); new episodes have been filmed > with Jennifer Lopez, L

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Piers Morgan quits/is fired from morning show

2021-03-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
While most of the UK watches "Breakfast" on BBC1 instead. The previous Ofcom record was over two "Celebrity Big Brother" housemates in 2007 making derogatory comments about an East Indian actor. As you can see, there is an underlying theme here. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gma

Re: [TV orNotTV] HBOmax revives "Tattletales"

2021-03-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
or what he couldn't do for all the years he showran "Dancing with the Stars" because it was LIIII! Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 9:55 PM M-D November wrote: > Actually, the virtual audience on Masked Singer S5 is real...but the > audience

Re: [TV orNotTV] Grammy Ratings

2021-03-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
or tribute segment. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:14 PM Phineas Gage wrote: > My son told me that the Korean Boy band, snubbed for Grammy noms, opened > the show for CBS in their attempt to dampen the ratings fall, but that the > savvy fans of this group

Re: [TV orNotTV] "TV's number-one network" don't mean much when one doesn't watch linear

2021-03-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
the new design and theme music. The only vanity card which has yet to change to the new look is the "CBS Broadcasting" card that ends Colbert and British Jimmy, but I assume that will be taken care of soon. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 3:07 PM John Edwa

Re: [TV orNotTV] HBOmax revives "Tattletales"

2021-03-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
playing for charity would seem to indicate no bananas section this time. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 2:07 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > I hope they're not going to put this into production until they can have > full studio audiences, because half the fun o

Re: [TV orNotTV] The British are coming... to the CW

2021-03-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
showrunners--unless the American "Would I Lie..." legitimately stinks (and we do have problems trying to get British panel game formats right, unless they're hosted by Chris Hardwick and come on Comedy Central--uh, @midnight). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 9

Re: [TV orNotTV] AP News: 'America's Most Wanted' returns with new ways to fight crime

2021-03-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
If it's a Fox reality show, are they going to have a "virtual audience" and lots of staged phony reaction shots from said "virtual audience?" Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 9:52 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Narrator: No, they were the same old

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why Oprah and Meghan and Harry aren't on Paramount+?

2021-03-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
There is a conflict with the Duke and Duchess' production deals with Netflix that's keeping the interview off of P+. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 9:36 AM Karen Owen wrote: > On 3/8/2021 3:35 PM, Karen Owen wrote: > > Variety answers it here > &

Re: [TV orNotTV] British Reaction to US Pharmaceutical Ads

2021-03-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
And a laugh track and canned applause, which you will not hear on the color version of the end titles when MeTV runs the first two seasons. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 1:25 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > I know you're joking about your age, but the sponsor of "The Filntstones" > was Winston, not Kools. > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Early subscriber sale for Paramount+

2021-03-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
ent >> over to the CBS app. For example, I tried to find the Oprah interview for >> my mom on Paramount+ and it wasn’t there. But the CBS app had it on the >> front page. >> >> So much for corporate synergy. >> >> -Stan >> >> On Saturday, Februar

Re: [TV orNotTV] Early subscriber sale for Paramount+

2021-02-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
It is. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 10:10 PM Stan S wrote: > > There’s the discount. The current base subscription price has been > $5.99/month and includes live streaming of your local CBS affiliate. For > new P+ subs and existing AA subs after J

Re: [TV orNotTV] Black News Channel reloads with talk focus, morning show

2021-02-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
or if it's leaning right (like Newsmax, OAN, the Blaze, etc.) or left (like The Young Turks). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 4:46 PM Steve Timko wrote: > > https://apnews.com/article/sports-television-philadelphia-f65c0ea6c3c9aa1280fe1d77e5270a8c > &

[TV orNotTV] Disney+ Puts Content Flag on 'Muppet Show'

2021-02-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
The long-awaited streaming debut of "The Muppet Show" occurred Friday on Disney+, but Disney has slapped content warnings on 18 episodes containing what they claim are racist or stereotypical views--this post from NBC's LX gives some examples:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rush Limbaugh, the incendiary radio talk-show host,' dies at age 70

2021-02-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
And as the man who made talk radio conservative and national dies, it is ailing due to the audience aging and younger rightwing audiences choosing podcasts and YouTube over terrestrial radio. Is Limbaugh's death also the nail in the coffin for AM radio and conservative talk radio? Mark Jeffries

Re: [TV orNotTV] An alternate-universe question

2021-02-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
ock, Nine running the original tabloid mag "A Current Affair" and Ten "The Project.") Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:47 AM Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Kevin M.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Craig Ferguson Refusal to Keep Making Fun of Brittany Spears

2021-02-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
And that's Ted Lasso's boss playing the Lady of the Lake in 2008 on Broadway. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:44 AM Melissa P wrote: > Spears' name was part of a lyric in *Spamalot* that was changed when her > troubles became known. I couldn't remember

Re: [TV orNotTV] Craig Ferguson Refusal to Keep Making Fun of Brittany Spears

2021-02-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
On Hulu. Or you can call it FX on Hulu. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:02 AM Jon Delfin wrote: > The New York Times on FX show aired the doc Friday night, and it's been > streaming since. > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:59 AM Kevin M. wrote: > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jimmy Kimmel Live No. 1 in late night ratings?

2021-02-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
Robert Downey, Jr. seems to have replaced her for Sunday night. Metallica is musical guest. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 3:04 PM Paul Murray wrote: > Dave said: > I'd have thought that, following a big event like this, they'd want at > least one

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jimmy Kimmel Live No. 1 in late night ratings?

2021-02-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
is following the Big Game with the premiere of a homegrown drama series, "Holmes Family Effect"--last year it was "The Masked Singer" and the year before that an OTA edition of sister channel TSN's "SC with Jay & Dan"--that would be "SportsCentre"--dah da da

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: An upcoming Jeopardy! guest host

2021-02-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
There is going to be criticism over Dr. Oz as a guest host, but he does work for Sony, so... Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 6:17 PM JW wrote: > They've announced more. > > > https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/additional-guest-hosts-j

[TV orNotTV] 'MTM,' "Mother the Car' Co-Creator Dies at 85

2021-02-01 Thread Mark Jeffries
Allan Burns got his start in television writing for "Rocky and Bullwinkle" creator Jay Ward, including inventing the Quaker Oats cereal character Cap'n Crunch, before breaking off with fellow Ward writer Chris Hayward to create "The Munsters" (and successfully kept their credit when the writers

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How I would fix the Jeopardy tiebreaker

2021-01-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
round, with the first to solve declared the winner. It's been a while since the last tie, but I suspect today they would do a tossup as the tiebreaker. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 3:31 AM JW wrote: > > Instead of a single tiebreaker clue, there should be a tie

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: OscarsTV: This year's "Blame Canada" ?

2021-01-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
Nobody's mentioning who's in this movie yet? I guess that if Dave doesn't know... Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 6:09 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I guess not... B > > M-D November, Jan 27th: > >&g

[TV orNotTV] Prolific Composer of 'Y' Theme Dead at 87

2021-01-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
Perry Botkin, Jr. had written for the 1971 film "Bless the Beasts and Children" a piece called "Cotton's Dream." Two years later, a new daytime soap opera called "The Young and the Restless" (that was owned by Columbia Pictures, who released the film) used "Cotton's Dream" as their theme

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ashleigh Banfield to WGN America

2021-01-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
But reruns of procedurals still during the day and infomercials and paid religion in overnights. I honestly think that doing a goofy morning show like WGN and KTLA's morning shows would be a successful alternative to Coffee Joe and "Fox and Friends." On Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 7:24 PM Brad Beam

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: WWE US streaming exclusively to Peacock

2021-01-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
It should be pointed out that all of North America's major professional leagues except Major League Soccer own and operate their own linear cable channels that present a varying number of live telecasts (Turner Sports operates NBA TV). Also, I believe the rules that waive antitrust rules for the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert Again

2021-01-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
And the theater had been gutted by Reeves Teletape and Unitel while they ran the place. The stage and seating area had been ripped out, including the balcony. When I watched "Kate and Allie," which shot at the Ed, it was noticeable that the room's natural reverb, noticeable on every show shot at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert Again

2021-01-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
nce. With Bee back at the CBS Broadcast Center, it now remains to be seen if John Oliver will be back next month when his season starts or if he will remain in his unspecified "white void" (which I suspect is his garage). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: well, that changes everything

2021-01-20 Thread Mark Jeffries
geBob Babies" in CGI instead of cel animation and was unimpressive (I know, I'm not the target audience, but...). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 2:36 PM M-D November wrote: > What's curious to me is that with less than 2 months to relaunch, there's >

Re: [TV orNotTV] No, they're going to keep open till you shut them all down... you snakes!

2021-01-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
gue on his season premiere. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:44 PM Kevin M. wrote: > As I posted on the Book of Face, roughly a third of my coworkers are out > with it. We just got a new hire who I’m training... he’s a Covid denier, so > I’m totally f*cked

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Dawn Wells (from Covid)

2020-12-31 Thread Mark Jeffries
ng as she always was in public. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 11:09 AM PGage wrote: > For 13 year old boys in the early mid 1970s, who had zero actual > experience in what makes women desirable, we were completely dependent on > cultural signifiers. There

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jennings unloading tweetybox baggage

2020-12-31 Thread Mark Jeffries
be a permanent host until the fall and the beginning of Season 38. Dan Patrick's already said he's not interested, but Jeff Probst won't be doing anything until "Survivor" can go back up. And of course, there's the Clue Crew and Sajak could step in for a week or two. Mark Jeffries spotl

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS glitchy?

2020-12-12 Thread Mark Jeffries
Chicago was OK. Sounds like Spectrum. On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 8:53 AM Jon Delfin wrote: > Friday's Colbert kept freezing and skipping as I watched the DVR recording > this morning. Other shows recorded at the same time had no hiccups. > > Wondering if this was a Spectrum issue, or a general CBS

Re: [TV orNotTV] Should I know any of these people?

2020-12-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
wo seasons. Still, I personally think she has a future in television one way or the other--I just hope it's not paneling on a "View" knockoff. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 11:10 AM Steve Timko wrote: > > > Is this email not displaying correct

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Fugitive Box Set [Was: “Holes in the Vintage Drama Stream”]

2020-12-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
ird credits for a film production company, as Ziv was before there was such a thing as videotape (and Ziv got acquired by United Artists long before videotape could be easily used on location, location shooting being the drawing card for a lot of Ziv series). Memo to ViacomCBS: "The Fug

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NFL: The next Steelers game, ICYMI...

2020-12-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
My guide shows the game on WFLD Monday at 4 p.m. CT. If the game runs late, Fox prime time, including what they're billing as the "TWO-NIGHT SEASON FINALE EVENT" of "I Can See Your Voice," will be delayed. Also, seems like the regular MNF game will be simulcast on ABC. On Thu, Dec 3, 2020, 4:18

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: The Steelers Ravens game is being moved from tomorrow evening to Sunday

2020-12-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
ut I guess reruns of "Criminal Minds," "Highway to Heaven," "Monk" and "MacGyver" were more important. "Hello Quad Cities/Hello Quad Cities/TV6 loves you" Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:55 PM Brad Beam wrote: &g

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: The Steelers Ravens game is being moved from tomorrow evening to Sunday

2020-12-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
ey turning to the camera after forced dialogue singing the praises of Verizon Wireless on "30 Rock" and saying, "Can we have our money now?"). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:31 AM Adam Bowie wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Bad Netflix: Away

2020-11-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
And Netflix has already said there will not be a second season of "Away." On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 12:24 PM PGage wrote: > I’m not saying “Away”, the Netflix series about the first manned mission > to Mars, is the worst thing on the platform. I am saying it is the worst > thing on the platform I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Two "Peanuts" perennials bolt to AppleTV+

2020-11-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
's time for you to" Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 7:32 PM Paul Murray wrote: > AP: Charlie Brown specials to air on TV, after all, in PBS deal > > https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/television/2020/11/18/charlie-brown-specials-air-tv-

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Reality TV to be examined in E! docuseries

2020-11-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
Would that be Haley Buntrock? I know her mom, a musical theater actor turned nanny. On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:23 PM Diner wrote: > Just heard about this show today from a friend's daughter who will be > working on it as Post Production Supervisor. > > On Monday, November 16, 2020 at 12:31:23 PM

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Alex Trebek

2020-11-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
And he sat down on "Concentration" about a year into the run, since he was blocking the prize board behind him. Goodson-Todman got rid of the podium between the puzzle board and the contestants when they took over the franchise, I guess because they liked the idea of the host standing between the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: music, music, music (continue to infinity)

2020-11-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
I thought I saw a full crawl last week. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 5:14 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > LS broke with the COVID-long tack of full credits or just the copyright > line on th

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBC TV Coverage for that neighbour thing happening on Tuesday

2020-11-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
BBC World News is likely to be on the bigger U.S. cable systems. Sky News is on Peacock, streamer Pluto TV and probably other live streaming services. And BritBox for some reason offers "Good Morning Britain" with your degenerate host Piers Morgan while they don't offer "Pointless" and "The

Re: [TV orNotTV] C-SPAN adding advertising to online elements

2020-10-20 Thread Mark Jeffries
will probably not be happy about seeing advertising on God Bless C-SPAN, but if the cable TV industry is on the ropes (and it's mostly their fault), they'll have to do something. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBS' election studio being built at 1515 B'way

2020-10-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
completely shut it down, will Colbert and/or British Jimmy do their New Year's Eve show from 1515 Broadway looking out at Seacrest, Carson the Tool and the two Andys? Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=w

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: More Disney classics get "negative depictions" caution on D+

2020-10-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
idn't have their voice cleaned up for TV animation). Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaig

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: F--- NBC

2020-10-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
of this with a lot of respect (except, of course, for Fox News, OAN and Newsmax). Somebody put up somewhere that Joy Reid's "Tonight on MSNBC" graphic during her show only showed Maddow, O'Donnell and BriWi--probably just a coincidence. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix indicted on child porn charges over 'Cuties'

2020-10-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
glee Tucker Carlson and Hannity. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_conten

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix indicted on child porn charges over 'Cuties'

2020-10-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
m. But for the MAGA types, this is a whole new world (cue Peabo and Regina). Netflix has so much material that shows can easily drop out of sight fast, but if they don't want to see anything salacious, they can always subscribe to Disney+. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.

Re: [TV orNotTV] "TV's number-one network" don't mean much when one doesn't watch linear

2020-10-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
ind it interesting how much this Hulu logo music sounds like the original 70s theme music for a morning show: https://youtu.be/5sJBfsZiWyU https://youtu.be/UlZP8ktov-0 Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webma

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Netflix indicted on child porn charges over 'Cuties'

2020-10-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
Not to mention that the link's from the Daily Moonie. On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 6:07 AM pbrownpbr...@gmail.com wrote: > Indicted by a grand jury in the very influential Tyler County, Texas. > That's Texas, the epi-center of child beauty pageants and cheerleading. > Texas should be suing for

[TV orNotTV] SemiNoTV: Second City for Sale

2020-10-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
The famous Chicago comedy institution has for all intents and purposes hasn't been in operation in Chicago and its Toronto and LA outposts, including its training school, cruise ship shows and very profitable corporate division, since the beginning of the pandemic in March (and was shaken by a

[TV orNotTV] "Cops" Back in Production (But Not for U.S.)

2020-10-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
In Spokane, Wash., Langley Productions camera crews are following the police forces through November--even though the long-running series was dumped by Paramount Network in June after the death of George Floyd, along with WGN America letting its rerun contract go at the end of June and

[TV orNotTV] Colbert First Run Tonight

2020-10-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Late Show" Twitter feed indicates Colbert's on tonight first run, with CBS medical reporter Jon LaPook--Colbert has video on the feed: https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1312214208143126529?s=20 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV"

Re: [TV orNotTV] IYC: Familiar actress in annoying advert

2020-09-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
The link itself says that the ad hasn't aired since the end of 2018. On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 8:32 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Khrystyne Haje ("Head of the Class") plugging cancer drug Verzenio > damned-well daily on Peacock... apparently uncredited here: >

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