[TV orNotTV] Preem date for Leno's Garage

2015-08-16 Thread bob . in . jersey
Spotted in rec.arts.tv back on the 13th by David: CNBC'S 'JAY LENO'S GARAGE' PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 AT 10PM ET/PT After delivering six consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth among P25-54 in primetime, CNBC today announced the latest addition to the network's expanding

[TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal for Nov 7th: Fringe and Chuck complete on DVD/Blu-ray

2013-11-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
Fringe DVD: Was $159.96, today $59.99 Fringe Blu-ray: Was $197.50, today $75.99 Chuck DVD: Was $149.98, today $63.99 Chuck Blu-ray: Was $179.98, today $71.99

[TV orNotTV] ESPN panelist fed up with current national anthem

2013-11-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
One-time Dallas columnist/current Northwestern professor Kevin Blackistone, regular for a few years on the weekday debating competition *Around The Horn * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_Horn, was asked by host Tony Reali about the special football tops the NU team will

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'X Factor' Has Chyron Problems, Dumps Last Night's Votes

2013-11-07 Thread Bob in Jersey
Joe Hass, to Jim Ellwanger: Are we sure it was a Chyron brand character generator in either case? Not that I'm expecting them to be paying attention to this mailing list, but that's the kind of thing that garners letters from trademark attorneys -- particularly if the problem was actually

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Finke seeking to get out of her contract...

2013-11-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin M, to moi: Can't Finke just join the panel on The View or America's Got Talent so I can ignore her like I ignore the rest of the people on those shows? For her to suddenly become the onscreen type would be refreshing, but I'd think she'd want a position that's guaranteed not to make

[TV orNotTV] Breaking Bad folks opt for Saul (poss.spoilers in article)

2013-11-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
IGN couldn't get Gilligan nor Gould, but managed to pin down Bob Odenkirk, who provided some info, verified or not. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/05/breaking-bad-spinoff-better-call-saul-may-be-a-sequel-prequel-hybrid B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

[TV orNotTV] FX to tell another Horror Story

2013-11-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
Master television producer Ryan Murphy (FX boss Landgraf dubbed him so) had previously suggested that the ...Coven finale would include a hint as to the concept for season four, which is expected next year... http://www.thewrap.com/american-horror-story-renewed-4th-season/ B -- -- TV or Not

[TV orNotTV] Blockbuster to close remaining stores, drop video-by-mail

2013-11-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
The @Home and on-demand products that still carry its name, survive. http://www.thewrap.com/blockbuster-close-remaining-300-retail-stores/ B -- -- 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] So long, B.B. Andersen

2013-11-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
The first person ever to be voted off *Survivor*, way back on Borneo. http://www.thewrap.com/survivor-contestant-b-b-andersen-dead-77/ B -- -- 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

[TV orNotTV] It ain't watching paint dry, but....

2013-11-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
A few days old... a furriner-TV phenomenon, covering things that take a rather-long time, in this example a knitting contest... http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/slow-tv-norwegian-phenomenon-continues-with-9-hour-%E2%80%98national-knitting-evening%E2%80%99-norway-nrk-lmno/ B -- -- TV or Not

[TV orNotTV] And just one more thing, the Amazon Deal for Nov 5th...

2013-11-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
Columbo: The Complete Series, just released a year ago... all the telemovies through 2003. $52.49 with free shipping, order by 12mid west.

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, B.B. Andersen

2013-11-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
Doug Fields, to moi: Not to pick nits, but according to the article you linked, he was the *second* contestant voted off in Season 1. :) True...Sonja was first out. They could have caught it after posting but before anyone commented... good for them. B -- -- TV or Not TV The

[TV orNotTV] Re: Finke seeking to get out of her contract...

2013-11-05 Thread Bob in Jersey
...and per her Twitter, she has! https://twitter.com/NikkiFinke/status/397915526984253440 Deadline confirms: http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/deadline-com-and-nikki-finke-parting-ways/ Her namesake domain as of this posting still traps to Deadline. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

[TV orNotTV] Idaho sportscaster does whole segment as Burgundy

2013-11-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
Ladies and germs, Paul Gerke of KIVI in Boise. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msk4AYOaYco B -- -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] FCC considering eliminating sports blackout rules

2013-11-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
JW, to Doug Fields, in part: Hmmm.now that I read back over this thread, maybe we *are* talking about two different things. I'm specifically talking about the NFL's blackout rule. I'm not aware of any rules affecting the broadcast of the home games of any of the other major sports.

Re: [TV orNotTV] FCC considering eliminating sports blackout rules

2013-11-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
Joe Hass, to Doug Fields, in part: The reasonable question to ask of the acting Chairwoman is whether the Commission is interested in looking at the situation today with these other blackout rules (probably the two most onerous being Fox's Saturday baseball blackout rules and MLB's

[TV orNotTV] NY stations all nutsy-coocoo?

2013-11-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
Are they still in breaking-news mode following the shooting at Garden State Plaza? Philly (at least ABC) went right to it on their 11pm news. B -- -- 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

[TV orNotTV] The Mentalist blunder? (spoilers only in linked article)

2013-11-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
As noted under Simpsons audible?, the scheduled ep got tossed here in the USA (to another week where it *will* be Delayed By Football), though as is apt to happen, the cunning have found illicit versions of it, as for example reports this overseas paper...

[TV orNotTV] How I Met Your... Father??

2013-11-03 Thread Bob in Jersey
Yep, a spinoff of the soon-to-end ...Mother is on the horizon... a whole new group is to be unveiled in their finale, connected in only minor ways to Barney, Ted *et al*, of whom apparently another eventually-to-be-revealed member, speaking in VO to future offspring, surreptitiously begins

[TV orNotTV] Re: How I Met Your... Father??

2013-11-03 Thread Bob in Jersey
Scratch the guest roles part... the only item surviving from the prior show could be MacLaren's. B -- -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Next round of Amazon pilots... two dramas up for review

2013-11-03 Thread Bob in Jersey
Eric Overmyer, familiar to followers of *Homicide* and *LO*, is behind one, and Chris (*X-Files*) Carter the other. http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2013/10/x-files-creator-on-board-as-am.php B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] Simpsons audible?

2013-11-03 Thread Bob in Jersey
David Bruggeman wrote: Per the EW, there were 'technical issues' in clearing Bart The Lover http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/31/simpsons-marcia-wallace-tribute And no interruptions from football. David *The Mentalist*, meanwhile, tossed its announced Jane-meets-John climax after

[TV orNotTV] NFL flexing for Nov 17th

2013-11-02 Thread Bob in Jersey
Original NBC game Green Bay at Giants moved to Fox @ 4:25 east. Peacock moves a late CBS game, KC at Denver, to its night slot. CBS moves an early game, SD at Miami, from 1:00 east to 4:05 east.

[TV orNotTV] Leno calls rivalry w/Letterman 'tabloid creation'

2013-11-02 Thread Bob in Jersey
On his show Friday, Jay had the tables turned on him by *Watch What Happens Live*'s Andy Cohen, who talked him into a round of Plead The Fifth... video linked at: http://www.thewrap.com/jay-leno-david-letterman-like-still-makes-laugh-video/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV)

[TV orNotTV] Sacha Baron Cohen to FX

2013-11-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Variety: The TCF-owned net and the *Borat*, etc. star sign a first-look TV deal, and FXX will rerun *Ali G* (incl. episodes not seen on HBO) with new intros by Cohen. http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/fx-prods-signs-first-look-tv-deal-with-sacha-baron-cohens-production-company-1200785962/ B --

[TV orNotTV] Re: USA Americanizes 'Choir'

2013-11-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Back in July 2012, Mark Jeffries wrote: If you saw the original British series on BBCA [in '11], you know that it's a fairly inspirational show about choirmaster Gareth Malone's attempts to form choirs in places like high schools or blue collar communities where one would not think there

[TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal for Oct 30th: Six Feet Under and Big Love complete series on DVD

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
SFU lists for about $150, $54.49 today... BL lists at nearly $200, $84.99 today. (The day there ends 12mid west.)

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Remainder of DC to leave Gotham for Burbank

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
The owner of iconic superheroes led by the Man of Steel and Dark Knight had largely transplanted itself to that Californy town back in 2010, to be closer to parent Warner Bros Entertainment, leaving only the actual comic-book operations including MAD... the final move west won't be till

[TV orNotTV] What Steve Capus has been doing since leaving NBC News

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
Championing the induction of British prog-rock band Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... they're a finalist... http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/5770659/nbc-news-former-president-devoted-to-securing-yes B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People!

[TV orNotTV] Holmes' debut numbers below predecessor

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
TheWrap: 407k viewers, 245k in the prime adult demo; George Lopez' final week managed 424k / 269k. Denizens of this list have already weighed in as commenters. http://www.thewrap.com/pete-holmes-show-debuts-lopez-ratings/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Three ex-Murdoch newsies plead guilty...

2013-10-30 Thread Bob in Jersey
...in the phone-hacking scandal that closed down one of his UK papers (previous coverage by us herehttps://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/tvornottv/murdoch$20news$20world/tvornottv/53eWpIWqkks/qUR8VItfIY4J)... their admissions were revealed in the trial of two others accused of the

[TV orNotTV] Re: is this new?

2013-10-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jon Delfin, in part: Here's the new part, at least to me: In the opening credits, Walmart and Procter Gamble get producing credit. Huh?! One is still allegedly worth billions, a pittance of which could easily be thrown into TV production without damage. The other has been in the telly

[TV orNotTV] CBS seeking to reboot Charmed

2013-10-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
Joe Adalian (Vulture) says details are sketchy, but a co-creator of *Party of Five* is co-writing a pilot script, which is the only item on the docket. http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/reboot-of-charmed-is-in-the-works-at-cbs.html Patrick Kevin Day (LA Times) spotted objecting tweets from two of

[TV orNotTV] CBS considering rebooting Charmed

2013-10-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
A co-creator of *Party of Five* is co-writing a pilot script for a 're-imagining' of the still-rerunning WB icon, sez Joe Adalian: http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/reboot-of-charmed-is-in-the-works-at-cbs.html And over at Twitter, two of the ex-Halliwells weren't too pleased:

[TV orNotTV] Re: CBS considering rebooting Charmed

2013-10-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
Sorry, thought first post didn't take. B -- -- 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, send email to

[TV orNotTV] EventuallyTV: Biopic of John Belushi in works

2013-10-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
Unlike Wired, Belushi's widow and Dan Aykroyd not only approve of this effort from writer-director Steve Conrad, starring Emile Hirsch (*Alpha Dog, Into the Wild*), but are on board as a producer and executive, respectively... filming scheduled to begin this spring in NY.

[TV orNotTV] AdTV: Adventures with my mother

2013-10-27 Thread Bob in Jersey
For those who don't remember, Mother Jersey has been mobility-impaired, and confined between a bed and wheelchair, since the summer of 2011. She also suffers from annoying, but not life-threatening, memory losses. She frequently refers to brand-name, well-advertised OTC medicines by names that

Re: [TV orNotTV] AdTV: Adventures with my mother

2013-10-27 Thread Bob in Jersey
Melissa Neal, to moi: The Vermont Country Store specializes in bringing back old products, including some medicines. I think they send us paper catalogs. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or

[TV orNotTV] Refreshing... college football on Fox News

2013-10-26 Thread Bob in Jersey
Wasn't much else they could do... the game (Texas Tech @ Oklahoma), originally a 3.30 east start, was weather-delayed... they've started doing that a lot lately... the big network, where it started, had Game 3 of the Woild Series from 7.30 east... couldn't put it on FX... they were recapping

[TV orNotTV] MTV releases show's whole season to devices before one episode airs

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
The Viacom net's app for iPhone/iPad and Xbox 360 will debut the hapless-high-school-football-team documentary Wait 'Til Next Year today... those watching on more-conventional TV have to wait 'til Nov 1st... http://www.thewrap.com/mtv-releases-shows-whole-season-app-week-premieres/ B -- --

[TV orNotTV] Finke finally breaking out on her own?

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jay Penske apparently cut off *Deadline* stuff from her twitter feed, so she said Thursday, “I am building out NikkiFinke.com and will unveil it right after the new year. http://www.thewrap.com/nikki-finke-announces-nikkifinke-com/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

[TV orNotTV] Dads back-nined

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
Despite the racial jokes and less-than-stellar ratings; we have an asset we can grow, said Kevin Reilly. http://www.thewrap.com/seth-macfarlanes-dads-gets-full-season-order-fox/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[TV orNotTV] So long, Hal Needham

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
The well-beaten film and TV stuntman (*hundreds* of episodes of, f'rinstance, *Have Gun Will Travel*), who went on to direct stunt-laden movies such as the *Smokey and the Bandit*s (incl. those Brian Bloom TV-sequels in UTV's Action Pack in the 90s) and *Cannonball Run*; got an honorary Oscar

[TV orNotTV] Idol results back to half hour

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
To make a place for the coming Chris Meloni comedy *Surviving Jack*. Meanwhile, *The Following* moves to Monday following *Sleepy Hollow* Jan 20th. http://www.thewrap.com/american-idol-results-shows-cut-30-minutes/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

[TV orNotTV] LA finally cuts fees for new-show filming

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
Council last winter had passed an ordinance waiving permit charges for pilots and first-year series, but outgoing mayor Villaraigosa never signed it... new mayor Garcetti did today (25), with Ron (*SOA*) Perlman in the crowd... the head of the local film commission said, now it's the state's

[TV orNotTV] Re: Parks Rec Feeling Community

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
JW, to Brad Beam: If the NFL really wanted to change up the Pro Bowl, they could try out the Canadian rulebook. The CFL games I’ve watched almost always finish within their scheduled three-hour block. How many TV timeouts are there, and how long are they? That's most likely the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Parks Rec Feeling Community

2013-10-25 Thread Bob in Jersey
PGage, to moi: If that applies to kicks out of the endzone as well, then about 75% of all NFL games would begin 1-0 these days. The NFL is probably very close to doing away with kickoffs all together. They tossed it to their competition committee as the 2012 reg. season ended... never

Re: [TV orNotTV] Parks Rec Feeling Community

2013-10-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
Brad Beam, in part, to Joe Hass: If the NFL really wanted to change up the Pro Bowl, they could try out the Canadian rulebook. The CFL games I’ve watched almost always finish within their scheduled three-hour block. A New York sportscaster back in the day wished the NFL would adopt the

[TV orNotTV] Keenen Wayans eyeing comeback

2013-10-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
The writer/producer/ex-talk show host got a put-pilot deal from ABC on his latest sitcom, with 20th and ex-Fox honcho Peter Chernin, about the whitest guy alive marrying into a family of color...he won't act in it...

[TV orNotTV] So long, Amazin' Bill Mazer

2013-10-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
The one-time sportscaster at NY's channel 5, until a few years after the Fox acquisition; hosted sports and nonsports talk radio off and on in the 70s and 80s. In Danbury, CT; 92. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/sports/bill-mazer-a-sports-fixture-of-new-york-radio-and-tv-dies-at-92.html?_r=2;

[TV orNotTV] 60s surfing drama bought by CW

2013-10-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
In Sir Tom's tele-gebra, it sounds at the very least like *Baywatch* + *China Beach *- the war, or similar... creator Rebecca Sinclair, joined in the project by Carol (the *CSI*s) Mendelsohn, says There’s a Trojan horse element to this show: We’ll lure the audience in with gorgeous beaches,

[TV orNotTV] Proof Fox still has a Standards dept. (NSFW?)

2013-10-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
*Mindy Project* exec Matt Warburton tweeted some substitutions it made to him recently... Lisa D. notes his show's getting pounded in the numbers, which prolly drove him over the edge... http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/mindy-project-beaten-up-by-the-voice-kicks-fox-decency-police/ B -- --

[TV orNotTV] Murder, a new writer wrote

2013-10-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
And this re-imagining of the Universal TV-made Angela Lansbury procedural will feature Oscar-winning Octavia Spencer (*The Help*) as a hospital exec whose self-published mystery novels get her dragged into real-life crime solving... it's gotten a put-pilot deal at NBC...

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: Using NSFW

2013-10-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
Joe Hass, to moi: Bob's post earlier made me think about the idea of NSFW: namely that simply labeling something NSFW doesn't really make it clear why it's NSFW. For example, the article he linked to would be perfectly fine for my office (an ad agency) because it's only language. Now, if

[TV orNotTV] Sarah Silverman's failed pilot on the 'toob

2013-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Courtesy her channel there, Jash, here's Susan 313, which 20th produced and on which NBC passed. http://www.thewrap.com/sarah-silverman-shares-failed-nbc-pilot-susan-313-youtube-video/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to

[TV orNotTV] Ya like one judge? Well, how about *three*?

2013-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Oddly, as a *Judge Judy* ad is playing on WFMZ... Sheindlin has sold CBS a new jurist show where a trio will decide cases, *Hot Bench*, with NY Supreme Court Justice Patricia DiMango and attorneys Larry Bakman and Tanya Acker donning the TV robes.

[TV orNotTV] ABC not about to trade in Seacrest

2013-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
He'll continue to follow in Dick Clark's New Year's footsteps, but for how long no one involved will let on. ISTR he only signs three- or four-year deals over at ClearChannel / Premiere, so plan accordingly. http://www.thewrap.com/ryan-seacrest-keep-rockin-dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve/ B

[TV orNotTV] ABC considering reviving Body of Proof

2013-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mother J misses this show, and it got better ratings than three shows currently on that network... they'll have to talk Delany back, and find another exec after the original one went to that *24* update... http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/body-of-proof-might-return-abc/ B -- -- TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Jessica Lange leaving the Coven

2013-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
I'm guessing after the current season, from this... not that they're lacking for familiar talent... (These cats are like the frickin' NY *Daily News* when it comes to photo use in their articles) http://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimieetkin/jessica-lange-american-horror-story-coven-leaving B -- --

Re: [TV orNotTV] (Mostly NoTV) Going back to Cali

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin, to David Bruggeman, in part: Even though it is a chain, my friends who like fish tacos swear by the Wahoos chain. And I just saw Lucha Libre's minutes of fame on Triple D... we all know how Fieri can prospectively risk your reputation. :-O B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

[TV orNotTV] Almost Human pushed back

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
Not due to production issues or any of that... Fox wanted to make sweeps noise with a Bones/Sleepy Hollow combo. Début now to air consecutive nights, Nov 17 and 18. http://www.thewrap.com/almost-human-premiere-pushed-back-two-weeks/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Its Not HBO, Its Netflix

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
Their boss cleared up a bunch of things at a conference attended by TheWrap... no, you shouldn't watch them on your mobile... no, they aren't going after the NFL... no, Hulu isn't a threat, but Aereo is... http://www.thewrap.com/netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-dont-want-nfl-aereo-threat/ B -- --

[TV orNotTV] Hurwitz game to an Arrested movie

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
But it would still be at Netflix, not in theaters, as a precursor to another season... apparently he hasn't approached Fox about it. And, he talks about almost casting Jeremy Piven. http://www.thewrap.com/mitch-hurwitz-arrested-development-movie-netflix-almost-cast-michael-bluth/ B -- -- TV

[TV orNotTV] D!ck Wolf blasts govt shutdown

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
It was a terrible couple of weeks for the country as a whole... how could people act this way? It’s a completely manufactured scenario... He isn't thrilled with binge viewing, either... not that folks ain't doing that with, f'rinstance, *Chicago Fire*, for which he appeared at an NBC press

[TV orNotTV] Re: Almost Human pushed back

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
LAT: The 17th is an NFL doubleheader day, another reason for putting half of the premiere on a Sunday. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-fox-pushes-back-premiere-date-for-scifi-drama-almost-human-20131021,0,2967176.story#axzz2iUJSavqa B -- -- TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] So long, Noel Harrison

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
Skied in two winter Olympics... performed on stage in musicals made famous by dad Rex... had a top-10 hit in England... co-starred in *Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* with Stefanie Powers... didn't he host a TV show in between? In Britain's Devon region; 79.

[TV orNotTV] Lucy to be loved again this Christmas

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
CBS on Dec 20th will show a newly-colourized combo of two of *I Love Lucy*'s most-sought episodes, the Christmas segment and Lucy's Italian Movie, where she famously spills in a tub of grapes...

[TV orNotTV] Phil Rosenthal, Henry Winkler to team on comedy

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
The *Raymond* creator and iconic actor's ABC project will also involve Winkler's son and son-in-law, and possibly also his wife... or someone playing her...

[TV orNotTV] Cee-Lo legal issues not likely to affect work

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
Green pleaded not guilty in LA to allegedly giving Ecstasy to a woman with whom he later had an encounter in her hotel. A rape charge was withdrawn by the DA. He likely wasn't going to be part of the next *Voice* cycle anyway, as Usher and Shakira would come back to relieve him and Xtina.

[TV orNotTV] Longtime Telepictures boss leaves

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
Hilary Estey McLoughlin, with the Warner-owned producer since the mid-80s (!), becomes head of creative affairs at CBS Domestic Distribution, in charge of current stuff like *Judge Judy*, *Jeopardy!* and *Wheel* as well as development projects.

[TV orNotTV] New reality chief at Fox

2013-10-22 Thread Bob in Jersey
Simon Andreae, who headed Discovery's West Coast development and production, takes over from Mike Darnell... (Sir) David Hill will remain in his *Idol* and *X Factor* jobs for the time being... http://www.thewrap.com/fox-hires-simon-andreae-new-head-reality/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The

[TV orNotTV] What Not To Wear rides into sunset

2013-10-21 Thread Bob in Jersey
Carrying whatever respectability the former Learning Channel had left. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/what-not-to-wear-series-finale_n_4117800.html B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not

[TV orNotTV] Walking into the record books again

2013-10-21 Thread Bob in Jersey
*Deadline*: The season premiere of those undead folk, and those fighting them, topped 20mil viewers between live+same-day and live+3, surpassing Disney's *High School Musical 2* back in 2007...

[TV orNotTV] One Marlowe to revive another at ABC

2013-10-21 Thread Bob in Jersey
Andrew, cocreator of *Castle*, teams with that show's writer (also his wife) Terri Edda Miller and Oscar-winning director Michael DeLuca to bring back legendary gumshoe Philip, not seen in the US since an HBO version in the 1980s...

[TV orNotTV] Betty White to Lifetime

2013-10-21 Thread Bob in Jersey
The formerly-part-NBC-owned cable net will take over *Off Their Rockers*, her hidden-camera comedy, producing a third season yet to be scheduled. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/betty-whites-rockers-revived-at-649549 B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: NWA Nominated for Rock Hall of Fame, Republican Rockists Sure to Scream Bloody Murder

2013-10-18 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mark Jeffries, to Tom Wolper, in part: LL started his career after the split of the 1979, but Hall and Oates and Ronstadt were mainstays of AOR radio before the 1979 mass dump of non-hard rock acts. Who or what split in '79? B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: It's 1, 2, 3 strikes you're... moved?

2013-10-18 Thread Bob in Jersey
PGage, to Adam Bowie: I have always assumed that in the US, making baseball (and by analogy football and basketball and some others) easily accessible to as much of the public as possible is part of the public service the networks owe the people in exchange for their use of the public

[TV orNotTV] TNT extends Franklin Bash

2013-10-18 Thread Bob in Jersey
As of now, that does not include recently-added partner in their firm, Heather Locklear... http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/tnts-franklin-bash-renewed-for-fourth-season/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[TV orNotTV] Breaking Bad co-exec to HBO

2013-10-18 Thread Bob in Jersey
Nellie: George Mastras jumps into talks with the cabler to plug into the as-of-now-floundering Scorsese/Winter/Jagger project, who just lost two execs...

[TV orNotTV] Semi-TV: Charm coach dies

2013-10-18 Thread Bob in Jersey
She didn't sing or write songs, but those associated with Motown say [Maxine] Powell was as essential to the label's operations as any performer or producer. Powell directed the label's Artists Development Department, also known as Motown's Finishing School. She guided many, including Smokey

[TV orNotTV] Re: It's 1, 2, 3 strikes you're... moved?

2013-10-17 Thread Bob in Jersey
I'd love to find gently-used QAM-compatible TVs and recorders for my family and I to watch the increasing number of cable channels, of which FS1 is the highest profile, that would otherwise be box-only-despite-full-basic. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'SVU' Says Goodbye, Munch: TV's Longest-Serving Cop Turns in His Badge and Gun - TheWrap

2013-10-17 Thread Bob in Jersey
Did Mr Wolf pull a Hitchcock? B -- -- 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, send email to

[TV orNotTV] So long, Ed Lauter

2013-10-17 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mesothelioma claims the well-travelled character actor, with strategic roles in a slew of films and episodes... the deputy commish foil of the * Psych* guys, a fire-station-captain pal of the *ER* docs, the boss of the guards in the original *The Longest Yard*, the butler in Oscar-winning *The

[TV orNotTV] A busted 'undead' project makes a comeback

2013-10-17 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jennifer Salke, now NBC's programmer, originally got *Babylon Fields* going when she was at 20th... set in the Long Island town, they who have risen don't kill, but endeavour to return to society, and become stronger than their kinfolk... the offered-to-CBS original surfaced on the Net after

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: AWS elastic transcoder

2013-10-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
Leave the part from the question mark on, off... else all you'll get is a blank-'cept-for-a-logo page. B -- -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: my Shannen Doherty obsession reaches its lowest point

2013-10-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
Note these words in his post: *to promote the Saturday morning lineup of kids shows.* The demo can't and won't care about the production values. Shannen was likely cuter at that age. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to

[TV orNotTV] Amazon Deal of the Day (Oct 16): Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series Deluxe Edition on DVD

2013-10-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
One year *to the huckin' day(!)*, this exact same product was the DotD: Released July [that] year: 131 discs, 1225 episodes, crammed into a lovely coffin, but sadly nothing autographed by the departed Mr Frid. $279.99 (53 % off) This year it's $10.00 less. Gently-used ones ain't much

[TV orNotTV] Lonesome Rhodes Beck vs Bob Costas

2013-10-15 Thread Bob in Jersey
Have any more native-American groups in dispute with the Wa(r)shington NFL team actually gone to a US court to order its ownership group and the NFL to change the team name immediately? (That is, since the 2009 decision by the

Re: [TV orNotTV] semi-OT: Local news, BNL version

2013-10-14 Thread Bob in Jersey
David Bruggeman, to Kevin: You'll probably need to watch it twice More than that. What's Steven Page doing? (besides living out by Syracuse) B -- -- 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] Dan Harris in, Bill Weir out at Nightline

2013-10-14 Thread Bob in Jersey
An email from ABC News chief Ben Sherwood confirms. The well-travelled GMA Weekend anchor will keep his existing job, which might mean he doesn't work Fridays... http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2013/10/abcs-nightline-replaces-co-anc.php Weir surfaced at CNN, to do some anchoring to be

[TV orNotTV] NBC trying time travel again

2013-10-14 Thread Bob in Jersey
Nellie: 20 years after *Quantum Leap*'s departure, the Peacock grabs separate development deals for projects from Deborah Pratt, who teamed on the former series with then-husband Don Bellisario, and Josh Friedman (*Sarah Connor Chronicles*)...

[TV orNotTV] Slightly diff. look at shows' chances for cancel/renew

2013-10-14 Thread Bob in Jersey
It's still at TVBtN, maybe even the same location, but it's not what they expect to happen if the season ended now, it's what they're expecting over the actual season between now and May. Still, a decent pile of shows would still get the Ziggy in their opinion...

[TV orNotTV] Remington Steele: TNG

2013-10-13 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jay Scherick and David Ronn (the recent Smurfs theatrical) will write and Ruben Fleischer (the recent Sean Penn flick Gangster Squad) will direct an NBC pilot about the daughter of Steele and Laura Holt, who many years later reopens their detec-a-tive agency, to reportedly hilarious/romantic

Re: [TV orNotTV] Shedload of early Dr Who episodes found

2013-10-13 Thread Bob in Jersey
Well, *something* was found... in Nigeria, per this Deadline piece... and iTunes is already carrying several segments... a trailer for *The Web of Fear*, with Doc #2 and a young Lethbridge-Stewart, at:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'SVU' Says Goodbye, Munch: TV's Longest-Serving Cop Turns in His Badge and Gun - TheWrap

2013-10-12 Thread Bob in Jersey
On Saturday, October 12, 2013 12:46:34 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: The episode will apparently feature a farewell dinner, a roast of sorts, and include footage from Homicide as well as cameos from Clark Johnson as Meldrick Lewis and other familiar faces from Munch's past.

[TV orNotTV] MasterChef finalist offs self

2013-10-12 Thread Bob in Jersey
Josh Marks, who lost the third season of the Gordon Ramsay-and-associates Fox competition to Christine Ha last year, was found in an upscale Chicago 'hood Friday night, having apparently used a pistol... an earlier court case from a violent incident with University of Chicago police in July,

[TV orNotTV] Magic Johnson leaving ESPN

2013-10-11 Thread Bob in Jersey
The basketball Hall of Famer claims he'll be too busy with other interests (he's now a partner in baseball's Dodgers) to do game or studio work with the Woildwide Leadah... http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9802454/magic-johnson-leaving-espn-nba-coverage B -- -- TV or Not TV The

[TV orNotTV] Well, of course it does...

2013-10-11 Thread Bob in Jersey
A Nielsen insider explains why Twitter traffic related to a TV program matters to its network... http://www.thewrap.com/nielsen-twitter-tv-ratings-matter/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not

[TV orNotTV] 'Five-O' planning fan-built episode

2013-10-11 Thread Bob in Jersey
It's *Mad Libs* applied to a TV series... fans can go to cbs.com/H50vote and pick from several plot elements that will be combined into a segment... they already did a you vote for the ending story last season... http://www.thewrap.com/hawaii-five-0-planning-fan-built-episode/ B -- -- TV or

[TV orNotTV] IP6,B*: Mia Farrow's kid seeking Anderson-like job

2013-10-10 Thread Bob in Jersey
It's *Page Six*, but... Ronan Farrow, good-lookin' guy, 25, rumoured to have been fathered by Frank Sinatra, will definitely become a correspondent at MSNnBC, but insiders say he's not even close to becoming *that* prominent in the network's plans...

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