Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: New York appeals court torn over reversing Weinstein convictoin

I agree with the Court of Appeals, but I don’t think the fault lies with the NY Prosecutors, but the trial judge. Even then, it was a close call, and the Appeals court was closely and bitterly divided. I do think when things are that close the decision should be in favor of the defendant.

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Roman Gabriel

Always my QB. Had his poster on my wall as a kid. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 4:36 PM Steve Timko wrote: > Best known as an NFL quarterback. I include him because he was the first > professional athlete I knew of who made appearances on TV shows, like > Gilligan's Island,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Another Hollywood catfight

I had to look up Sydney Sweeney to see who she is and what she looks like. I have heard of Euphoria but never seen it, and never heard of the film in question. Was she in S1 of White Lotus? I won’t engage in the crass practice of rating the attractiveness of actresses in their mid 20s, but she is

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix to end reporting subscriber numbers

FWIW: here is the take of Puck News’ Matt Bellini on this from his column last night: *“So much for that new era of Netflix transparency*: A couple theories about why Netflix, after blowing past predictions with 9.3 million new subscribers, announced today that it will stop reporting subscriber

Re: [TV orNotTV] True Detective 4 [Was Quickie Review: Monsieur Spade]

Just finished TD4, which I was only able to do through sheer stubbornness and accessing my deep streak of ICD completism. I have a high tolerance for the baked in weaknesses of this series, but season 4 seemed to be intentionally trying to be bad so hard it was just insulting and obnoxious. It

Re: [TV orNotTV] OJ Simpson Dead at 76 in Las Vegas

u, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:17 PM PGage wrote: > >> Well, the Civil Jury found him liable for the deaths. >> >> But, to my point, that jury was quite different than the LA criminal >> jury. The criminal jury knew things about the LAPD that made the >> accusations of plantin

Re: [TV orNotTV] OJ Simpson Dead at 76 in Las Vegas

not necessarily true. Kevin is not a legal expert, but he is an expert on the OJ trial. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 at 7:08 PM Steve Timko wrote: > A civil jury found he caused the deaths. > Who is the legal expert? > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 6:59 PM PGage wrot

[TV orNotTV] OJ Simpson Dead at 76 in Las Vegas

>From Prostate Cancer. We have an OJ trial expert on the list, so I will not attempt to sum up or draw conclusions, though I too watched a lot of that trial. I will just say this: while I do not object to obituary stories saying evidence presented at the criminal trial appeared to indicate he

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dr. Ben Song never returned home.

I stopped watching and mostly forgot about it soon after the original thread about it here. Also will not miss. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 2:49 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > The bigger problem for me (beyond the lack of chemistry of any

Re: [TV orNotTV] Longtime ESPN Exec Leaves After Almost 40 Years

If the new world of ESPN requires kissing Pat McAfee’s ass then Norby is well out. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 10:01 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > In a rapidly shifting media environment 40 years of experience isn’t an > immediate asset. Williamson thrived when the ESPN economic

[TV orNotTV] Skydance Paramount Global deal: Details of David Ellison bid

Long rumored, complex takeover of Paramount Global by Skydance and Red Bird heating up, may be announced soon. P-Global would still be a publicly traded company, but Ellison would have controlling share (high 40s to 50%). Looks like the Redstones cash out (at a number far below what they were

Re: [TV orNotTV] About a not-exactly-ethnic name

Interesting. I read the whole article, and could actually feel myself getting stupider with each paragraph… Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 at 11:53 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > She was different from the rest of the family so she had a different name. > Why does anybody have to overthink

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ex-RNC chair sacked from NBC News

This sad episode really illustrates what is wrong with TV News. The problem with hiring McDaniel was not that she is a conservative voice incompatible with the liberal lean of the MSNBC side of the family, which is how Conde is spinning it. The problem is that she is an election denier (recently

Re: [TV orNotTV] Digest for tvornottv@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 4 topics

Thought I remembered an entry from Ken Levine’s blog about her when she died that touched on this a little - found it here: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2008/01/suzanne-pleshette.html In our house, like I imagine many others, every week someone would comment on how unbelievable it was that a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Max Heading for Europe in May

Same. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 at 10:08 AM Kevin M. wrote: > I read that as “Max Headroom is in Europe” and got excited. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 8:58 AM Mark Jeffries > wrote: > >> Just in time for the Paris Olympics, for which WBD's Eurosport has

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP M. Emmett Walsh

So great. I see Variety includes the Ebert reference, which was the first thing I thought of when I heard the news: “Film critic Roger Ebert created the “Stanton-Walsh Rule,” which held that no movie

Re: [TV orNotTV] Maher Down for Two More Years at HBO

Marti, I am glad you get pleasure from the show. I do not. The problem is not being exposed to ideas I disagree with, I enjoy and seek that out. Indeed I find Maher most difficult to stomach when he or a guest express conclusions I agree with but supports them with an argument that is

Re: [TV orNotTV] Oscars 2024 Ratings Up 4%

ominees for the >> acting categories. >> >> As for Kimmel, he did alright.I honestly thought the "mean tweet" he >> read was scripted, but now I'm hearing that it was real. Here's an EW >> article on that. Jimmy Kimmel was told not to read Donald Trump message &

[TV orNotTV] Oscars 2024 Ratings Up 4%

But down 5% in the Demo. ABC seems to be taking a victory lap, but I would say this is in the low average range of expectations. After last year I thought we might see one more year of small gains in a final post Covid correction, before a return to steady declines based on long term trends in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Sen. Katie Britt's State of the Union response: Discuss

I agree with Kevin, except the loudest complaints have come from professional GOP politicians, who know the key swing voter demo is white suburban women. These women are susceptible to the low tax (even if that is bs) anti immigration part of the Republican message, but are turned off by the hyper

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Richard Lewis

Back in the NBC days, the Letterman guests I and my friends most looked forward to were Jay Leno (hard to believe now, but he was great) and Richard Lewis. I had seen him at the Ice House a few times and just enjoyed his act so much. I started a re watch of Curb a few weeks ago to get ready for

Re: [TV orNotTV] Barnhart and Trowbridge

So great to see and hear both of them. Thanks Jon. I was a subscriber to the original list (as I have noted before, literally the third thing I searched for the first day I was connected to the internet on AOL was “David Letterman” (the first was the topic of a research project I was working on,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Any fans of William Gibson's "Neuromancer" here?

Of course. Very much looking forward to this. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 at 1:28 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Graham Roland (Amazon's *Jack Ryan) *and JD Dillard have adapted the > novel into a series, under Anonymous Content and

Re: [TV orNotTV] John Oliver offers Clarence Thomas $1 million a year to resign

; than they might have been. Also, there'll be dodgy copies on YouTube > filling up the slack. There are various "creative" ways to get around > YouTube's copyright systems. > > > Adam > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 2:24 AM PGage wrote: > >> From Julia Alex

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jon Stewart to return to "The Daily Show" as EP and part-time host through 2024 election

, and not designed to normalize and minimize Trump’s villainy. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 at 6:20 PM PGage wrote: > Right, and that (lazy and obvious) is the real damming criticism for a > comic. Regardless of the political implications, his act has been hack - > not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: The New Look

I encourage to fortify your stomach and get past the first five minutes. I’m really digging this show, even though I know little or nothing about fashion. I have been interested in the complexities of the idea of collaboration with the Occupier*, and that is really what this series, at least the

Re: [TV orNotTV] John Oliver offers Clarence Thomas $1 million a year to resign

his most viral content in algorithmically recommended clip form, anyway.” Sent from Gmail Mobile On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 at 1:53 AM PGage wrote: > As Kevin points out, the YouTube delay is far from an indication of > turmoil with Oliver at HBO, but an attempt by HBO/Max to further monetize >

Re: [TV orNotTV] John Oliver offers Clarence Thomas $1 million a year to resign

As Kevin points out, the YouTube delay is far from an indication of turmoil with Oliver at HBO, but an attempt by HBO/Max to further monetize him. I am not worried about Oliver financially, first because there is zero chance Thomas takes the offer (not because Thomas is above taking it of course,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jon Stewart to return to "The Daily Show" as EP and part-time host through 2024 election

Right, and that (lazy and obvious) is the real damming criticism for a comic. Regardless of the political implications, his act has been hack - nothing more than we might expect from the opening act on a week night at a suburban comedy club. I think we have a right to expect more from him. Sent

Re: [TV orNotTV] Katy Perry leaving "American Idol"

I will confess to watching all seasons of AI. Initially I thought this report meant Perry would. To be on the current season, but reading a little more it seems the current season will be S7 for the ABC version, and Perry will be leaving after S7. I am pleased. Perry is to me by far the most

Re: [TV orNotTV] SportsTV: Lundquist To Call His Final Masters

Thanks for that Joe. Verne has always been a favorite, and that article is a real gem. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 at 4:26 PM Joe Hass wrote: > He started on 17 (I still remember his call of Jack Nicklaus in 1986) and > eventually moved to his now-iconic perch on 16. He'd

Re: [TV orNotTV] Streaming's BIggest Shows Are Just TV (Big Deal)

I have been an advocate of the shorter seasons we often see on streaming (and Euro?) series, but was given pause when we learned during the strikes the impact this is having on professional TV writers. This made me wonder if short TV episode counts are less about quality control and more about

Re: [TV orNotTV] That Blockbuster Concert FIlm (Taylor's Version) on Disney+

Swift posts, and assured me there is a lot out there. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 at 5:33 PM Mark Jeffries wrote: > Same film, just with added songs originally for VOD and now for Disney+. > > Mark Jeffries > spotligh...@gmail.com > > > On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at

Re: [TV orNotTV] That Blockbuster Concert FIlm (Taylor's Version) on Disney+

Haven’t I been seeing a banner ad for the Taylor Swift Film for months? Was that something different than this? Sent from Gmail Mobile On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 at 2:28 PM Mark Jeffries wrote: > "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version)" (that's the actual > title), which seems to be the VOD

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox, WBD, Disney to Team Up for Possible Game-Changing Sports Streaming App

> it'll be packaged to *feel* different to cable, since this is surely aimed > as much as anything at those who've never even had a cable subscription. > But I've no doubt that there'll be deals for 12 month subscriptions etc. > > > > Adam > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2024, 04:03 PGa

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox, WBD, Disney to Team Up for Possible Game-Changing Sports Streaming App

>From the article: “*Pricing details and a name for the service will be disclosed at a later date, though an individual familiar with the matter told TheWrap that the price point would be cheaper than YouTube TV, which charges $72.99 per month for its basic plan. CNBC

Re: [TV orNotTV] Oh Sweet Jesus - Allen Bids for Paramount Global

William Cohan of Puck News has made the perhaps obvious but devastating case against the Byron Allen offer for PG being serious, for multiple reasons, amounting to Allen does. To have the money himself to make it happen, and is suspiciously cryptic about who would be insane enough to lend him that

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon Prime Starting Ads on Jan. 29

point). I wonder if > Amazon is doing some A/B testing on ad placement. > > > On Feb 3, 2024, at 3:33 PM, PGage wrote: > > As promised, ads started this week on Amazon. I started and finished “Mr > and Mrs Smith over last few days (2 thumbs up, so much better than the > movie

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon Prime Starting Ads on Jan. 29

As promised, ads started this week on Amazon. I started and finished “Mr and Mrs Smith over last few days (2 thumbs up, so much better than the movie) and found the ads to be just this side of tolerable. They do not interrupt the program, and there is only 1 or 2 of them at the start of each

Re: [TV orNotTV] At least two "Office US" stars up to doing reboot as movie instead of series

I have been an avid listener of the Office Ladies, though I’m a bit out of their demo. Part of their narrative is that they found a way to a better work-life balance by doing this podcast and monetizing it (they wrote a book, and are clearly eyeing ways to extend their brief once they get through

Re: [TV orNotTV] Letterman is Team TayTay

Just as I don’t really get what so many people love about Swift, I also don’t get what some people hate about her so much. I doubt there are many people alive who have watched more NFL games on TV than I have. They always have X number of minutes of crowd reaction shots, often of pretty women, or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Super Bowl ratings

Perhaps, but it it’s not because the SB commercials are on the whole actually entertaining, it’s because they have marketed the SB commercials as entertaining. I learned over Thanksgiving during a long, intense and joyful conversation with three of my early 20s nieces that I have heard of 3

Re: [TV orNotTV] Super Bowl ratings

lar sports competition in the country, just with nowhere > near the pro-rata live audiences that the NFL gets.] > > > Adam > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 5:00 AM PGage wrote: > >> I think we are still some years off from the Super Bowl being exclusively >> on Peac

Re: [TV orNotTV] Super Bowl ratings

I think we are still some years off from the Super Bowl being exclusively on Peacock or some other streamer (this year you will have the option of watching on P+). And while it is difficult to make predictions about absolute broadcast ratings these days, it is a lock that for as long as linear

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Masters of the Air

The Elvis voice definitely is a distraction, not as much as his bad acting, but still distracting. On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 at 1:44 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV wrote: > …In addition, Barry Keoghan (who's a good actor) gives audiences possibly > the worst "New York" accent in the history of Brits

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Masters of the Air

I know actual WW2 Buffs, and I would not call myself one since I have nowhere near that kind of command over the details of the key battles. But I have read a hell of a lot of WW2 books, and seen a lot of films. I didn’t hate the first two episodes, and I know there is a story to be told here, but

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Midnight Special on YouTube

watch music > waaay before tiktok/insta/youtube" > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 6:31 PM PGage wrote: > >> Same; recall it with pleasure, periodically check to see what’s on YT. >> Thanks so much for this heads up! Looking forward to spending some time on >> the site a

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Midnight Special on YouTube

Same; recall it with pleasure, periodically check to see what’s on YT. Thanks so much for this heads up! Looking forward to spending some time on the site and sharing with my kids. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 12:44 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > The Midnight Special is one of those

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Road House' Reboot Director Not Nice About Amazon MGM Steaming Film Instead of Theaters

That’s like saying Apple is more interested in selling phones than movies. Even those of us who simply pay monthly streaming fees should understand that, so much more those who make movies for them. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 9:07 AM Mark Jeffries wrote: > Doug Liman

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'After Midnight' Finally Premiering--POINTS!

Her ratings are about 66% of Cordon’s in his last year (maybe around 75% when DVR is included. She makes 50% of Cordon’s $6 Million salary, so maybe CBS is doing better on net cost. I am surprised they are paying her that much though, which makes me think they are expecting her to do better in

[TV orNotTV] We Will See You On The Radio) RIP Charles Osgood

Have you ever met someone who did not fall in love with Osgood, once they saw and especially heard him? What an excellent broadcaster and fine gentleman, who really left his personal mark on the landscape. === NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Osgood, who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than

Re: [TV orNotTV] Buzzy Cohen to host J! after all

This reminds me to ask: WTF with all of the tournament Jeopardy! I see we can expect it until April. I know the Strike is a big part of it, but gee whiz, were they expecting the strike to last 6 months longer than it did? How much Tournament J! Would we have gotten this year if there had not been

Re: [TV orNotTV] Grand Jury Indicts Baldwin on Involuntary Manslaughter

from Gmail Mobile On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 at 4:28 PM Kevin M. wrote: > > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM PGage wrote: > >> I am not sure how they define stupid in Nevada (having spent a lot of >> time there over the years visiting relatives,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Grand Jury Indicts Baldwin on Involuntary Manslaughter

: > In Nevada, felony stupid can bring a second degree murder conviction. > Sounds like that is what the New Mexico prosecutors want to prove > > On Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 12:25 PM PGage wrote: > >> Helpful summary in the NYT of the legal issues and challenges facing NM >> pros

Re: [TV orNotTV] Grand Jury Indicts Baldwin on Involuntary Manslaughter

 PM PGage wrote: > As I have said all along, it does not seem they have evidence he acted > criminally in handling the gun. As you say, he may well have substantial > civil responsibility as a producer. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 at 3:35 PM Kevin

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'SNL' Origin Story Movie May Be Coming

ut him. >> >> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 2:08 PM Dave Sikula wrote: >> >>> Plus, I would think Fey has too many other real projects (and common >>> sense) to want to take that nightmare on. >>> >>> —Dave Sikula >>> Sent from my iPhone

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'SNL' Origin Story Movie May Be Coming

Meanwhile, Lorne mentioned in interviews during his CA Emmys trip that he is planning on staying with the show through the 50th anniversary special in January of 2025, but hinted he would retire soon after. He agreed to a suggestion that Tina Fey is one of several who has what it takes to replace

Re: [TV orNotTV] Maher to Calif. governor: "Why didn't you take a more active role in resolving the strikes?"

Better question for Gavin: Why are you giving oxygen to an intellectually lazy, morally toxic spent force like Maher? Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 at 5:37 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Newsom: We were doing a very good job behind the scenes,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Grand Jury Indicts Baldwin on Involuntary Manslaughter

sel him out of this one, but he > should be held to account for his culpability as producer. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 12:41 PM PGage wrote: > >> >> “SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an >> invol

[TV orNotTV] Grand Jury Indicts Baldwin on Involuntary Manslaughter

“SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'After Midnight' Finally Premiering--POINTS!

I only mildly enjoyed the original. I didn’t find it as instantly hateable as most here, but did find it mildly repulsive. As Tom says, some fraction of the badness is they are still working it out. Tomlinson, who I find pretty likable outside of this, comes across as stiff and her voice is

Re: [TV orNotTV] Your Emmy winners

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

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Tom Shales

M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 5:25 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> Presumably Craig T. Nelson was unavailable for comment. >>> >>> David >>> >>> On Saturday,

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Tom Shales

He was a high impact writer, on television, and in the earlier years of this list. His books were interesting, but also infuriating. My problem with him was not so much that I frequently disagreed with him, but that he often seemed like the stereotype of a critic who cared more about his own ego

Re: [TV orNotTV] Your Globes Host is Jo Koy--Who?

ydailynews.com%2f2024%2f01%2f08%2fmichael-che-jo-koy-golden-globes-criticism-comics-should-boycott-hosting-award-shows%2f_campaign=The-Daily-News-Flash_content=hybrid> >> ) >> B >> >> PGage, Jan 8th: >> >> I do wish Koy had asked for and taken my advice; he would

Re: [TV orNotTV] Your Globes Host is Jo Koy--Who?

their films and careers. I suspect we will see a bigger named host next year. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 at 3:08 PM PGage wrote: > We are big fans of Jo Koy, so he is not unheralded in our house. Have seen > him live a few times, seen his act either on cable or streaming. A lot of

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Owner of most major market radio stations files for bankruptcy

“Washes its face”? Is that a Britishism I have not run into yet on Britbox or Acorn? I can’t recall the last time I listened to the radio - probably if there was a breaking news story and I was in car for a long trip. I used to be able to say I listened to the radio a lot for SF Giants games

Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the brain trust: Best courtroom depiction

Second Vinny. I’m not a lawyer, but used to work on a unit for people found incompetent to stand trial, and a lot of our job was to stage Mock Trials so they could learn and demonstrate sufficient understanding of court proceedings to be found competent. We found Vinny to be uniquely valuable,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Your Globes Host is Jo Koy--Who?

We are big fans of Jo Koy, so he is not unheralded in our house. Have seen him live a few times, seen his act either on cable or streaming. A lot of his humor has to do with growing up with a Filipina mother; my wife was note in Manila and grew up in Hawaii, so she is dead center demo. I laugh

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon Prime Starting Ads on Jan. 29

I got their email this week, but they said it was $2.99/month (not $3.99) to avoid the ads. They said they will have “meaningfully” fewer ads than linear tv and other streamers. As noted here on other threads, The default is to accept the ads, unlike other services, where the default was to

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Host of Jeopardy? Ken Jennings

This is a helpful piece, not so much because of a lot of new reporting, but because it brings together just about everything that has been reported into one place. I was glad to have confirmed what I thought was true, which is that ratings were not significantly different for the two hosts

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Tommy Smothers

Me too. I was a kid when their show was in, but my parents were huge fans. I didn’t get all of their routines until I got older, but we knew they were against the war in Vietnam. And the acts they had on were amazing. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 at 10:51 AM Tom Wolper wrote: >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Warners wants to screw up Paramount, too

Rumors about this have been swirling for a while. The Puck News folks have been discussing pros and cons of Zaz going after Paramount Global or its parent company, National Amusements ( with corporate finance issues at stake way above my ability to even pretend to decode), and the original Axios

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Host of Jeopardy? Ken Jennings

Mobile On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 at 4:14 PM PGage wrote: > I have been re-reading media reports from back in August about Celebrity > Jeopardy! My memory had been that that Ken was filling in for her while she > honored the Strikes, but it seems that was only true for the final week of >

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Host of Jeopardy? Ken Jennings

ent wasn’t the only prime time show, there was also the >> masters tournament. >> >> There are too many unknowns to be able to speculate about what happened >> and why. Call Me Kat was cancelled, Mayim and her agent talked to Sony >> about scheduling, and the result was

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Host of Jeopardy? Ken Jennings

be more confusing that > the apparent wiggle room I see here. > > But it's late on a Friday, and I'm probably overthinking it. > > Best, > David > > On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 11:13:26 PM PST, PGage > wrote: > > > It took several years but they finally came up

[TV orNotTV] The Host of Jeopardy? Ken Jennings

It took several years but they finally came up with the right answer (question?) to the hosting problem. I would be celebrating more aggressively but for fear that somewhere assholes are doing the same in an antisemitic vein. “Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated

Re: [TV orNotTV] And Then There Were Five: Matthew Perry Dead

There are two implicated drugs referenced in the toxicology report: Buprenorphine which is an opioid used to help wean people off more serious opioids of abuse, and ketamine, which is both a recreational drug of abuse and increasingly a therapeutic drug used in the treatment of chronic depression

Re: [TV orNotTV] Group member Brad Beam has passed away

Tragic. Will definitely miss him here. I have his last post as 11/2, looks like he died 11/9. So young. My favorite TV quote about death from “Brian’s Song” (and EH): “Hemingway said, ‘Every true story ends in death.’ Well, this is a true story.” Sent from Gmail Mobile On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning actor who starred in 'Homicide' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' dies at 61

This one really hurt. The integrity, honesty, humanity, talent. He lifted us all up. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 at 6:26 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Sad. He was one of the best actors I’ve ever seen. > > > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 6:19 PM Steve Timko wrote: > >> >>

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rebrand of Showtime now set for Jan 8th

nnel. >> >> The Paramount+ app on Apple TV works fine for me. My only issue is that >> the promos that play at the beginning of shows/movies are not skippable - >> other streaming services don’t have those (on their ad-free tier) or allow >> skipping them. >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert Down Again

; On Mon, Dec 4, 2023, 1:09 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I didn't email Sue T this time, but she's heard from someone, 'cuz there >> are repeats listed again this week. >> B >> >> Stan S, to PGage and D

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rebrand of Showtime now set for Jan 8th

I access Showtine via P+ streaming, so can’t answer this. But will take the opportunity to say that it is now clear, without any doubt, the worst streaming experience is with Paramount. Actually like much of their content, but streaming has become almost impossible. I have often documented my

Re: [TV orNotTV] Disney Buying Out Comcast's Share in Hulu

titles available on the Disney+ app. They also > said the whole Hulu library is available on the Hulu app. > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 12:44 AM PGage wrote: > >> Mark wrote, On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 2:08 PM: >> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Disney Buying Out Comcast's Share in Hulu

e streamer Star+ in Latin America) > and possibly renamed Star for uniformity's sake, but considering that > Republicans would probably go into a tizzy of the thought of Tommy Lee's > talking penis from "Pam and Tommy" on the same home screen as Mickey and > Minnie, maybe

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Mr Lear

Well said. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 at 8:18 AM Kevin M. wrote: > I have a lot of thoughts about Lear, but today is the wrong day for me to > be focused on death. I will say that Lear did a lot of things wrong, but he > also did a lot of things very well, and he paved the way

Re: [TV orNotTV] D!sney testing multiple, simultaneous, Monday Night Football games

Why is this a good idea? Do they make more money from ads for 2 different games on ABC and ESPN than they do from showing one game on both? When MNF started a lot of the appeal was one game for the whole country to watch, after the free for all of Sunday. It’s been a while since the Monday game

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert Down Again

Meanwhile he posted this earlier today, which is ambiguous. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 at 6:30 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > FWIW, my DVR has new episodes scheduled for Monday through Thursday. > > David > > On Sunday, December 3, 2023

Re: [TV orNotTV] J! contestants fail to recognize Led Zeppelin... X reacts

I only maybe could identify a photo of Garth Brooks if you cued me that he was a country and western singer, and he was wearing his hat. I was a consumer and purchaser of popular music in the 1970s, including concert tickets. I would be able to identify Curtis Mayfield, Al Green or Gladys

[TV orNotTV] RIP Mrs. Clavin

Frances Sternhagen, 93, died Monday, 11/27 ( apologies if posted here already and I missed it). One of those people everyone seems to have only good things to say about (unlike a certain formal Secretary of State and unindicted war criminal who also dies this week).

[TV orNotTV] Colbert Down Again

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Macy's Parade Sets Ratings Record for NBC

As you say, this is stunning. I watched it a couple of times as a kid, never much liked it (in Southern Cal our favored parade was the “Santa Clause Lane Parade.” Have not even. I side red watching it over last 50 years, though we do watch the National Dog Show. This bump requires some

Re: [TV orNotTV] Bob Dylan supports Jann Wenner

This is a little like a headline that says: “Powerful white man cancelled for saying only blonde white women can be beautiful is defended by 80 yo blonde white woman.” Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 at 8:13 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > The

[TV orNotTV] NYT Magazine Zaz Profile

I did not have time to read the epic profile of WBD’s David Zaslov published in the NYT Magazine this week until this morning. Thought I would post a link here to the list for the record. Unlike the similarly epic profile on Chris Licht in June, there is not a lot of new information; this is

Re: [TV orNotTV] A former sideline reporter stunningly admitted that she made things up - Poynter

Yeah, no. I’m not with Jimmy or you Bob on this. I’m not going to defend every horrible thing some Twitter monster may have said about her, but this does require some sort of strong response. If instead of the double talk clarification she did give, she comes out and says that during one season

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Politics May Keep 'Good Doctor' Off in Mich.

vernor of California. Between > standards and practices and state election officials, it was a nightmare > for the show producers to try to avoid the obvious bias towards the > Terminator. > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 4:37 PM PGage wrote: > >> Gopher got let out of his Love B

Re: [TV orNotTV] A former sideline reporter stunningly admitted that she made things up - Poynter

The story says she tried clarifying her recent comment, but this only leaves us with the prosecutor’s question: “We’re you lying then or are you lying now?” Well, it also leaves me with this question: she originally confessed to this fabrication to Erin Andrews, who said she used to do the same

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Politics May Keep 'Good Doctor' Off in Mich.

Gopher got let out of his Love Boat contract, but did they ban reruns? Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 11:35 AM Mark Jeffries wrote: > Seems to me that there were actors in the past running for office who had > to have their shows taken off where they were running. > > On

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: SNL’s Baldwin Choice

On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 1:32 AM 'Dave Sikula' wrote… “I, too, am at the age where any number of the references might as well be in Icelandic for all the sense they make to me. I mean, I had no idea if the guy in the waking dream was an actual person or not (apparently, he is).” PGage writes… I am

[TV orNotTV] SNL’s Baldwin Choice

I noticed this morning that there had been a new SNL last weekend, which I hadn’t seen, so decided to watch it. Nothing really remarkable, except further confirmation of my age. It’s not just that I don’t get most of the cultural references, but I don’t even get the comedy vocabulary and grammar

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