Re: [TV orNotTV] Justified showrunner Graham Yost in Onion AV Club

2013-04-03 Thread Joe Hass
On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:43 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On For me the most of no longer comes close to applying. If Speed and Full House are on one side of the ledger, that is more than balanced by wonderful television shows like Boomtown, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Justified and The

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Ebert to take a leave of presence due to cancer recurrance

2013-04-03 Thread Joe Hass
Though he's not leaving. He's just slowing down. Which is not what the word leave means in any dictionary I've seen. Also, he's moving rogerebert.com off the Sun Times servers and into the control of Ebert Digital, which Chaz will run.

[TV orNotTV] The Insane Hell That Was One Version Of The End Game Of Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?

2013-04-06 Thread Joe Hass
The end game of WITWICS? required contestants to place seven beacons on a map in 45 seconds. God help them if they drew Africa. http://www.sbnation.com/2013/4/4/4174436/carmen-sandiego-africa-map -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

2013-04-07 Thread Joe Hass
jokeThere's a Chick-fil-A a block away. We'll just send over some gay-hating chicken./joke On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The Westboro sh*theads are planning on protesting Ebert's funeral in Chicago. Chicagoans... do something about this, please.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox threatens to go cable if Aereo is legal

2013-04-08 Thread Joe Hass
I do. And this screams bluff on so many levels, it's not worth taking seriously. On Apr 8, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: It will happen anywayand it probably won't make a lick of difference really at this point. Very few people get their signals OTA anymore.

Re: [TV orNotTV] How Morning Joe almost went to CBS

2013-04-09 Thread Joe Hass
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: Everyone signed off on the move except NBCU chief Steve Burke, who managed to stop it. I'm not sure if this is a bigger indictment of Steve Burke or CBS. I also found this line from the AP article interesting: Somehow

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Fox threatens to go cable if Aereo is legal

2013-04-09 Thread Joe Hass
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: CBS and Univision, quoted in the NY Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/business/media/aereo-has-tv-networks-circling-the-wagons.html?smid=tw-NYTimesAdseid=auto_r=0, agree with Carey, and the elsewhere-mentioned NBC

[TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

2013-04-10 Thread Joe Hass
The one thing that really rubbed me the wrong way about being at the taping of The Late Show is the rather adamant insistance that you laugh at everything. Seriously: they have an Alec Baldwin video at the start that basically says the audience should laugh at anything they think might be funny. I

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

2013-04-10 Thread Joe Hass
It was interesting that Gawker originally teased the interview by using the term awkward, then went back against itself and said it wasn't. I didn't think it was at all awkward. I think it was more honest than most interviews, and it made for riveting television. At the end of the day that's

[TV orNotTV] Not But Will Be TV: Tiger Woods's Non-DQ

2013-04-13 Thread Joe Hass
Yesterday Tiger Woods on the 15th hole at the Masters hit an unbelievable shot: the ball hit the flag stick, but with enough force that it proceeded to roll back into the pond in front of the Green. Woods chose to take a drop from the original spot (as the rules allow). But in the post-match

Re: [TV orNotTV] Not But Will Be TV: Tiger Woods's Non-DQ

2013-04-13 Thread Joe Hass
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:45 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: My understanding is that a viewer did call this in. Someone saw that Tiger had placed the ball I think a couple of yards behind his original mark. The Masters officials reviewed the tape while Tiger was playing the 18th hole, and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Not But Will Be TV: Tiger Woods's Non-DQ

2013-04-13 Thread Joe Hass
I had a really, really long post written, but I now have to go to an event, so I'm going to close with noting four things: a. I only watched the first eight minutes of the broadcast (as part of writing this long post), but it's worth noting that everyone talked about Rule 33-7 as the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: P/T confusion at CBS

2013-04-15 Thread Joe Hass
I didn't watch, but I know historically the Butler Cabin ceremony is reasonably quick. Billy Payne opens; he introduces Jim Nantz; they introduces the low amateur, last year's winner, and this year's winner; they interview the low amateur, then the winner; the previous year's champion puts the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: P/T confusion at CBS

2013-04-15 Thread Joe Hass
think they had to play two extra holes. (BTW I know nothing about golf; I was just waiting for 60 Minutes to come on.) *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Joe Hass *Sent:* Monday, April 15, 2013 2:46 PM *To:* TV Or Not TV *Subject

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: P/T confusion at CBS

2013-04-16 Thread Joe Hass
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM, JW redbu...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:31 PM, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: CBS really needs a cable outlet so they can shunt nonsense like that over and run primetime as scheduled. I'm not a golf fan, but I know that the

Re: [TV orNotTV] LA's KTLA studio lot evacuated due to bomb threat

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
Upgrade to HD cameras on LMAD, or we're taking the place out! On Apr 17, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Bomb threat was received around 6ish. Everybody was allowed back in by 8:30. In addition to KTLA news, some of the courtroom shows tape there, as does Let's

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox pulls 'Family Guy' episode after Boston bombings - latimes.com

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
Thank God no one ever cut letters and words out of a magazine and pasted them together to post a ransom note: then we'd have to remove all the magazines. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Trevor Tymchuk tre...@afewthings.cawrote:

[TV orNotTV] SportsTV: The Apocalypse Is Nigh

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
Not only did the New York Yankees play Sweet Caroline after the third in their game against Arizona (as a few Major League Baseball parks did yesterday) in a show of support for the city, and not only did they create and display a nicely-designed icon for last night's game that was shown on the

Re: [TV orNotTV] SportsTV: The Apocalypse Is Nigh

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
The Indians (who played Boston last night in Cleveland) also played it (along with Dirty Water). On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:10 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: Perversely, I think having the game against NotBoston made it easier for the Yankees to do this. David Steinbrenner

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiveTV: Bombs explode at Boston Marathon finish

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
Yet again, your first mistake was watching television news. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody watching today's live clusterf*ck of coverage? At this point, I fully expect that -- within the hour -- CNN will announce that Martians planted the

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiveTV: Bombs explode at Boston Marathon finish

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
As usual, the only appropriate source is The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/update-the-onion-apologizes-for-killing-innocent-b,32088/ On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: Yet

Re: [TV orNotTV] The English Premier League is coming to NBC

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
This was announced in October: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/C4W-0xLREjI/discussion On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: Starting August all 380 games of the EPL season will be broadcast on NBC channels. That breaks down to 20 on NBC, 154 on NBC

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiveTV: Bombs explode at Boston Marathon finish

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
Here, for those scoring at home (or even if you're by yourself) is how everyone netted out: http://jimromenesko.typepad.com/my-blog/2013/04/the-latest-from-chartgirl.html On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Kevin M.

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiveTV: Bombs explode at Boston Marathon finish

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
In the current environment, it is perfectly acceptable to report that another outlet is reporting something, provided you identify that outlet. That said, it's spectacularly lazy and I would ask the editors who make that decision if they're willing to accept another editor's opinion without the

Re: [TV orNotTV] SportsTV: The Apocalypse Is Nigh

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:42 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I was not a fan of a lot of the made-for-tv sports moments that sprung up after 9-11, but the playing of Caroline, especially at Yankee Stadium, really was cool, and sent a little tingle up my spine. And kudos to whomever was

Re: [TV orNotTV] SportsTV: The Apocalypse Is Nigh

2013-04-17 Thread Joe Hass
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tvwrote: On Apr 17, 2013, at 6:54 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: I tend to think of the mass incorporation of GBA into most sporting events as evidence that the terrorists won. Then I remember I don't have to sing. You don't

[TV orNotTV] A Minor Issue With A Program Listing via TV Guide

2013-04-20 Thread Joe Hass
Apparently someone decided to cut and paste a listing from last year. That wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't the Penn State University football spring game. http://deadspin.com/penn-state-hearing-it-from-most-unlikely-critic-476603461 -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] The worst way to start your news anchor career

2013-04-22 Thread Joe Hass
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:38 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: You have a point, but it seems to me better suited to another thread (perhaps the one about David Ortiz). This guy was not making a human response to an unspeakable tragedy, he was unprofessional and unprepared for the pressure

Re: [TV orNotTV] The worst way to start your news anchor career

2013-04-22 Thread Joe Hass
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: AJ Clemente is (was?) anew weekend news anchor at Bismarck, ND's KFYR. As the news music played the sound from his mic went out over the air before he was introduced.

Re: [TV orNotTV] New open for Late Show

2013-04-23 Thread Joe Hass
Just watched it and loved it all. It really reminds me of the old Late Night opens. And I like the new introduction as well by Kalter. Total sidebar: when I walk from my office to the bar for One Drink Wednesday, I play the old LN theme on repeat. It works very nicely. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at

[TV orNotTV] The Deal Me Out Tontine Loses Another Member

2013-04-23 Thread Joe Hass
If you just want the news, skip to the bottom of this message. When I was nine, our family moved to the suburbs of Chicago. All of our extended family was in the Detroit area. This meant frequent travel back and forth from Chicago to Detroit. Usually when we traveled, it was on a Friday night

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Deal Me Out Tontine Loses Another Member

2013-04-24 Thread Joe Hass
Thank you all for the kind words. For those who haven't seen it, I've posted the original non-laugh-track version here: http://goo.gl/JtE4f -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post

Re: [TV orNotTV] The worst way to start your news anchor career

2013-04-24 Thread Joe Hass
Deadspin has the video from Today Hour 3, featuring a pep talk from no other than Tom Brokaw. Turns out that not only did *neither* of the on-air talent have IFBs (?!?), but the broadcast started 30 seconds early (?!?!?), so AJ truly had no clue that he was on the air (not to excuse him, but

Re: [TV orNotTV] The worst way to start your news anchor career

2013-04-24 Thread Joe Hass
My apologies for the error. On Apr 24, 2013, at 5:08 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: Deadspin has the video from Today Hour 3, featuring a pep talk from no other than Tom Brokaw. Turns out that not only did *neither

[TV orNotTV] Our Friends At KSL Are At It Again

2013-04-30 Thread Joe Hass
Fresh off bouncing Playboy Clubhttps://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/tvornottv/KSL/tvornottv/-Au-_tDJswg/ryC93YMfMaUJand New Normalhttps://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/tvornottv/KSL/tvornottv/MydiInOtETI/yW2c9mwVC9MJ, they're dropping Hannibal due to extensive

Re: [TV orNotTV] Not But Will Be TV: Tiger Woods's Non-DQ

2013-05-01 Thread Joe Hass
Today Golf Magazine published a blow-by-blow article on the whole kerfluffle, in which we discovered who made the original call. But more importantly to this board was who followed up to Fred Ridley, the chairman of the Rules Committee to tip them off about Woods's comment to ESPN and how it was

Re: [TV orNotTV] Oops Dept.: CSNChi Reporter Fired Over Past Video

2013-05-03 Thread Joe Hass
To further add to the absurdity of this, the videos were know well before her hiring: Deadspin found and posted them at the time. As they note, either CSN is guilty of failing to do due dilligence (they're idiots) or they really are firing her for the sex comment (they're heartless idiots).

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox threatens to go cable if Aereo is legal

2013-05-03 Thread Joe Hass
On Apr 8, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: It will happen anywayand it probably won't make a lick of difference really at this point. Very few people get their signals OTA anymore. On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: I do

[TV orNotTV] America's First Lawsuit Over Spoilers

2013-05-07 Thread Joe Hass
Remember the whole Manti T'eo thing? Remember when Phil McGraw had the guy who supposedly did the voice of T'eo's girlfriend? They had a cliffhanger in which there was some question as to whether the guy would do the voice of the girlfriend on the show. McGraw's production company is suing Gawker

[TV orNotTV] Mens Basketball Tourney Broadcast Changes: TBS Involved Next Year

2013-05-07 Thread Joe Hass
The original deal was for CBS to hold the rights for the regional finals (Elite Eight), Final Four and National Championship through 2015, then split the regional finals with TBS and alternate the national semifinals (Final Four) and national championship between the two networks in 2016. For the

[TV orNotTV] Jeff Zucker's New Breakthrough: Two Anchors 30 Feet Apart

2013-05-07 Thread Joe Hass
The Atlantic Wire does a little logic and discovers that while Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield are in Phoenix (for one pointless crime trial) talking about Cleveland (another pointless crime resolution) on a split screen, the two are in fact about 30 feet away from each other.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Mens Basketball Tourney Broadcast Changes: TBS Involved Next Year

2013-05-08 Thread Joe Hass
On May 8, 2013, at 12:58 AM, John Edwards jedward...@gmail.com wrote: I think the alternating is still set to start in 2016. From what I've seen, it was TBS' option to pick up the semifinals for 2014 and 2015. Hopefully TSN in Canada will still pick up the international feed for the Final

Re: [TV orNotTV] McCain: A La Carte Cable And Get Off My Lawn!

2013-05-09 Thread Joe Hass
Also buried in that: prohibition of TV blackouts from publicly-funded facilities. On May 9, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote: What was that about government staying out of free markets?: http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/mccain-moves-blow-pay-tv-business-90386

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Wrap: 'Idol' Bloodbath?

2013-05-09 Thread Joe Hass
On May 9, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Melissa P takingupspace...@gmail.com wrote: From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M-D November Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 1:52 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Wrap: 'Idol' Bloodbath?

[TV orNotTV] WTHR (Indy NBC) decides Facebook doesn't need attribution

2013-05-11 Thread Joe Hass
A friend of mine shared a photo from the station's Facebook wall. It's actually an infographic showing the highest paid public employee from each state. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151481949516144set=a.124861411143.103109.5461143 Which would be lovely, if it wasn't stolen, er

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Here We Go: NBC Schedule

2013-05-13 Thread Joe Hass
At what point does some affiliate decide to just preempt this (or even the entire Saturday prime time lineup) with local programming or even reruns that they can keep far more of the ad revenue on? On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote: They've been doing

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: McCain: A La Carte Cable And Get Off My Lawn!

2013-05-13 Thread Joe Hass
One of the interesting challenges will be how to price an a la carte channel lineup. We already have set pricing for specific series via iTunes and for bundles. You would have to find a sweet spot that would give an incentive to go above what the individual programs charge. To take Comedy Central

[TV orNotTV] SortaTV: ESPN negotiates to cover wireless costs of using sites/apps

2013-05-13 Thread Joe Hass
The Wall Street Journal reports that ESPN is negotiating to cover the bandwidth costs of users who visit their site or use their apps (i.e., the bandwidth will not be deducted from the user's data plan). This is similar to how Amazon uses Whispernet to push content to their devices.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix Bluths the Upfronts

2013-05-13 Thread Joe Hass
FTW. On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote: Outside Radio City this morning while NBC's upfront is going on: A Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand has been put up by Netflix to promote the Arrested Development continuation--they will take the stand

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix Bluths the Upfronts

2013-05-14 Thread Joe Hass
On May 14, 2013, at 7:13 PM, paul7e pau...@gmail.com wrote: He didn't work the counter, but big-time helmer Ron Howard stopped by the banana stand today in Columbus Circle for a few minutes. He took stills of the stand, both exterior and interior, seemed to make friends with the workers,

Re: [TV orNotTV] TNT, TBS to stream 24/7

2013-05-15 Thread Joe Hass
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: As part of TV Everywhere... the sports will be included. TVWeekhttp://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2013/05/tnt-and-tbs-to-become-first-na.php -- BOB The big question: will they offer non-cable subscribers the

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS Loses US Open Tennis Rights to ESPN

2013-05-17 Thread Joe Hass
Again: we're sitting here wanting to give you people our money, but you refuse to take it. I look forward to continuing to pirate your broadcasts until you're willing to take my money. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Diner bwayst...@gmail.com wrote: ESPN, which has been carrying more and more

Re: [TV orNotTV] What will set you back $23,000?

2013-05-17 Thread Joe Hass
That would be me. Thank you for sharing, Melissa. I now know what to do with $23,000 if I ever stumble across it. I did not post on this board my story of meeting Ms Ringwald last year, so I guess this is as good a reason/excuse to do it now:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Amy's Baking Co. Continues to Say FU to Chef Ramsay (Without Success)

2013-05-22 Thread Joe Hass
Remove everything past the ? and it should work in Chrome: http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/20130521amys-baking-company-owner-deportation.htmlhttp://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/20130521amys-baking-company-owner-deportation.html?nclick_check=1 -- -- TV or Not

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBCU Nets to Air Blake Shelton's OK Tornado Concert Wed.

2013-05-24 Thread Joe Hass
Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning is a go. On May 24, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote: Healing in the Heartland: Benefit Relief Concert will originate from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City (which already indicates that it will not have the dour

[TV orNotTV] A quick note on F1 on TV

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
At my brother in law's house, he recorded the Monaco GP. First I saw the pre-race show. I said to him, They're on NBCSN? On NBC. The network? Yep. And they're showing the pre-race show? I guess. Then they cut to Leigh, David, and Steve, and I looked at the screen. Wait. Are they AT Monaco?

Re: [TV orNotTV] A quick note on F1 on TV

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
On May 26, 2013, at 10:39 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you 100% about NBC Sports being the best. And that's why, when NBC (the network) butchers the Olympics, there's a little extra fury: you know NBC Sports can do awesome work, and it's being restrained. -- -- TV or Not

Re: [TV orNotTV] One-off odd baseball broadcast for two innings

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
I would've loved to watch this. On May 25, 2013, at 8:01 PM, stannc sta...@gmail.com wrote: The Mets and Braves had to quickly figure out how to to television coverage for a game that was suspended Friday night due to rain. Since the teams were already scheduled for a Fox national

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major Layoffs at ESPN?

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote (excerpted): Granted, Deadspin isn't the most impartial source... I think Deadspin has shown the reporting chops over the past year that taking this attitude towards them is no longer based in reality. They broke a very

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Tig Natoro on Conan

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:24 PM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: I didn't sense any discomfort from either the audience during the remote nor Eve's composure. I think the thought of the audience almost booing Tig is ridiculous. I would agree that it wasn't particularly funny, but it sure wasn't

[TV orNotTV] Nascar, tired of injuring spectators by themselves, invites Fox Sports to help

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
Ten fans were injured, of which three were hospitalized, when a cable supporting their overhead camera snapped, hitting Kyle Busch's car and bringing out a red flag. http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/9314259/cable-falls-track-delays-coca-cola-600 -- -- TV or Not TV The

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nascar, tired of injuring spectators by themselves, invites Fox Sports to help

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Hass
A couple of times: Insight Bowl 2011: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/ncaa-football/iowa-martin-mcnutt-jr-escapes-falling-overhead-camera-article-1.999296 A Seahawks Saints game in 2007: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-10-14-1309439400_x.htm On Sun, May 26, 2013 at

[TV orNotTV] Jim Cramer: Wrong Or Spectacularly Wrong?

2013-05-28 Thread Joe Hass
Allan Roth over at Moneywatch (a CBS property) ran some numbers on Cramer's suggestions, particularly on when to sell stocks. Suffice to say, the numbers, unlike 42, are not good. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57586105/a-statistical-look-at-jim-cramers-skill-level/ -- -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: A quick note on F1 on TV

2013-05-28 Thread Joe Hass
It depends on which alternate universe you want to play in: does NBC never lose the baseball contract or do they go after it in 2000 with Fox to keep what was the status quo? In the former, Harry Coyle's style is passed down to the next generation of producers, and we have a far more muted style

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: A quick note on F1 on TV

2013-05-28 Thread Joe Hass
quickly). What AIles brought to the concept was using them as message-bolsterers to whatever dogma he and Bill Shine was/are sending out for the day. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote

[TV orNotTV] Thursday Night's Wheel Of Fortune

2013-05-31 Thread Joe Hass
I am not a Wheel Watcher (as the old promo went), but on the occasional chances I do catch it, I've always been impressed with how the writers have mastered the art of the bonus round puzzle. Because the contestants now get the big six (R, S, T, L, N, E), the puzzle writers have made it a game of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Thursday Night's Wheel Of Fortune

2013-06-01 Thread Joe Hass
persons, places, or things are very often a noun and an adjective which make sense together but don't carry a specific connotation as a phrase. (e.g., muscular arm is more likely to come up than broken arm.) On 31 May 2013 19:04, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: I am not a Wheel

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nyc

2013-06-02 Thread Joe Hass
sarcasmWhy would you think of leaving Times Square?/sarcasm Here's a list of museums that have later nights: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/museums/late-night-museums Check Time Out for what's going on. As I recommend to all NYC visitors, skip the Empire State Building and do the Rockefeller

Re: [TV orNotTV] MSNBC President: News is Not Our Thing

2013-06-03 Thread Joe Hass
This leads to an interesting question: with the clear divesture of NBC News (as evidenced by NBCNews.com being its own URL), has MSNBC effectively accepted that they're never going to be a news leader and is playing straight for the liberal opinion crowd? On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 9:21 AM, PGage

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Idol', 'X Factor' Like Sports?

2013-06-05 Thread Joe Hass
I think McCarver would be perfect sitting at the judge's table, given his discography. http://www.amazon.com/McCarver-Sings-Selections-American-Songbook/dp/B002Q6UUBK Besides: it's time the non-sports fans get to experience the living hell us sports fans have endured. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Idol', 'X Factor' Like Sports?

2013-06-06 Thread Joe Hass
Having the voice of Tim McCarver interrupt some of our favorite moments of the week. On Jun 6, 2013, at 2:32 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: Besides: it's time the non-sports fans get to experience the living hell us

Re: [TV orNotTV] WGN America Getting Into Scripted

2013-06-06 Thread Joe Hass
This triggered something I saw earlier this spring: WGNA was pushing HIMYM reruns as part of their upfront on L signage through the Loop. But WGN does not have the local rights: those belong to WPWR (who might share them with WFLD). If I can find the photos, I'll post them. On Jun 4, 2013, at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gallup Sucks - and Now Admits It

2013-06-10 Thread Joe Hass
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Greg Diener skykid3...@yahoo.com wrote: During the election the three things I kept a watchful eye on were Nate Silver's blog, Sam Wang's calculation at Princeton and the Rand Presidential Poll. All three polls had Obama at consistently winning and Romney as

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Stewart-Oliver Transition

2013-06-10 Thread Joe Hass
That jives with my take on the article: that the author is complaining about Stewart's style rather than the substance of the program (which goes far beyond whether Stewart does a bad Jersey accent or not. I tend to not watch Stewart unless someone/thing brings it to my attention due of time

[TV orNotTV] The Post-Dave Late Show (from The NBC Stars' Revenge)

2013-06-10 Thread Joe Hass
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Diner bwayst...@gmail.com wrote: He mentioned on Fallon the other night that he'll be moving to NYC when HIMYM ends next year. Anybody else think CBS might want to have him take over the Late Show when Dave retires? This comment triggered a different

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Post-Dave Late Show (from The NBC Stars' Revenge)

2013-06-10 Thread Joe Hass
I over-generalized with the word owns. Your interpretation is correct. My core question is which of these three statements is the most accurate: A. There's one contract that covers Dave and WWP, and it runs through 2014. B. There are two contracts (one for Dave, one for WWP) that run concurrently

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Post-Dave Late Show (from The NBC Stars' Revenge)

2013-06-11 Thread Joe Hass
or the new host of the 11:35 program on CBS? On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:33 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: I over-generalized with the word owns. Your interpretation is correct. My core question is which of these three

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Post-Dave Late Show (from The NBC Stars' Revenge)

2013-06-11 Thread Joe Hass
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I have not seen or read everything that Dave has said (there is an obvious expert on this here and I will wait with the rest for the definitive word), but I have seen and read a lot, and I do not recall him expressing an opinion

[TV orNotTV] What Undercover Boss Bosses Learned: Absolutely Nothing Legitimate

2013-06-11 Thread Joe Hass
Three of the bosses talked to AOL Jobs (Really? That still exists?) to talk about life after their appearances on Plebe For A Day. I was loosely aware (via promos) about one of them (the Checkers CEO that shut down the restaurant), but I had neither heard about nor seen the other two (Moe's

[TV orNotTV] Today's Interesting TV Stat From Nielsen

2013-06-11 Thread Joe Hass
(and granted, they have skin in this game, but still...) Only 2% of TV viewing happens on a mobile device (smartphone or tablet). http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Smart-Mobile-Devices-Account-Small-Share-of-TV-Viewing/1009955 -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Bada Bing! The Sopranos Best Written Series Ever!

2013-06-13 Thread Joe Hass
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:19 PM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: (I haven't contributed anything to the post-Dave/LS thread 'cause I have no special insight that others haven't already expressed, or double-negatives to that effect. I was gonna mention the SCG guarantee, but others beat me to the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Network Swapping for Dummies

2013-06-14 Thread Joe Hass
When WJBK and WGPR (now WWJ) did the dance, they published a guide identifying every show on both stations and what channel it would wind up on. None of this fancy-pants Internet video crap! Now quiet: I have to get through these Eye To Eye With Connie Chung VHS tapes. On Thursday, June 13,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Viacom 'Music' Channels July 4 Feature: Music(!)

2013-06-14 Thread Joe Hass
I find the idea of a reasonably-known celebrity writing a letter to the editor both nostalgic and a nice touch. Bonus for the ZIP Code at the end. On Jun 12, 2013, at 8:36 PM, Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Jeffries MTV, VH1 (or is it now

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix dropping streaming from DVD-only plans

2013-06-14 Thread Joe Hass
I think this may have come up here before, but canistream.it allows you to look up movies and TV shows and see where you can watch them, including the big 3 mentioned below. On Jun 14, 2013, at 7:37 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:40 PM, David Bruggeman

Re: [TV orNotTV] FOX News mole making the rounds to pimp his book, Atheist in the FOX News Hole

2013-06-17 Thread Joe Hass
On Jun 16, 2013, at 10:01 PM, Steve Timko steveti...@gmail.com wrote: I checked out some other media reports. It turns out Shep Smith, Megyn Kelly and Geraldo Rivera (Geraldo Rivera?) are held in high esteem by FOX staffers for their news cred. My guess is that Rivera is looked at for his

Re: [TV orNotTV] ESPN Dumps the Schwab

2013-06-19 Thread Joe Hass
Quite simply, all that ESPN gives a rat's ass about right now is obtaining sports properties and meeting Disney's profit goals (despite the obvious conflict between the two points). Everything else is irrelevant. As for FS1, I have a horse in this race, as fellow former The Scarlet Letter (Athens

[TV orNotTV] Yesterday's Great Moment In Local Broadcasting

2013-06-20 Thread Joe Hass
Someone at KXAN in Austin forgot to override the settings on whatever piece of equipment controls running commercials last night when Game 5 went into overtime. http://deadspin.com/514533238 -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Yesterday's Great Moment In Local Broadcasting

2013-06-20 Thread Joe Hass
On Jun 20, 2013, at 10:28 AM, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote: I know a couple people who work/have worked at KXAN and one of them says that their theory is that the person responsible for turning off the master control automation in the event that the game ran long was probably more

Re: [TV orNotTV] Yesterday's Great Moment In Local Broadcasting

2013-06-20 Thread Joe Hass
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: Not sure if they're still doing it this way, but they used to put graphics up on the network feed around 15 minutes before the start of Leno that listed the local break times for the late-night shows, so that the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Deen Ducks Live 'Today' Interview

2013-06-21 Thread Joe Hass
Gawker is all over this: http://gawker.com/paula-deen-in-full-drag-makeup-begs-you-for-forgivene-531876866 http://gawker.com/paula-deens-apology-awkward-silence-edition-534318108 I keep thinking I shouldn't be spending a minute of my life caring about this, but damned if my Facebook associates

Re: [TV orNotTV] Deen Ducks Live 'Today' Interview

2013-06-21 Thread Joe Hass
Completely agree and all valid points. Sorry. It's been a long day. On Jun 21, 2013, at 4:52 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: Gawker is all over this: http://gawker.com/paula-deen-in-full-drag-makeup-begs-you

Re: [TV orNotTV] 1966 NBC sneak previews ad

2013-06-22 Thread Joe Hass
Mulligan and Hartley were probably decent draws. I'd have checked that out. On Jun 22, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: It was pretty funny, if you were 12. On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 3:47 PM, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: The Hero? -- -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nick Series Gets Hit With 'Intern Justice'

2013-06-29 Thread Joe Hass
When I was in high school, it was generally assumed that I would get into sports broadcasting. I had a great voice, I did PA work at the high school, college, and semi-pro levels, knew a lot about the stuff. Once I got into college, I had an internship at WLLZ-FM in Detroit (when they were a rock

Re: [TV orNotTV] Live from Salt Lake, it's Saturday Night

2013-06-30 Thread Joe Hass
The decision is part of the station’s plan to make the lineup stronger and improve its relationship with NBC, said Tami Ostmark, KSL-TV’s vice president of marketing, research and promotion. Or, as we'd say in English, NBC was ready to walk the affiliation to somewhere else and give them

Re: [TV orNotTV] Live from Salt Lake, it's Saturday Night

2013-06-30 Thread Joe Hass
at 8:44 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: The decision is part of the station’s plan to make the lineup stronger and improve its relationship with NBC, said Tami Ostmark, KSL-TV’s vice president of marketing, research and promotion. Or, as we'd say in English, NBC was ready to walk

[TV orNotTV] A Michael Jordan/Kennedy (Former MTV VJ) Story From Her New Book (Mildly NSFW)

2013-07-02 Thread Joe Hass
Kennedy is shilling her autobiography. In it, she tells a story about meeting Michael Jordan in 1995 when she was 23. Now I'm going to be the first one to admit that 90s TV Star Hawks Autobiography is a story that barely qualifies for this board. But I'm posting it because of the Jordan angle. If

[TV orNotTV] Apple TV Now Offers Sky News, Is Negotiating With Time Warner Cable

2013-07-03 Thread Joe Hass
The latest update for my Apple TV included WatchESPN and HBO Go applications. But most interestingly is Sky News, which allows you to watch it live. This is intriguing, as it's the first cable channel available for free (of course, you could watch it live on the Web, but still).

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jenny McCarthy to The View???

2013-07-08 Thread Joe Hass
I think I speak for all of decent, intelectual society when I look at my watch and ask if McCarthy's 15 psychotic minutes are up. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: It's *Us

[TV orNotTV] People Keep Cutting The Cord

2013-07-09 Thread Joe Hass
US households with broadcast only TV services jumped from 14.0% in 2010 to 19.3% in 2013. The primary factor: cost. http://www.emarketer.com/Article/More-US-Households-Choose-Broadcast-Only-TV/1010030 -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The token conservative...

2013-07-10 Thread Joe Hass
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote (in part): Of course, Walters' seat has always been part-time, but Bill Geddie now has two permanent seats to fill on the panel--will he stay with the strategy of Hasselbeck's predecessors John Henson Debbie

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