Re: [TV orNotTV] Studios could bolt Georgia if pro-religion bill signed

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Peach State legislators sent the measure, which allows for refusal to wed > same-gender couples and for discriminatory action by business against those > who don't respect their beliefs, to Gov. Deal last week. Disney and Marvel > joined the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Garry Shandling Dead at 66

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Billboard > > (link) posts 'toobs with remembrances fr

Re: [TV orNotTV] Crazy Old Indiana Man

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:10 PM, David Lynch wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:27 PM PGage wrote: > >> May just be that at a certain point hair gets so thin on top it is less >> trouble to just shave it off (hope there are no health issues). >> > > It looks more like it's very short rather tha

[TV orNotTV] RIP Patty Duke

"This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist, humanitarian and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place," read a family statement. "We celebrate the infinite love and compassion she shared through

[TV orNotTV] MLB free game of the day streaming on Yahoo Sports

About a month ago Yahoo Sports announced that they signed an agreement with the NHL to stream out-of-market hockey games for free. Looking at the list archives, I see I posted it March 10. This season Yahoo is also streaming one MLB game per day. These games will also be free and out-of-market only

Re: [TV orNotTV] Law & Order: Special OJ Unit

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 9:18 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Dick Wolf pitching version of the show that uses real cases and real > defendants > > > http://www.avclub.com/article/law-order-stop-ripping-stories-headlines-and-just--234917 > It's not clear to me if he plans to do it with documentary footage o

[TV orNotTV] Root Sports regional channels are now AT&T Sports Networks

Root Sports had 4 channels: Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain and Southwest. It had rights to MLB teams in Colorado, Pittsburgh and Seattle, the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, NBA’s Utah Jazz and MLS teams in Portland and Seattle. It was owned by DirecTV, which was bought up by AT&T. So now the bra

Re: [TV orNotTV] Letterman, J-Stew's TDS to receive Peabody awards

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Along with some of the shows listed in this Variety > > (link) article, May 21st. > Before reading the Variety article I was going to say that I would bet all

Re: [TV orNotTV] NHL Playoff Coverage Observation

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > On Apr 16, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Brad Beam wrote: > > > I live on the fringes of the Root Sports Pittsburgh umbrella – 3½ hours > SW – and Tuesday night, Game 1 of the Penguins series was on both Root and > USA. (No doubt in the city proper, R

Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly from Britain...

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > Well you've understood British villains' accents for years! C.f. that > Jaguar ad from a year or so ago featuring Hiddlestone amongst others - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gR7EYjcP8 > > Happy Valley is set in a Yorkshire town and the acc

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Three's Company" possibly to big screen

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Doug Eastick wrote: > My thoughts exactly. How big could the misunderstanding be for 100 minutes? > The whole premise would make no sense in today's world. A straight young man pretends to be gay in order to share an apartment with two straight women. The landlor

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Three's Company" possibly to big screen

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Seriously, people, how many cinematic remakes of old TV series were that > faithful to the original? > > Not many. > > I'm not expecting this to be so, either. > When the studios make a film based on a TV series from 40 years ago it's clear

Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly from Britain...

ith a British accent as I'm a mild French or > German one, and probably prefer them to the Southern American redneck drawl. > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > > Original Message ---- > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly > fr

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC to cut two ad breaks from SNL

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > P!ssing off Lorne and the whole gang that are already struggling to fill > the time slot (see that Prince tribute). > How do you know Lorne's pissed off? I'm not blaming you, but that is incompetent reporting by Steinberg. Lorne and the crew

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Current "LIVE" duo breaking up

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > Variety: She came back as promised > , > (link) and spoke her mind for 5 minutes... and Strahan's final full-time > day was pushed up to May 13th >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Last "Nightly" at WHCD...

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > Terry Gross had a WHCD post-mortem sit-down with Larry on today’s “Fresh > Air.” > > > > > > http://www.npr.org/2016/05/03/476598311/larry-wilmore-on-breaking-

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Dateline" spawns new newsmag

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > "On Assignment" drops Sunday, which, as Variety's Steinberg notes > > (link), "relies more heavily on stories of adventure and innovation than > the so-calle

Re: [TV orNotTV] Safer Retiring from CBS After 50 Years

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:02 PM Mark Jeffries > wrote > > > Oddly, the Wikipedia page for 60 Minutes makes an distinction between > "hosts" and "correspondents", but doesn't clarify what what distinction is > (On the show's website, everyone is

Re: [TV orNotTV] Translating 'Chelsea'

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Netflix has taken on the highly unusual tack of helping non-English users > understand Handler's show, ostensibly as a precursor to improving the > doing of the same for the majority of its content... Variety >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Watch "NHL Open Mic: Officiating ain't easy" on YouTube

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Doug Eastick wrote: > https://youtu.be/gAUzFWxLwlo > > The accents on this video sound so typically Hollywood-Canadian. Eh? > I never realized there was so much chatter with the players when the puck was in play. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) Peo

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL all-star contest quitting Hawai'i?

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > The league will soon announce whether it will opt out of its longtime > relationship for the Pro Bowl with Aloha Stadium, where it's been played > mostly since the late 70s... Houston, Orlando, or even Sydney, Australia > (and you thought ga

[TV orNotTV] Long article: The Business of Too Much TV

NY Magazine's Vulture site has a long article by Josef Adalian and Maria Elena Fernandez about the state of the TV business today through all its platforms. They go through what the last few years have meant for actors, writers, showrunners, and others, and it's well sourced. http://www.vulture.co

Re: [TV orNotTV] Two ex-SNLers gamble on LIVE variety

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > There's several ex-Lettermen staffers on the show. > I went to imdb.com to get the names and the only one they had was Matt Roberts, who was a head writer and executive producer. I've seen from FB that writer Steve Young (25 years at the LS)

Re: [TV orNotTV] Goils' rasslin' league to be recalled in Netflix sitcom

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > The original "GLOW" was the only "sports entertainment" show with a laugh > track (for the sketches between the matches, not the matches themselves), > which showed how seriously those in charge were taking this. Would McMahon > have a laug

Re: [TV orNotTV] No-spoiler review - Maya and Marty

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Truly, we represent the spectrum of opinion. I fast-forwarded after 20 > seconds of Miley Cyrus (though I did un-FF when Rudolph joined her), and > found the Jiminy Glick segment intolerable (hey, Larry David, pick an > attitude and stick with

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Thinking of Tom Heald

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Celina Knippling wrote: > I know this is years late, but I had to share my thoughts. I went to > school with Tom (Rapid City Stevens). The extent of knowing him was just > from seeing him in the hallways or classes. However, I always felt back > then that he was a

[TV orNotTV] How TV has changed in the last 20 years

Alan Sepinwall is marking his twentieth year of being a TV critic. His column is about what TV was like when he started and how we got to where we are now. http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/from-must-see-tv-to-peak-tv-20-years-of-covering-television -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

Re: [TV orNotTV] deception

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Speaking of which, has anybody got anything encouraging to say about last > night's "Maya and Marty"? I'm going to need some assurances before I choose > to watch it. > The only encouraging thing is that it's only an hour long. I was listeni

Re: [TV orNotTV] corden learns about websites

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 3:58 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: Like an indigenous bird, Conan has been rarely spotted this side of the > Atlantic. Occasionally he gets blown across by accident as with a short run > on a reality channel about two years ago now (he even came over and did > promo work). > > His

Re: [TV orNotTV] Interesting "Tonight Show" moment

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:49 AM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > For Rickles' last (at least I think it was) Ferguson appearance he walked > in with a cane. > > He doesn't get into details in this late 2014 Kimmel clip, but apparently > he had a nasty leg in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Meyers bans Trump from show

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 7:39 AM, JW wrote: > When Meyers announced the ban on Tuesday, and when he reiterated it > Wednesday and Thursday, he made a point of mentioning that Trump had no > interest in appearing anyway. (In which case, I suppose, the "ban" is doing > a brilliant job of getting pub

Re: [TV orNotTV] HBO changes mind, scraps 'Vinyl'

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > After having renewed it over the winter... it wasn't clear what direction > new showrunner Scott Burns was going to take the Scorsese/Jagger-produced > drama, having yet to come up with scripts for the sophomore season... > Variety >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Clickbait on Colbert, But...

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > The Wrap's doing the list-of-why-Colbert-is-bombing schtick,with only two > creative (he isn't funny, Chris Licht isn't doing enough, although I agree > with someone else that he and/or CBS seems to be trying to make Colbert > Leno circa 19

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: Iconic song accused of being part-stolen...

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Moi, May 21, 2014: >> >> >> *Bloomberg BusinessWeek* >> >> (link): "It’s no secret Led Zeppelin borrowed from blues and folk

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: Iconic song accused of being part-stolen...

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > The other band has obvious grounds for appeal, inasmuch as the jury wasn't > allowed to hear the other song during the trial; their decision was based > entirely on sheet music. > I agree with the court on that point. If Taurus were in a differe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nancy Grace to leave HLN

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Of her own volition, said THR > > (link) exclusively. > > Her staff will run a new project at CNN after she parts in October. > Okay, you got me to skim through the artic

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nancy Grace to leave HLN

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Bob Jersey >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Of her own volition, said THR >>> <http://www.hollywoo

Re: [TV orNotTV] How often does the NFL cause CBS or FOX to cut a show from the lineup?

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > daniel anderson, to djlynch, M-D November and Joe Hass: >> >> In my experience, i've seen only a few NFL games and maybe a few NCAA >> Tournament games and a few golf events go past 7:57:30. Off of my head >> would be the Eagles/Raiders teleca

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How often does the NFL cause CBS or FOX to cut a show from the lineup?

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 1:54 PM, daniel anderson < danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wonder if a NFL telecast has caused the Emmys to start late? maybe the > Browns-Bears game would have in 01, but it ended quickly. Blls-Jets in 2012 > almost did it too and FOX had a Giants-Redskins game in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Once again, hard to find somebody in this fight to root for as both people > are notorious sleazebags. > > > http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/06/media/gretchen-carlson-roger-ailes-lawsuit/index.html > As Josh Marshall points out in this TPM piece, "

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > For the record, I'm not indicating anything of the sort. I'm merely > pointing out that both individuals are pricks and, regardless of whether > Ailes did what Carlson alleges, both individuals will continue to be pricks. > My reply was in genera

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Meanwhile, Fox says there will be an internal investigation (and don't be > sure that it will be perfunctory, since it's no secret that James and > Lachlan Murdoch, who are running 21st Century Fox, are not as enamored of > Ailes as their fat

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The 'American Gladiators' remember

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:38 AM, daniel anderson < danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > what i meant to say that the ABC station's ratings went up with "American > Gladiators" opposite "SNL" than they had done with the movies they had > aired prior to 1989. "AG" lasted until 1993 on that station,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Here's your Rio Olympics broadcaster lineup

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 11:45 AM, daniel anderson < danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looking at that list, Hammond, Trautwig and Marv are NBC's veterans at the > venues. But they are using some new guys like Kenny Albert(isn't he with > FOX?) > Kenny Albert has been doing NHL games for NBC.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Syndicated dramas?

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > Besides Amazon and Netflix, I think the outlets now are Bravo, A&E (well, > maybe not them anymore), Lifetime and Hallmark, among others. Why would > anyone make the effort to assemble a collection of stations when such as > these are in place?

Re: [TV orNotTV] Buzz about Rio Olympics close to nil

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Global Language Monitor, a trend-analyzer, found that largely thanks to > concerns about Zika, it's only at about 1 % the level of London in 2012. > > Media Life > > (lin

Re: [TV orNotTV] Takei hissed with "Beyond" director, writer

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:04 PM, David Lynch wrote: > > I'm pretty much in a similar place with it. On top of it not being Gene's > franchise anymore, it's not like rampant heterosexuality was one of Sulu's > defining characteristics the way it was with Kirk and later Riker and the > world has cha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Buzz about Rio Olympics close to nil

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:37 PM, stannc wrote: > It's also fatigue by they time the Olympics get here. Since the 100 day > out mark our local NBC affiliate has been pumping the Olympics nonstop. > Even the "sports" report that I watched at 11:00 last week. The only tape > that they showed was swim

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: My new glasses

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > I'm conservative when it comes to eyewear... happily so is my insurer. Now > I have to wait for the various sites to update. > > Regular lenses or progressives? -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message b

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Who handles a special report if the main anchor isn't there?

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:41 AM, daniel anderson < danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why though, do people bombard the network switchboard though if they dare > to interrupt the soap operas? > When is the last time this happened? Either pre-empting soaps or bombarding switchboards. -- --

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Emmy noms thread

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > I'm surprised that Colbert got nothing. I thought that he would at least > get something, instead of Seinfeld for "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee." > Of course, maybe not a surprise but it's worth pointing out that "TDS" > blanked out af

[TV orNotTV] Radio interview about variety TV, Chevy Chase Show

Paul Harris recently interviewed Steve Binder, a director and producer of variety TV shows since the early '60s, for KTRS in St Louis. Binder talked about working on the TAMI Show and directing Elvis's comeback special in 1969. What I especially found interesting was his description of what happene

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ailes reportedly to be ousted

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > They'll hand him a multi-million dollar severance package, then hire him > back in 6 months as a consultant on their international division or some > such nonsense. > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Bob Jersey > wrote: > >> >> Said *New York

[TV orNotTV] Next Year's Game of Thrones Will Be Short and Delayed

HBO confirmed that next year's GoT will be 7 episodes and will begin airing in the summer. The executive producers said that there will be 15 more episodes and they had to choose between two short seasons and one long one. The airing delay is because they need to film more winter scenes. https://c

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > Megyn Kelly reportedly said Ailes sexually harassed her 10 years ago. > > > http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/07/sources-kelly-said-ailes-sexually-harassed-her.html > This tells me that this story is coming to an end. If Fox News wanted to protect

[TV orNotTV] In the new WTF: Maron talks to James L Brooks

It's a very long conversation, 2 hours and 11 minutes. They talk about Brooks's process as a writer, then his history in TV, including creating the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons (Brooks goes into depth about those series were created). Then they talk about his movies. http://www.wt

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > Megyn Kelly reportedly said Ailes sexually harassed her 10 years ago. > > > http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/07/sources-kelly-said-ailes-sexually-harassed-her.html > > In today's news Ailes's lawyer told the NYT that they are currently negotiating

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 6:34 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Isn't a Trumpian "You're fired!" SOP here, rather than a "negotiation?" > When the person getting fired can afford a good attorney... -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You receiv

Re: [TV orNotTV] Helen Thomas is annoying presidents in the great beyond now

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > My apologies. Very tired after work last night. I have no excuse beyond > tiredness. Can't even blame alcohol. Wish I could. > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Joe Hass wrote: > >> Some social scientist will eventually get the funding to do p

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stewart on Late Show at the desk

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 4:35 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I'd guess it would only be okay if Stewart was performing lines from On > Golden Pond. > That was before Janet Jackson at the super bowl halftime show. CBS hasn't been the same since. -- --

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV, unless it's a video thing

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > We should expect that it never happens. > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Bob Jersey > wrote: > >> >> Ol' Combover agreed to do an AMA on Reddit, coming Wed. (27)... should we >> expect fireworks, or crickets? >> > We should expect campai

[TV orNotTV] Fox News is divided in the Ailes aftermath

I considered posting a link last week of an opinion column in The Guardian about how nothing changed at Fox News by ousting Roger Ailes. He was given a large settlement and his leaving was treated more like a retirement than termination for cause. There were no outward signs that FNC had learned it

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: 'Car Talk' Repackaging to Go Off Next Year

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > As public radio faces the fact that they haven't had a new hit gateway > drug series to bring in the neophytes since "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!" > started 18 years ago--and with Michael Feldman forced off and Garrison > Kellior choosing to

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Thrones" S8 to be last

On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > "If I could get (Benioff and Weiss) to do more... I would take 10," Bloys > told TCA... and he's had talks about a prequel/sequel project, but won't > expect anything on it till the main show wraps... Variety >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Skydiver survives parachuteless jump into net

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:31 PM, M-D November wrote: > > The jump itself was, frankly, boring. > Not if you were the one jumping. -- -- 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

[TV orNotTV] I tried watching the Olympics on NBC today

Around 11 this morning I thought I'd check in and see how NBC was doing. The event was the cycling road race and they would only show about 3 minutes of the race between commercial blocs. It didn't take long for me to get frustrated and give up. Plus after seeing coverage of the World Cup and Euro

Re: [TV orNotTV] I tried watching the Olympics on NBC today

On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 10:28 AM, PGage wrote: > To give the devil its due, that is a 6 hour race; I time-shifted it (and > all of my Olympics viewing) a bit, so I am not sure where the race was when > you sampled the coverage, but it did get better towards the end, and I > think we got a pretty g

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ailes suspected of spending Fox funds...

On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > ..."to hire consultants, political operatives, and private detectives that > reported only to him," a senior company source told Gabriel Sherman of *New > York* magazine >

[TV orNotTV] Hulu's free streaming is coming to an end

It is going to be phased out over the next several weeks. There will be a $8/month ad supported subscription and a $12/month ad free option. Hulu is partnering with Yahoo to have a free streaming service which will have only the latest 5 episodes from a series from OTA networks available 8 days aft

Re: [TV orNotTV] #FireTrautwig

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:03 PM, PGage wrote: > And here I thought I was the only one who hated Al Trautwig... > > http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/ > 08/08/simone-biles-al-trautwig-parents-twitter/88397510/ > > I pay almost no attention to gymnastics between Olympics, a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Leslie Jones shoehorned into Olympics staff

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > The SNL and *Ghostbusters* ('16) actress has made such a social-media > impact gushing about the Games, Jim Bell invited her to Rio, where I'll bet > she'll draw the attention away from the gaffes reported elsewhere in this > forum... > Only

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN's John Saunders dies

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > And as she did when Stuart Scott died, Hannah Storm had to break the news > to ESPN viewers this morning on "SportsCenter": > > > http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/hannah-storm-announces-live-on-sportscenter-that-john-s-1785085661 > I was j

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: I tried watching the Olympics on NBC today

Since I started the thread I will report that I watched quite a bit of the games on NBC over this past weekend and I thought NBC did a reasonable job. I watched indoor volleyball and water polo during the afternoons and track and field last night. Even if the backbone of coverage and choice of game

[TV orNotTV] The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore has been canceled

The final episode will air Thursday. The interim replacement will be @midnight. The reason Comedy Central gave for the timing was that Wilmore and about 15 staffers were coming to the end of their contracts and CC did not feel the show was going to build the numbers to justify new ones. http://www

Re: [TV orNotTV] 9/11/01 what did you watch?

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:11 PM, daniel anderson < danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got tried of all the news coverage on 9/11/01 that i watched some other > shows. My mom actually tuned out the news coverage to watch Soapnet, which > had reruns of "Sisters" and "Knots Landing" instead.

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC's Unforgivable Sin [Was: I tried watching the Olympics...]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: ...meanwhile the men's gold-medal soccer/football match, for which they've > blocked *three hours*, precedes the SN's race coverage. > In a league game where teams can tie, two hours is enough time. That's 90 minutes playing time plus stoppage/i

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today moves finally sorted out

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > I found myself in a laundromat on Friday morning that had multiple TVs, > each tuned to a different morning show. > > It made me sad to be an American. > I can't remember the last time somebody told me that they watched a morning news show inten

Re: [TV orNotTV] Alice Cooper wants to be "Elected" again

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Generations after his Nixon-era hit song, when that name was applied to a > great band and he was just Vince Furnier, the shock-rocker turns what's > left of his tours, solo and/or Hollywood Vampires, into a campaign... > pee-arr >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Another Lawsuit Against Ailes (and Fox News)

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros has filed a lawsuit against the 21st > Century Fox division, former CEO Roger Ailes, his replacement Bill Shine > and three female execs (including PR chief Irena Briganti) alleging sexual > harassment an

Re: [TV orNotTV] Among those who may be "Dancing"...

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > ...a source tells USA Today > > (link), is beleaguered Olympic swimming medalist Ryan Lochte, who > reportedly agreed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stop Amazon deal posts?

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Bezos' company is lucky if three or four posts containing deals on > DVD/BluRay packages appear all year. > > Their primary tack, like a few other companies, has of course been to sell > streaming products that, with few exceptions, let you na

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wilmore sits with Colbert next week

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 12:25 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Couple this with what appears to be a similar situation at 12:35 - cheaper > host, ratings landscape comparable to before the switch - and CBS is > certainly doing much better at late night than

Re: [TV orNotTV] Late Night Ratings and Costs [Was: Wilmore sits with Colbert...]

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 1:57 PM, PGage wrote: > > This does not sound out of line for the annual cost of producing a show > like this. That same Time magazine article I linked earlier put ad revenue > for the three late night broadcast shows at $600M for 2014, and rising. It > is not clear to me i

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > I wonder if this will have any effect on Ailes v. New York Magazine. > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Steve Timko wrote: > >> That was quick.Gretchen Carlson settles for $20 million, gets an apology. >> Fox settles with Gretchen Carlson ov

Re: [TV orNotTV] Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > I've only just got around to reading Friday's New York magazine piece. > It's long and full of colour, and I don't think the link has been directly > shared here: > > http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/how-fox- > news-women-took-down-

Re: [TV orNotTV] Mostly off topic: Diversifying the Academy

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > But is there? > > If you were to make one lust of the biggest salaried actors and another > list of Oscar winners, aside from maybe Tom Hanks, I don't know how many > names will appear on both lists. > PGage's assertion of added value for "Oscar

Re: [TV orNotTV] Mostly off topic: Diversifying the Academy

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Karen Owen wrote: > Looking at it from the point of view of the other work that the > Academy does besides the awards shows, the older members > may be current donors or plan to leave bequests of money, > films, memorabilia, etc to the film archive, library and/or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Persona Non Greta

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:18 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > If Megyn Kelly leaves, FNC might as well run Fox & Friends and Frumpy all > day. > Kelly is going into contract renewal negotiations and she's making it clear how much power she's got. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You rece

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'British Bake-Off' Leaving Beeb for C4

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 9:54 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Adam Bowie, to David Risner, in part: >> >> Adam (Who met his old boss last week to hear about the new Union Jack >> service. It's based on the Jack FM format, the rights to which they own in >> the UK. The difference being that it's not ther

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Whatever happened to Glenn Beck?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > The audiences are aging and the alt-right crowd (which is more Gen-X than > Millennial) is more into Breitbart and Reddit than radio. It's very uphill > for news-talk radio right now. > There was a lot to think about in that article and I

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: ICYMI, Kevin Harlan Saves a Stinker 'MNF' Game (for a Few Minutes)

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > When a drunken fan got on the field during the late 'Monday Night > Football' game this week, ESPN did the usual turn-away-the-cameras bit > while tut-tutting the idiot. However, since the relocated LA Rams/San > Francisco game was a blowou

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: ICYMI, Kevin Harlan Saves a Stinker 'MNF' Game (for a Few Minutes)

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Friday, September 16, 2016, Tom Wolper wrote: > >> >> My guess is that turning away the cameras is a mandate from NFL Security >> and every league has a similar rule. The purpose is to not give idiots a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ailes had language in contracts that let stars leave if he left

On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Steve Timko wrote: >> >> It was called the key man clause. >> [CNN (link)] >> >> >> So take him out and risk losing other hosts. >> > > A whole slew of two-bit lefty

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ailes had language in contracts that let stars leave if he left

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:36 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > Ailes was openly enraged when NBC swapped the "America's Talking" network, > his baby, for MSNBC. I suspect Ailes only agreed to FoxNews with the > so-called key man clause because he had no access to AT talent after the > net's implosion. Tha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ailes had language in contracts that let stars leave if he left

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > Non-competes are typically for six months or a year. What's-his-face > had two years. Someone can be locked into a contract for three to five > years if there is no key man clause. > So a person takes a job in TV news. Her contract includes a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Simpsons mega-mara-wanna? II

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: I'm sure there are some second run rules, but isn't it really just a PR > story? > > "Nobody" is really going to be sitting up at 4am to watch S05E14 or > whatever. I assumed the post Thanksgiving date was to do with nobody > running new episodes

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Bull

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 8:02 PM, PGage wrote: > > I should note an informal but important caveat: In many (most?) teaching > hospitals, the term "Doctor" is used by and around patients to refer to the > role and function, not the degree. So a 4th year medical student doing a > clinical rotation,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: The Good Place

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 7:51 PM, PGage wrote: > I have watched the first three episodes now and basically agree with > Kevin; it is not yet as good a sitcom as DYL was a film (though in my book > that is a high bar) but is promising enough to keep checking it out a while > longer. While the prem

[TV orNotTV] RIP Agnes Nixon

Agnes Nixon, known as the grande dame of daytime drama for creating, writing, and producing soap operas including “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and “Search for Tomorrow,” died Wednesday in Pennsylvania. She was 93. http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/agnes-nixon-dead-dies-all-my-children-one-l

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Agnes Nixon

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Marti Lawrence wrote: > I often worked shifts and was home during the day to watch the soaps. I > really enjoyed All My Children, Watched One Life to Live less often, but > found both to be enjoyable. I always thought the soaps got a bad rap for > being low qu

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