On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> (SNIP) > Nancy Grace: The former criminal prosecutor and opinionated legal > commentator is expected to keep hosting her show on HLN while she > competes on the show.(SNIP) > > Ron Artest: Standing at 6-foot-7, the Los Angeles Lakers forward is > one of the season's two professional athletes. (SNIP) > I have never seen this show, which even when it features participants I have some positive disposition towards (e.g. Emmit Smith or Jerry Rice) seems repulsive to me. With perhaps two exceptions, the cast list this time seems even worse - but the addition of Nancy Grace, who hands down is in my view the most repellent personality on television (in what might seem like a closely contested field) makes this show a perfect storm of revulsion. Still, I have some interest in this, as an NBA and Laker fan. When I saw this story on the internet last night, I tried to search for information about how long the average contestant lasts. The NBA season typically begins around Halloween - this dancing show, seems to start in late September, and also seems to be fairly live. Assuming Artest (who is going to court September 16 to legally change his name to Meta World Peace, and plans to have "Peace" on the back of his jersey) is not going to win the contest (I think this must be a fair assumption - I don't know what the factors are that keep a contestant on the show, but judging by the success of Smith and Rice I assume likeability is one factor), is it likely a middle-of-the road contestant would be done by mid October? The NBA of course is facing a lockout, and negotiations do not look good. It seems very unlikely that the season will start on time - I am just wondering if Artest has now committed himself to something that would guarantee he is not available even in the very unlikely event that it did. When is this show usually over? If Artest did win, would he be on through maybe the end of December, or into January? If the NBA season is at all to be salvaged this year, my guess is that they will try to start in January or February (the truth is, even most sports fans do not pay much attention to the NBA until after the Super Bowl, and typically the first nationally televised game is the Christmas Day game). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
