Re: Rock Bottom The Friday 10 PM slot is where shows go to die. Note all the "Special 20/20s" often starting at 9 PM to keep audience for 10.
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/topics > > - The Season's Damage So Far > (Annotated)<#13e983833b879574_group_thread_0>[1 Update] > - WTHR (Indy NBC) decides Facebook doesn't need > attribution<#13e983833b879574_group_thread_1>[1 Update] > - TNT Dumps 'Southland' <#13e983833b879574_group_thread_2> [1 Update] > - 'Rock Center' Dead <#13e983833b879574_group_thread_3> [1 Update] > - Scott Pelley Spanks Himself (and > Others)<#13e983833b879574_group_thread_4>[1 Update] > > The Season's Damage So Far > (Annotated)<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/c342b3c691187a7> > > Tom Wolper <[email protected]> May 12 12:44AM -0400 > > > >> > > http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/network-upfronts-2013-scorecard-so-far-89666 > > > I'd be surprised if Community came back. I've been keeping up through > > inertia and the show isn't going anywhere. > > Oops. Community got renewed for another 13 episodes. > > > http://www.avclub.com/articles/community-renewed-for-fifth-season,97627/ > > > > WTHR (Indy NBC) decides Facebook doesn't need > attribution<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/d932d0619df10778> > > Joe Hass <[email protected]> May 11 08:35PM -0500 > > 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=10151481949516144&set=a.124861411143.103109.54444461143 > > Which would be lovely, if it wasn't stolen, er um, published without > attribution from Deadspin, which posted it to their website less than > 12 > hours earlier. > > > > http://deadspin.com/infographic-is-your-states-highest-paid-employee-a-co-489635228 > > Because, as you know, the Internet doesn't have any ability to either > locate the source of a file, much less link back to it. > > > > TNT Dumps > 'Southland'<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/c9ed84889b8fa66c> > > David Lynch <[email protected]> May 11 04:55PM -0500 > > > never really figure out what it was doing, with the Sammy character. > > > Five years was a good run, all things considered, and I am very > > appreciative TNT stepped up. > > My point was mostly that it was already clear in every way but > officially > that it was through, not so much that it necessarily deserved to be > over. I > had a few high school classes with Ben McKenzie's brother, so I > figured I > might as well give it a shot and I ended up sticking with it for all > five > seasons. I've been watching less and less prime-time TV lately because > there's so little of it that isn't too soapy for me or the same > procedural > week in and week out, so sticking with a show is actually a pretty big > compliment to its quality. I'm pretty much right there with you on John > Cooper, although from a slightly different perspective--he's about as > interesting and complex a gay character has appeared on TV as long as > I can > remember. > > -- > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > > > 'Rock Center' > Dead<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/38239cf715fdfc32> > > "Brad Beam" <[email protected]> May 11 09:08AM -1000 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Wolper > > >Did anyone here ever watch it? > > *raises hand* > > The story line-ups were quintessentially news-magazine in style: heavy > stuff > up front, lighter stuff in the middle, and full on BriWi-snark at the > end > (aka "Rock Bottom") -- much different than the single, sordid story > style of > "Dateline". > > However, I still can't get over them hiring Chelsea Clinton as a > correspondent, as she was query-blocking the media for her mother > during the > '08 campaign. > > _ _ > |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV > |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw > > > > Scott Pelley Spanks Himself (and > Others)<http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/7c02f78c7427d7c5> > > PGage <[email protected]> May 11 09:22AM -0700 > > Accepting the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award, one of the best > current > TV journalists makes some on-the-nose, harsh, if obvious criticisms of > his > profession: > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-anchor-pelley-journalisms-house-fire-195955949.html > > "This has been a bad few months for journalism...We're getting the big > stories wrong over and over again." > > He didn't exempt himself, noting that during early reporting of the > Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre last December he mistakenly > reported that shooter Adam Lanza's mother was a teacher in the school. > > "In a world where everybody is a publisher, no one is an editor, and > we've > arrived at the point today." > > Twitter, Facebook and Reddit are "not journalism," he said. "That's > gossip. > Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip." > > "If you're first, no one will ever remember. If you're wrong, no one > will > ever forget." > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > tvornottv. > You can post via email <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, > send<[email protected]>an empty message. > For more options, visit <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/topics>this > group. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... 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