CBS is so desperate to generate some kind of interest in this dog that it is pimping the kind of clip it usually would be suing to keep off the internet. They want people to tune in next year because it is "even more unpredictable than the Golden Globes!" even though what could be more predictable than Johnny Depp phoning in an award presentation drunk off his ass?
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Going by the adage that live TV is the only sure thing these days, CBS > bought the rights to the Hollywood Film Awards ceremony and televised it > Friday night for the first time (despite its sketchy history and the fact > that the wife of the awards' founder was one of the "Barker's Beauties" who > sued CBS and Fremantle over being fired from "The Price is Right" when Bob > Barker was still hosting)--the Eye was in the unaccustomed place of tied > for last in the money demo ratings (with its semi-sister network The CW): > > > http://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-film-awards-bomb-in-first-ever-televised-airing/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp > > According to Deadline's not-particularly-reliable quote whore Pete > Hammond, CBS has a three-year deal for the telecast and is getting a > license fee from dick clark productions (and perhaps dcp sold some of the > national advertising instead of the network), but one would think (if this > is true) that they are rethinking things, even if Les Moonves told Hammond > Friday night that one has to remember how difficult it was for the Golden > Globes (another kudofest with a checkered history) to become a television > fixture. Meanwhile, enjoy the highlight of the evening, Johnny Depp on > something (posted on YouTube by CBS [!]): > > http://youtu.be/7CBsBvT_D3E > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
