And as far as I know, the only thing HBO does to the "Sesame Street" shows is add the "Original Programming" logos at the top and bottom of each episode. If they don't tell David Simon or Lena Dunham how to do their shows, they sure as hell don't tell the Sesame Workshop.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > That was the link, and here's the quote that I based my statement on: > > "[W]hen we first began producing the current half-hour show format, we let > all of our cast members know of the shorter story lines and, therefore, > reduced appearances. However, our production team also intentionally left > the door open for all actors to continue to appear, based on the story > lines that were written in any future season." > > If you want to get into a semantic argument over whether this means > "fired" or not, go ahead. But it reads to me that if you're gonna call it > anything, it'd be closer to a layoff than being canned, the latter being > the tone McGrath tended to go with. > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:06 PM Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Joe Coughlin, to Joe Hass and moi: >> >>> Joe, I think what's more likely is that they were told there was no more >>> work for them and that was that. They were probably told they'll keep using >>> old segments with them in them for the new show, but they didn't need to >>> come in and do any more "Street Story" filming. When the news broke, Sesame >>> Workshop (who made the decision on their own with no input from HBO or PBS) >>> changed their minds and will make an effort to include them going forward >>> until they retire. >>> >>> >> And their CEO Jeffrey Dunn took to the 'Book to express same directly... >> Variety >> <http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/sesame-street-cast-departure-backlash-bob-mcgrath-emilio-delgado-roscoe-orman-1201829681/> >> (link) >> >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. > -- -- 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.
