One of the reasons that *60 Minutes* has always been highly rated over the years- is because of the lead-in that the NFL or NCAA Tournament or PGA Tour gives them- I don't think that *60 Minutes* would be successful if CBS didn't have the NFL or NCAA games.
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 9:28:32 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > I am also thankfor for this clip (and all the interesting BNL material > Youtube provided in the sidebar). I had not heard about the reunification > and it was a delight to see those guys together again. > > I have always followed politics closely, and have been following the > Trumpocalypse almost to the point of (many in my family would say well past > the point) of pathological obsession. Predictably the Daniels affair is the > least important and most attended to part of the unfolding disaster (though > it may one day form the basis of one o the articles of impeachment). Still, > as many have noted, it is remarkable that this adult film star was so much > more articulate and competent on 60 Minutes than a member of the Trump > Cabinet who was also recently interviewed. > > Daniels made that the highest rated 60 Minutes in ten years, highlighting > one of the questions I had about the whole thing. I dont think it was > unprecedented, but how journalistically ethical was it for 60 Minutes to > hold the interview for two weeks? I read they spent a lot of time editing > it, but if it was really newsworthy (and it wasn’t really) shouldn’t they > have got it to air last Sunday, rather than wait for her lawyer to pimp it > so expertly on cable news, and for the huge eastern time zone audience > watching the NCAA lead-in)? > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:46 PM Kevin M. <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I was as enthralled in Stormy as I was with Lewinsky, which is to say not >> even a little bit. Thanks for sharing the BNL clip. >> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Doug Eastick <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> While America was all enthralled with the Stormy interview on 60minutes, >>> Canada's excitement was the induction of Barenaked Ladies into the music >>> (Junos) Hall of Fame Sunday night. This was important because it included >>> the temporary re-unification of BNL with Steven Page, who left the band >>> about a decade ago and they haven't really spoken since. >>> >>> you can search YouTube for the CBC Q interview of Steven and Ed >>> Robertson. As well for the video of their Hall of Fame induction speeches. >>> >>> Relevant to this list, the Big Bang Theory theme was written by >>> Barenaked Ladies at the invitation of Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. I'm >>> guessing their residuals are quite nice, because TMZ reported that a former >>> member is suing a current member for $$. >>> >>> Here's the video of the 2 reunified hits played. Enjoy your Canadiana >>> for the evening. >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwjdvgPULRc >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- 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.
