You all are being very unkind to this artiste. *Something *has to air on Sunday nights at 2:30 a.m.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 3:54 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > My experience with Byron Allen is much the same as yours. In the days > before cable, his syndicated clone of Entertainment Tonight (which > consisted mostly of Allen’s interviews at press junkets), was basically > free to any TV station who wanted to air it. It was watered down, even by > entertainment journalism standards. Allen never met an actor, singer, or > director he didn’t like, and every piece of media he “reviewed” was some > variation of great. He lacks the credibility needed to be taken seriously > as a mogul, but then again so do most network executives. > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:36 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm going to ask the obvious question here - isn't it possible that >> Comcast, Charter, et al aren't carrying his networks because they don't >> bring anything to the table? I'm 43 years old, and I can't remember once >> in my life when I've watched something produced by or starring Byron Allen >> (at least, intentionally - there were occasions when I'd fall asleep during >> Scottish Conan Guy and "Comics Unleashed" would come on - that would >> normally be the signal to shut the damn TV off already). A quick review of >> Entertainment Studios' theatrical releases reads mostly like SyFy/Lifetime >> MOTW fare, and their TV output is, at best, derivative of more popular fare >> that's already saturated their various markets. I can see why Allen and his >> team say it's discrimination, but isn't it *possible* the issue is that he >> isn't that creative? >> >> M-D >> Playing devil's advocate - no hitting in the face, please. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- 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.
