Excuse me: there's zero shame in running bars and tone. On Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 15:00 John Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
