I see that it's now a Deadline "Exclusive" that Sky cut John Oliver on the Queen.
Never let it be said that we don't break entertainment news here first...! https://deadline.com/2022/09/sky-queen-elizabeth-ii-john-oliver-last-week-tonight-1235117174/ On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:42 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious. In the UK, Sky made a clear edit to remove the section where > Oliver talked about the death of the Queen. Although I suspect it was > removed due to cautiousness rather than anything Oliver said. > > (Side note: On Thursday evening I was walking around the side of > Broadcasting House in London where audience members were queuing up to see > The News Quiz recorded for broadcast the following day in the Radio > Theatre. Although news of the Queen's death hadn't been definitively > announced at that point, I was confident that the recording would be > cancelled. A short while later after the news had broken, I returned to the > front of the building where Andy Zaltzman and the rest of the team were > leaving early. They were off to the pub. The recording had indeed being > cancelled.) > > > Adam > > On Mon, 12 Sept 2022, 22:09 PGage, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I thought Oliver just killed it last night, both with his main segment on >> L&O and his A segment taking down new UK PM Liz Truss. My only note would >> be that, as pervasive as Dick Wolf TV is, there are lots of other cop shows >> in that Dragnet-L&O police propaganda line. >> >> >> >> On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 at 8:12 AM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Interesting to see this now. I'm catching up on the last season of "L&O: >>> Organized Crime" - I have 4 or 5 episodes to finish before it expires from >>> Hulu in a week - and I am finding the story arc about police corruption and >>> the officers' Mafia-like code of silence surprisingly critical of the >>> police. (Though the criticism is directed at rank-and-file officers, not >>> the police administration.) Not to mention the recurring plotline about >>> Sergeant Bell's wife suing the NYPD for police brutality. >>> >>> On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 10:35:39 AM UTC-4 Mark Jeffries wrote: >>> >>>> And to anyone who would say "If Dick Wolf worked for WBD, would Oliver >>>> say anything?"--yes, he would. Going back to his many shots at >>>> "Entourage." There are probably those who are wishing he'd start attacking >>>> Bill Maher, except that are also those who think it would be a staged feud. >>>> >>>> Mark Jeffries >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 9:11 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dude, it's scripted television. Nobody will watch if the script truly >>>>> reflects reality. Deal with it. >>>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-oliver-law-and-order-dick-wolf-police-portayal-1235217673/ >>>>> (link) >>>>> B >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d6b188cf-b6d3-4c0b-81cd-53c0e519a94en%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d6b188cf-b6d3-4c0b-81cd-53c0e519a94en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a99ca504-8d2f-4cd0-9362-e0c1caf071e6n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a99ca504-8d2f-4cd0-9362-e0c1caf071e6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLy0BDFHdAnaH7esVQQBKUo56zBX4eaV2reFroTnpWAFw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLy0BDFHdAnaH7esVQQBKUo56zBX4eaV2reFroTnpWAFw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAT6OY8Ye7Bm2SGa2PVs28BJHS88dzDnveJn0GZ413F_A%40mail.gmail.com.
