Re: DRM on ATSC 3 blocking channels! Call your congress critters and the FCC. Broadcasters are using DRM to restrict access to PUBLIC broadcasts. At minimum, if this is not fixed ATSC 3 will go down in flames! Which is a pity because the bedrock technology is good. Are there any early adopters that are having this problem?
Frustrated in Baltimore On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 4:22 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > > - Fox's Mid-Season <#m_-4755891510033004745_group_thread_0> - 7 Updates > - Tay-Tay = yooge ratings, even in the NFL > <#m_-4755891510033004745_group_thread_1> - 1 Update > - You Knew It Was Coming... <#m_-4755891510033004745_group_thread_2> - 1 > Update > - 'Top Gear' Put on Hiatus by BBC > <#m_-4755891510033004745_group_thread_3> - 6 Updates > - Eagles-Chiefs gets best ratings in 27 years > <#m_-4755891510033004745_group_thread_4> - 1 Update > - NFL flexing next weekend <#m_-4755891510033004745_group_thread_5> - 1 > Update > > Fox's Mid-Season > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/30ab6a75a4913aa5?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Nov 22 09:20AM -0800 > > It always says something when there's only one night of all-live action > scripted programming on the schedule and it won't be until March. > > Meanwhile, according to Too Much TV, Fox's post-strikes schedule begins > similar to the current schedule on Tues. Jan. 2 with the new game show > from > "Voice" creator John DeMol "The Floor," hosted by Rob Lowe and shot in > Ireland, following "Name That Tune." The next night, it's a new season of > "I Can See Your Voice" followed by "We Are Family," a new > guess-the-singing-celebrity-relative show hosted by Anthony Anderson and > with his mother Doris Bowman, who helped to ruin the ABC reboot of "To > Tell > the Truth." > > On Sun. Jan. 7 coming out of the NFL at 8 p.m. (but against SNF and the > Golden Globes) will be the premiere of the Jon Hamm cartoon "Grimsberg" > (already renewed for a second season, produced in-house with animation by > Fox-owned Bento Box) and a new season of "The Great North" at 9:30 after > "Krapopolis" and "Bob's Burgers." However, the second episodes will not > air > until after the Super Bowl, with "Great North" at 9 and "Grimsberg" at > 9:30. > > On Mon. Jan. 22, the "TMZ Investigates" docuseries (TMZ now owned by Fox) > that's been airing off and on in prime time gets a weekly slot, followed > by > the "America's Most Wanted" reboot. On Thursdays starting Feb. 1, "Gordon > Ramsay's Next Level Chef" (shot in Ireland this year) will air followed by > the bucolic dating show "Farmer Wants a Wife" ("Chef"'s premiere will come > out of the NFC championship on Sun. Jan. 28). > > And finally, on Tues. Mar. 5 comes that one night of live-action scripted > with the season premieres of "Cleaning Lady" and "Alert," followed the > next > night by the season premiere of "Masked Singer" (with Rita Ora filling in > on the panel for Nicole Scherzinger while she's playing Nora Desmond in > the > "Sunset Boulevard" revival on the West End), followed by a new season of > "Animal Control" (a show that must have enough Canadian content to air on > the CBC in prime time, on a network that the Canadian government generally > does not allow to air U.S. shows in prime time) and the biggest > surprise--the moving of "Family Guy" out of the Sunday Animation > Domination > block, which may be an indication that the contract with Disney is about > to > run out, Fox is not renewing it and the show is either going to end or > move > to ABC or Hulu. > Tom Wolper <[email protected]>: Nov 22 01:48PM -0500 > > I was a bit thrown by no mention of The Simpsons so I went to the Fox press > release to see what was going on. The new season will premiere on February > 18. > > > https://www.foxflash.com/releases/view/fox-announces-premiere-dates-for-new-and-returning-series-to-launch-winter-2024 > > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:20 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]>: Nov 22 02:54PM -0800 > > “The Simpsons” has already been airing new episodes this season, so that's > not really a season premiere, more like “a return after 'Grimsburg' has > been in its regular time slot for a while.” > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 22, 2023, at 10:49 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I was a bit thrown by no mention of The Simpsons so I went to the Fox > press release to see what was going on. The new season will premiere on > February 18. > > > https://www.foxflash.com/releases/view/fox-announces-premiere-dates-for-new-and-returning-series-to-launch-winter-2024 > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:20 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It always says something when there's only one night of all-live action > scripted programming on the schedule and it won't be until March. > > Meanwhile, according to Too Much TV, Fox's post-strikes schedule begins > similar to the current schedule on Tues. Jan. 2 with the new game show from > "Voice" creator John DeMol "The Floor," hosted by Rob Lowe and shot in > Ireland, following "Name That Tune." The next night, it's a new season of > "I Can See Your Voice" followed by "We Are Family," a new > guess-the-singing-celebrity-relative show hosted by Anthony Anderson and > with his mother Doris Bowman, who helped to ruin the ABC reboot of "To Tell > the Truth." > > On Sun. Jan. 7 coming out of the NFL at 8 pm (but against SNF and the > Golden Globes) will be the premiere of the Jon Hamm cartoon "Grimsberg" > (already renewed for a second season, produced in-house with animation by > Fox-owned Bento Box) and a new season of "The Great North" at 9:30 after > "Krapopolis" and "Bob's Burgers." However, the second episodes will not air > until after the Super Bowl, with "Great North" at 9 and "Grimsberg" at 9:30. > > On Mon. Jan. 22, the "TMZ Investigates" docuseries (TMZ now owned by Fox) > that's been airing off and on in prime time gets a weekly slot, followed by > the "America's Most Wanted" reboot. On Thursdays starting Feb. 1, "Gordon > Ramsay's Next Level Chef" (shot in Ireland this year) will air followed by > the bucolic dating show "Farmer Wants a Wife" ("Chef"'s premiere will come > out of the NFC championship on Sun. Jan. 28). > > And finally, on Tues. Mar. 5 comes that one night of live-action scripted > with the season premieres of "Cleaning Lady" and "Alert," followed the next > night by the season premiere of "Masked Singer" (with Rita Ora filling in > on the panel for Nicole Scherzinger while she's playing Nora Desmond in the > "Sunset Boulevard" revival on the West End), followed by a new season of > "Animal Control" (a show that must have enough Canadian content to air on > the CBC in prime time, on a network that the Canadian government generally > does not allow to air US shows in prime time) and the biggest surprise--the > moving of "Family Guy" out of the Sunday Animation Domination block, which > may be an indication that the contract with Disney is about to run out, Fox > is not renewing it and the show is either going to end or move to ABC or > Hulu. > > -- > > 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/aeb5cbe2-aea6-4a10-a2ec-134446ce6d10n%40googlegroups.com > . > > -- > > 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/CAJE-FiEsh8wPU%3DcQUnEF2Rqu3VEtAx98Hvz%2BYNj9yXzHP3SbWw%40mail.gmail.com > . > "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Nov 22 04:08PM -0800 > > Is anyone in this group still watching new episodes of The Simpsons? I’ve > always liked the show, but I feel like I’ve watched enough of it. On rare > occasions, I’ll dig back into the “classic” episodes from the first decade > or so, but I don’t think I’m missing much if I choose to not watch let > alone not rewatch anything from the last 15 or so years. I think the only > new episode I’ve seen in the last decade was the Futurama crossover. > > David Bruggeman <[email protected]>: Nov 23 12:48AM > > I do catch up on episodes every few months (I'll probably watch the > current season so far over the holiday weekend), but it's not the kind of > appointment television it would have been for me up until a decade or so > ago. > I'm making no guarantees of quality, but I think episodes like Treehouse > of Horror that break from the typical format stand a better chance of not > feeling like the old familiar. > Best,David > > On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 04:08:36 PM PST, Kevin M. < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Is anyone in this group still watching new episodes of The Simpsons? I’ve > always liked the show, but I feel like I’ve watched enough of it. On rare > occasions, I’ll dig back into the “classic” episodes from the first decade > or so, but I don’t think I’m missing much if I choose to not watch let > alone not rewatch anything from the last 15 or so years. I think the only > new episode I’ve seen in the last decade was the Futurama crossover. > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 2:54 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > “The Simpsons” has already been airing new episodes this season, so that’s > not really a season premiere, more like “a return after ‘Grimsburg’ has > been in its regular time slot for a while.” > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 22, 2023, at 10:49 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I was a bit thrown by no mention of The Simpsons so I went to the Fox > press release to see what was going on. The new season will premiere on > February 18. > > https://www.foxflash.com/releases/view/fox-announces-premiere-dates-for-new-and-returning-series-to-launch-winter-2024 > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:20 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It always says something when there's only one night of all-live action > scripted programming on the schedule and it won't be until March. > Meanwhile, according to Too Much TV, Fox's post-strikes schedule begins > similar to the current schedule on Tues. Jan. 2 with the new game show from > "Voice" creator John DeMol "The Floor," hosted by Rob Lowe and shot in > Ireland, following "Name That Tune." The next night, it's a new season of > "I Can See Your Voice" followed by "We Are Family," a new > guess-the-singing-celebrity-relative show hosted by Anthony Anderson and > with his mother Doris Bowman, who helped to ruin the ABC reboot of "To Tell > the Truth." > > On Sun. Jan. 7 coming out of the NFL at 8 p.m. (but against SNF and the > Golden Globes) will be the premiere of the Jon Hamm cartoon "Grimsberg" > (already renewed for a second season, produced in-house with animation by > Fox-owned Bento Box) and a new season of "The Great North" at 9:30 after > "Krapopolis" and "Bob's Burgers." However, the second episodes will not air > until after the Super Bowl, with "Great North" at 9 and "Grimsberg" at 9:30. > On Mon. Jan. 22, the "TMZ Investigates" docuseries (TMZ now owned by Fox) > that's been airing off and on in prime time gets a weekly slot, followed by > the "America's Most Wanted" reboot. On Thursdays starting Feb. 1, "Gordon > Ramsay's Next Level Chef" (shot in Ireland this year) will air followed by > the bucolic dating show "Farmer Wants a Wife" ("Chef"'s premiere will come > out of the NFC championship on Sun. Jan. 28). > And finally, on Tues. Mar. 5 comes that one night of live-action scripted > with the season premieres of "Cleaning Lady" and "Alert," followed the next > night by the season premiere of "Masked Singer" (with Rita Ora filling in > on the panel for Nicole Scherzinger while she's playing Nora Desmond in the > "Sunset Boulevard" revival on the West End), followed by a new season of > "Animal Control" (a show that must have enough Canadian content to air on > the CBC in prime time, on a network that the Canadian government generally > does not allow to air U.S. shows in prime time) and the biggest > surprise--the moving of "Family Guy" out of the Sunday Animation Domination > block, which may be an indication that the contract with Disney is about to > run out, Fox is not renewing it and the show is either going to end or move > to ABC or Hulu. > Doug Eastick <[email protected]>: Nov 22 09:54PM -0500 > > I have not watched a current season episode in a least a decade. > > > > /Doug > [email protected] > > Ben Scripps <[email protected]>: Nov 22 10:16PM -0500 > > Once or twice a season, I'll drop in for an episode. I typically go in > with the same expectations I have with SNL: tired, unoriginal, past its > prime, treading water. Unlike SNL, I usually come out thinking it was > better than I expected, but still nothing I need to have back in my life on > a weekly basis. > > > Back to top <#m_-4755891510033004745_digest_top> > Tay-Tay = yooge ratings, even in the NFL > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/c4d89d5bb856b021?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Nov 22 06:44PM -0800 > > Commissioner Goodell (for better or worse) weighs in on the couple's > influence on the league, among other topics, with "CBS Mornings"... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nfl-commissioner-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-romance-1235675409/ > (link), > or, to go straight to the 'toob, https://youtu.be/yUmNSbirx1I (link) > B > > Moi, to Jim Ellwanger, in part, Oct 5th: > > The league is fighting back against snotty fans worried that their social > media hornblowing is taking their attention away from, say, actual > football > stuff... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nfl-defends-social-media-spotlight-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-backlash-1235609086/ > (link) > Back to top <#m_-4755891510033004745_digest_top> > You Knew It Was Coming... > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/1ace075033f928c3?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Nov 22 06:35PM -0800 > > The THR interview with ...*The Challenge*'s execs addresses things like > the > freezing conditions, why one game was omitted, and the whole process of > boiling down footage of hundreds of contestants into hour-long-or-less > episodes... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/squid-game-challenge-interview-1235647920/ > (link) > B > > Moi, to Mark Jeffries, Oct 23rd: > > It's done, it's scheduled to drop in a month, and... have a trailer! > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-squid-game-the-challenge-reality-show-trailer-1235624402/ > (link) > or directly: https://youtu.be/O61C8zc8Znk (link) > Back to top <#m_-4755891510033004745_digest_top> > 'Top Gear' Put on Hiatus by BBC > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/71481feb8ab2f98f?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Nov 22 09:51AM -0800 > > The long-running (over 45 years!) automobile show has been taken out of > production by the Beeb following an October 22 high-speed crash involving > host Freddie Flintoff, of which BBC Studios, the for-profit division that > actually produces the show and most other in-house productions, had to pay > out an over $11M settlement--the call was made based on an investigation > of > the show's health and safety practices following the crash (which the Beeb > would not reveal): > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bbc-axes-top-gear-freddie-flintoff-accident-1235667906/ > > The overseas licensed versions of "Top Gear" continue (which at this time > does not include the U.S.). > "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Nov 22 10:17AM -0800 > > Wait wait wait… are you saying it is unsafe for amateurs to drive cars > really fast? > > John Edwards <[email protected]>: Nov 22 01:38PM -0500 > > The story acting as if “Freddie” is his real name is hilarious to me. (It’s > Andrew) > > He’s made a few public appearances this summer, as he was getting back into > coaching cricket, and it looks like he still has some way to go to recover. > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:51 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > > M-D November <[email protected]>: Nov 22 12:29PM -0800 > > I'll be honest, I didn't even realize the flagship show was still running. > I know it continued after the Clarkson/Hammond/May exodus, but I quickly > lost interest in it. > > On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 1:39:08 PM UTC-5 John Edwards wrote: > > "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Nov 22 12:33PM -0800 > > I thought the late Sabine Schmitz was a great presenter on the series, but > nobody else was able to conjure a fraction of the chemistry of the big > trio, no matter how hard they tried. And they tried hard. > > David Bruggeman <[email protected]>: Nov 22 08:42PM > > I think it didn't help with the audience when the show left BBC America > for the Road & Track channel. > David > > On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 12:33:57 PM PST, Kevin M. < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I thought the late Sabine Schmitz was a great presenter on the series, but > nobody else was able to conjure a fraction of the chemistry of the big > trio, no matter how hard they tried. And they tried hard. > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:29 PM M-D November <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'll be honest, I didn't even realize the flagship show was still running. > I know it continued after the Clarkson/Hammond/May exodus, but I quickly > lost interest in it. > > On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 1:39:08 PM UTC-5 John Edwards wrote: > > The story acting as if “Freddie” is his real name is hilarious to me. > (It’s Andrew) > He’s made a few public appearances this summer, as he was getting back > into coaching cricket, and it looks like he still has some way to go to > recover. > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:51 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > > The long-running (over 45 years!) automobile show has been taken out of > production by the Beeb following an October 22 high-speed crash involving > host Freddie Flintoff, of which BBC Studios, the for-profit division that > actually produces the show and most other in-house productions, had to pay > out an over $11M settlement--the call was made based on an investigation of > the show's health and safety practices following the crash (which the Beeb > would not reveal): > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bbc-axes-top-gear-freddie-flintoff-accident-1235667906/ > > The overseas licensed versions of "Top Gear" continue (which at this time > does not include the U.S.). > Back to top <#m_-4755891510033004745_digest_top> > Eagles-Chiefs gets best ratings in 27 years > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/92553569ef02b7e8?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Nov 22 07:28AM -0800 > > Over 29 million viewers checked out the MNF matchup across all platforms > with it, the most since a 1996 Dallas-Green Bay clash... the mark will > likely be topped by the late-afternoon Thanksgiving meeting, Washington at > Dallas, THR suggested... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/eagles-chiefs-monday-night-football-ratings-nov-20-2023-1235671468/ > (link) > B > Back to top <#m_-4755891510033004745_digest_top> > NFL flexing next weekend > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/388fd90b23e75b08?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Nov 22 07:09AM -0800 > > The deadline for the MNF game (Cincinnati at Jacksonville) being switched, > was Monday (20), and it remains where it is... two CBS games, Carolina at > Tampa Bay and Denver at Houston, switch time slots, latter to 1, former to > 4... > > https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/Week-13-Flex-Scheduling---Dec.-3-Broncos-Texans-Game-Moves-to-1-p.m.-ET;-Panthers-Buccaneers--to-405-p.m.-ET-on-CBS.aspx > (link) > B > Back to top <#m_-4755891510033004745_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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