Re: GOP response: I get more of a Stepford Wives than a Handmaid's Tale vibe.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 5:21 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> > > - So long, Jerry Foley <#m_3479591300928955230_group_thread_0> - 1 > Update > - Sen. Katie Britt's State of the Union response: Discuss > <#m_3479591300928955230_group_thread_1> - 1 Update > - Oscars 2024 Ratings Up 4% <#m_3479591300928955230_group_thread_2> - 4 > Updates > > So long, Jerry Foley > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/d7cd4147834db720?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Mar 12 07:22PM -0700 > > Letterman's longtime director (1995 to the end), whose life with Dave > began > as a tech director back at NBC, died in an Albany hospital following a > skiing accident in Vermont. 68. > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jerry-foley-dead-late-show-david-letterman-director-1235850716/ > (link) > B > Back to top <#m_3479591300928955230_digest_top> > Sen. Katie Britt's State of the Union response: Discuss > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/cc1d89933a22bf59?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Steve Timko <[email protected]>: Mar 12 07:46AM -0700 > > The sex trafficking victim Britt described talked to CNN > > > https://youtu.be/Sw-J7b1HdiI?si=cjhEpYubvnP9Wuh8 > > Back to top <#m_3479591300928955230_digest_top> > Oscars 2024 Ratings Up 4% > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/189e58621178dc3e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > PGage <[email protected]>: Mar 12 03:42AM -0700 > > But down 5% in the Demo. > > ABC seems to be taking a victory lap, but I would say this is in the low > average range of expectations. After last year I thought we might see one > more year of small gains in a final post Covid correction, before a return > to steady declines based on long term trends in linear TV. That is what > happened, despite two blockbuster, pop culture defining films in the mix, > one of which dominated the wins and the other the TV presentation. > > I thought the show itself was one of the best we have seen in recent years; > Kimmel not spectacular but steady, and most of the bits surprisingly > worked. > > Ratings last 4 years: > > 2021: 10.4M (No Host) > > 2022: 16.6M (The Slap) > > 2023: 18.8M (Maverick/Avatar) > > 2024: 19.5M (Barbenheimer) > I’m going to get in my early prediction for 2025 ratings: 19.4M… > > > > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/oscar-ratings-viewership-2024-oppenheimer-1235854597/ > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > Doug Eastick <[email protected]>: Mar 12 08:56AM -0400 > > I liked the earlier start time, as it allowed by TiVo to buffer things and > I could bloop the commercials, and still get to bed at 1030pm. > > I liked the approach of 5-former winners introducing the nominees for the > acting categories. > > As for Kimmel, he did alright. I honestly thought the "mean tweet" he > read was scripted, but now I'm hearing that it was real. Here's an EW > article on that. Jimmy Kimmel was told not to read Donald Trump message at > Oscars (ew.com) > < > https://ew.com/oscars-jimmy-kimmel-told-not-to-read-donald-trump-social-media-post-8607213 > > > > > > > > Adam Bowie <[email protected]>: Mar 12 01:58PM > > I watched the Oscars for the first time in years this year, with the > carriage moving from Sky to ITV meaning that it's now free to air (Also, > ITV *stream* it live on their ITV Hub app!). Jonathan Ross hosted a > pre-show bit in a London studio with a seemingly random selection of > people, and this was pretty dire. I don't mind Ross, but they needed a film > critic in the studio with him. A reminder that because US commercial > minutage is more than we're allowed in the UK, there's nearly always some > kind of UK studio team to fill some of those minutes. > > Generally I thought the show was decent and mostly watched it on delay, > fast-forwarding through commercials and UK-segments where possible. Kimmel > was fine, and I did wonder for a short time whether the Trump critique was > actually real or not. Of course it was real. > > The "In Memoriam" was terrible and the names were practically illegible to > me, by now watching on a 32" set in my bedroom. Unless you were watching on > 4K on a 70" set or larger you were probably in the same boat. And the list > of names appearing like a set of CGI animators on a Marvel film at the end > was disingenuous. You can never include everyone, but at least show > pictures or something. > > While I know it went down well with many, I hate hate *hated* the five > actors saying lovely things bits for best actor and supporting actors. This > was like thickest of thick sugary treacle for me. I had to fast-forward > through them, so awful were they. Have I made clear how much I disliked > this? > > It all finished super-late UK time, but I was invested enough by then to > check that Oppenheimer did indeed win Best Picture. And I enjoyed the > various Brits wishing their mothers Happy Mothers' Day and confusing > everyone in the US (It's timing is to do with Lent in the UK where it's > also known as Mothering Sunday). > > > Adam > > PGage <[email protected]>: Mar 12 07:11AM -0700 > > I really did like the 5 actor intro of the nominated actors, which they > have done before. It worked best for Supporting Actress. The next time they > do it I would suggest not making it a “Welcome to the Club” kind of thing, > restricting the group to past winners, but just have it be actors with some > personal friendship or connection with the nominee they are introducing. > The whole “Awards Season” is so intense that by the Oscars the nominees > have usually gotten to know each other pretty well, so they could try > having the nominees on stage introducing one of their competitors. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > Back to top <#m_3479591300928955230_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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