[TV orNotTV] Netflix Nixes Disc Spinoff
OK, it's been a month. I think we're about due for another Reed Hastings apology. Ah, here we go: http://blog.netflix.com/2011/10/dvds-will-be-staying-at-netflixcom.html It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs. This means no change: one website, one account, one password… in other words, no Qwikster. Now, he won't rescind the price hikes, which they could have easily explained better with less of the doublespeak and maybe actually making the announcement after landing a big deal. (If not, then talk about all of the things you have optioned to explain why Netflix is still a good value). But pretty much the entire way Netflix mishandled the price increase (including making a non-apology and tying it to another seemingly customer-hostile move) will be discussed in business schools. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Who Wants to Buy Hulu?
Who Wants to Buy Hulu? Not Yahoo! http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yahoo-withdraws-hulu-bid-246093 That leaves Dish, Amazon, and to Hulu's continuing chagrin, Google. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] MLB rain postponement, Cleveland and X repeats
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 20:00, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, this time it's rain in Texas that prompts a reshuffling. Not sure how it will pan out in the West, but they ran a Cleveland show and then a repeat of this past week's X Factor. Why does repeating a reality show make sense? Because I'm not seeing it. I don't see any reason why it would make any more or less sense than repeating, say, the last two episodes of Glee or any other series with a continuing storyline. Fox is spending enough promoting X that I think they'll put it anywhere they think they can get an audience that hasn't seen it yet but might want to see it. Also, wasn't Fox the network that used It's new to you! as a slogan for reruns a few years back? (It may have been something like syndicated episodes of The Simpsons, but I have a distinct memory of the guy who does v/o for the Fox network promos saying it.) -- David J. Lynch djly...@gmail.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: MLB rain postponement, Cleveland and X repeats
On Oct 10, 10:45 am, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote: Also, wasn't Fox the network that used It's new to you! as a slogan for reruns a few years back? (It may have been something like syndicated episodes of The Simpsons, but I have a distinct memory of the guy who does v/o for the Fox network promos saying it.) It was NBC that did the if you haven't seen it, it's new to you gambit some years ago. And the guy who's currently doing the Animation Domination block promos (and I believe did the syndicated Simpsons promos) doesn't seem to work for another network. Joe Cipriano was doing Fox and CBS promos (I think doing Fox reality shows and CBS sitcoms--he's been doing CBS sitcoms for years) at the same time at one time, but I don't recall him doing any NBC work beyond announcing the Endemol game shows. The fact that Cipriano was dong those two networks makes a little more legitimate Tim Goodman's knock of Fox as CBS LIte (although I don't think it's true now compared to a few years ago, when it seemed like Fox's scripted shows beyond the Sunday cartoons were laugh track sitcoms and procedurals). -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] An open letter to CBS from an iPad user...
Have you looked at the TV.com app (which is owned by CBS)? At least on Android, it has NCIS and Craig. -- David Risner Software Engineer MERLOT, California State University On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Dear CBS, I'd like an iPad app please. I am a fan of some of your programing and I am unwilling to submit to the cable/satellite companies. I want to watch your programing legally on my iPad. I see you have a wide variety of apps created by your news division, and for those I thank you. However, your entertainment division is lacking an app for shows such as NCIS and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, two of my favorites. Both NBC and ABC have apps for their programs. Alas, Fox does not, which is a shame since Fox was once the network that skewed younger demographically and was known for cutting edge programs. But, by refusing to adopt new media methods of program distribution, Fox is now behind-the-times and disconnected from the youth of America. Is that how you want to be known, CBS? Do you recall the mockery your network endured not-too-long-ago, when jokes were made about the older audience programs like Murder She Wrote attracted? Do you want to go back to that? No, of course not. Which is why you must immediately commit to the task of designing and releasing an iPad app. Do it to prove how modern you are. Do it to give people the chance to discover your programing who otherwise might miss out (I'd never have watched PanAm were it not for the ABC iPad app... who knows... I could have chosen one of CBS's fine programs instead if the CBS app already existed). Do it and then stick it in Fox's face that they are now the last of the old fogies. Sincerely, -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: TV or not TV at Roscoe's
Can't make it due to a previous commitment. Perhaps next time. On Oct 9, 1:30 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The first (to my knowledge) west coast gathering of folks from this message board will take place on Friday, October 14th, at 5pm at the infamous -- dare I say notorious -- Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N' Waffles on the corner of Sunset and Gower in Hollywood, CA. Come one, come all. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: TV or not TV at Roscoe's
Alas, I'm stuck in S.F. for October - which ain't too bad a fate. But my L.A. sublet is 5 minutes from Roscoe's. Imagine how the syrup would have splashed upon my mention of Alec Baldwin's considerable comedic skills. ;-) On Oct 10, 10:59 am, K.M. Richards richard...@gmail.com wrote: Can't make it due to a previous commitment. Perhaps next time. On Oct 9, 1:30 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The first (to my knowledge) west coast gathering of folks from this message board will take place on Friday, October 14th, at 5pm at the infamous -- dare I say notorious -- Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N' Waffles on the corner of Sunset and Gower in Hollywood, CA. Come one, come all. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TV or not TV at Roscoe's
Michael wrote: Imagine how the syrup would have splashed upon my mention of Alec Baldwin's considerable comedic skills. ;-) Don't worry, I'll be there, and I like 30 Rock, plus at least a few other things Kevin detests. I'll consider it a victory if I get things thrown at me. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] WB Shop DVD sale: 20-25% off made to order DVDs of TV movies and series
http://www.wbshop.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-WB-Site/default/Search-Show -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?
So glad I happened to turn on the TV at 9:05 to see that House was taking place in prehistory. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?
Based on what I can tell from Facebook and Twitter updates, the Rangers hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 11th somewhere around 8:45 eastern. On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 20:16, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: So glad I happened to turn on the TV at 9:05 to see that House was taking place in prehistory. -- David J. Lynch djly...@gmail.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?
- Original Message - From: Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com So glad I happened to turn on the TV at 9:05 to see that House was taking place in prehistory. From the Twitter feed, House will start up at 9:53E/8:53C/9P. _ _ |_|_ Brad Beam- Belle WV |_|_ http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?
- Original Message - From: Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net From the Twitter feed, House will start up at 9:53E/8:53C/9P. _ _ |_|_ Brad Beam- Belle WV |_|_ http://www.facebook.com/74bmw Clarification -- not so much the Fox Twitter feed, but the News Updates section of the Fox homepage -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 20:26, Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net wrote: From the Twitter feed, House will start up at 9:53E/8:53C/9P. That surprises me, given what they do for NFL coverage. I would have assumed, given the ending time of the game, that they would have held one show or the other for 9:00 and aired a re-run on the west coast. For NFL coverage, doesn't CBS usually can 60 Minutes if a game goes after about 7:45? On a the topic of CBS and delays due to sports, I like the graphics they're using this football season with a specific start time. Even though I only see them on padded DVR recordings, knowing that The Amazing Race starts at 8:33 tells me exactly how long I have to skip. -- David J. Lynch djly...@gmail.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:40 PM, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote: For NFL coverage, doesn't CBS usually can 60 Minutes if a game goes after about 7:45? They actually kill CSI: Miami at 10 across the whole network and slip the rest an hour late. (West coast and mountain time zones get a repeat episode instead of the originally-planned new episode.) The official cut-off time is 7:57:56, though they've been known to ignore that. On a the topic of CBS and delays due to sports, I like the graphics they're using this football season with a specific start time. Even though I only see them on padded DVR recordings, knowing that The Amazing Race starts at 8:33 tells me exactly how long I have to skip. Agreed--they're not too obtrusive, though it seems like it pops up every three freakin' minutes... -- -- Ben Scripps benscri...@gmail.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] afternoon baseball game ran long?
On Oct 10, 2011, at 6:40 PM, David Lynch wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 20:26, Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net wrote: From the Twitter feed, House will start up at 9:53E/8:53C/9P. That surprises me, given what they do for NFL coverage. Fox has a little more flexibility in their Sunday night schedule than they do in their Monday night schedule, with a variable-length postgame show and then a lineup of half-hour shows -- not to mention a more definite end time (it's VERY rare for NFL coverage to run past 8:00). I would have assumed, given the ending time of the game, that they would have held one show or the other for 9:00 and aired a re-run on the west coast. Given the overall high-profile nature of Terra Nova, and the fact that House was the main show they were promoting during the NFL yesterday, I didn't think they'd give up on them that early (although I do wonder what the cutoff time would have been to cut one of them if the game kept going). And, of course, they only had about 24 hours notice that they would even be carrying a baseball game this afternoon; what was scheduled for tonight (and what was being promoted yesterday) might have been different if the game had been scheduled for today all along. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv/ -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TV or not TV at Roscoe's
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: Michael wrote: Imagine how the syrup would have splashed upon my mention of Alec Baldwin's considerable comedic skills. ;-) Don't worry, I'll be there, and I like 30 Rock, plus at least a few other things Kevin detests. I'll consider it a victory if I get things thrown at me. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv You're likely to see a Baldwin busing the tables. I walked over Alec Baldwin's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this afternoon. I didn't spit on it, but I did ponder the idea for a while before moving on. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Craig's episode with Arthur aired tonight
Shortly after 10:30 p.m. (French time) this evening, Ce Soir Avec Arthur premiered its first epsiode of a new season with the appearance of the Scottish Conan Guy himself. Eddie Izzard was also a guest, along with others that the more Francophilic members of the list may know. In a gesture which likely generates part of the hate directed at Arthur from this side of the pond, most video of the episode available online consists of the promos that have been circulating since the program was shot in June. Arthur, or his producers, or his network, are very vigilant about non-authorized video put online. They even had CBS take down from their website the segments of Craig's show where the extent of Arthur's 'homage' were first shown. I would expect the folks at RSA News (www.rsanews.com) to have collected as much of the press on this as possible, via quotes and/or pointers. David -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Yes, that was an F-bomb... two in fact
The same behavior, of course, occurs on BBCA's airings of Top Gear. For some reason, the folks at Discovery Communications have a real stick up their arse when it comes to the word 'cock'. I think the only time I can recall it NOT being bleeped on Top Gear was in the xmas special a few years ago - the presenters were demonstrating how adding a luxury badge to any product instantly makes the price skyrocket, and they achieve this by judicious use of a plate of sick with a BMW badge, a wizard's sleeve bearing the Ferrari marque, a pork sword (like in a Brazilian steakhouse - marque not identified) and, yes, a decorative chicken bearing the Audi rings. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Remember your title while in the deadpool
EW's reporting it as cancelled as well, based on the production shutdown. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/08/how-to-be-a-gentleman-cancelled/ Poor Johnny Drama - will he EVER get his break? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] An open letter to CBS from an iPad user...
Doe the tv.com app still break each full show into segments? I once tried to watch an episode of NCIS on my iPhone using the tv.com app, and the app couldn't seem to figure out that I was trying to watch a full episode, not just segment 1. Audio was horrible too, and I was on wifi at the time. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN pulls Mon. Night F-ball open after insensitive Bocephus remark
Hey, everybody. Hank Williams, Jr. released a new single: Yes, I am an Idiot. And Damn Proud of it, Too! http://www.hankjr.com/home/208-free-download-from-hank1 -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN pulls Mon. Night F-ball open after insensitive Bocephus remark
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, everybody. Hank Williams, Jr. released a new single: Yes, I am an Idiot. And Damn Proud of it, Too! The Hitler remark doesn't really phase me in the grand scheme. Yes, it was tasteless and silly, but so am I a lot of the time. What I can't forgive is the dumb bastard couldn't count. There were TWO stooges golfing, not three. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN pulls Mon. Night F-ball open after insensitive Bocephus remark
For what it's worth, I've only ever heard the MNF song from Jr., so I just plain don't get why anyone gives a damn about him. From what I've heard (directly, not from others) is that the talent skipped a generation. And Kevin, I'd have figured you'd consider the whole foursome stooges, but I've been wrong before, and will be again. David From: Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:03 AM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN pulls Mon. Night F-ball open after insensitive Bocephus remark On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, everybody. Hank Williams, Jr. released a new single: Yes, I am an Idiot. And Damn Proud of it, Too! The Hitler remark doesn't really phase me in the grand scheme. Yes, it was tasteless and silly, but so am I a lot of the time. What I can't forgive is the dumb bastard couldn't count. There were TWO stooges golfing, not three. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
