Re: [TV orNotTV] And Number 12 is...
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 5:17:45 PM UTC-4, Adam Bowie wrote: > > For an example of what I mean compare and contrast the beginning of, say, > The Daily Show, where an audience has been hyped up and are definitely > giving Jon Stewart (or John Oliver) a standing ovation as the show starts, > with perhaps our most popular chat show at the moment, Graham Norton. At > the end of that show, he has to practically tell the audience to stand up > to clap along to his end credit music. > Having attended a TDS taping a couple of years back, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised to see that the warm-up comedian doesn't really do a ton to hype the audience. The taping is almost always proceeded by Jon's Q&A with the audience, and aside from pumping a little Springsteen into the studio before the VTR rolls, there's little else. (There's no "HERE COME CRAIG!" for example.) I don't know about Colbert's studio audience, but I would expect that they're encouraged to be rowdy to feed Colbert's character. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Writers urge Feds to roll back indecency rules for primetime shows
Colbert touched on this at the end of last night's show - aided by Dr. House himself, Hugh Laurie. http://on.cc.com/14fGEcZ On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 8:40:24 PM UTC-4, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > The continuing troublemaking from groups such as Parents' Television > Council now draws the ire of the Writers Guild of America/West, who join > NBCU in calling for the Commish to step up revamping of regulations they > see as encouraging the griping and having a "chilling effect" on content... > > > http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/wgaw-urges-fcc-phase-out-primetime-indecency-rules-108426 > > -- B. > -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Completes 75% of His Plan To Dominate Broadcast Television
There's another joke I won't make. J From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob in Jersey Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:07 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Completes 75% of His Plan To Dominate Broadcast Television Terry Knab, to Joe Hass: I just get annoyed seeing him everywhere. How the heck is anyone else ever going to get work if he gets it all? CBS doesn't see him as an actor. -- B. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] The Ifill-Woodruff Report
I like the concept; we'll see how expertly it is executed. Being a public news broadcast, it'd be nice if entire episodes were available as a free podcast or on a YouTube channel for viewers. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 5:24 PM, PGage wrote: > PBS announced today that Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will be co-anchors and > (importantly) co-managing editors of Newshour: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/business/media/gwen-ifill-and-judy-woodruff-to-co-anchor-newshour.html?_r=0 > > This addresses what many viewers (including me) and critics have felt was a > weakness in recent years of the broadcast - the mix and match anchors that > gave no consistency to the show, especially when Lehr was still the managing > editor. Jeffrey Brown, Ray Suarez and Margaret Warner will stay with the > program as chief correspondents, each with an area of expertise “that will > also help define the program”. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Al Roker oversleeps...
...and misses a show for the first time in *years*. Yes, this really happened. I knew they should've left his effing Weather Channel show at its former time... http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-al-roker-oversleeps-20130806,0,2482182.story -- B. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] MTV continues to not program more videos
Someone must have lost track of days at the LAT, 'cuz if they announced this Wednesday, it's either a weird look into the future (see *Early Edition *) or the story is damned near a whole ing week old... Four new series at the Viacom net include one about virgins, something they actually broached way back in '07... http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-mtv-looks-to-food-and-virgins-for-new-reality-series-20130805,0,542936.story -- B. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Completes 75% of His Plan To Dominate Broadcast Television
Terry Knab, to Joe Hass: > > I just get annoyed seeing him everywhere. How the heck is anyone else > ever going to get work if he gets it all? > CBS doesn't see him as an actor. -- B. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
The definitive tweet/image on the topic: http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/05/best-tweet-and-graphic-about-jeff-bezos-buying-the-washington-post/ -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] And Number 12 is...
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > For an example of what I mean compare and contrast the beginning of, say, > The Daily Show, where an audience has been hyped up and are definitely > giving Jon Stewart (or John Oliver) a standing ovation as the show starts, > with perhaps our most popular chat show at the moment, Graham Norton. At > the end of that show, he has to practically tell the audience to stand up > to clap along to his end credit music. > I would greatly appreciate more performers taking the role of David Letterman, who specifically asks his audience to not do the standing ovation thing. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Completes 75% of His Plan To Dominate Broadcast Television
I just get annoyed seeing him everywhere. How the heck is anyone else ever going to get work if he gets it all? From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Hass Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 3:17 PM To: TV Or Not TV Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Completes 75% of His Plan To Dominate Broadcast Television I use the Dick Clark conquering method: he has to be hosting something that regularly airs on the network. So while he produces Jamie Oliver's show and hosts NYRE, I don't consider him to be a member of ABC (unless I'm forgetting something) On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:48 AM, PGage wrote: I suppose next up will be Seacrest staring in a new NCIS Spinoff... http://news.yahoo.com/ryan-seacrest-host-nbc-game-show-144222633.html "NBC says Ryan Seacrest will host "The Million Second Quiz," a new live game show the network hopes will become event programming for two weeks in September. The network said Monday it is constructing a giant hourglass-shaped structure in Manhattan for the game, which will involve contestants testing their trivia skills over a million seconds, or 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds. A contestant leading the game earns $10 per second for sitting in the "money chair," with a potential payoff of millions of dollars. The show will air for six straight nights starting Sept. 9, then return for four nights starting Sept. 16." -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Mentalist to trade in two investigators
Not Lisbon or Cho, but Rigsby and Van Pelt, reportedly after the show jumps the shark by unmasking Red John... Bruno Heller denies to Ausiello... http://tvline.com/2013/08/06/amanda-righetti-owain-yeoman-leaving-the-mentalist-season-6/ -- B. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Writers urge Feds to roll back indecency rules for primetime shows
The continuing troublemaking from groups such as Parents' Television Council now draws the ire of the Writers Guild of America/West, who join NBCU in calling for the Commish to step up revamping of regulations they see as encouraging the griping and having a "chilling effect" on content... http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/wgaw-urges-fcc-phase-out-primetime-indecency-rules-108426 -- B. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] The Ifill-Woodruff Report
PBS announced today that Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will be co-anchors and (importantly) co-managing editors of Newshour: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/business/media/gwen-ifill-and-judy-woodruff-to-co-anchor-newshour.html?_r=0 This addresses what many viewers (including me) and critics have felt was a weakness in recent years of the broadcast - the mix and match anchors that gave no consistency to the show, especially when Lehr was still the managing editor. Jeffrey Brown, Ray Suarez and Margaret Warner will stay with the program as chief correspondents, each with an area of expertise “that will also help define the program”. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:49 PM, John Edwards wrote: > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 5:31 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > > Maybe it's just the way this thread has gone, but to what extent has > Bezos > > said, if at all, about how the Washington Post (be it the paper or the > > company) would relate to Amazon. I kind of figured this was more along > the > > lines of an Elon Musk SpaceX or Tesla activity - a subsequent/side > project - > > rather than an extension of the corps business into a new thing (say > > Microsoft getting into gaming). > > > > In other words, is this something Bezos wanted to do as his next big > thing, > > or is this something he thinks makes sense in growing Amazon? Personally > > I'm much more comfortable with the former rather than the latter, though > I > > think Bezos would be willing to make the paper a loss leader under either > > scenario. > > The Post's own article > ( > http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html > ) > says that Bezos is buying the paper, and that Amazon "will have no > role in the purchase." > > So, while the thought of "other people who viewed this page also > viewed Pages A4, B7 and C1" at the bottom of page B2 amuses me, it > doesn't look like there would necessarily be a direct connection. I think I mentioned originally that Bezos was buying the Post with his own personal cash. He is staying in WA, and the WaPo management will stay in place. But that does not change who Bezos is, and how he thinks and operates, which is likely to be similar to how he has managed Amazon. I actually would not be surprised to see washingtonpost.com one day pushing readers to stories similar to, or often read by, a story just clicked on by a visitor. More importantly though, WaPo dot com may one day soon be able to charge more to online advertisers because it is able to more effectively personalize ads to readers based on a number of characteristics. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 5:31 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > Maybe it's just the way this thread has gone, but to what extent has Bezos > said, if at all, about how the Washington Post (be it the paper or the > company) would relate to Amazon. I kind of figured this was more along the > lines of an Elon Musk SpaceX or Tesla activity - a subsequent/side project - > rather than an extension of the corps business into a new thing (say > Microsoft getting into gaming). > > In other words, is this something Bezos wanted to do as his next big thing, > or is this something he thinks makes sense in growing Amazon? Personally > I'm much more comfortable with the former rather than the latter, though I > think Bezos would be willing to make the paper a loss leader under either > scenario. The Post's own article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html) says that Bezos is buying the paper, and that Amazon "will have no role in the purchase." So, while the thought of "other people who viewed this page also viewed Pages A4, B7 and C1" at the bottom of page B2 amuses me, it doesn't look like there would necessarily be a direct connection. John -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
Maybe it's just the way this thread has gone, but to what extent has Bezos said, if at all, about how the Washington Post (be it the paper or the company) would relate to Amazon. I kind of figured this was more along the lines of an Elon Musk SpaceX or Tesla activity - a subsequent/side project - rather than an extension of the corps business into a new thing (say Microsoft getting into gaming). In other words, is this something Bezos wanted to do as his next big thing, or is this something he thinks makes sense in growing Amazon? Personally I'm much more comfortable with the former rather than the latter, though I think Bezos would be willing to make the paper a loss leader under either scenario. David From: PGage To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Joe Hass wrote: I have. But the fundamental challenge is that they're doing it regionally (similar to same-day delivery or next-day hand delivery) as opposed to nationally. Costco needs only to open a single store to be able to serve a small metro area. It's not a question of if they can do it in LA/NYC/Seattle. It's whether they can pull it off in Rochester/Grand Rapids/Tucson. RIght - but this is just the roll out so they can figure out the details. The WaPo stories have noted that Bezos is no longer opposed to legislation requiring online retailers to pay state sales tax, since he now plans on having physical operations in all 50 states and would have to pay sales tax anyway. Soon enough they will have warehouses and delivery infrastructure in Grand Rapids Iowa and Rochester New York. Like I said, they are coming. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > I have. But the fundamental challenge is that they're doing it regionally > (similar to same-day delivery or next-day hand delivery) as opposed to > nationally. Costco needs only to open a single store to be able to serve a > small metro area. It's not a question of if they can do it in > LA/NYC/Seattle. It's whether they can pull it off in Rochester/Grand > Rapids/Tucson. > RIght - but this is just the roll out so they can figure out the details. The WaPo stories have noted that Bezos is no longer opposed to legislation requiring online retailers to pay state sales tax, since he now plans on having physical operations in all 50 states and would have to pay sales tax anyway. Soon enough they will have warehouses and delivery infrastructure in Grand Rapids Iowa and Rochester New York. Like I said, they are coming. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] And Number 12 is...
I must admit I almost thought that they'd get out of their seats. At least some of them. However, you must remember: a) We're far more conservative (small 'c') than you, and it takes a lot to rouse us or make us leap up in exclamation anyway, and b) I suspect that aware that it could appear just a little too over the top (to British viewers' eyes), floor managers were instructed to tell the audience to remain in their seats throughout. For an example of what I mean compare and contrast the beginning of, say, The Daily Show, where an audience has been hyped up and are definitely giving Jon Stewart (or John Oliver) a standing ovation as the show starts, with perhaps our most popular chat show at the moment, Graham Norton. At the end of that show, he has to practically tell the audience to stand up to clap along to his end credit music. I'm not saying you can't hype a British audience up if you try. But you *do* have to try! Adam On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *M-D November > ** > > > *>*I kept thinking to myself "At least they're trying harder than ESPN > did with 'The Decision'...", but ultimately it was the same thing - a 30min > special that could have been boiled down to 5min. Although I appreciate > the fact that the Beeb got perspective from past Doctors, companions and > fans (Stephen Hawking!), I found myself wishing the uberfans brought up to > the live stage were a bit more polished as talking heads and/or that they'd > just used past companions (YAY Bernard Cribbins - but where was Karen > Gillan? Or Billie Piper? Or Catherine Tate? Hell, they could have gotten > Arthur Darvill via satellite from his "Once" dressing room in NYC...) And > as for Zoe Ball...I feel like they really needed a Whovian more than they > needed a host - I know he's from the wrong side of the pond, but I'd have > preferred someone like Chris Hardwick. > > ** ** > > The ratings are in: the special drew nearly 7m on BBC1. > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Fans-Prove-Doctor-Who-belongs-to-all-of-us > > > ** ** > > Coming from a country that (a)gives a standing ovation to a Kardashian and > (b)has no cultural equivalent to “Doctor Who”, I was surprised to see the > studio audience remain seated during the entire show. (And it’s not like it > was just a bunch of office staff; there were some cosplayers there.) > > ** ** > > _ _ > > |_>|_> 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 > --- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: [TV orNotTV] And Number 12 is...
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M-D November >I kept thinking to myself "At least they're trying harder than ESPN did with 'The Decision'...", but ultimately it was the same thing - a 30min special that could have been boiled down to 5min. Although I appreciate the fact that the Beeb got perspective from past Doctors, companions and fans (Stephen Hawking!), I found myself wishing the uberfans brought up to the live stage were a bit more polished as talking heads and/or that they'd just used past companions (YAY Bernard Cribbins - but where was Karen Gillan? Or Billie Piper? Or Catherine Tate? Hell, they could have gotten Arthur Darvill via satellite from his "Once" dressing room in NYC...) And as for Zoe Ball...I feel like they really needed a Whovian more than they needed a host - I know he's from the wrong side of the pond, but I'd have preferred someone like Chris Hardwick. The ratings are in: the special drew nearly 7m on BBC1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Fans-Prove-Doctor-Who-belongs- to-all-of-us Coming from a country that (a)gives a standing ovation to a Kardashian and (b)has no cultural equivalent to "Doctor Who", I was surprised to see the studio audience remain seated during the entire show. (And it's not like it was just a bunch of office staff; there were some cosplayers there.) _ _ |_>|_> 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
I have. But the fundamental challenge is that they're doing it regionally (similar to same-day delivery or next-day hand delivery) as opposed to nationally. Costco needs only to open a single store to be able to serve a small metro area. It's not a question of if they can do it in LA/NYC/Seattle. It's whether they can pull it off in Rochester/Grand Rapids/Tucson. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:33 PM, PGage wrote: > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:12 PM, PGage wrote (in >> part): >> >>> As the long article linked here notes, Bezos is known for his long-term >>> thinking, and does not require immediate turnaround or profit. >>> >> >> I think I've mentioned here that I am a huge Costco fan (in addition to a >> shareholder). The one thing that has made me consistently nervous about >> their long-term prognosis is whenever the CEO or whomever talks about their >> relationship to Amazon, especially when it comes to fresh food. Costco has >> consistently said they don't believe that there's a profitable way to >> handle *nationwide* home delivery of grocery, especially perishables. The >> problem is that Amazon has never, ever cared about profit. If Amazon >> decided one day to create a national version of Peapod, they'd do it and >> keep doing it, even if they were burning cash. That's where Amazon (and >> Bezos) makes me (as a Costco shareholder) extremely nervous. >> >> For the record: I do not have an Amazon Prime account, but if I moved to >> a location where there were no Costcos, I would have one in a heartbeat. >> > > Have you seen stories like this - the're coming: > http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/11/business/la-fi-amazon-groceries-20130611 > > One reason they will be willing to deliver groceries at a loss is they see > it as a way to get more people dependent on ordering stuff from the Zon. > -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:12 PM, PGage wrote (in part): > >> As the long article linked here notes, Bezos is known for his long-term >> thinking, and does not require immediate turnaround or profit. >> > > I think I've mentioned here that I am a huge Costco fan (in addition to a > shareholder). The one thing that has made me consistently nervous about > their long-term prognosis is whenever the CEO or whomever talks about their > relationship to Amazon, especially when it comes to fresh food. Costco has > consistently said they don't believe that there's a profitable way to > handle *nationwide* home delivery of grocery, especially perishables. The > problem is that Amazon has never, ever cared about profit. If Amazon > decided one day to create a national version of Peapod, they'd do it and > keep doing it, even if they were burning cash. That's where Amazon (and > Bezos) makes me (as a Costco shareholder) extremely nervous. > > For the record: I do not have an Amazon Prime account, but if I moved to a > location where there were no Costcos, I would have one in a heartbeat. > Have you seen stories like this - the're coming: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/11/business/la-fi-amazon-groceries-20130611 One reason they will be willing to deliver groceries at a loss is they see it as a way to get more people dependent on ordering stuff from the Zon. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Completes 75% of His Plan To Dominate Broadcast Television
I use the Dick Clark conquering method: he has to be hosting something that regularly airs on the network. So while he produces Jamie Oliver's show and hosts NYRE, I don't consider him to be a member of ABC (unless I'm forgetting something) On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:48 AM, PGage wrote: > I suppose next up will be Seacrest staring in a new NCIS Spinoff... > > http://news.yahoo.com/ryan-seacrest-host-nbc-game-show-144222633.html > > "NBC says Ryan Seacrest will host "The Million Second Quiz," a new live > game show the network hopes will become event programming for two weeks in > September. > > The network said Monday it is constructing a giant hourglass-shaped > structure in Manhattan for the game, which will involve contestants testing > their trivia skills over a million seconds, or 11 days, 13 hours, 46 > minutes and 40 seconds. A contestant leading the game earns $10 per second > for sitting in the "money chair," with a potential payoff of millions of > dollars. > > The show will air for six straight nights starting Sept. 9, then return > for four nights starting Sept. 16." > -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:12 PM, PGage wrote (in part): > As the long article linked here notes, Bezos is known for his long-term > thinking, and does not require immediate turnaround or profit. > I think I've mentioned here that I am a huge Costco fan (in addition to a shareholder). The one thing that has made me consistently nervous about their long-term prognosis is whenever the CEO or whomever talks about their relationship to Amazon, especially when it comes to fresh food. Costco has consistently said they don't believe that there's a profitable way to handle *nationwide* home delivery of grocery, especially perishables. The problem is that Amazon has never, ever cared about profit. If Amazon decided one day to create a national version of Peapod, they'd do it and keep doing it, even if they were burning cash. That's where Amazon (and Bezos) makes me (as a Costco shareholder) extremely nervous. For the record: I do not have an Amazon Prime account, but if I moved to a location where there were no Costcos, I would have one in a heartbeat. -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bezos Buys The WaPo
On Monday, August 5, 2013 11:12:26 PM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html > > > Though not a TV story, I wonder what folks here think of this development > (it is arguably a major event in the broader media world). In this day and > age it seems rare to have a story like this take us by such surprise, > though I guess it is not really surprising to see a newspaper getting sold, > for a relative bargain - Bezos paid $250 million, in cash (the NYT just > sold the Boston Globe for $70M, after buying it for $1.1B in 1993); his net > worth is $25.2 Billion. > > > Jimmy Fallon had a line last night (not an exact quote): "The Boston Globe was just sold for $70 million, after having been sold in 1993 for $1.1 billion. I couldn't believe that story when I read it for free on the internet." -Tim -- -- 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
