Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TARDIS materializes at Retro TV
Generally speaking, although the network is the direct descendant of the original classic television channel, Retro Television Network (which dates back to 2005), its original owner, Equity Media Holdings, had a bad financial tumble in 2008. That was when the current owner, Henry Luken, purchased the network from them. Unfortunately, in the process their relationship with the major syndication companies -- notably NBCUniversal and CBS Paramount -- soured and for the last few years the schedule has consisted of programs available through lesser syndication companies such as Classic Media and the Peter Rodgers Organization, plus the handful of old shows that have fallen into the public domain. Their late night schedule now includes such non-retro fare as *Cold Case Files* and *DaVinci's Inquest*. Meanwhile, the more popular retro shows moved to Antenna TV and MeTV (and more recently, Cozi), which as a result has gotten those networks a lot of carriage, often at the expense of Retro. The move to carry the classic *Doctor Who*, plus the previously announced *Mystery Science Theatre 3000*, is a good one as it starts to reposition Retro as a channel with content you can't find elsewhere. I think they should pursue *Dark Shadows* next, as SciFi never did make it all the way through the series before cancelling it ... and that was more than ten years ago anyway. On Thursday, May 29, 2014 6:03:17 AM UTC-7, BigOShowtime wrote: RTV aired on 50.2 in RDU for a spell... before they flipped to MeTV. ... Why. -- -- 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/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Good news/bad news for Stargate fans
Considering I've never met a person who says I loved the Stargate movie but never really liked the TV series, I don't see how this could be anything but bad news. FWIW, I'll agree that SGU was crap for 95% of its run - when the writing was on the wall and the producers/writers realized that nothing they did would get SyFy to uncancel the show, they finally got back to the business of writing a Stargate series, and the final episodes were actually quite good. Of course, by that point the damage was done. But in defense of SGU, I don't entirely blame the production team, because I strongly suspect they were under pressure from SyFy to make SGU more BSG-like. Of course, in a perfect world, SGU would never have launched and SG: Atlantis would have been allowed to continue. On Friday, May 30, 2014 12:35:07 AM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: The guys behind the original film have been given the greenlight to develop a new Stargate trilogy of movies for MGM. These are not the guys behind Stargate SG1 which elevated the franchise from a barely regarded cult film into something else entirely. In fact, if you ever heard the DVD commentary on the original film, the originators despised just about everything connected to SG1. So while I'm glad Stargate will continue, since the last part of the franchise, SGU, was -- and I'm being kind here -- unprecidented crap, I find it tough to be optimistic about putting it back in Emmerich and Devlin's hands. https://www.facebook.com/officialstargatesg1/posts/703915079665826 -- 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/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TARDIS materializes at Retro TV
K.M. Richards, in part: Their late night schedule now includes such non-retro fare as *Cold Case Files* and *DaVinci's Inquest*. Meanwhile, the more popular retro shows moved to Antenna TV and MeTV (and more recently, Cozi), which as a result has gotten those networks a lot of carriage, often at the expense of Retro. The move to carry the classic *Doctor Who*, plus the previously announced *Mystery Science Theatre 3000*, is a good one as it starts to reposition Retro as a channel with content you can't find elsewhere. I think they should pursue *Dark Shadows* next, as SciFi never did make it all the way through the series before cancelling it ... and that was more than ten years ago anyway. The Allentown station will toss some shows in favor of their Spanish-language local news, among other things. We must have missed the announcement of MST3K back in March http://www.myretrotv.com/news/-retro-tv-adds-cult-classic-mystery-science-theater-3000 (link). 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/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Arsenio Gets Renewed
Not so fast, my friend. http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/30/arsenio-hall-show-is-yanked-for-good/ _ _ |_|_ Brad Beam, on vacation- Lexington KY |_|_ http://www.facebook.com/74bmw On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 9:21:36 PM UTC-5, Mark Jeffries wrote: And look who gave Hall the news: http://www.thewrap.com/arsenio-hall-show-renewed-season-2 -- -- 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/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Arsenio Gets Renewed
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net wrote: Not so fast, my friend. http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/30/arsenio-hall-show-is-yanked-for-good/ I'm kind of sorry to see that. I didn't watch the show regularly and usually caught snippets during commercial breaks in the news or Late Show. Arsenio had a lot of trouble booking relevant guests and his biggest bookings were even bigger when they were on his original show, like Eddie Murphy and Prince. But he had a different voice than the other late night hosts and could have interesting conversations with African American guests. -- -- 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/d/optout.
RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Arsenio Gets Renewed
So once again we can't believe Leno? --- Original Message --- From : Brad Beam[mailto:b.b...@suddenlink.net] Sent : 5/30/2014 5:21:24 PM To : tvornottv@googlegroups.com Cc : Subject : RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Arsenio Gets Renewed Not so fast, my friend. http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/30/arsenio-hall-show-is-yanked-for-good/ _ _ |_|_ Brad Beam, on vacation- Lexington KY |_|_ http://www.facebook.com/74bmw On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 9:21:36 PM UTC-5, Mark Jeffries wrote: And look who gave Hall the news: http://www.thewrap.com/arsenio-hall-show-renewed-season-2 -- -- 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/d/optout. -- -- 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/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] Marv Albert cutting back
The seventy-something sportscaster will pass on NFL games to concentrate on hoops... he told Matt Yoder on Awful Announcing http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/marv-albert-stepping-away-from-nfl-on-cbs-to-focus-on-basketball-duties.html (link) there will be times when he'll turn on a game and wish he was doing it... 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/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Marv Albert cutting back
It's probably a good thing having watched many CBS Jets games here in NY, we would often get Marv with Rich Gannon on color. Marv would often seem lost calling a play and forget who got the ball and would miss certain aspects related to the play. It also didn't help Marv that Rich Gannon is one of the most inept color commentators not named Dan Dierdorf on the NFL on CBS payroll. Greg On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:31:57 PM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: The seventy-something sportscaster will pass on NFL games to concentrate on hoops... he told Matt Yoder on Awful Announcing http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/marv-albert-stepping-away-from-nfl-on-cbs-to-focus-on-basketball-duties.html (link) there will be times when he'll turn on a game and wish he was doing it... 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/d/optout.
