Re: [TV orNotTV] TCA gives out awards
A few people that I know remarked on Corden's resemblance to Richter right after the former got The Late Show, but it soon became an afterthought. Always liked Richter and mused on how he might feel when a guy who resembled him became a late-night host while he remained a sidekick. Ultimately, I wish that one of Richter's sitcoms had stuck. Really liked them both. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:33:39 AM UTC-7, David Bruggeman wrote: That never got traction, nor did Letterman's observation of how much British Jimmy resembles Andy Richter. David -- *From:* Karen Owen ko...@frontiernet.net javascript: *To:* tvor...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2:28 PM *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] TCA gives out awards I'm calling him the Tubby Kid since that what David Letterman called him on the Late Late Show guest hosted by Regis. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- -- 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com javascript: To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com javascript: 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+unsub...@googlegroups.com. javascript: 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] Sesame Street cut in half
Last fall, PBS quietly unveiled a half-hour edition of Sesame Street that aired hand-in-hand with the original 60-minute version. The 30-minute edition was essentially a condensed version of the original, with most of the show's second half (primarily all Elmo, all the time) removed. Now, the 60-minute version will be gone altogether come mid-November, as PBS and Sesame Workshop have opted to go just with the 30-minute version, citing the usual changing viewer habits and positive affiliate reaction reasons ... http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/ I'm the father of a soon-to-be pre-kindergartner, and she lost interest in Sesame Street over the course of the last year. But when she did watch, I noticed she did not have any interest in watching the full hour. Her preference was watching segments that interested her -- she was more enthralled in watching, say, a two-minute lesson on letters and numbers than a 20-minute Elmo fest. When Elmo or another character/segment she didn't care for popped up, we'd leave the room to color, read, or some other activity. JD -- -- 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] Sesame Street cut in half
as a 48-year old man, that grew up with Sesame Street (english-spanish edition on PBS, and english-french edition on CBC), I can say that the 1-hour often had some stuff that I never cared for.But I like to think that trained me for watching SNL. I'm serious. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:06 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I was relieved to read your last paragraph. The story sounds like the kind of thing we are supposed to respond to with something like outrage that they are screwing with an iconic cultural tradition. But based on my SS experience, extensive but now about 12 years removed from my last real exposure, it sounds to me like this story could be headlined: PBS Fixes Sesame Street. On Thursday, August 13, 2015, jdi...@juno.com wrote: Last fall, PBS quietly unveiled a half-hour edition of Sesame Street that aired hand-in-hand with the original 60-minute version. The 30-minute edition was essentially a condensed version of the original, with most of the show's second half (primarily all Elmo, all the time) removed. Now, the 60-minute version will be gone altogether come mid-November, as PBS and Sesame Workshop have opted to go just with the 30-minute version, citing the usual changing viewer habits and positive affiliate reaction reasons ... http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/ I'm the father of a soon-to-be pre-kindergartner, and she lost interest in Sesame Street over the course of the last year. But when she did watch, I noticed she did not have any interest in watching the full hour. Her preference was watching segments that interested her -- she was more enthralled in watching, say, a two-minute lesson on letters and numbers than a 20-minute Elmo fest. When Elmo or another character/segment she didn't care for popped up, we'd leave the room to color, read, or some other activity. JD -- -- 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 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] Sesame Street cut in half
I was relieved to read your last paragraph. The story sounds like the kind of thing we are supposed to respond to with something like outrage that they are screwing with an iconic cultural tradition. But based on my SS experience, extensive but now about 12 years removed from my last real exposure, it sounds to me like this story could be headlined: PBS Fixes Sesame Street. On Thursday, August 13, 2015, jdi...@juno.com wrote: Last fall, PBS quietly unveiled a half-hour edition of Sesame Street that aired hand-in-hand with the original 60-minute version. The 30-minute edition was essentially a condensed version of the original, with most of the show's second half (primarily all Elmo, all the time) removed. Now, the 60-minute version will be gone altogether come mid-November, as PBS and Sesame Workshop have opted to go just with the 30-minute version, citing the usual changing viewer habits and positive affiliate reaction reasons ... http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/ I'm the father of a soon-to-be pre-kindergartner, and she lost interest in Sesame Street over the course of the last year. But when she did watch, I noticed she did not have any interest in watching the full hour. Her preference was watching segments that interested her -- she was more enthralled in watching, say, a two-minute lesson on letters and numbers than a 20-minute Elmo fest. When Elmo or another character/segment she didn't care for popped up, we'd leave the room to color, read, or some other activity. JD -- -- 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 javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv@googlegroups.com'); To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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 javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%2bunsubscr...@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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes
Some of those YouTube videos are full-length episodes - but with slight edits for rights reasons. Usually what's edited out is the play-on music the band plays when the guests make their entrance. It'll be interesting to see how much of that survives on Antenna TV. -Tim On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 11:20:40 PM UTC-4, Steve Timko wrote: Carson was quite wealthy when he died. I'm not sure money played that big of a part. The Johnny Carson YouTube channel has 399 videos and they play without commercials. That doesn't seem like someone is trying to make money. -- -- 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] Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes
Usually networks get a blanket license for such things, right? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Diner bwayst...@gmail.com wrote: Some of those YouTube videos are full-length episodes - but with slight edits for rights reasons. Usually what's edited out is the play-on music the band plays when the guests make their entrance. It'll be interesting to see how much of that survives on Antenna TV. -Tim On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 11:20:40 PM UTC-4, Steve Timko wrote: Carson was quite wealthy when he died. I'm not sure money played that big of a part. The Johnny Carson YouTube channel has 399 videos and they play without commercials. That doesn't seem like someone is trying to make money. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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] Please identify this guy
MelissaP, to Doug Eastick: Oh, that’s easy! Andy Cohen, host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live The title on the monitor was the dead giveaway, but despite my dearth of watchable channels, even I know Andy from things like their upfronts... 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
There is an HBO Family channel, which limits movie/original programming to TV14/PG13-level (roughly 12A equivalent) films. That may be where Sesame Street is specifically headed. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:10, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but does HBO actually do much in the way of kids TV at the moment? And is there a chance an inattentive parent might leave the TV tuned into HBO from Sesame Street into a daytime rerun of Game of Thrones or something? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 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] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
They have a channel HBO Family which has a bunch of original programming plus family movies. Most of the original programming was produced quite some time ago though. I would suspect that Sesame Street would mostly run on this channel. -- David Risner Software Engineer MERLOT, California State University On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net wrote: There is an HBO Family channel, which limits movie/original programming to TV14/PG13-level (roughly 12A equivalent) films. That may be where Sesame Street is specifically headed. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:10, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but does HBO actually do much in the way of kids TV at the moment? And is there a chance an inattentive parent might leave the TV tuned into HBO from Sesame Street into a daytime rerun of Game of Thrones or something? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 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
Re: [TV orNotTV] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
That being said, here's a Sesame Street GoT parody, Game of Chairs. http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/06/sesame-street-game-thrones Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:10, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but does HBO actually do much in the way of kids TV at the moment? And is there a chance an inattentive parent might leave the TV tuned into HBO from Sesame Street into a daytime rerun of Game of Thrones or something? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 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] Sesame Street cut in half
Here's a bunch of tweets collected by Current on the news: http://current.org/2015/08/c-is-for-capitalism-reactions-to-the-sesame-street-hbo-deal/ Several tweets mention the irony of the fact that a series that was created to teach the poor basic letters and numbers skills is now only available to the rich (which is not necessarily true, but hey). The comment in the top post from the PBS station manager in Seattle makes a more important point--that the bulk of PBS Kids programming over the last decade has become animated instead of live-action, which is a big change from the PBS lineup many of us knew and loved. I realize that at least most big city PBS stations are now wall-to-wall kids from early morning to BBC/NBR/NewsHour time and that animated programming is cheaper than live action, but the PBS difference outside of the emphasis on education WAS Mister Rogers, The Sesame Street humans, The Electric Company cast and the ZOOM kids. That's gone now (not to mention the fact that credits are now squeezed back for promos--and I realize that the target audience can't read 'em anyway). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:06 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I was relieved to read your last paragraph. The story sounds like the kind of thing we are supposed to respond to with something like outrage that they are screwing with an iconic cultural tradition. But based on my SS experience, extensive but now about 12 years removed from my last real exposure, it sounds to me like this story could be headlined: PBS Fixes Sesame Street. On Thursday, August 13, 2015, jdi...@juno.com wrote: Last fall, PBS quietly unveiled a half-hour edition of Sesame Street that aired hand-in-hand with the original 60-minute version. The 30-minute edition was essentially a condensed version of the original, with most of the show's second half (primarily all Elmo, all the time) removed. Now, the 60-minute version will be gone altogether come mid-November, as PBS and Sesame Workshop have opted to go just with the 30-minute version, citing the usual changing viewer habits and positive affiliate reaction reasons ... http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/ I'm the father of a soon-to-be pre-kindergartner, and she lost interest in Sesame Street over the course of the last year. But when she did watch, I noticed she did not have any interest in watching the full hour. Her preference was watching segments that interested her -- she was more enthralled in watching, say, a two-minute lesson on letters and numbers than a 20-minute Elmo fest. When Elmo or another character/segment she didn't care for popped up, we'd leave the room to color, read, or some other activity. JD -- -- 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 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] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
I wonder if HBO is going to require their Original Programming logo in front of the PBS repeats of Sesame Street, Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: The head of Sesame Workshop mentioned that when he shopped the idea around, the non-negotiable was that the shows had to end up at PBS at some point. http://current.org/2015/08/hbo-to-premiere-new-sesame-street-shows-provide-them-for-free-to-pbs-in-5-year-deal/ And after reading the article, you're right. As someone noted: any new Sesame Street is always greater than no new Sesame Street. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:58 AM Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 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] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
In Canada, I think that CBC gave us Fraggle Rock. Sundays at 5pm. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:52 PM, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: HBO may not have much in their current slate re: children's programming, but lest we forget that HBO is the channel that gave us Fraggle Rock, Encyclopedia Brown, Tintin, Mr. Men...they do have a pedigree in the field. On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 12:28:31 PM UTC-4, Brad Beam wrote: There is an HBO Family channel, which limits movie/original programming to TV14/PG13-level (roughly 12A equivalent) films. That may be where Sesame Street is specifically headed. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:10, Adam Bowie ad...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but does HBO actually do much in the way of kids TV at the moment? And is there a chance an inattentive parent might leave the TV tuned into HBO from Sesame Street into a daytime rerun of Game of Thrones or something? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joe Coughlin inturn...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassg...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@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+...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@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+...@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 tvor...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@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+...@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 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
[TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert ticket website now open for regular shows
I was able to jump in yesterday and get tickets for Tuesday 9/15. I'll report back after the taping. On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 3:54:08 AM UTC-4, David Bruggeman wrote: But, like the test shows, every date listed (September) is sold out https://www.showclix.com/event/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert Worth noting that the taping schedule is five days a week. 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 --- 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] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
HBO may not have much in their current slate re: children's programming, but lest we forget that HBO is the channel that gave us Fraggle Rock, Encyclopedia Brown, Tintin, Mr. Men...they do have a pedigree in the field. On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 12:28:31 PM UTC-4, Brad Beam wrote: There is an HBO Family channel, which limits movie/original programming to TV14/PG13-level (roughly 12A equivalent) films. That may be where Sesame Street is specifically headed. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:10, Adam Bowie ad...@adambowie.co.uk javascript: wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but does HBO actually do much in the way of kids TV at the moment? And is there a chance an inattentive parent might leave the TV tuned into HBO from Sesame Street into a daytime rerun of Game of Thrones or something? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joe Coughlin inturn...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassg...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com javascript: To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com javascript: 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+...@googlegroups.com javascript:. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com javascript: To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com javascript: 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+...@googlegroups.com javascript:. 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com javascript: To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com javascript: 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+...@googlegroups.com javascript:. 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
And in the UK it was ITV. But that was an unusual international coproduction where each territory had its own wraparound. In Britain we had a lighthouse keeper, with Fraggle being under the lighthouse! Adam On 13 Aug 2015 18:12, Doug Eastick east...@mcd.on.ca wrote: In Canada, I think that CBC gave us Fraggle Rock. Sundays at 5pm. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:52 PM, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote: HBO may not have much in their current slate re: children's programming, but lest we forget that HBO is the channel that gave us Fraggle Rock, Encyclopedia Brown, Tintin, Mr. Men...they do have a pedigree in the field. On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 12:28:31 PM UTC-4, Brad Beam wrote: There is an HBO Family channel, which limits movie/original programming to TV14/PG13-level (roughly 12A equivalent) films. That may be where Sesame Street is specifically headed. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:10, Adam Bowie ad...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but does HBO actually do much in the way of kids TV at the moment? And is there a chance an inattentive parent might leave the TV tuned into HBO from Sesame Street into a daytime rerun of Game of Thrones or something? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joe Coughlin inturn...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassg...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@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+...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 tvor...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@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+...@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 tvor...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-...@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+...@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 or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You
Re: [TV orNotTV] SortaTV: Columbia House closes
Ditto on the brother comment. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 6:06 PM Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: The one-time-CBS-run direct-mail seller, first of recorded music and later video, tried to keep up with progress in those merchandising areas, transitioning to online operations in the 1990s before part-selling itself to Time Warner... it would change hands multiple times in the 2000s, ending up with Filmed Entertainment Inc. which announced it's going Chapter 11 this week. RAINNews http://rainnews.com/mail-order-music-company-columbia-house-shutters/?utm_source=RAIN+daily+e-mail+subscribersutm_campaign=5e4f2b3008-05_28_14_daily_email_5_28_2014utm_medium=emailutm_term=0_9c422257c3-5e4f2b3008-45504905 (link) At least one of my brothers fell for those 11-albums/tapes-for-a-penny deals back in the day... 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 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: Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes
And Bob and Ray did their own Question Man bit, although it didn't involve questioning answers: https://youtu.be/vzvl4Wz2dkc On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 9:54:12 AM UTC-5, Diner wrote: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/johnny-carson-tonight-show-full-episodes-antenna-tv-1201568250/ Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes (EXCLUSIVE) August 12, 2015 | 06:00AM PT Cynthia Littleton Managing Editor: Television @Variety_Cynthia Just when it seemed the late-night landscape couldn’t get more competitive, here comes Johnny Carson. Tribune Media’s Antenna TV, the multicast digital channel devoted to vintage television shows, will run full-length episodes of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” nightly at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT starting Jan. 1. Antenna TV has struck a multi-year deal with Carson Entertainment Group to license hundreds of hours of the NBC late-night institution. Antenna will run episodes that aired from 1972 through the end of Carson’s 30-year reign in in 1992. Because NBC owns the rights to “The Tonight Show” moniker, Antenna TV’s episodes will be billed simply as “Johnny Carson.” “This is not a clip show. This is full episodes of Johnny Carson, the man that everyone in late-night agrees was the greatest host of all time, airing in real time as he did back in the day,” Sean Compton, Tribune’s president of strategic programming and acquisitions, told Variety. “Tuning in to ‘The Tonight Show’ is like taking a walk down Main Street in Disneyland. The minute you step in there, you feel good and you know it’s a place you want to stay. We cannot wait to bring this show to fans who remember Carson and to a new generation of viewers who have never had the chance to see Johnny in his prime.” Antenna’s showcase will mark the first time Carson-era “Tonight Show” episodes have aired on a nightly basis since the host signed off in May 1992. Carson stayed out of the spotlight after his retirement until his death at age 79 on Jan. 23, 2005. “The Tonight Show” ran in a 90-minute format from the start of Carson’s run in 1962 until 1980, when it was trimmed to an hour. Antenna will air hourlong episodes on weeknights and 90-minute installments on Saturday and Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The scheduling of episodes will be carefully curated to run as themed weeks or months, as well as episodes that coincide with notable anniversaries, holidays and other milestones. Those could include everything from a week’s worth of “Tonight Show” debuts by future comedy superstars such as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, Richard Pryor, David Letterman, Jim Carrey and Tim Allen to a month of Christmas episodes in December. Antenna’s “Tonight Show” run will begin with the New Year’s Day episode from 1982 featuring Eddie Murphy and “MASH” star McLean Stevenson. With all the hubbub over changes in late-night TV during the past two years, Compton had the idea to revive Carson’s “Tonight Show” in a big way. Carson Entertainment Group, headed by Jeff Sotzing, Carson’s nephew, was immediately receptive. “I think there’s a demographic out there that is really going to eat this up,” Sotzing told Variety. “The show will now be able to be seen by so many people who haven’t seen it before.” The deal involved nearly six months of negotiations with Hollywood’s talent guilds and the American Federation of Musicians. The talks were complicated because there’s not much precedent for residual fees for full-length reruns of a vintage variety show re-airing on a digital broadcast channel. A few weeks ago the deal almost fell apart over cost issues that seemed insurmountable, but Compton and his team kept hammering away until compromises were reached. Tribune execs are determined to keep each episode as intact as possible — which means negotiating new agreements for the show’s many musical performances on an episode-by-episode basis, in most cases. The full-length segs will re-introduce viewers to the show that cemented the template for the late-night talk-variety format, from the monologue to goofy banter with sidekicks to showcasing promising comedians. Carson also invented a host of characters over the years, including Carnac the Magnificent, Art Fern and Aunt Blabby, as well the leading the “Mighty Carson Art Players” sketches. Carson, Ed McMahon and bandleader Doc Severinsen were also famous for doing in-program commericals. Tribune’s sales department is looking to set up creative sponsorship deals piggybacking on those now-priceless integrations, Compton said. Carson Entertainment has marketed home video releases of full-length “Tonight Show” episodes in the past. But that’s not the same as being able to tune in every night as the show originally aired. Sadly, the first 10 years of Carson’s “Tonight Show” are lost to history, with only a handful of
[TV orNotTV] SortaTV: Columbia House closes
The one-time-CBS-run direct-mail seller, first of recorded music and later video, tried to keep up with progress in those merchandising areas, transitioning to online operations in the 1990s before part-selling itself to Time Warner... it would change hands multiple times in the 2000s, ending up with Filmed Entertainment Inc. which announced it's going Chapter 11 this week. RAINNews http://rainnews.com/mail-order-music-company-columbia-house-shutters/?utm_source=RAIN+daily+e-mail+subscribersutm_campaign=5e4f2b3008-05_28_14_daily_email_5_28_2014utm_medium=emailutm_term=0_9c422257c3-5e4f2b3008-45504905 (link) At least one of my brothers fell for those 11-albums/tapes-for-a-penny deals back in the day... 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] TNT or Comcast PGA West Coast Time Problem?
My TiVo shows 11am-5pm. I'm on Time Warner Cable in SoCal. TiVo might not get it's data from the same place as TWC, but the TWC TV app shows 11am-5pm as well. Doesn't Comcast have an XFinity app that shows live TV that you could look at its guide? It might give you a clue at least as to if Comcast knew and just didn't push the update out to the DVRs or not. -- David Risner Software Engineer MERLOT, California State University On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:08 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: Last night I set my DVR to record the first round of the PGA Tournament today. It is being played in Wisconsin, and TNT had it listed as running from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm, my time (California). This just did not sound right to me, and sure enough when I checked the PGA website, those were the eastern time zone times. I waited till after midnight and checked again, in case this was when they updated their listings, still no change. I went ahead and set my recording for Supernatural (whatever that is), the program TNT listed as starting at 11:00 am my time, and then padded it two hours to reach till 2:00, then recorded the 2:00 pm PGA still listed. This worked fine, and I have been watching the tournament while doing my work this morning and afternoon. It is now after 2:00 pm PT, and TNT never did change their listings. If I had not been paying close attention, I would have been screwed. I realize that Comcast just gives us the ET TNT feed, but I don't remember this problem when I am recording NBA games - if the Lakers are scheduled to play a 7:00 pm game in Los Angeles, even though that is 10:00 pm in NY, on my listing it says that the game starts at 7:00. Is this a problem on TNT's end, or something that Comcast is not doing right? -- -- 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Sesame Street cut in half
As someone consuming a lot of PBS Kids programming right now (mostly by DVR with the little one), I will note that while most of the programming is animated, they're doing a fair amount of live-action interstitial, and they do have some newer series like Odd Squad that are mostly live-action with (bad) special effects added. There's some TERRIBLE computer animation (I'm looking at you, Sid the Science Kid), but a lot of it is passible. Curious George has been high quality, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood has great content combined with creative (but stuff) CG. I wonder what the cost difference is? Set construction? Group performance time instead of flexibly scheduled voice recording? Union-set rates and residuals? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a bunch of tweets collected by Current on the news: http://current.org/2015/08/c-is-for-capitalism-reactions-to-the-sesame-street-hbo-deal/ Several tweets mention the irony of the fact that a series that was created to teach the poor basic letters and numbers skills is now only available to the rich (which is not necessarily true, but hey). The comment in the top post from the PBS station manager in Seattle makes a more important point--that the bulk of PBS Kids programming over the last decade has become animated instead of live-action, which is a big change from the PBS lineup many of us knew and loved. I realize that at least most big city PBS stations are now wall-to-wall kids from early morning to BBC/NBR/NewsHour time and that animated programming is cheaper than live action, but the PBS difference outside of the emphasis on education WAS Mister Rogers, The Sesame Street humans, The Electric Company cast and the ZOOM kids. That's gone now (not to mention the fact that credits are now squeezed back for promos--and I realize that the target audience can't read 'em anyway). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:06 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I was relieved to read your last paragraph. The story sounds like the kind of thing we are supposed to respond to with something like outrage that they are screwing with an iconic cultural tradition. But based on my SS experience, extensive but now about 12 years removed from my last real exposure, it sounds to me like this story could be headlined: PBS Fixes Sesame Street. On Thursday, August 13, 2015, jdi...@juno.com wrote: Last fall, PBS quietly unveiled a half-hour edition of Sesame Street that aired hand-in-hand with the original 60-minute version. The 30-minute edition was essentially a condensed version of the original, with most of the show's second half (primarily all Elmo, all the time) removed. Now, the 60-minute version will be gone altogether come mid-November, as PBS and Sesame Workshop have opted to go just with the 30-minute version, citing the usual changing viewer habits and positive affiliate reaction reasons ... http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/ I'm the father of a soon-to-be pre-kindergartner, and she lost interest in Sesame Street over the course of the last year. But when she did watch, I noticed she did not have any interest in watching the full hour. Her preference was watching segments that interested her -- she was more enthralled in watching, say, a two-minute lesson on letters and numbers than a 20-minute Elmo fest. When Elmo or another character/segment she didn't care for popped up, we'd leave the room to color, read, or some other activity. JD -- -- 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] Re: Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes
One thing that I noticed in reading the press release was the continued dual times/single feed for AntennaTV. Of the big four classic channels (MeTV, Cozi, and Retro being the other three) Antenna is the only one that doesn't have a second feed, three hours' shifted, for the Pacific and Mountain time zones. Doesn't Tribune have enough money to do that? I mean, if *Henry Luken* can do it... -- -- 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] SortaTV: Columbia House closes
Me, too. I do believe I still have some of the LPs in storage. I never really understood the hatred for the Columbia House deals. I got the 10 CDs for a penny. Bought the required 5 more at regular price, then canceled. Pete On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Doug Eastick east...@mcd.on.ca wrote: Ditto on the brother comment. Same here, back when it was LPs. -- -- 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] From the 'What Might Have Been' Files
Showing his rejection letter as proof, a pre-Dirty Jobs Mike Rowe auditioned to take over for Kilborn on The Daily Show. https://www.facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe/photos/a.151342491542569.29994.116999698310182/1038330249510451/?type=1permPage=1 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 --- 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] From the 'What Might Have Been' Files
And if you bother to read the text, Rowe also auditioned to be the first host of TDS. From: 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV tvornottv@googlegroups.com To: Tvornottv tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:54 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] From the 'What Might Have Been' Files Showing his rejection letter as proof, a pre-Dirty Jobs Mike Rowe auditioned to take over for Kilborn on The Daily Show. https://www.facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe/photos/a.151342491542569.29994.116999698310182/1038330249510451/?type=1permPage=1 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 --- 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] SortaTV: Columbia House closes
I never really understood the hatred for the Columbia House deals. I got the 10 CDs for a penny. Bought the required 5 more at regular price, then canceled. Pete On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Doug Eastick east...@mcd.on.ca wrote: Ditto on the brother comment. Same here, back when it was LPs. -- -- 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] SortaTV: Columbia House closes
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Pete Ahles pete.ah...@gmail.com wrote: I never really understood the hatred for the Columbia House deals. I got the 10 CDs for a penny. Bought the required 5 more at regular price, then canceled. Me too. I thought it was great (not CD's in my day, tapes). -- -- 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] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
Excuse my ignorance, but does HBO actually do much in the way of kids TV at the moment? And is there a chance an inattentive parent might leave the TV tuned into HBO from Sesame Street into a daytime rerun of Game of Thrones or something? On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
The head of Sesame Workshop mentioned that when he shopped the idea around, the non-negotiable was that the shows had to end up at PBS at some point. http://current.org/2015/08/hbo-to-premiere-new-sesame-street-shows-provide-them-for-free-to-pbs-in-5-year-deal/ And after reading the article, you're right. As someone noted: any new Sesame Street is always greater than no new Sesame Street. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:58 AM Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes
Allen's version was called The Question Man (as was Ernie Kovacs's), but Allen gives credit for originating the concept to an LA disc jockey named Bob Arbogast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrO14lZ7QNc Wiki sez that it was a parody of a radio show called The Answer an, but Allen doesn't acknowledge that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_Man --Dave Sikula On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 10:12:23 AM UTC-7, Tom Wolper wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Diner bway...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/johnny-carson-tonight-show-full-episodes-antenna-tv-1201568250/ Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes (EXCLUSIVE) August 12, 2015 | 06:00AM PT The full-length segs will re-introduce viewers to the show that cemented the template for the late-night talk-variety format, from the monologue to goofy banter with sidekicks to showcasing promising comedians. Carson also invented a host of characters over the years, including Carnac the Magnificent, Art Fern and Aunt Blabby, as well the leading the “Mighty Carson Art Players” sketches. I know that Carson borrowed the characters of Art Fern from Jackie Gleason and Aunt Blabby from Jonathan Winters. I also know that Carnac was a borrowed character but I can't remember if was from Steve Allen. Two things I take from reading this press release: first, the Tonight show archive is depreciating in value. Carson Entertainment has guarded their content and licensed it at a premium. They might have done well by releasing DVD sets and the little licensing they did but that value is dropping as older fans are no longer shelling out money and younger people neither know nor care about that era of the Tonight Show. While airing the reruns on older-skewing Antenna keeps the show from losing all value due to obscurity, I don't know if that is enough to get it in front of younger people. Even though they have music rights, Johnny did not like rock acts and rarely had them on the show. There will be no equivalent to the PBS pledge Ed Sullivan collection of classic rock acts of that era. The second thing is that Tribune successfully negotiated music rights at a price Antenna TV could afford. Through the DVD era that was such an obstacle to getting variety shows on DVD. I'm still waiting for the later seasons of The Muppet Show. I will take this deal as a hopeful sign that the rights holders see more value in getting those old sets back on the air rather than watch them drift into obscurity due to high rights fees. -- -- 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] TNT or Comcast PGA West Coast Time Problem?
Last night I set my DVR to record the first round of the PGA Tournament today. It is being played in Wisconsin, and TNT had it listed as running from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm, my time (California). This just did not sound right to me, and sure enough when I checked the PGA website, those were the eastern time zone times. I waited till after midnight and checked again, in case this was when they updated their listings, still no change. I went ahead and set my recording for Supernatural (whatever that is), the program TNT listed as starting at 11:00 am my time, and then padded it two hours to reach till 2:00, then recorded the 2:00 pm PGA still listed. This worked fine, and I have been watching the tournament while doing my work this morning and afternoon. It is now after 2:00 pm PT, and TNT never did change their listings. If I had not been paying close attention, I would have been screwed. I realize that Comcast just gives us the ET TNT feed, but I don't remember this problem when I am recording NBA games - if the Lakers are scheduled to play a 7:00 pm game in Los Angeles, even though that is 10:00 pm in NY, on my listing it says that the game starts at 7:00. Is this a problem on TNT's end, or something that Comcast is not doing right? -- -- 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] Seacrest to host late-night blocks at Rio Olympics
From right near Copacabana... as the network expects ad revenues to improve upon London's north-of-a-billion figure... helped by the event's US-time-zones-friendly sked... THR http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ryan-seacrest-host-live-late-814742 (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.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
I think it's what's called a win-win. Public and Premium partnership. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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: Sesame Street cut in half
Sesame Street is now brought to you by the letters H, B and O , and the number 5. Sesame Workshop has signed a five-year deal with HBO, bringing the series to pay-cabler for 36 new episodes per season (PBS will then air the episodes nine months after the shows air). HBO will also air a spinoff focusing on the Sesame Muppets and apparently air reruns of The Electric Company (the 2009 reboot, not the 70s version with Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno) ... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/business/media/sesame-street-heading-to-hbo-in-fall.html -- -- 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] Sesame Street Moves To HBO
A five-season deal where HBO gets exclusive rights to the new shows for nine months, then PBS gets it for free. HBO also licenses 150 old episodes to fill in gaps as the new season launches. The same goes with digital rights: PBS holds onto the old episodes; HBO gets the digital rights with the new ones for the nine months, then PBS gets them as well. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-and-hbo-announce-partnership/ As someone who's just dived back into this world with my almost two-year-old (he's both an Elmo and Abby fan), I'm really torn about this. I mean I get it, it fundamentally supports one of the greatest children's television shows ever, but this just seems so very, very wrong. -- -- 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.
