[TV orNotTV] Re: SortaTV: Columbia House closes
I was a member of Columbia House (I think it was called Columbia Record and Tape Club when I joined, which would give you some idea of how close I am age-wise to the dinosaurs) and also of RCA's (later BMG) similar club, which had product from some labels Columbia didn't ... and vice versa ... What I found them useful for was the various artists compilations which never seemed to be in stock at the local retailers I frequented (surprisingly, not even at the once-mighty Wherehouse), so I remained on their member list for many years after fulfilling the required purchases. BMG went away in 2005 after being bought by Columbia House and merged into it, but I had cancelled with them in the late 1980s as their offerings became less and less desirable (they moved away from compilations and greatest hits albums and toward more current stuff, so there came a point where it was pointless, pun intended). I stuck with Columbia until somewhere around 1992 or 1993, when I had repurchased on CD everything I wanted to keep as an upgrade from vinyl. By that time, the little catalog that accompanied the order card had a DVD section in the back. These days, if I want something on CD or DVD I look at Half.com first. -- -- 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.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Happy 90th to an LA radio legend
Unfortunately for Mr. Egonian (that's his real last name, disclosed at an event honoring him a few years ago) his current outlet is a pair of underpowered FMs on the same frequency simulcasting, meaning the two transmitters have to be spaced to meet FCC requirements. This means less than full-market coverage, one big dead spot being the San Fernando Valley, where there is a large Latino population who can no longer get their Laboe fix. On Friday, August 7, 2015 at 12:45:05 PM UTC-7, Bob Jersey wrote: LA Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-ca-art-laboe-kday-20150607-story.html#page=1 (link): And Art Laboe still spins those stacks of wax over various stations and days... his local LA outlet had to change after the old one flipped to strictly hip-hop, and the new one, KDAY, splits that with classic rb... LA Times (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] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC
I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find you were right about that, Kevin. Yet NBCCastiversal (or whatever their corporate name is now) can't get their minds around the idea that a loose cannon can attract eyeballs if it goes off as expected. I phrase it that way because both in MSNBC's and Current's case, they overreacted to Keith being Keith. It's not like they didn't know this is the way he is, because this is the way he's always been. On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 2:02:23 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 12:54 PM, K.M. Richards richa...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Great minds and all that ... I just made the suggestion about rehiring Olbermann on an industry message board. The phrase I used was he's always going to be the way he is, live with it and defend him instead of trying to keep him on a short leash. No doubt that's the same argument FoxNews uses to keep O'Reilly on the air -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC
Great minds and all that ... I just made the suggestion about rehiring Olbermann on an industry message board. The phrase I used was he's always going to be the way he is, live with it and defend him instead of trying to keep him on a short leash. On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:53:57 AM UTC-7, PGage wrote: I think I would give Williams a flagship newshour, bite the bullet and give Olbermann an hour, throw some money at some mid-profile ABC or CNN news person to jump ship, and sign some politico with ties to Obama or Hillary to a 2 year deal. -- -- 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: If 'a la carte' happened today...
I solved the entire dilemma. I cancelled my DirecTV on Monday. I should point out that I live just under 25 miles away from Mount Wilson, from which virtually all broadcast television service -- excluding some LPTVs -- transmits, and I get great reception even though I am using the ancient antenna which is mounted in the attic of my apartment building. (I mean ancient as in it was already there when I moved in back in 1994, has not been replaced since, and no one at the property management company knows when it was originally installed. It might have been there when Newton Minow made his vast wasteland speech, for all I know.) Anyway, excluding a whole bunch of foreign language, religious, and home shopping channels which I never watch, here's what I get with the antenna: - All the traditional broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW) from OOs, plus the all-rerun networks MyNet and ION. - Two traditional English-language independents and one non-commercial indie (KCET, which has the English-language feed of NHK on one of its subchannels). - Two PBS stations, one of which also runs PBS World (the other is owned by the L.A. Unified School District and uses its subchannels for instructional programming and WorldView. - Classic television channels Antenna TV, Cozi, Decades, Laff. MeTV and Retro (plus the all-classic game show channel Buzzr). - Movie channels This, Movies!, GetTV, Escape, Grit, and The Works. I'm not sure where to classify Bounce anymore as they moved all the reruns to daytime and are all-movies at night now. 30 channels. No monthly bill. -- -- 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: If 'a la carte' happened today...
Encore Action is a basic channel now? Since when? On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 2:02:00 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: ... which channels would you most likely pay for? https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/digitalsmiths-unbundling-survey.jpg -- -- 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: Late show finale
What struck me was that, after that wonderful build up, when Dave thanked him, Paul immediately turned the attention back to the band, giving them another round of applause after they had just gotten recognition by Dave as individual band members. Such a classy thing for Mr. Shaffer to do, and I wish I had connections that would allow me to meet him just to be able to tell him that. On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 5:58:50 AM UTC-7, Diner wrote: But when he thanked Paul Shaffer on his last show, I cried. And when the closing credits rolled, I wept like a freakin' baby. -- -- 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: Sadly, There Will Not Be A Stan Freberg Presents: The United States of America Part 3
I remember a story he told late one night while a guest of Tom Snyder's Late Late Show about one of the television commercials he produced over the years. The cigarette brand Lark had a series of commercials in which they drove down the street in a truck with the sign show us your Lark package on the side and edited together the results from those who complied. The audio for same was the William Tell Overture. Freberg satirized the ciggie spot in the commercial he did for Jeno's Pizza Rolls, except it was set at a fancy dress reception and the concept was show us your pizza roll. The audio was the William Tell Overture. Near the end of the commercial, two Madison-Avenue types in grey pinstripe suits, brandishing cigarette packs looking suspiciously like Larks, tell the host of the party they want to talk to him about his choice of music. Pan right, and there are Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, in costume as the Lone Ranger and Tonto, with Moore telling the ad men funny ... we wanted to talk to you about the same thing. (Tonto: Pizza roll, kemosabe?) The spot was a big hit, except that CBS wanted a waiver from Silverheels about playing a stereotypical Indian before they would air it. Freberg's response? But he's Tonto! Nevertheless, the network insisted so he trotted over to Jay's house to get the waiver. Silverheels' response? But I'm Tonto! The punch line: At the time, CBS owned the syndication rights to the Lone Ranger television series. The commercial was included on the VHS videocassette in the Stan Freberg box set Rhino released some 15 years or so back, which also had four CDs of his commercial releases (including The United States of America) and some of his radio advertising work. -- -- 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] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News
On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 10:22:22 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: I refuse to pay any credence to blind quotes anymore. And any journalist who bases an article on them (I'm working my way through this one and am underimpressed so far) is an abysmal failure in my estimation. In admittedly general terms, anonymous quotes are used by writers who want to push their own opinions off as fact. Most times such quotes -- and any information contained therein -- cannot be verified. It is sloppy writing. Any teenager could post a blog using them. Such blind quotes contain nothing of journalistic merit. In other words, about as useful as the average Wikipedia article. I'm using all the media coverage the same way as I would Wikipedia ... as an indication of where I should look to find the actual facts. Like Kevin, I have my doubts about the credibility of much of it. Has anyone besides myself noticed that those writers who use the anonymous-quotes-to-make-my-version-seem-factual method tend to also be the more long-winded ones? If there isn't already an adage along the lines of an article's length being inversely proportional to its likelihood of being accurate, I hereby claim same in my name. -- -- 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: OT: My mother is gone
Please allow me to add my sincerest condolences to those already expressed by the rest of the group. As was said earlier, we heard so much about Mother Jersey she seemed like a part of our own families. On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 7:31:02 AM UTC-8, Bob Jersey wrote: Congestive heart failure, with pulmonary edema. Just in the last hour. 79 last November. She was 79. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Can do no can do
Should have included: Airtime 9:00pm ET/8:00 CT, host Robert Alda (Alan's father). -- -- 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: Semi-OT: Miller Carolla podcast
Not that it necessarily means anything, but this coincides with a move by local talk host Mark Levin from Cumulus-owned KABC/790 to Salem-owned KRLA/870 starting next week. Levin's arrival at KRLA is causing a shuffle, displacing Miller's syndicated talk program ... which will move on a 15-hour (!) tape delay to Levin's late-night slot on KABC. On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 4:40:02 PM UTC-8, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: Two unfunny people, Dennis Miller Adam Carolla, are teaming up for a new podcast set to debut in the coming days. -- -- 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] now we know
I know what I'd like to see (which is why it would never happen): Classic Britcoms! Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister Fawlty Towers Are You Being Served? Monty Python's Flying Circus Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances ... and whatever that show was starring the recently-departed Elaine Stritch that AE ran right after the merger of ARTS and The Entertainment Channel in the early 1980s. Come to think of it, Kelly Monteith had a show in that AE block as well. On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 12:35:14 PM UTC-8, Diner wrote: I'm crossing my fingers for The New Avengers and Return of the Saint. And No Holds Barred with Kelly Monteith. -Tim, who had to look up the name of that show On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 2:00:24 PM UTC-5, M-D November wrote: Does this mean...the return of Crimetime After Primetime?!?!?!? M-D Silk Stalkings or STFU. On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 1:50:09 PM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: Will this do? http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-has-a-premiere-date-but-what-will-it-look-like Rather than run guest hosts in between — as CBS has done in the past and present during Late Late Show host transitions — CBS will simply air repeats of primetime shows at 11:35. By the way, does everybody else's DVR program info call tonight's Late Late Show The View? On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Tom Wolper two...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Mark Jeffries spotl...@gmail.com wrote: Along with an announcement that Madam Secretary, Scorpion and NCIS NO have been renewed for second seasons. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotl...@gmail.com On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Jon Delfin jond...@gmail.com wrote: http://tvline.com/2015/01/12/stephen-colbert-late-show-premiere-first-episode-date/ I have seen that it was announced CBS will be showing reruns of its prime time series in the Late Show slot in the Letterman/Colbert gap. I'm still looking for confirmation. -- -- 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 orNotTV] Re: Covert Affairs over
I had already decided not to continue watching the series, whenever USA deemed it worthy of new episodes (like Kevin, I grew weary of the erratic scheduling), because it was desperately searching for a direction this past season. Annie has a heart condition, Annie hides the condition from the CIA, Agency finds out and takes her out of the field, she refuses to accept life behind a desk and goes with a private company, owner of said company falls in love with her, her ability as a field agent gets compromised ... and then in the last ten minutes of that episode her CIA boss hires her back and says she'll make the heart condition a non-issue, and before she can tell Augie the good news he quits the CIA to travel the world with his ex-girlfriend (in other words, get that SAG-AFTRA resume dusted off, you've been written out of the series). The show had become painful to watch much of the time, and mediocre at best. I would have rather had reruns of Monk. -- -- 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] FCC: Redskins not a 'dirty' word
On Friday, December 19, 2014 9:17:15 AM UTC-8, PGage wrote: ... but the Washington Niggers or Washington Kikes would be just fine. To tell the family secret, my grandmother was Dutch ... -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day
MeTV (and Antenna TV, and Retro, and Cozi) doesn't lose big brand advertisers because of the currentness of their programming. If that were the case, TV Land wouldn't get those ads either. The problem is that the classic diginets have far too much of their viewership over the age of 55, which the ad community long ago deemed unworthy of being marketed to. Having said that, of course, I suspect a lot of the viewership for a classic Letterman run would also skew old. On Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:56:46 PM UTC-8, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: Studios pay for ads on the shows that feature their stars, and big brands want to sponsor shows that are current (watch the ads on METV if you doubt that). -- -- 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] 'MST3K' on PTV?
PTV is where I discovered Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and Are You Being Served? It is also where I got to see the remaining episodes of Last of the Summer Wine after being introduced to it by the original AE back in the 1980s, and where I found the sequel to Yes Minister (another AE introduction), Yes Prime Minister. The other Britcom I recall getting widespread PTV airing is Keeping Up Appearances even though I never got into that one. And speaking of comedies I don't get, The Red Green Show is a Canadian production which is reasonably popular on PTV stations. I think people only complain about comedy on PTV if it originates in the U.S. On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:41:27 AM UTC-8, Tom Wolper wrote: As to people complaining about comedy on PTV, that's where we discovered Monty Python. And my local PBS station runs a Britcom bloc on Saturday evenings. -- -- 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] Sinead O'Connor Won't Go On American Music Awards With Pope
Maybe we can get her to drop the e from Clark in return for you dropping the second n from Sinead, Kevin. :P On Sunday, October 19, 2014 4:16:22 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: Any way to get word to Sinnead that Clark doesn't contain an E at the end of it? And officially it is dick clark productions inc (all lowercase) or dcpi around the Woods of Holly. -- -- 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] writer's block
MeTV also aired those three best-known Webb shows back-to-back-to-back for about six months when the first two moved over from Antenna TV. On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:24:37 AM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: And I know the Jack Webb trio of Dragnet, Adam 12, and Emergency aired back to back to back in syndication, but not sure about prime time. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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] Nielsen paper diary begins that last mile
But you weren't an *employee* of a commercial station, you were a *volunteer* air talent at a non-commercial one. Employees and their families are supposed to be screened out of ratings participation, as are employees/families of advertising agencies. The big difference is that your participation could not have skewed the ratings in favor of a station that was providing you with a paycheck. Note that back in June, a Univision executive was fired because he had access to several Portable People Meters and set them to listen to their main FM station in Los Angeles (said FM leapfrogged to the top of the ratings in the April book): *Los Angeles Times* article http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-univision-ratings-scandal-20140617-story.html That's why media employees are supposed to be screened out of participation, and I stand by my statement on Nielsen sloppiness. On Saturday, September 20, 2014 12:50:36 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: I participated in the radio ratings diary when I was in college, despite the fact I worked as a DJ at my college's alt. station at the time. In fairness, while I did state that I listened to my own show... with five other people... I also noted that I listened to a lot more NPR than I did, so I think it balanced out. On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Bob Jersey bob.in...@juno.com javascript: wrote: 14 of the 154 markets where viewing is still chronicled in those widdle booklets will shortly switch to set-top boxes which read digital signatures within channels' audio feeds to determine what someone is watching... a company official denied that the cost of the new equipment would necessarily raise stations' fees to the ratings firm down the road... TVNewsCheck http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/79400/nielsen-diaries-finally-on-the-way-out?utm_source=Listrakutm_medium=Emailutm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tvnewscheck.com%2farticle%2f79400%2fnielsen-diaries-finally-on-the-way-oututm_campaign=Nielsen%3a+Diaries+Finally+On+The+Way+Out (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 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. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Nielsen paper diary begins that last mile
And they didn't disqualify your household during pre-screening? Very sloppy of them. On Friday, September 19, 2014 7:36:53 AM UTC-7, Joe Hass wrote: (My stepfather was, at the time, in sales at one of the local TV stations, but I wasn't going to give up the chance to be a real Nielsen family. He thought it was hilarious. They'd be proud of you. You're the dream of what they hope happens when people get the book. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Good DVD News, Everybody!
Sold out, but perhaps that's just as well; from what I read in Amazon's feedback, the inner sleeves are made of cardboard and have caused issues with DVDs warping. Maybe that's why they were on sale. On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 2:37:33 PM UTC-7, David Bruggeman wrote: Apparently Walmart has a full series box set for Futurama on the cheap. I don't know if it's already fully sold out (it is online), but I'd act quickly. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Futurama-The-Complete-Series-With-2014-3014-Calendar/29679088?wmlspartner=TnL5HPStwNwsourceid=11740796092816877782oid=183959.1u1=skim0X911651Xf6f591ad680d67d72028451700e34885affillinktype=10veh=aff 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: RIP Robin Williams (WAS Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Mrs Doubtfire sequel is off)
As I listened to the reports of his mental illness and his already well-known substance abuse problems, a thought came to my mind which I believe may be the kindest reaction possible: At least he is now free of his demons. -- -- 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 NBC Rockford files
I had Encore Westerns as part of my DirecTV service for a couple of years when they were running through all the Maverick episodes in order. I saved the Garner episodes to DVD but not the others. That should tell you what I thought of brother Bret compared to brother Bart, cousin Beau, cousin Brent and any other Maverick who popped up. Now I'm glad I did, because the reruns on Cozi are (grr) omitting the closing credits and sung theme song. I don't think I ever saw James Garner in anything I didn't at least mildly like. On Sunday, July 20, 2014 6:32:24 PM UTC-7, Diner wrote: I watched season one of Maverick on DVD last year, and I've been working my way through season two for a few weeks now. I think Jack Kelly was underrated, but when you watch their episodes back to back, it's easy to see why Garner became a big star and Kelly didn't. Kelly was much more experienced - he'd been a child actor on Broadway, while Garner had only been acting for a few years - but you could sometimes see the effort Kelly put into the role. With Garner, the effort never showed. -- -- 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: Onetime top LA paper's offices live on as studios
Fun factoid #2,973: The Her-Ex building was also the location of the Associated Press' Los Angeles bureau and took up most (if not all) of one floor, as it also handled the west coast print and broadcast wire feeds. If memory serves, the AP remained there for several years after the paper shut down. On Monday, June 30, 2014 8:22:41 AM UTC-7, Bob Jersey wrote: The Herald Examiner building http://www.herald-examiner-los-angeles-filming-location.com/ (link), 11th and South Broadway, has hosted at least 1250 shoots for a yooge list of movies and series since the paper folded in the late 80s... -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Who Did Alex Succeed in the Guinness Book?
Bill Cullen does hold the record for the number of game shows hosted (as in separate titles) and Bob Barker did have a long run with Truth or Consequences so it is conceivable that one of them hosted more total episodes across all show titles hosted than Alex. Another possible contender would be Wink Martindale, who is second to Bill in number of different game shows hosted. He and I are both members of Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters, so if he is at our next luncheon I will try to remember to ask him. On Saturday, June 14, 2014 9:41:24 AM UTC-7, David Bruggeman wrote: The record Alex was given was for one show, so Bob (and maybe even Bill) still has larger numbers for total episodes hosted. -- -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: 'AT40' Co-Creator Dies at 77
Then why is the all-80s radio format making a comeback? On Thursday, June 5, 2014 10:11:29 AM UTC-7, Tom Wolper wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Bob Jersey bob.in...@juno.com javascript: wrote: I admit to being a fan, having once won (vinyl 33 record) radio-station copies of the show in the mid 70s for correctly picking the #1 song, but don't like 80s as much as 70s. Nobody does. -- -- 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] NBC fall premieres revealed
Wait ... you mean NBC still exists? I thought it had become a Comcast cable network. On Monday, June 2, 2014 7:01:08 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: It's official: I won't be watching anything on NBC this fall. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TARDIS materializes at Retro TV
Generally speaking, although the network is the direct descendant of the original classic television channel, Retro Television Network (which dates back to 2005), its original owner, Equity Media Holdings, had a bad financial tumble in 2008. That was when the current owner, Henry Luken, purchased the network from them. Unfortunately, in the process their relationship with the major syndication companies -- notably NBCUniversal and CBS Paramount -- soured and for the last few years the schedule has consisted of programs available through lesser syndication companies such as Classic Media and the Peter Rodgers Organization, plus the handful of old shows that have fallen into the public domain. Their late night schedule now includes such non-retro fare as *Cold Case Files* and *DaVinci's Inquest*. Meanwhile, the more popular retro shows moved to Antenna TV and MeTV (and more recently, Cozi), which as a result has gotten those networks a lot of carriage, often at the expense of Retro. The move to carry the classic *Doctor Who*, plus the previously announced *Mystery Science Theatre 3000*, is a good one as it starts to reposition Retro as a channel with content you can't find elsewhere. I think they should pursue *Dark Shadows* next, as SciFi never did make it all the way through the series before cancelling it ... and that was more than ten years ago anyway. On Thursday, May 29, 2014 6:03:17 AM UTC-7, BigOShowtime wrote: RTV aired on 50.2 in RDU for a spell... before they flipped to MeTV. ... Why. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Lee Marshall
The main reason KFRC never used Boss Radio (they were always The Big 610) was that Drake had used the boss handle pre-RKO when he programmed crosstown KYA. My recollection is that, among the RKO properties, only KHJ used boss under Drake, although countless imitators appropriated the word. On Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:19:16 AM UTC-7, Mark Jeffries wrote: There's a TM package for KFRC in San Francisco in its oldies days where the news sounder was a synthesized version of the classic Drake sounder (KFRC was owned by RKO and thus was a Drake station, although I don't think they used Boss Radio). -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: KNBC's scaled down Universal newsroom named after Brokaw
I'm not 100% certain of this, but I think television stations were always allowed to use the suffix -TV even if it wasn't officially part of their assigned call. If so, I suspect the FCC would tell you they can use -DT on the same basis. Unfortunately, I don't have time at the moment to research this. On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:38:20 AM UTC-7, Jim Ellwanger wrote: Now I recall that I recently saw an on-screen station ID graphic on KTLA that said KTLA-DT, but they're just KTLA in the database. I should file an FCC complaint. -- Jim Ellwanger trai...@ellwanger.tv javascript: http://www.ellwanger.tv -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: KNBC's scaled down Universal newsroom named after Brokaw
Not quite, Jim. When analog television for full-power stations was discontinued, stations had three options: - Call letters plus the suffix -DT - Call letters plus the suffix -TV - Call letters only, unless also on a co-owned radio station somewhere, in which case a suffix is required Go back and look at the database again and you will find that, among other things, the Univision stations have the calls KMEX-DT and KFTR-DT. Several L.A. stations have the -TV suffix even though it is not required (KDOC-TV, KWHY-TV, KPXN-TV, to name three). The only two stations that *have* to have a suffix are KCBS-TV and KABC-TV, and (if you count them as a Los Angeles market station, as DirecTV does) KVCR-TV in San Bernardino. I had thought that three-letter calls on television stations which were grandfathered in after they separated from their radio stations still required a suffix, but I checked the only one of those I could think of, KOB in Albuquerque, and it does not have one. On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:56:21 PM UTC-7, Jim Ellwanger wrote: I believe all DT suffixes either dropped off or were automatically changed back to TV once the analog channels went away. -- -- 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: Anybody here use TitanTV.com?
Yes. It does that if you set it to six-hour format and have ad blocking turned on. If you turn your ad blocker off, you'll see that Titan puts a huge ad to the right of the grid. For some reason it doesn't mess with the default four-hour grid format. On Sunday, April 27, 2014 7:52:23 PM UTC-7, Bob Jersey wrote: If so, have you ever seen their grid page suddenly, un-induced-ly, get progressively narrower as you (attempt to) read it? B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[TV orNotTV] Re: TVL Has Apple for Chicago Improv 'Teachers'
I think you will find, upon closer investigation, that most of the old movie fans' complaints revolve around three specific changes made over the past several years at AMC: - Commercialization (especially spacing of breaks at such short intervals that the breaks seem longer than the content between them); - Abandonment of the classic movies which made up the entirety of AMC's schedule for the first couple of decades (even though a lot of them were B-grade two-reelers); and - Removal of Bob Dorian, who was the long time on-air host (for those unfamiliar with Mr. Dorian, think Robert Osborne without the smugness). TV Land's only change is going from full-on retro when it started to greatest hit sitcoms of the 1990s and 2000s now. Given that there is nothing I would call classic on their prime-time schedule, it doesn't surprise me that their audience accepts original programs as if they were just another off-network rerun. The only retro classic shows on their schedule now are Gunsmoke, Gilligan's Island, Andy Griffith, Bonanza, Brady Bunch, and all of those are in the daytime. Come 6:00pm, it's Everybody Loves Raymond. On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:10:18 PM UTC-7, Mark Jeffries wrote: I find it interesting that there are not classic TV fans complaining about original series on TVL, considering that there are still some articles on AMC out there that have old movie fans complaining about the current version of the channel. -- -- 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] Tribute to the late J.J. Jackson (original MTV VJ)
I am a contributor to the online radio aircheck site ReelRadiohttp://www.reelradio.com. And this morning that site broke format to pay tribute to J.J. Jackson, best known as the black VJ during MTV's first five years. He passed away ten years ago tomorrow, and to mark that sad anniversary, ReelRadio has digitized my copy of the aircheck of the last two hours of alternative album rocker KEDG The Edge from 1989, which J.J. was program director of (and which he considered to be the pinnacle of his radio work). This is the first time ReelRadio has featured an aircheck of an album rock station; it concentrates on classic top-40 stations and DJs, but the curator and I felt honoring the late Mr. Jackson was worth making the exception. Hoping a few of you will be inclined to check it out. ReelRadio is a non-profit site, so this is by no means a commercial plug. -- -- 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] Garrick Utley passes
From prostate cancer, at age 74: http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/02/21/garrick-utley-1939-2014/ -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight transition begins, and so do the layoffs
On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:54:26 AM UTC-8, MelissaP wrote: But it’s good to read that – finally -- LA is making progress toward using the Universal City station (which has plenty of room) as transit a hub. I know when I was there the last time, I wondered why more buses weren’t routed there. The buses in DC have always been used well to transport riders to subway stations. From what you say, it seems that LA has finally caught on to the way it’s done. North Hollywood Station is the major hub, since it is the terminus of the Red Line and is closer to the center of the Valley measured north-south. Universal City can never be more than a minor hub because it is literally in the southeastern corner, with fewer options for lines to be routed in/out or terminating there. I’ve used the 222 many times after shows at Warner Brothers, since I usually stay in Hollywood. However, when it’s going to arrive is always a crapshoot. It stuck to the schedule better when it was routed between Burbank Airport and Inglewood. You're going to feel really old when I tell you that it hasn't been routed that way since 1995, when that segment was broken away from Line 212 (it was done to make a way-too-long line more manageable). The night schedule is subject to a couple of factors that can affect its on-time performance. During Hollywood Bowl season, it frequently gets hung upon the south end in the traffic when a performance lets out (but then, so did Line 212 pre-1995) and on the north end the late night service also operates the Sherman Way Line 163 service all the way west across the Valley. These days, Metro has a real-time bus arrival tracking system that can be accessed by text from any cell phone. It uses GPS to see where the bus actually is then calculates the time it should take for it to get from there to whatever stop you're at. I've used it and it's about 98-99% accurate. There’s also service at least ‘til midnight on Ventura, which takes care of the CBS Studio. It’s only Disney that’s a problem. Line 150 runs once an hour on Ventura all-night between Warner Center and Universal City Station. There is a timed connection on the east end to a special Line 656 shuttle that goes through the Cahuenga Pass to Hollywood, and it connects to both of the all-night lines in Hollywood (217 on Hollywood Blvd. and 4 on Santa Monica Blvd.). So during the few hours overnight that the subway doesn't run there is still connectivity between the two sides of the hill. I'm less nervous about walking late at night in the Burbank Media District than I am on either Ventura Blvd. or in Hollywood, actually. But your point is well taken, Melissa, in that it's still more apprehension-causing than doing it in broad daylight. Sadly, there isn't enough day-in, day-out ridership demand to run Line 155 later. That was tried five or six years ago and it ended up being three or four passengers on a bus that seats 45. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight transition begins, and so do the layoffs
As a Los Angeles resident who uses public transportation, I politely disagree, unless your definition of most difficult means a half-block walk from the nearest bus stop (Line 155, which connects with the Red Line subway at Universal City Station) at Alameda/Buena Vista. There are also peak-hour City of Burbank shuttles from North Hollywood Red Line Station and from the Metrolink station that have a stop at that same corner. The latter also stops farther south on Buena Vista adjacent to the west gate of Disney. On Saturday, February 1, 2014 7:50:01 AM UTC-8, MelissaP wrote: It’s the most difficult to reach by public transportation! -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN to bring back 'Inside Politics'
As someone who was having an ongoing discussion via e-mail with Jack Germond at the time of his death, I wish we could bring him back to life and put him back on the air. The world is considerably less intelligent politically with his passing. On Sunday, February 2, 2014 1:41:45 AM UTC-8, Dave Sikula wrote: Even better, they should bring it back with both Evans and the late Jack Germond. --Dave Sikula On Saturday, February 1, 2014 10:34:18 AM UTC-8, K.M. Richards wrote: Better they should bring back The Capital Gang, even minus the late Robert Novak. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN to bring back 'Inside Politics'
Better they should bring back The Capital Gang, even minus the late Robert Novak. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Reuben Kincaid' Dies at 82
I agree with Mark's description of the confetti as a prop. Whereas Taylor was maniacal, running around throwing confetti all over the place, Madden always had a deadpan expression while throwing a single handful of confetti, straight up and half-heartedly. On Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:15:54 PM UTC-8, Mark Jeffries wrote: Considering that his personality on Laugh-In was nowhere close to Taylor's manicness (which in his early career was as The Crying Comic), I would just call it using the same prop for different ends. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: So long, Professor Hinkley
So the only castaways left are Ginger and Mary Ann. Gilligan (Bob Denver): d. September 2, 2005 Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.): d. January 2, 2000 Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III): d. July 3, 1989 Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell): d. April 10, 1991 Russell Johnson (Professor): d. January 16, 2014 -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Weather Channel seethes as DirecTV deal wanes
And now TWC has officially gone dark on DirecTV (as of midnight ET Monday night): http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/73263/the-weather-channel-gone-from-directv TWC's CEO accused DirecTV of putting profits ahead of public safety and said they wanted a deal that allows for continued investment in science and technology to deliver weather news and stories to viewers. To which I say: If you were *actually delivering* weather news and stories to viewers around the clock (like your replacement WeatherNation) instead of all the long-form programming you've tortured viewers with over the past several years, then -- and only then -- would I buy that statement. In the meantime, as I posted on TVNewsCheck: Good riddance. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Weather Channel seethes as DirecTV deal wanes
I've watched both. I like WeatherNation better. Is anyone urging me to ask my elected officials to support DirecTV dropping TWC? Hmmm. Didn't think so. On Saturday, January 11, 2014 5:45:34 PM UTC-8, Bob Jersey wrote: TWC is looking at a Jan 14th cutoff unless a new agreement is reached, and is urging subscribers to gripe to their elected officials to expedite such a deal... -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Bio's Story Ends, FYI
DirecTV has the channel on a higher tier of service than I presently subscribe to, so I won't miss it. Hadn't been watching it even when I had it, which pretty much proves Springsteen 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/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Worst. Cable Deal. Ever.
Meanwhile, DirecTV has finally moved FXX from its old channel (619, Fox Soccer Channel's old slot) to channel 259, right next to FXM (Fox Movie Channel). However, like its new next-door channel, you still have to have the third-highest tier of service to get it, which is a $16/month jump over the basic package I have. So far, haven't seen anything that makes me want to upgrade to watch 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/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] FCC considering eliminating sports blackout rules
Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn says changes in the marketplace (namely, high ticket prices at venues) may make the rules no longer in the public interest. But the leagues can still negotiate with broadcasters, cable and satellite to create and enforce blackout rules of their own: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db1101/DOC-323842A1.pdf -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: One Marlowe to revive another at ABC
I remember the HBO version. It starred Powers Boothe as Marlowe and was, I thought, very well done. On Monday, October 21, 2013 2:37:52 PM UTC-7, Bob in Jersey wrote: Andrew, cocreator of *Castle*, teams with that show's writer (also his wife) Terri Edda Miller and Oscar-winning director Michael DeLuca to bring back legendary gumshoe Philip, not seen in the US since an HBO version in the 1980s... -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] It's 1, 2, 3 strikes you're... moved?
In Los Angeles, that number will be two next season as the Dodgers follow the Lakers into we have our own cable channel land, meaning the only OTA games featuring the blue crew will be those carried by Fox. The losing OTA affiliate in both cases is CBS-owned indie KCAL/9. On Saturday, October 19, 2013 12:53:21 PM UTC-7, Joe Hass wrote: I'd have to do a little research to see how many of the 90 teams have no OTA affiliates. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Vin Scully to return for 65th season
He generally does not call *non-playoff* games played east of Denver. He has made recent exceptions for the 2007 season opening series in Milwaukee, a 2007 series against the Chicago Cubs, and a 2010 series against Boston. I read somewhere that if the Dodgers make it to the World Series, Vin would call the game on the radio network, so that presumes he would travel to the home venue of the opposing team. Since the travel restriction was something he wanted, not the Dodgers organization, he apparently has the right to decide when he wants to override it and travel. He had planned to make the trip to NYC for the June series against the Yankees, saying that he had wanted to see the new stadium, but changed his mind two weeks beforehand because it would have been a six-hour overnight flight afterwards and a series at San Diego starting the next day. We're looking forward to playing San Diego and trying to win the division, he said at the time. I think it's more important to do San Diego. On Friday, August 23, 2013 12:54:47 PM UTC-7, Joe Hass wrote: One question I have not seen answered: I know he only calls road games in California and Arizona. If the Dodgers do make the playoffs, would Mr Scully would call all the road games, regardless of location? -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Dennis Farina
Crime Story was one of my favorite programs in its day, and finding out that Farina was a former police officer just made it more of a pleasure to watch. It was the first TV series I bought on DVD and I still enjoy watching it; I only wish Michael Mann had been allowed to shoot a made-for-TV movie to wrap up the cliffhanger at the end of the last season. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Giving Tim McCarver His Due
I'm with you, Joe. While I get the original sentiment behind adding GBA to the 7th inning stretch, it has now become annoying, especially as a great many of those chosen to sing it, can't. Here in L.A., both KCAL and Prime Ticket have apparently become fed up as well and now take a longer commercial break rather than air GBA during Dodgers games. On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:56:57 PM UTC-7, Joe Hass wrote: No more than me, who has had it with God Bless America (and would also remove the National Anthem as well*). -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Live from Salt Lake, it's Saturday Night
Third. KVME in Bishop (up along the Nevada border but part of the Los Angeles market) simulcasts KDOC-DT3 full-time except for a short block of paid religious programs early in the morning. Happened about a year ago. On Sunday, June 30, 2013 9:42:02 PM UTC-7, terry wrote: Actually, it would have been Me’s second. They bought a station in Milwaukee and put it on the .1 immediately. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV, but...: My mother can not move to LA now
As I understand it, the ban still allows for specialized plastic bags, such as the smaller ones used for bagging produce. I would think those would be sufficient for the specialized use David references. I'll be on the lookout, of course, for the new Recycled Plastic Bag Channel which has to follow this change in the laws. On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:20:59 AM UTC-7, David Risner wrote: I use the plastic bags for picking up after the dog when going on walks. I wouldn't want to have to use a paper bag for that job. :-) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] ESPN 3D to close
I dunno, Kevin. Being 3D is a distinct advantage in this world. After all, look what happened to the last 2D visitor to television world ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behold,_Eck! On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:08:48 AM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: One-eyed guys like me rejoice. Down with 3D! -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: OT: Gary Lycan, the only columnist devoted to the LA radio scene, has passed away
Actually, Barrett resumed writing a watered-down version of his column a few months ago, after forwarding articles from other sites to former subscribers proved popular. He makes it available for free, but doesn't necessarily update it every day, and it has a bit less insider content since he lives up the coast in Santa Barbara now and no longer schmoozes. That said, I am very sad to see Lycan pass. He was the last of a dying breed of columnist. On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:11:53 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: With Don Barrett's retirement from laradio.com, there is nobody left in LA whose job is devoted to covering broadcast radio in the number two market in the nation. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC Bringing Back Fun Prime Time Game Show?
On Friday, February 22, 2013 2:33:54 PM UTC-8, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: One of my favorite shows of all time continues to be The Match Game, reruns of which I continue to watch regularly. The problem is that gameshows got too elaborate. I TiVo Gene Rayburn Co. every weekday morning at 5:30 from GSN and enjoy it with my breakfast. Kevin's right: The simplicity of both the set and the game make it much more fun to watch. The glitz and glamour of the more recent game shows quite honestly give me a headache and I find no joy in watching them (although GSN does seem to rerun a lot of those in the daytime hours). Reading Kevin's post, I realize that the only elaboration Match Game had was the revolving platform with the contestants on one side and the Super Match on the other, the neon sign with the amount of the exact celebrity match question, and the stylized (?) titles at the top of the show which looked like it was illuminated with a set of Christmas tree lights. Almost too cheesy to *not* be fun. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC considers merging local sidechannels into single network
There's a reason for the Nelsons being fuzzy; Cozi fills some program slots with public domain programming (they also have copies of the ten existing kinescopes of the early Burns and Allen shows that had been done live, before George and Gracie went to pre-filming in season three); those are the slots that affiliates can pre-empt for their own programming. My recollection is that they also have the 1953 syndicated Sherlock Holmes, several Red Skelton Shows, and the Beverly Hillbillies episodes that fell into PD. The Ozzie Harriet and Beverly Hillbillies PD episodes also run on RTV and IIRC Burns Allen PD eps also run on the LPTV network America One. On Monday, January 28, 2013 7:24:01 PM UTC-8, Diner wrote: The picture quality isn't always great, though (especially on black and white stuff like Ozzie and Harriet). -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Prepare to Say Goodbye to the Last Resort
I have an even better indicator of a show's potential to make it to season two. For the last several years, any show on the big three (I haven't liked anything on Fox or CW enough to care) I liked enough to watch on a regular basis was cancelled no later than mid-second season. The one exception that comes to mind was Heroes, but I started tiring of it by the end of its second season and I was somewhat amazed it made it to season four. I've thought the BBC model, as discussed elsewhere in this thread, should be the way drama series such as Last Resort or Heroes are produced (ongoing ensemble cast series such as Grey's Anatomy and the NCIS group seem to work okay under the traditional U.S. model). Yes, yes, I get the desire for 100 episodes for syndication, but sitcoms are the 200-ton gorilla in that resale market and most drama series end up doing the bulk of their repeats on cable, where the BBC model wouldn't be as much of a hindrance. Not that I believe the industry cares what I think. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.
Knowing TWC's mindset, I would have thought Q was for the omnipotent, arrogant being who caused so much trouble for Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (including making the Borg aware of the existence of our quadrant). On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 2:07:27 PM UTC-7, Wesley McGee wrote: *Q:* The Broadway Express subway line in New York City. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: LA's non-Clear Channel radio stations evacuated
Overstated and incorrect, Kevin. Four stations were evacuated: The two mentioned in the original article, KNX and KFWB (CBS' two AMs) and two of their five FMs (KRTH and KTWV). Three of CBS' FMs in Los Angeles are located at the old KHJ transmitter site at Venice/Fairfax: KCBS-FM, KROQ, and KAMP. So ... not a dozen and not all in the same building. On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:45:16 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: It just served to underscore the obvious, which is that all the stations are in the same building with the same staff and the same owners. One beeping clock sent in the mail shuts down a dozen stations. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Is NBC Purposely Planning a DVR-Unfriendly Olympics?
Without knowing what type of DVR you have, I can only relate this to my own TiVo, which gets its listings data from the Tribune Company, meaning Zap2It.com reflects the same data. Checking their online site's Olympics coverage, it is exactly as you stated. The schedule shows a block of time with a list of what sports are likely to be covered within that block of time. As an example, the 4:00am to 2:00pm (PT) block on MSNBC for Sunday lists From London. Soccer, men's: Brazil vs. Belarus, Senegal vs. Uruguay, Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates; volleyball, men's: Russia vs. Germany, Italy vs. Poland; water polo, men's: Hungary vs. Serbia; handball; table tennis; badminton. All the listings are in that format. I suspect NBC is just sending a list of events they expect to cover at some point within that block on that channel, and they aren't being more specific because (as we all know) sporting events do not tend to adhere to nice orderly time slots. And, like my neighbor Jim Ellwanger (he lives only about five miles from me) I don't recall the Olympics being listed differently in the past, either electronically or in that archaic print magazine TV Guide. (That last part is for Jim to chuckle at, as he has a nice collection of that magazine from when it was actually useful.) On Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:49:00 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote: Is there some technical reason why NBC is doing it this way, or is it possible they really do want to discourage time-shifting as a way of protecting their primetime coverage? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host
Kevin, are you perhaps laboring under the impression that KKGO is still AM 1260? Because Saul Levine moved the format to FM 105.1 a couple of years ago. While I know the Radio-Locator maps aren't as accurate as a FCC contour map, I nevertheless offer them for comparison purposes: KKGO: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KKGOservice=FMstatus=Lhours=U KXOS (the former KZLA): http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KXOSservice=FMstatus=Lhours=U I don't see a significant difference in coverage area, and most college stations have a much smaller signal footprint. On Apr 29, 10:03 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Go can't saturate as many as KZLA used to. There are community college stations with more coverage. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Mike Wallace
AP story via TVNewsCheck: http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2012/04/08/58608/cbs-news-mike-wallace-dies-at-93 -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Country Music People Not Rooting for ABC 'Nashville' Pilot
Funny you should say that, Kevin. Not knowing WTH GCB was when I saw ads for it plastered on the side of Metro buses here in L.A., I did some Googling ... and came to the conclusion, sight unseen, that it was a Desperate Housewives clone. Since I am not a fan of Desperate Housewives I therefore passed on GCB. Thanks for confirming my judgment. On Mar 8, 6:06 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm halfway through ABC's GCB pilot episode (and struggling to finish it). Is it ABC's attempt to keep trying to remake Desperate Housewives in every city (GCB is set in Dallas)? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC Getting Cocky on 'Voice?'
The original Millionaire did not have entirely new contestants each show. Doesn't anyone remember that annoying foghorn-type siren that announced they were out of time for that show? Each show picked up where it left off with the current contestant; they did not start from scratch at the top of each hour. Or perhaps I am misunderstanding what Tom means by an arc. On Feb 8, 11:37 am, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: And Millionaire had no arc; every show had a series of new contestants. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC Getting Cocky on 'Voice?'
Someone should remind NBC what happened when ABC sent Who Wants To Be a Millionaire into oversaturation ten years ago. On Feb 7, 8:24 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: But these guys are starving to death, and they have finally found something that will grow, and no doubt they want to squeeze every ounce of nutrition out of it they can -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Digest issues
Late this afternoon (February 6) I received my first digest in more than two weeks, and it contained only posts dated January 22 through 27. And I didn't do anything to my subscription. Wonder if I'm going to get catch up digests ... -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox revives FXM mark
The real problem FMC has is that they recycle the same films too frequently, and after a while viewers get the feeling that they've seen everything in the library ... so they stop checking the channel to see what's on. FXM will probably backfire on them, because being on the same channel as FMC, viewers are going to expect commercial-free presentations, just like TCM. AMC saw a decline in viewers when they started taking commercial breaks. Maybe this is an offshoot of Mitt Romney's plan to commercialize PBS ... -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Paula Zahn Hires Dave's Blackmailer
Generally easier to find on satellite than on cable. DirecTV clusters all of the Discovery networks between channels 278 and 287 (the exception being Discovery Fit Health, which was FitTV until the original Discovery Health was replaced by Oprah Winfrey's ego ... er, network). Similarly, Dish Network clusters them between channels 182 and 195, although they don't keep all the Discovery networks together like DirecTV does and they don't carry Fit Health at all. On Dec 29, 11:48 am, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Joe Coughlin, to Diner: It used to be the Discovery Times Channel and before that Discovery Civilization. Consider yourself real lucky if you can find it on your cable/ satellite. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: So long, Michele O'Callaghan
Keith Olbermann also devoted the segment around :30 in last night's Countdown (where he usually does the viral videos in the Time Marches On) to an obit. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: More Palin on TLC?
Said party has now qualified for the California ballot, says the political e-newsletter I received this morning. One plausible path is through Americans Elect, the third-party populist campaign funded by big money with support from people like Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild ... -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Secrest... in at Today?
I believe you're thinking of Bryant Gumbel, Kevin. Brokaw was an anchor at the NBC OO here in L.A. before jumping to the full network. On Dec 9, 6:03 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Tom Brokaw was once a sports reporter, if memory serves -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Prime access (was Corwin Dies)
On Oct 21, 4:08 am, JW redbu...@gmail.com wrote: Pittsburgh, of course, was a Westinghouse market for as long as there was a Westinghouse. Not for television. KDKA-TV started life as DuMont OO WDTV in 1949 and did not become a Westinghouse property until 1955. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
I have one of these: http://www.meritline.com/kingwin-sataide-to-usb-adapter-for-25-and-35-drive-model-usi-2535---p-50793.aspx It's useful for moving files off old hard drives, because it will allow pretty much any hard drive from the 1990s to the present to be temporarily connected to a machine via USB with its own drive letter. From there, you use Windows Explorer to copy files onto your machine's permanent hard drive. And the price is right ($19.95 including shipping). What it does not do is make an old drive into a semi-permanent portable drive; if you want to keep the old drive as a backup, you need to properly protect same from physical damage. On Oct 18, 8:33 am, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: TV or not TV at Roscoe's
Can't make it due to a previous commitment. Perhaps next time. On Oct 9, 1:30 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The first (to my knowledge) west coast gathering of folks from this message board will take place on Friday, October 14th, at 5pm at the infamous -- dare I say notorious -- Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N' Waffles on the corner of Sunset and Gower in Hollywood, CA. Come one, come all. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Taking in some late night TV....live
Either you purchased it at a rail vending machine (there is still a transitional period during which the day pass can issued on a rail ticket, but that is scheduled to end within the next several months, once all the vending machines are reconfigured) or you were on a bus where the operator ran out of blank TAP cards and had to issue the day pass using the interagency (Metro-to-muni) transfer. If you go to the Metro website, you'll see that day passes are officially on TAP: http://www.metro.net/around/fares/5-day-pass/ So if that post was designed to disprove what I said, I'll file it under exceptions that prove the rule. Go get a TAP card, Kevin. On Oct 1, 5:55 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I just bought a paper day pass for $5... used it to join the Occupy LA march and protest, in fact -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Taking in some late night TV....live
Yes, but ... The $5 day pass requires that you have one of Metro's TAP cards (a smart fare card), otherwise it is still $6 (the price it went up to a couple of years ago). Fortunately, there is an easy way to obtain a TAP card. Just board a Metro bus and pay $6 for a day pass and the operator will load the day pass on a blank TAP card (which you are buying for $1). Once you have the card, you can buy a day pass on subsequent days for $5 via the bus farebox or at a rail ticket vending machine and have it loaded to the card. Note, however, that the day pass is only valid on Metro-operated service. We have a lot of municipally-operated service (much of which precedes Metro in first date of operation) and they do not honor the Metro TAP card. For example, the city of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus and Culver CityBus have been in existence for more than 75 years and still operate independently. The city of Los Angeles also operates freeway commuter express buses and DASH shuttles which require separate fare. Metro buses are either orange (local) or red (Rapid). The subway (Red Purple Lines) and the light rail lines (Blue, Green and Gold) are Metro-operated. The commuter rail service Metrolink, despite its name, is a separate agency and not a Metro-operated service. On Sep 30, 11:23 am, Melissa P takingupspace...@gmail.com wrote: Is it still the case that you can ride public transportation all day for $5? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Taking in some late night TV....live
Another option would be not to drive but instead take the Metro Red Line subway, which has a station at Hollywood/Highland, literally across the street from where Kimmel tapes. There are park/ride lots at Universal City Station (one stop away) and North Hollywood Station (two stops away). The Red Line runs every ten minutes during rush hour, which would give you plenty of trip choices to make it to the theatre well before 5:00pm. Fare is $1.50 each way; you need to buy your ticket from the vending machine before crossing the turnstiles. From the two aforementioned stations, you need to take the train heading for Union Station to get to Hollywood. Red Line timetable: http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/802.pdf (I know the schedule is dated December 2010 ... we don't change the subway schedule very often) If you also want to avoid traffic to/from Television City (and parking) for the SCG taping, Metro Line 780 is a fast connection between Hollywood/Highland Station and Fairfax/Melrose: http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/780.pdf Fare is $1.50 per trip, exact change required. 780 is a Rapid line which means it only stops at major cross-streets instead of every couple of blocks ... Fairfax/Melrose is only four stops away via that line. (Bus destination sign is to Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub; stop is literally in front of the subway station entrance on Hollywood.) KMR On Sep 29, 8:46 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously, Hollywood Blvd is packed that time of day. Depending on where you are coming from there are side streets that usually work better than freeways. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: What the Heck is a 'YouToo'?
I suspect they meant to type September 19, based upon this notice on Time Warner's eastern Wisconsin system: http://www.timewarnercable.com/Wisconsin/learn/programming/legalnotices/legalnoticeSE.html In addition, from time to time we make certain changes in the services that we offer in order to better serve our customers. The following changes are planned: On 8/15 Sleuth becomes Cloo. On 8/28, TV Shows On Demand will no longer be on 511. On 8/31, TWCable How To On Demand joins the lineup on 456. On 9/19 American Life becomes Youtoo. On 9/27 Country Network will join the lineup on channel 988. On 9/29, Photoshow TV will no longer be on 410. On Sep 22, 8:05 pm, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Well, according to Wikipedia, the network is going to officially relaunch on September 29... or as it was written, On September 29, 2011, the channel rebranded as Youtoo, with a focus on mobile devices; as of that date, all links to the website redirected to a page inviting viewers to sign up for the new service, because Wikipedia is written by time-travelers from the future. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: How TV Ratings Work...
For comparison purposes, I offer up the promos and IDs on Antenna TV. which are voiced by Gary. On Sep 16, 11:24 am, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: Is it? I realize Owens doesn't sound like he used to, but it sounds like someone doing Owens -- like the initial VO sounds like someone doing the late Harry Kalas. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Regis' Last Day on 'Live!': Nov. 18
You mean that show is still on the air? Who knew? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: TiVO Question
I have a Series 2 single tuner TiVo. As Jim Ellwanger already said, that is an important distinction because only the single tuner Series 2 boxes have an RF input; that is critical because the TiVo depends on getting the output of a digital broadcast converter via RF channels 3 or 4 to function. The good news is that all of the converters on the list at the TiVo website (which Jim also provided) are controllable by a Series 2 TiVo via the IR blaster. And if you decide to get a digital cable box or a DirecTV/Dish satellite receiver later, the TiVo will integrate the two sources into a single program guide for viewing and recording (the cable or satellite box goes in via the audio/video inputs on the TiVo). I have DirecTV with a Insignia (Best Buy) digital converter on mine, because DirecTV does not carry the digital subchannels I watch (Antenna TV, MeTV, and this!) and it all works flawlessly. On Aug 6, 12:30 pm, Joe Ryan jrya...@gmail.com wrote: I'm wanting to record some programs coming up but only have over the air digital, no cable. If a buy a Series 2 TiVO, will I need a digital converter box? I have an older VCR. Would it be better for me to get the converter and use the VCR? Thanks. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: A little more Lucy to love
MeTV is devoting the whole weekend to Lucy's 100th birthday. Starting at 3:00am ET/Midnight PT this morning, their usual schedule (except for the E/I block this morning and tomorrow morning) has been replaced by reruns of I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, and the We Love Lucy edited episodes of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour that were created in 1987. The marathon continues until 11:00am ET/8:00am PT Monday. The Hallmark Channel is doing an all I Love Lucy marathon which began this morning at 5:00am ET/PT and continues until 8:00am ET/PT Monday. Locally (Los Angeles), Fox-owned KTTV has scheduled two four-episode mini-marathons, to run after the Yankees-Red Sox game this afternoon and in the same time slot tomorrow. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Let's go with 'To Catch A Thief' for $800
I am annoyed by *any* use of an apostrophized word when the non- apostrophized one is correct. Or the addition of an apostrophe at the end of a word ending in s when there is no ownership to imply. On Jul 29, 8:26 pm, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: (2) it's (the table lost it's legs) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo
On Jun 28, 5:33 am, Diner bwayst...@gmail.com wrote: The original two-hour pilot for Ellery Queen aired as a special episode of the Sunday Mystery Movie in the spring of 1975. On the Ellery Queen DVD set, the version of the pilot used is a syndication copy, retitled Too Many Suspects, in which the series' regular theme song (by Elmer Bernstein) is replaced by the soundtrack of the standard Mystery Movie opening credits: the Mystery Movie theme (by Henry Mancini), complete with Hank Sims announcing tonight, a special Mystery Movie presentation... I have the DVD set and I've seen that pilot episode. It seemed (to me) to move much too slowly compared to the hour-long episodes that followed it. Which is pretty much my point in saying that perhaps the two-hour format would have been detrimental to the series, and NBC may have realized that and ordered it as a standalone hour rather than a MM spoke. I can't picture Lawford and Morgan doing the Hutton and Wayne parts, either. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo
According to the Brooks Marsh book, here are the rotating series from Mystery Movie's run on NBC, season-by-season: 1971-72: Columbo, McCloud, McMillan Wife (McCloud having debuted the previous season as part of Four-In-One) 1972-73: Columbo, McCloud, McMillan, Hec Ramsey (Sunday); Banacek, Cool Million, Madigan (Wednesday) 1973-74: same as 1972-73 season Sundays; Banacek, Faraday Company, Tenafly, The Snoop Sisters (Wednesday until January, then Tuesdays); 1974-75: Columbo, McCloud, McMillan, Amy Prentiss 1975-76: Columbo, McCloud, McMillan, McCoy 1976-77: Columbo, McCloud, McMillan, Quincy M.E. (Quincy moved to its own timeslot with hour-long episodes in January, and was replaced on Sunday with Lanigan's Rabbi; that was indeed due to it getting higher ratings than the other rotating series, although IIRC it wasn't that far ahead of Columbo, and the latter was never going to be a weekly series because Peter Falk refused to do more of them than he already was) The Ellery Queen series with Jim Hutton ran in the 1975-76 season and was the lead-in to Mystery Movie during its last nine months (Ellery 8:00-9:00, Mystery Movie 9:00-11:00). As MM had gone to two-hour episodes beginning with the previous season, perhaps NBC and Universal felt trying to do Ellery in that length would have been excessive? Trivial addition to thread ... the number of episodes produced for each Mystery Movie series (pilot episodes not included): Columbo: 43 McCloud: 39 (not including the 1970-71 Four-In-Ones) McMillan (with and without Wife): 39 Banacek: 16 Hec Ramsey: 10 Madigan: 6 McCoy: 5 Cool Million: 4 Faraday and Company: 4 Lanigan's Rabbi: 4 Quincy M.E.: 4 (then 144 more after being spun off) The Snoop Sisters: 4 Amy Prentiss: 3 There were 22 episodes of Ellery Queen produced, for comparison purposes. On Jun 27, 10:37 am, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: Quincy was part of the mystery wheel? I remember only the other three. Too bad they couldn't have worked Ellery Queen in there; might have prolonged the series. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Sherlock success will hit Doctor Who, says BBC One boss
On Jun 18, 10:55 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 10:54 AM, K.M. Richards richard...@gmail.com wrote: For the record, we have two K.M.'s here. Kevin, and me. Or do we? I think your brother (who posts here occasionally) knows we're two different people. Besides, the one picture I've seen of you shows you with red hair, and mine is brown. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Sherlock success will hit Doctor Who, says BBC One boss
For the record, we have two K.M.'s here. Kevin, and me. On Jun 17, 2:52 am, Michael mikethekn...@gmail.com wrote: More Hobbit-ual disdain from K.M.? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Networks Start To Look Beyond The Nielsens
55 here. DirecTV with a DVR. Selective about what I record for later viewing and zap past the commercials, as I have an older Replay TV with the quick skip feature. Only watch Dodgers games and Keith Olbermann (returning three weeks from Monday!) live. Haven't found a big 4½ network prime-time series in several years that held my interest for an entire season. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Lehrah' ends everyday role at 'NewsHour'
Unfortunately, there is an unwritten rule about gadlfies that they must never back down and give any credit (even when the entire rest of the world realizes it is due) because doing so is seen as a softening of their position. One of the many things I do in my life is public transportation advocacy, and I see this all the time. The people who have a beef with a transit agency will continue to hammer away, even when said agency makes moves toward correcting whatever the beef is about. Issuing press releases that ignore reality in favor of maintaining the gadfly organization's tone is the standard modus operandi. This press release by FAIR is no different, in my observation. On May 14, 10:07 am, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: There is an important gadfly niche filled by folks like FAIR; there is also a time to retract the claws and tip your hat and acknowledge the fine work and important contribution of a gentleman and a journalist. I don't it is asking too much of FAIR to do that once in a while. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: And your X Factor cohosts (reportedly) are...
I was always under the impression that what did Millionaire in was that ABC overexposed it by running an hour-long version in primetime nearly every night, because they had a lot of poor-performing series and little in the pipeline to rush into development for air ... but I can't deny that it certainly spawned a lot of prime-time big bucks game shows. My favorite was Greed but that has as much to do with Chuck Woolery being the host than the game itself. On May 7, 2:09 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I am pleased however that with Idol, The Voice, and X Factor all on the air, ratings for the whole genre should hopefully drop in the same way all of the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire clones did each other in. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
Since Group W has been mentioned, we should pay homage to the all-too- short lived Satellite News Channel from nearly 30 years ago (has it really been that long?!?), a joint venture of Group W and ABC which used its own variation on the you give us 22 minutes ... imaging liner that Group W made so famous in all-news radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_News_Channel Mark, of course, got HLN's tagline right. On Mar 23, 1:05 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: Amazingly, the comments came up with a good idea--turn HLN back into the old news-wheel format (although the commenter was using a variation of the Group W radio You give us 22 minutes... slogan instead of the correct slogan: Around the world in 30 minutes, this is CNN Headline News). -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Gilbert Gottfried canned as Aflac Duck after insensitive Japanese earthquake tweets
I guess those commercials are polarized ... either you love them or you hate them. Personally, one of the best commercials I've seen in recent years was the Aflac spot where Yogi Berra spouts his usual share of malaprops in a barber shop while Gilbert the Duck tries to (in vain) make sense of what Yogi is saying. As Aflac was one of the sponsors of the Dodgers telecasts on Prime Ticket the past couple of seasons, I would see that spot several times a week and it never got old. Short of it popping up on YouTube, I guess we'll never see that one again. On Mar 16, 9:03 am, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: I also think it is a brighter day for TV if those Aflac commercials go away entirely. I have my own quick reaction when they come on, which is to change channels or at least hit the mute button. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Comcast vs DirecTV
EANS tests aren't scheduled, per se, by the cable companies or the broadcasters. The routine tests, which are designed to test the equipment that interrupts programming and inserts the message, tend to run in the late-night/early-morning hours because (for whatever strange reason) it is an equipment test, not a warn the viewer/ listener test. DirecTV does the exact same thing when the L.A. operational area test runs. It switches all receivers to the test message channel and then jumps them back to whatever channel the receiver was on before the test started. If anything, the cable and satellite companies have a harder time with EANS tests than broadcast stations, because unlike the latter, they have to have the technology to make everyone's receiver jump back afterwards. My point is: Comcast, Time Warner, DirecTV, Dish ... all will have that annoying habit. On Feb 25, 3:08 am, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: (Comcast also has an annoying habit of running EBS tests in what they think is the middle of the night, but is usually right when I'm watching something I recorded off of TCM.) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Moonves wants Couric though 2012.
Except that CBS would first have to *have* a cable news channel. On Feb 10, 4:00 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm wondering if -- within the next few years -- CBS will join Fox and announce that they will no longer provide news on their broadcast network except in the event of breaking news, in which case they'd simply do as Fox does again and simulcast news from one of their cable channels. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: TV series with a time travel theme?
7 Days was on UPN, not the WB. For whatever that's worth to the discussion. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: OT: Bushes, Bush's, or Bushs
On Dec 1, 5:25 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Here is where I again get nit-picky -- is this the same in the AP and MLA style manuals? My recollection is that the AP style manual (The Word) deals more with syntax, choice of words, and general writing style than it does matters like pluralizing proper names. I'll see if I can find my copy; I haven't had the need to refer to it in more than a decade. The Elements of Grammar by Shertzer (which is considered to be a companion work to the renowned The Elements of Style by Strunk and White), however, says the following: Proper nouns form their plurals by adding s to the singular, or es when the word ends in s, z, ch, sh, or zh: the Carolinas two Helens the Kennedys Adamses Busches Jonses Lynches Morrises Nashes -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant
A nitpick, if I may, Kevin. On Nov 12, 8:53 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: And whereas Maddow stated neither she nor any other member of MSNBC's news team has endorsed a candidate, Keith's recent newsmaking revealed that to not be the truth. Strictly speaking, Keith did not endorse a candidate. There is a big difference between giving to a campaign as a private citizen and going on camera to make a public statement of endorsement. KMR (who usually follows in the footsteps of the late Edwin Newman in insisting that words be used in conformance with their literal definitions) -- 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
