[TV orNotTV] RP: 12/11: Past Tens

2008-12-11 Thread Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
The Remote Patrol for Thursday, December 11, 2008 by Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings TOM'S TWISTED TOTALLY TRIVIAL TV THINGY Which series has a strange fixation with a blue French horn? A) The Greatest American Hero B) How I Met Your Mother

[TV orNotTV] Re: Boston Legal (spoiler) - has any other show done that?

2008-12-11 Thread Darren Glass
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Maybe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And this year Old Christine married Wanda Sykes so she could stay in the country after her divorce. Maybe...I forgot Wanda Sykes character's name which I suppose gives another counterexample to the claim that there have been no

[TV orNotTV] Re: Boston Legal (spoiler) - has any other show done that?

2008-12-11 Thread Pete Ahles
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Maybe [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And this year Old Christine married Wanda Sykes so she could stay in the country after her divorce. Maybe...I forgot Wanda Sykes character's name Similarly on The Drew Carey Show, Drew

[TV orNotTV] Re: Boston Legal (spoiler) - has any other show done that?

2008-12-11 Thread Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
Similarly on The Drew Carey Show, Drew Carey married Mr. Wick (Craig Ferguson) so Wick could stay in the country. Does Immigration really recognize same-sex marriages? I'm not complaining, but we really gotta designate a specific day on the list for Ask a Gay Man.

[TV orNotTV] Re: A few more Dr. Who questions (SPOILERS)

2008-12-11 Thread Steve Timko
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve: For continuity reasons, I'd watch Torchwood Series 1 after watching Doctor Who Series 2, which, with its tear-jerking finale, I preferred to S3 (although there's a three-episode run late in S3 that is, flat out, as good

[TV orNotTV] The Local TV Blame Game

2008-12-11 Thread Mark J.
Louis David, a reporter for Lafayette, LA ABC affil KATC, blows a take on a standup that the station wants to look like it's a live shot (note that 3 on the Street graphic behind the anchors) and lets out an F-bomb--even though the people at the station cued up the wrong take, he got fired-wha?:

[TV orNotTV] Re: DVR vs. VCR

2008-12-11 Thread K.M. Richards
I still do my timeshifting on a five-year-old Panasonic VCR which is showing no signs of wear (never even needed to clean the heads). But, I also still have an old Sony DirecTV receiver which has the capability of operating said VCR via an IR link, and I have tons of still-serviceable VHS tapes

[TV orNotTV] How close are we...

2008-12-11 Thread Bob in Jersey
...to well-featured digital set-top boxes compareable in size to the old-school boxes used in the early years of cable? -- BOB Click here to find experienced pros to help with your home improvement project.

[TV orNotTV] HBO Dominates Golden Globe TV Noms

2008-12-11 Thread Mark J.
and Denis Leary: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_en_tv/golden_globes_tv Drama noms are In Treatment, True Blood, Mad Men (nods for Jon Hamm and January Jones, too) House and Dexter, comedy noms are Weeds (nod for Mary-Louise Parker), 30 Rock (Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, too), Californication

[TV orNotTV] Letterman bit location closing

2008-12-11 Thread Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
nydailynews.com It's the last lap dance for Scores, the strip club empire whose comely babes attracted A-list celebs and money-burning execs. Once the highest-grossing strip club chain in the world and a hangout for Madonna, Howard Stern, Russell Crowe, Jason Giambi and countless others,

[TV orNotTV] The View From Europe on Leno

2008-12-11 Thread Mark J.
Former ITV exec (and Kimmel showrunner) Duncan Gray compares the NBC/ Leno move to ITV replacing News at Ten with Coronation Street and saying that those foreign TV systems who spend a lot of money on expensive late prime drama programming (domestic or imported) may very well reconsider it all if

[TV orNotTV] HBO to Air Will Ferrell-as-Bush Broadway Show Live

2008-12-11 Thread Mark J.
You're Welcome, America: A Final Night with George W. Bush will air live on HBO near the end of its Broadway run (it runs from Jan. 20 to Mar. 15)--the channel is a producer of the one-man show, written by Ferrell and old buddy Adam McKay:

[TV orNotTV] 'Lost''s Jin-Soo to Play 'King and I' in London

2008-12-11 Thread Mark J.
Daniel Dae Kim plays the King of Siam, etc., etc., etc., in an in-the- round Royal Albert Hall production co-starring West End musical star Maria Friedman as Anna, for a two-week run in June: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/124195.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[TV orNotTV] Re: Letterman bit location closing

2008-12-11 Thread dsikula
Has the show ever been at Scores? Most of the hot stripper action has been at Flashdancers on Broadway. Donz? --Dave Sikula On Dec 11, 2:25 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire toma...@peoplepc.com wrote: nydailynews.com It's the last lap dance for Scores, the strip club empire whose comely

[TV orNotTV] Re: HBO Dominates Golden Globe TV Noms

2008-12-11 Thread PGage
, Recount for movie/mini and actors Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Laura Dern and Denis Leary: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_en_tv/golden_globes_tv I was not able to watch Recount before 11/4 (too painful). If they re-run it on HBO I think I could handle it now

[TV orNotTV] Re: Letterman bit location closing

2008-12-11 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM, dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: Has the show ever been at Scores? Most of the hot stripper action has been at Flashdancers on Broadway. Donz? I'm no Donz (thank god), but the Late Show always used Flashdancers as its strip club reference. Tom W WTL, Don, always

[TV orNotTV] Re: How close are we...

2008-12-11 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin M, to moi: The width of the current boxes probably won't change because those with elaborately designed (read: custom) media rooms like them to be rack mountable. The height may slim down a bit, but oddly (al-be-it smaller) sized boxes nestled on top of console TVs are most likely a

[TV orNotTV] A satellite TV question

2008-12-11 Thread Brad Beam
I know that on DirecTV (and I guess Dish Network), the local network affiliates are located on their over-the-air channel numbers. But what happens when an affiliate is on a digital subchannel? _ _ |_|_ Brad Beam- Belle WV |_|_ http://74bmw.livejournal.com

[TV orNotTV] Re: Whedon: I Like 'Dollhouse' on Fri.

2008-12-11 Thread Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
Mark J. wrote: So shut the frak up, fanboiz: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/12/joss-whedon-i-w.html Telly Davidson of FilmStew told me ... I think that 'Dollhouse' will be at one with the 'Bionic Woman' by June, alas. Fran Kranz was definitely the best thing about The TV

[TV orNotTV] Jimmy Fallon: Day Two - Fans of the Band

2008-12-11 Thread Kevin M.
Fallon showed a model of the set on the 2nd video blog installment. When a musical guest performs, the back four rows of his audience (which the NBC Pages are supposed to fill exclusively with fans of the band) will move down onto the stage and be positioned behind the band as they perform. Bad

[TV orNotTV] Jimmy Fallon: Day Three - Interview Practice

2008-12-11 Thread Kevin M.
The best praise I can offer is that Fallon is funnier than Fred Armisen, which feels a bit like saying, I wouldn't want an STD, but if I was forced to have one, I'd choose Chlamydia. http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/ -- Kevin M. (RPCV)

[TV orNotTV] RP: 12/12-14: 'Tis Displeasin!

2008-12-11 Thread Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
The Remote Patrol for Friday, December 12-Sunday, December 14, 2008 by Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings TOM'S TWISTED TOTALLY TRIVIAL TV THINGY Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup had him saying that he was not a doctor, but I play one on TV. Who