This does raise an issue, though. Is there backlash about SNL's sound
quality -- which didn't seem to affect, say, Kings of Leon earlier in the
season -- because of the studio's acoustics, or because the performance by
the *Great Brooklyn Hipster Hope* that is TV on the Radio just wasn't up to
The second season of Mad Men made its UK debut last night on the
digital channel BBC4, with all of the hype the series has received
over here--and UK viewers, like most U.S. viewers, responded with a
yawn. Among the multichannel shows that beat it in its 10 p.m.
counterprogramming to BBC1 and
After pledging that they were going to wean themselves from the crack
of live police chase coverage, LA TV stations thought that RB singer
Chris Brown was involved in a police chase after hearing that a
suspect accused of assaulting his girl friend was involved (in Brown's
case, that would've
Using the suspect techniques it used for those Dateline segments
gong after sexual offenders, NBC News is cooperating with Rwandan
authorities to accuse a Maryland professor of genocide:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/media/11network.html?_r=1pagewanted=all
What can I say? Dave nailed it.
I find it amusing to contemplate:
The message that SNL sends out to the TV audience: these are good singers.
The message that AI sends out to the TV audience: these are good singers.
Now, which message has more credibility than the other?
And, yet those who
Nobody will comment on the Variety piece 'cuz the rag's people'll zonk
any use of the word A$$HOLES!!
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Bob Lachky, the man behind Spuds MacKenzie, Great Men of Genius,
Bud--wis--er, WASAAAPPP? and many, many others, is leaving
Anheuser-Busch after 20 years--the new Belgian owners of the brewery
do not intend to replace him:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123430678876970225.html?mod=WSJ_TimesEMEA
The FCC has released a list of stations that have told them they plan
to drop their analog broadcast on 2/17, in addition to the 190
stations that have already made the change (which includes every
full-power TV station in Hawaii.) The smaller markets seem to have
more switchers than the big
The issue of Jay's during-strike monologues was thought to have been
forgotten, but Variety hears that a disciplinary action has begun:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111752.html?categoryid=14cs=1
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It's Kathryn Hahn (...Ron Burgundy, Crossing Jordan et al),
joining Kristen Johnston (why didn't I think of her?) as Patsy.
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-kathrynhahnabfabcasting,0,5872215.story
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Lee Abrams, getting down to brass tacks at Tribune, thinks its TV news
needs an Extreme Makeover... the personal kind, not its Ty-led
successor...
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/02/lee_abrams_tribune_tv_news
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P Gage asks:
In response to Melissa, is it really your claim that this list of 16
musical acts is significantly inferior to the final 16 singers on AI in
any recent season?
In general, the answer is yes.
In my opinion, among the acts listed, the only ones who could make past
Hollywood Week
It gets a BBC2 airing this evening. So that'll get it another million
or so viewers.
Awareness of the series is definitely higher (even if I'm still way
behind on season one).
Adam
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote:
The second season of Mad Men made its
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:54 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote:
Carol Burnett guests on LO: SVU on Mar. 17 as a former dancer
caught up in the murder of a young couple, along with our regulars
Harvey Korman, Lyle
On Feb 11, 9:25 am, Pollak, Melissa F. mpol...@nsf.gov wrote:
What can I say? Dave nailed it.
I find it amusing to contemplate:
The message that SNL sends out to the TV audience: these are good singers.
The message that AI sends out to the TV audience: these are good singers.
Now,
On Feb 11, 11:45 am, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote:
If I were programming the SNL music I would have omitted all of the AI
type performers, pruned maybe two of the rap artists and taken a few
more chances on lesser known but promising acts (and, disagreeing with
Dave Sikula, I think this is
That's basically true. For example, this year there's a 16-year-old from
Starkville, Mississippi, and although I don't know if she will win, I can
guarantee you the judges will make sure she makes the top group. She's exactly
what they want on the show -- which is someone who (1) can
That's the last frickin' post I make from Juno.
Meanwhile, I've only seen one post there in the last two-plus weeks.
http://snurl.com/bq1ul-nuxvom
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I've written an alternate ending to the sketch:
The whole Bush scene is deleted. Instead, they cut to a courtroom. It
is a few months later. Sitting in the witness stand (pixelated) is
Rwanda (actually just a globe). The prosecuting attorney walks up to
the witness stand with a giant map of
Two persons, and an item.
Who plays the Secretary of Taste pitching Domino's?
Who plays the 'conscience' in the man's shirt pocket who fist-bumps
him at Radio Shack?
And, has ATT Mobility ever given out those little clocks that
represent unused phone minutes?
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And yes they are promotional tchotkies handed out to employees.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote:
Who plays the 'conscience' in the man's shirt pocket who fist-bumps
him at Radio Shack?
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I think that's Mark Vann, who plays (or maybe
Feeling nostalgic for the time I spent bumming around Burbank, I've
been rereading the self published (translation: never read by anyone
outside of a handful of select family and friends) book I wrote about
my days in the industry we call show. In preparation for Monday's
excursion to see the
http://gawker.com/5152039/joaquin-phoenixs-letterman-disaster
Joaquin did not sing - but he didn't exactly do an interview either.
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