[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC: 'Life' Dead, 'SVU' Going On With or Without Mariska

2009-05-06 Thread PGage
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Ed Dravecky wrote: > I'm crushed that "Life" is no more but at least it has an amazing > finale.  I'm still waiting for actual official word on "Chuck", > quickly becoming one of the few 60-minute programs I watch on NBC.  (I > may eventually walk away from "Hero

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-06 Thread David Bruggeman
I didn't bother with the coupon and just had some for a late dinner on the way back from a Star Trek screening. While the chicken was cooked fine and all, there was nothing distinctively KFC (or "KGC") about it. Certainly not worth this kind of fuss. David

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
M-D November, to moi: > > It's like a rerun of the Popeye's debacle from last month. > Just sit back and enjoy the show. Or go eat something else. :-P -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] Re: Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-06 Thread M-D November
It's like a rerun of the Popeye's debacle from last month. Just sit back and enjoy the show. On May 6, 10:11 pm, Bob in Jersey wrote: > =New York= magazine: O touts a free online coupon for Kentucky Grilled > Chicken, which some people are *still* trying to obtain today (6)... > > http://nymag.

[TV orNotTV] Oprah gives away something...panic ensues...

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
=New York= magazine: O touts a free online coupon for Kentucky Grilled Chicken, which some people are *still* trying to obtain today (6)... http://nymag.com/daily/food/2009/05/oprah_gives_away_free_chicken.html ...and in NYC, one restaurant operator fights back against angry coupon-fueled crowds

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fring

2009-05-06 Thread Jon Delfin
At 07:39 PM 5/6/2009, you wrote: >Jon Delfin wrote: >> What, no screaming about last night's "AI" overrun? Something untrivial >> happened >> on "Fringe" after my DVR stopped recording, I have just discovered. > >No screaming here because after so many weeks of being burned, I've >just set the

[TV orNotTV] Another ex-Philly anchor suing

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
Tom Burlington, cut from Fox-owned WTXF after using the N-word in a planning meeting -- he's white, and an African-American producer was in the room -- in 2007, alleges race-related discrimination by the station... the =Daily News=, who published this article, appear to have blown this up to where

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fring

2009-05-06 Thread Ed Dravecky
Jon Delfin wrote: > What, no screaming about last night's "AI" overrun? Something untrivial > happened > on "Fringe" after my DVR stopped recording, I have just discovered. No screaming here because after so many weeks of being burned, I've just set the DVR to tack an extra 10 minutes onto the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Kiefer sloshed again

2009-05-06 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Michael wrote: > > Really, Kevin? Really? You wouldn't prefer to enable a drunken Keifer > to show up on the set of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and head-butt > li'l Jimmy in front of a live studio audience? You know, I had to think about that one, but (and I sh

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fring

2009-05-06 Thread Ben Scripps
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Mark J. wrote: > Even if you start a minute or two late, it's very likely that > you're going to go over--however, "Dollhouse" is shown as starting at > 9:01 p.m. (8:01 p.m. CT) almost every week and WFLD in Chicago runs > local spots coming out of the show instea

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fring

2009-05-06 Thread Mark J.
On May 6, 8:55 am, Jon Delfin wrote: > What, no screaming about last night's "AI" overrun? Something untrivial > happened on "Fringe" after my DVR stopped recording, I have just discovered. First of all, I think that my DVR listing showed "Idol" running to 9:02 p.m. (well, 8:02 p.m. in Chicag

[TV orNotTV] Re: Kiefer sloshed again

2009-05-06 Thread Michael
Really, Kevin? Really? You wouldn't prefer to enable a drunken Keifer to show up on the set of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and head-butt li'l Jimmy in front of a live studio audience? On May 6, 10:42 am, "Kevin M." wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > > > > He ga

[TV orNotTV] TVWeek Going Online-Only June 1

2009-05-06 Thread Mark J.
To most people who read it, Crain's trade weekly (founded in 1982 as Electronic Media) is better known as a daily online entity--its NewsPro supplement will become a monthly mag starting in August: http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/05/television_week_to_become_webo.php TVW's weekly competitor Broa

[TV orNotTV] Disney Profits Drop 46%

2009-05-06 Thread Mark J.
Weak movie grosses (that Jonas Brothers movie, anyone?) and theme park attendance blamed, with ESPN and the cable network divisions basically saving ABC: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney6-2009may06,0,1131343.story --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV .

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jimmy Fallon wins an award, but not for his TV work (obviously)

2009-05-06 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Kevin M. wrote: >> >> Yeah, as a man of 2009, Fallon really went out on a limb with his >> support of the internet. Truly, he is a visionary. > > In TV world, he is. A lot of people haven't caught up to 2009

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jimmy Fallon wins an award, but not for his TV work (obviously)

2009-05-06 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Yeah, as a man of 2009, Fallon really went out on a limb with his > support of the internet. Truly, he is a visionary. In TV world, he is. A lot of people haven't caught up to 2009 yet. Tom W --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

[TV orNotTV] Re: Kiefer sloshed again

2009-05-06 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > He gave a HEAD BUTT! to a fashion designer who happened to get between > him and Brooke S. at some NY nightspot... cut him *bahdly*... cops are > on it... > > http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/05/06/2009-05-06_keifer_sutherland_goes_ja

[TV orNotTV] 'Frontline' Correspondent Claims Producers Censored Doc, Quits

2009-05-06 Thread Mark J.
Former Washington Post reporter T.R. Reid says that "Sick Around America," a March episode of the PBS newsdoc series intended to be an indictment of the U.S. health care system, was "censored" by the series producers to look supportive of mandated private insurance, so he's ended his relationship

[TV orNotTV] Kiefer sloshed again

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
He gave a HEAD BUTT! to a fashion designer who happened to get between him and Brooke S. at some NY nightspot... cut him *bahdly*... cops are on it... http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/05/06/2009-05-06_keifer_sutherland_goes_jack_bauer_on_designer_jack_mccollough_over_brooke_shield.html --

[TV orNotTV] It's not "The Wire: New Orleans", Simon sez...

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
But, he tells Variety, "Treme", a post-Katrina drama just ordered to series by HBO, will arouse at least as many emotions, and could be viewed as a metaphor for the country's general economic malaise: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003242.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 -- BOB --~--~-~--~

[TV orNotTV] The viewers have spoken...

2009-05-06 Thread colonial
BBC America will restore its morning news block later this month following viewer complaints... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/bbc/bbc_america_listens_to_viewers_brings_back_morning_news_115812.asp --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on

[TV orNotTV] Weather rebuffs would-be chief over jet

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
Bill Bolster, former CNBC boss (and ex-some-NY-TV-station news director, no?) probably won't become Weather Channel CEO, after its ownership refused to give him a private plane to commute between his Florida home and a presumed 30 Rock office...TWC is based in Atlanta... http://www.nypost.com/sev

[TV orNotTV] Re: and the second nittiest

2009-05-06 Thread Mark J.
On May 6, 9:54 am, Bob in Jersey wrote: > Jon Delfin, to Mark J., in part: > > > My assumption was that AMC (owned by the notoriously > > tight-fisted Dolans of Cablevision, no?) spared every > > expense on the job and had some intern do it. Ditto > > "Actors Studio." > > Aye-aye on the Chuckst

[TV orNotTV] Re: and the second nittiest

2009-05-06 Thread Bob in Jersey
Jon Delfin, to Mark J., in part: > My assumption was that AMC (owned by the notoriously > tight-fisted Dolans of Cablevision, no?) spared every > expense on the job and had some intern do it. Ditto > "Actors Studio." Aye-aye on the Chuckster, piano man. -- BOB --~--~-~--~~

[TV orNotTV] Fring

2009-05-06 Thread Jon Delfin
What, no screaming about last night's "AI" overrun? Something untrivial happened on "Fringe" after my DVR stopped recording, I have just discovered. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscr

[TV orNotTV] Re: and the second nittiest

2009-05-06 Thread Ed Dravecky
Jon Delfin wrote: > > Even more spoilerish below. > > At 05:09 AM 5/5/2009, you wrote: > >>Spoiler-ish: Ted could do worse. I love her, despite the snorty laugh >>she trots out on late-night talk shows. >> >>On May 4, 7:05 pm, Jon Delfin wrote: >>> Apologies. I've been proofreading the worst boo

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC: 'Life' Dead, 'SVU' Going On With or Without Mariska

2009-05-06 Thread Ed Dravecky
Dave Sikula wrote: > Not that I watch the SUV show a lot, but I find Hargitay's character > so irritating, it's turned me off to her as an actress. Can she play > anything other than strident and angry? I've finally made the break this year and walked away from SVU. This is the first of the L&O