[TV orNotTV] Re: Tuesday: Leno Show beaten in 18-49 demos by...

2009-10-23 Thread Wrecks
If NBC was really thinking that cheap equals profitable they would be running Girls Gone Wild instead of Leno. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox Fri. Nite Off for Sweeps, Whedies in Deep Pain

2009-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Touchstone/ABC contributed to the financing of Monk, but its owner was and is NBCU. -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox Fri. Nite Off for Sweeps, Whedies in Deep Pain

2009-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
On Oct 22, 11:33 am, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: Monk - ABC (yes, ABC, I don't remember why them and not NBC) Like they said, Touchstone co-financed the show (its owner, tho, is NBCU) Dexter - CBS So while I guess you can edit a program from cable to broadcast like Dexter,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox Fri. Nite Off for Sweeps, Whedies in Deep Pain

2009-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: I don't think they've seriously committed to editing / redubbing / whatever any of the TV-MA-rated shows with the goal of possible repurposing... yet. Maybe they're waiting for a deal like The Sopranos got with AE.

[TV orNotTV] Flash Forward... starting the discussion

2009-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
I've watched the first two episodes. I like what I've seen so far, but I also believe this would work better as a movie or miniseries. The payoff will take place when the date they flashed forward to comes upon them, and I have the feeling everything in between will eventually start to feel like

[TV orNotTV] Re: Flash Forward... starting the discussion

2009-10-23 Thread Jon Delfin
I'm most curious to know what you'll think after you've caught up beyond the first two episodes. jd On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I've watched the first two episodes. I like what I've seen so far, but I also believe this would work better as a

[TV orNotTV] My latest Hulu rant...

2009-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
With a modest proposal to content providers: http://www.tvornottv.net/2009/10/23/attention-content-providers-you-dont-get-to-quintuple-the-reward/ -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

[TV orNotTV] Re: Flash Forward... starting the discussion

2009-10-23 Thread PGage
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: I'm most curious to know what you'll think after you've caught up beyond the first two episodes. Me too. For me, the show has been getting better each week. Last night's episode knocked my socks off. Partly it was because

[TV orNotTV] Re: Tuesday: Leno Show beaten in 18-49 demos by...

2009-10-23 Thread Michael
On Oct 23, 6:39 am, Wrecks landofa...@gmail.com wrote: If NBC was really thinking that cheap equals profitable they would be running Girls Gone Wild instead of Leno. Different kind of cheap...unless that was the joke. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The

[TV orNotTV] Battle of the Blades ticket floggers provoke ire

2009-10-23 Thread Trevor Trevor
Battle of the Blades ticket floggers provoke ire Comments sharp as $5 tickets spiral over $100 http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2009/10/23/consumer-battle-of-the-blades.html Tickets for the Battle of the Blades, initially priced at $5, are now being sold for up to $145 each on Canadian and U.S.

[TV orNotTV] Ex-LO folks news

2009-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Benjamin Bratt, per Ausiello, will do a one-shot return as Rey Curtis... I'll guess for spring sweeps... http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/10/23/exclusive-benjamin-bratt-returns-to-law-order And Angie Harmon, whose husband has apparently been reduced to infomercial work, will star in a pilot for

[TV orNotTV] Re: Flash Forward... starting the discussion

2009-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:35 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: I'm most curious to know what you'll think after you've caught up beyond the first two episodes. Me too. For me, the show has been getting better each

[TV orNotTV] Re: Obit: Soupy Sales

2009-10-23 Thread Karla Robinson
This could not be more appropriate: http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_10_23.html#017933 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[TV orNotTV] Where does Denis Leary go when he isn't being an a**hole?

2009-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
Despite the Times cutting its staff, they still had enough people to put together this pictorial fluff piece on the Leary homestead: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/23/greathomesanddestinations/20091023-away-slideshow_index.html -- Kevin M. (RPCV