[TV orNotTV] Re: SGU: Earth... Final Conflict

2009-11-12 Thread Wrecks
Who is this series geared towards? It seems pretty obvious to me that they are targeting the people who watched the Battlestar Galactica remake. Take a campy sci-fi show and make a soap opera out of it. Granted, Stargate wasn't THAT campy... but it had it's moments. Didn't they try to do

[TV orNotTV] CNN's other King replaces Lou Dobbs

2009-11-12 Thread Kevin M.
John King will host a political show to directly compete with Hardball. As opposed to hosting an actual news and information show which would stand out as the only one of its kind on cable.* http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_en_tv/us_tv_lou_dobbs -- Kevin M. (*AC360 is capable of actual

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN's other King replaces Lou Dobbs

2009-11-12 Thread PGage
/20091112/ap_en_tv/us_tv_lou_dobbs The WaPo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111208290.html?hpid=topnews) describes it differently, as CNN counterprograming opinion with straight news The decision, described by network sources, amounts to a doubling down

[TV orNotTV] Jon: TLC should have filed child work papers, not Kate and me

2009-11-12 Thread Bob in Jersey
Among other stuff in his countersuit agin' them... http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/11/exclusive-documents-tlc-broke-law-jon-gosselin-charges-new-court-papers -- BOB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN's other King replaces Lou Dobbs

2009-11-12 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com quoted: The program will reflect what CNN is all about: the widest range of opinions from across the political spectrum, CNN President Jon Klein said in a statement. This tells you everything you need to know about what is wrong with

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN's other King replaces Lou Dobbs

2009-11-12 Thread Karla Robinson
What Kevin said. Yes, PGage, Kevin's being extreme here, but he's calling for ONE HOUR per day of this kind of newscast. I love opinionated news myself, but I'd also like to have a source to go to for an in-depth, honest, extremely well-researched and well-informed approach to stories. An hour

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen remake The Prisoner

2009-11-12 Thread Dave Sikula
On Nov 11, 8:37 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The miniseries airs Sunday through Thursday on AMC. Somebody let me know if it is good or if it sucks eggs. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2009/ap_en_tv/us_ap_on_tv_prisoner_mck... I'll watch, though I'm not expecting much. And,

[TV orNotTV] Re: You are not welcome at the Dollhouse anymore

2009-11-12 Thread Dave Sikula
On Nov 11, 1:31 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: If I were Kevin Reilly, I'd make this deal:  Give an episode of Dollhouse an Idol lead-in.  Have Seacrest plugging it going into every break.  Have Simon, Dawg, Kara and Ellen gushing about how much they love the show.  Generally

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN's other King replaces Lou Dobbs

2009-11-12 Thread PGage
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Karla Robinson karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote: What Kevin said. Yes, PGage, Kevin's being extreme here, but he's calling for ONE HOUR per day of this kind of newscast.  I love opinionated news myself, but I'd also like to have a source to go to for

[TV orNotTV] Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread PGage
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/carrie_prejean_nearly_walks_off_larry_king_143002.asp Did anybody see his (I stopped watching Larry long ago). I watched the video clip at the link above on tvnewser, but I am wondering what happened when they came back from the break. I like how Carrie

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread David Bruggeman
Combine that with a generally well received hour on the execution of one of the D.C. snipers, and King seems to resemble a decent broadcaster for a minute. David From: PGage pga...@gmail.com

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread Maybe
On Nov 12, 4:31�pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/carrie_prejean_nearly_walks_o... Did anybody see his (I stopped watching Larry long ago). I watched the video clip at the link above on tvnewser, but I am wondering what happened when they came back

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread PGage
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Maybe maybeso...@aol.com wrote: She also thought it was inappropriate that he took a caller.  When he took the call and the caller was asking his question, that's when she took off her mike.  After the break, he kept asking her what her problem was and she

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread Pollak, Melissa F.
If I remember correctly, the caller identified himself as a gay man and asked where he and his partner could go to get married. Larry turned the question over to Carrie, who had removed her mic. -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread PGage
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. mpol...@nsf.gov wrote: If I remember correctly, the caller identified himself as a gay man and asked where he and his partner could go to get married.  Larry turned the question over to Carrie, who had removed her mic. He says (close

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread Kevin M.
The Larry King Podcast of the interview is up on iTunes, but I haven't watched to see if the interesting/worth watching bits were edited out. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:40 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. mpol...@nsf.gov wrote: If I remember

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The Larry King Podcast of the interview is up on iTunes, but I haven't watched to see if the interesting/worth watching bits were edited out. And it is all there in the podcast. Those two should go on the road together.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread PGage
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm bumfuzzled. I dislike both of the principle players so much that I don't know who to side with. Can't we just agree that neither of them belongs on television and be done with it? But isn't this a little like a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Larry King Inappropriate with Christian Beauty Queen

2009-11-12 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:37 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm bumfuzzled. I dislike both of the principle players so much that I don't know who to side with. Can't we just agree that neither of them belongs on