[TV orNotTV] Re: Save 10:00 Just For Us

2010-03-01 Thread Dave Sikula
On Feb 28, 8:17 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I like this ad from NBC's POV - they have been pumping these shows for the last two weeks (especially the two new ones) and now they put them into a frame for people to find them (LO Mothership Monday; SVU Tuesday; Parenthood Wednesday;

[TV orNotTV] Re: With all the competition, Jay Leno's monologue better be good

2010-03-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Trevor: Made me think of the load of Mr. Beef sandwiches Jay brought to an appearance on LN in Chicago. -- 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 this group, send email

[TV orNotTV] Your FCC complaint report of the day...

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin M.
Apparently, when Sarah Palin uses the phrase teabagging, no complaints get filed, but as soon as Rachel Maddow says it, something different happens. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100301/media_nm/us_indecency -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

[TV orNotTV] NBC and why they threaten Free TV

2010-03-01 Thread Jason Carpio
http://www.businessinsider.com/senate-antitrust-chairman-nbc-threatens-free-tv-2010-3 -- Jason Carpio jcar...@gmail.com Not sent from an iPhone -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] With all the competition, Jay Leno's monologue better be good

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin M.
I think one needs to draw the distinction between a great comic and a dependable one. My criticism of Jerry Seinfeld has always been the polar opposite of my criticism of Jay Leno. Watching Seinfeld, I found I would laugh out loud and enjoy maybe one out of every 10 episodes. I thought the other

RE: [TV orNotTV] With all the competition, Jay Leno's monologue better be good

2010-03-01 Thread Karla Robinson
Count me among those who are hoping that the inimitable PGage will give us a look at a comparison on ratings once Jay's new/old gig has completed a week (comparison between 10pm Jay, 11:35pm Jay, and the new 10pm NBC lineup, to be super specific about it...c'mon PGage, you know you wanna...) KR

[TV orNotTV] Wakeup Call to Kirstie Alley!

2010-03-01 Thread Wrecks
I would recommend filtering this page with Readability. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-beck/wakeup-call-to-kirstie-al_b_480121.html -- 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 this

[TV orNotTV] Glee on tour

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin M.
hypothesis). http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100301/ap_en_ce/us_music_glee_on_tour -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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 this group, send email to tvornottv

[TV orNotTV] 'The Marriage Ref' Should Sein Off

2010-03-01 Thread Ron Casalotti
Anyone else give Seinfeld's 'The Marriage Ref' a tumble? One of the worst shows ever. Take an annoying host (not Seinfeld but Tom Papa) throw in a badly edited studio production full or outbursts of audience emotion and non sequitur reaction shots; sully Natalie Morales in the 'Julie Chen' role

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'The Marriage Ref' Should Sein Off

2010-03-01 Thread David Bruggeman
To top that off, NBC apparently ended their Olympic coverage before the end of the closing ceremonies to air Ref - at least in the east. Tom Papa was sounding way too much like Seinfeld in some of those promos. Was I imagining things? David From: Ron

[TV orNotTV] NBC's final Olympic blunder...

2010-03-01 Thread Karla Robinson
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/NBC- awkwardly-and-abruptly-ends-Olympic-coverage?urn=oly,224859 The abrupt end of the coverage was kind of ridiculous. Like the giant inflated beavers and moose in the closing ceremony presentation. Yes, I said giant

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'The Marriage Ref' Should Sein Off

2010-03-01 Thread John Edwards
They did on both coasts. The ceremony continued until 11:00 Eastern, but NBC cut it off at 10:30, and packaged the last half-hour as a Closing Party, and put it on at 11:30, after the late local news, seemed to stretch it out to an hour. It seems oddly appropriate, to me, that NBC couldn't even

[TV orNotTV] Ebert will appear on Oprah tomorrow...

2010-03-01 Thread Karla Robinson
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100226/PEOPLE/10 0229986 .and apparently debut his new electronic speaking voice, made from recordings of his voice used to do DVD commentaries. Karla S. Robinson, Ph.D. karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net -- TV or Not TV The

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'The Marriage Ref' Should Sein Off

2010-03-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
John Edwards, to David B and Ron: They did on both coasts. The ceremony continued until 11:00 Eastern, but NBC cut it off at 10:30, and packaged the last half-hour as a Closing Party, and put it on at 11:30, after the late local news, seemed to stretch it out to an hour. It seems oddly

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wakeup Call to Kirstie Alley!

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wolper
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Wrecks landofa...@gmail.com wrote: I would recommend filtering this page with Readability. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-beck/wakeup-call-to-kirstie-al_b_480121.html How about if we all agree never to mention this show again? -- TV or Not TV The

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'The Marriage Ref' Should Sein Off

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: It seems oddly appropriate, to me, that NBC couldn't even stand to air the whole closing ceremony live. Tho it could be argued that the musical artists involved could have dropped a blue one or two... wasn't Alanis a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Save 10:00 Just For Us

2010-03-01 Thread PGage
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: On Feb 28, 8:17 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm. There are four kids on the show. Which one is obnoxious? (I like em all, personally.) At first I thought you were counting the baby, but then I realized you are right,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Save 10:00 Just For Us

2010-03-01 Thread Jon Delfin
For what it's worth, I've seen several reviews of the show from critics I trust (including our Fearless Leader), and they've all been on the positive side. Not raves, but all optimistic. jd On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:33 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Dave Sikula

[TV orNotTV] Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Eric Duckman
Well at least one list member now has appointment TV next season. http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/exclusive-shannen-doherty-next-dancing-stars-14750 -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Eric Duckman eric.duck...@gmail.com wrote: Well at least one list member now has appointment TV next season. And Shannen's tradition of choosing projects that make me want to vomit continues. Though I suppose it is better than Celebrity Rehab. As I know, because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread David Bruggeman
Allegedly the former Mrs. Hamilton will be joined by the former reverse-mullet wearing Jon-less mother of eight. A net loss, I think. David From: Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Eric Duckman eric.duck...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:00 PM, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: Allegedly the former Mrs. Hamilton will be joined by the former reverse-mullet wearing Jon-less mother of eight. Wow, did my mind just go to a dark place, comedically speaking. I shocked myself. I normally don't work that

[TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin M., to Eric Duckman, in part: Anyone know if ABC.com or Hulu carries the show? Hulu apparently will, given that they'll drop season-9 eps 3/22. -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC's final Olympic blunder...

2010-03-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
The moment I saw that sequence of listings, I had a pretty good idea that the end credits were going to be at the end of that extra hour -- and it paid off. Now if I can just find somebody to help me get it from VHS tape to whatever video site (closing credits, from a happenstance look at the

[TV orNotTV] Ex-SNL band member dies

2010-03-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
Tom T-Bone Wolk, 58, was better known as that guy with the hat seen closest to the performing-on-stage Daryl Hall and John Oates... he was to appear with them tonight (1) on Fallon. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100301/ap_en_mu/us_obit_wolk -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ex-SNL band member dies

2010-03-01 Thread David Bruggeman
was to appear with them tonight (1) on Fallon. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100301/ap_en_mu/us_obit_wolk -- 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 this group, send email

[TV orNotTV] Next week's star in a reasonably priced car...

2010-03-01 Thread David Bruggeman
BBC America apparently didn't feel the need to jump on the bandwagon. They'll air Leno's appearance on Top Gear next week rather than tonight. From what I can tell of recent guests on this series, it was taped sometime last summer. It's Leno's first appearance in studio, as James May visited

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'The Marriage Ref' Should Sein Off

2010-03-01 Thread Doug Eastick
On 3/1/10 5:52 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: John Edwards, to David B and Ron: They did on both coasts. The ceremony continued until 11:00 Eastern, but NBC cut it off at 10:30, and packaged the last half-hour as a Closing Party, and put it on at 11:30, after the late local news, seemed to

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC's final Olympic blunder...

2010-03-01 Thread Doug Eastick
I liked this article of the closing cermonies from LATimes. http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics-erskine1-2010mar01,0,4746407.column On 3/1/10 4:08 PM, Karla Robinson wrote:

[TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
The remainder... Pam Anderson; football bozo Chad Ochocinco; ABC soaper Aiden Turner; beginning Life After Jon, Kate Gosselin; the geezer of the lot, ex-lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin; Olympic figure skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek; ESPN's Erin Andrews; Pussycat Doll and sometime Diddy

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread David Lynch
All I can say is that Buzz had better do the moonwalk. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 22:00, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: The remainder... Pam Anderson; football bozo Chad Ochocinco; ABC soaper Aiden Turner; beginning Life After Jon, Kate Gosselin; the geezer of the lot,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin M.
Sizing up Shannen's competition: Pam Anderson Well, she did try to run me off the road a few years ago, and I hold a grudge about those sorts of things, but that's not why I'm ruling her out. I'm ruling her out because I saw her dance in Barb Wire, and that was when she was heavily

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread David Bruggeman
Anybody talks smack about the moon landing and Buzz will slug them. They may bring up his rap career: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0be5c681fc/buzz-aldrin-s-rocket-experience From: David Lynch djly...@gmail.com All I can say is that Buzz had better do

[TV orNotTV] Leno monologue snippet already online.

2010-03-01 Thread David Bruggeman
Still sucks. http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/clips/monologue-31/1205728/ David -- 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 this group, send email to

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wakeup Call to Kirstie Alley!

2010-03-01 Thread Dave Sikula
On Mar 1, 10:52 am, Wrecks landofa...@gmail.com wrote: I would recommend filtering this page with Readability. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-beck/wakeup-call-to-kirstie-al_b_... Did I have a stroke, or did she do this show once already, then claimed she'd actually hated it once she lost

Re: [TV orNotTV] Coco has on Twitter

2010-03-01 Thread Ed Dravecky
Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The account is verified http://twitter.com/conanobrien One tweet per day, all pretty dang funny. The bio is priceless and poignant. -- Ed Dravecky III http://www.fencon.org/ -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

[TV orNotTV] Re: Your FCC complaint report of the day...

2010-03-01 Thread Dave Sikula
On Mar 1, 9:34 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, when Sarah Palin uses the phrase teabagging, no complaints get filed, but as soon as Rachel Maddow says it, something different happens. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100301/media_nm/us_indecency So teabagging

Re: [TV orNotTV] Leno monologue snippet already online.

2010-03-01 Thread David Lynch
I turned it off when he got to a bit -- with animated opening, no less -- about How boring is Alan Greenspan? 1996 called, and it wants its Tonight Show back. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 22:30, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote: Still sucks.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Leno monologue snippet already online.

2010-03-01 Thread David Bruggeman
Though it will disappoint some, C-Ferg should have puppets tonight. Just the crocodilio and a British cat. The why has to do with his guest lineup. David From: David Lynch djly...@gmail.com I turned it off when he got to a bit -- with animated opening, no

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Ed Dravecky
Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: The Insider's Niecy Nash As before, no clue who this is. You probably know her better as Reno 911!''s Niecy Nash or, if you're my mother, you know her as the host of Clean House on the Style network. Personally, I think she's funny and personable but

[TV orNotTV] Some Good Chuck

2010-03-01 Thread PGage
But all I could think of was Hey, snakes were f**king themselves long before Adam and Eve showed up, T. -- 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 this group, send email to

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next 'Dancing with the Stars'

2010-03-01 Thread Karla Robinson
Snippity to get to those with which Kevin is unfamiliar: -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:16 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Shannen Doherty On Next