[TV orNotTV] Two more episodes of MST3k available on Hulu

2010-07-23 Thread Kevin M.
They are labeled incorrectly as being from season 5, but "Ring of Terror" (season 3) and "Horrors of Spider Island" (season 11) are now up. http://www.hulu.com/watch/154799/mystery-science-theater-3000-ring-of-terror http://www.hulu.com/watch/154800/mystery-science-theater-3000-horrors-of-spider-i

Re: [TV orNotTV] One of the first people famous for being famous is near death

2010-07-23 Thread Tom Wolper
ews.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100723/people_nm/us_gabor The concept of being famous for being famous goes back to the beginning of a national mass media. A wire service that sent articles across the country would have been the technological step necessary to make a person famous based only on newspaper art

[TV orNotTV] One of the first people famous for being famous is near death

2010-07-23 Thread Kevin M.
Zsa Zsa Gabor did some acting, but mostly she maintained her fame by staying in the spotlight, becoming a cartoonish media figure (and, yes, slapping a cop). It appears as though the light is about to go out. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100723/people_nm/us_gabor -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or

[TV orNotTV] Devlin not to take any Shat

2010-07-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Andreva: Ryan Devlin, who played the character based on tweeter Justin Halpern in the pilot for "S#*! My Dad Says," was not kept when CBS opted for the series... Henry will now be played by Jonathan Sadowski ("She's The Man", "Sarah Connor")... http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/jonathan-sadowski

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quick review: "Covert Affairs"

2010-07-23 Thread Jon Delfin
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:26 PM, M-D November wrote: > I'm rather enjoying Covert Affairs so far, but the big thing that bugs > me is that, although the show is set in Metro DC, they've made little- > to-no effort to cover up the fact that principal photography is done > in what I'm assuming is To

[TV orNotTV] Daniel Schorr dies

2010-07-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
To his grave he will take, f'rinstance, his source for a report House leadership buried about questionable CIA stuff in 1976, the reportage of which got him canned from CBS. He was 93. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/business/media/24schorr.html?_r=2&hp -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smar

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Netflix Questions and Gush

2010-07-23 Thread Steve Timko
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:11 PM, televisiongirl wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Michael wrote: > >> the five- >> part "Children of Earth" mini - was probably the best thing done so >> far under the "Torchwood" banner. > > > > "Children of Earth" was amazing. I wasn't a "Torchwood"

[TV orNotTV] Re: Last Molecules Of ESPN Journalistic Integrity Dies

2010-07-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
ESPN ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer (Google "'Hannah Storm' 'Tony Kornheiser'" for a previous comment from him) has weighed in (lengthily) on the LeBron silliness... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=ohlmeyer_don&id=5397113 -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! Y

[TV orNotTV] Re: Quick review: "Covert Affairs"

2010-07-23 Thread M-D November
I'm rather enjoying Covert Affairs so far, but the big thing that bugs me is that, although the show is set in Metro DC, they've made little- to-no effort to cover up the fact that principal photography is done in what I'm assuming is Toronto, judging from the exit to "Front Street" in the big trai

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix Questions and Gush

2010-07-23 Thread Adam Bowie
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:07 AM, PGage wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Kevin M. wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:28 PM, PGage wrote: >> >> > #2. As part of my British TV surfing I got hooked on MI-5 (my son >> > doesn't >> > like this so much). I noticed that around Season 3 the