Re: [TV orNotTV] Olby suspended indefinitely

2010-11-09 Thread Kevin M.
Wow. What a smarmy little weasel. I also wish to apologize to you viewers for having precipitated such anxiety and unnecessary drama. That isn't apologizing for his actions. It is apologizing for the media hype and backlash. He is saying that what he did wasn't bad -- but it led to something

[TV orNotTV] If only a show...

2010-11-09 Thread Bob in Jersey
...could be as exciting as its promo: The Hasselhoffs, coming in December. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnWTwmoUi4c (Mother J has been gravitating to the AETV-owned channels a lot lately) -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

[TV orNotTV] Re: Olby suspended indefinitely

2010-11-09 Thread donz5
Big fan of Keith's, eh? Suspended Keith Olbermann Demanded MSNBC Apology, Will Return Tuesday http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/08/keith-olbermann-return-MSNBC/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk1%7C182920 On Nov 9, 4:13 am, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Wow. What a smarmy

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Olby suspended indefinitely

2010-11-09 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: Big fan of Keith's, eh? I agree with his point-of-view, but the way he chooses to express it does not help any of his causes. The battle between MSNBC and FoxNews is like the battle between Coke and Pepsi: Too much of either will give

[TV orNotTV] 'Sledge Hammer!' Creator Back on TV on IFC

2010-11-09 Thread Mark J.
Alan Spencer, a name not heard much lately, is developing with Canada's Just for Laughs people for Cablevision's younger and maler arthouse channel an as-yet untitled action series a psychotic criminal juggling a criminal enterprise and an active social life, on IFC's slate with an animated series

[TV orNotTV] Re: Good News everyone

2010-11-09 Thread Dave Sikula
On Nov 8, 3:02 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: On Nov 8, 4:56 pm, Jason Carpio jcar...@gmail.com wrote: Accord to ESPN Sources: Miller and Morgan will not be returning to Sunday Night Baseball. Morgan out @ ESPN; Miller out of TV; rest TBD.

[TV orNotTV] Newsweek's Power 50

2010-11-09 Thread Wesley McGee
. . .aka the rich folks who play chess using poor folks.. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/01/power-list.html As described by Newsweek: In the oversaturated, hypercommodified media culture of 2010, the most influential political figures are generally the ones who make the most money peddling

[TV orNotTV] Re: Newsweek's Power 50

2010-11-09 Thread Mark J.
On Nov 9, 2:58 pm, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: . . .aka the rich folks who play chess using poor folks.. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/01/power-list.html As described by Newsweek: In the oversaturated, hypercommodified media culture of 2010, the most influential political

Re: [TV orNotTV] GLAAD weighs in on Glee's Rocky

2010-11-09 Thread Joe Hass
Sorry I'm slow to get to this. Let me put it this way: it took me three reads to figure out what the word in question was, and that's even knowing the site I was on. When I went even further down the site, there was another word that a commenter blocked out that took me the same number of reads.

[TV orNotTV] The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-09 Thread Joe Hass
I'm not sure why I'm going to do this, or how, but seeing as I still can't believe I did not walk down to Borders to pick up the book the moment I hit the office this morning, I am going to go in the realm of redemption and do a basic chapter-by-chapter breakdown as much as possible without really

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-09 Thread Jon Delfin
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:13 PM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: I'm a few chapters ahead of you; just finished Conan's extensive career background that led him to LN in '93. So far I'm enjoying the book a hell of a lot, but I'm surprised no copyeditor took notice of the very first sentence in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-09 Thread Joe Hass
It occurs to me that it make very little sense to do this in individual threads, so I'll just keep going in this one. Chapter 2 (Sell-By Date) focuses on the machinations of the 2004 negotiations that set all this up, both Jay's sense that he was being fired but given a five-year severance

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-09 Thread donz5
On Nov 9, 10:03 pm, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:13 PM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: I'm a few chapters ahead of you; just finished Conan's extensive career background that led him to LN in '93. So far I'm enjoying the book a hell of a lot, but I'm surprised

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-09 Thread donz5
On Nov 9, 10:25 pm, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: It occurs to me that it make very little sense to do this in individual threads, so I'll just keep going in this one. Chapter 2 (Sell-By Date) focuses on the machinations of the 2004 negotiations that set all this up, both Jay's sense

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-09 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:51 PM, donz5 do...@aol.com wrote: Thus, the sentence in the book reads: ...a stream of cabs and limos was snaking slowly down West Forty-third Street... No comma in the passage; down should be across. Not sure where Bill Carter is from, but this may be one of those

[TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1

2010-11-09 Thread donz5
Having lived in NYC for 32 years, I can attest that traveling east- west in this city is considered across, not up or down. The opening sentence should have read, ... a stream of cabs and limos was snaking slowly across West Forth-third Street... On Nov 9, 11:51 pm, Jim Ellwanger