[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics

2011-03-24 Thread donz5
On Mar 23, 6:40 pm, David Lynch wrote: > The problem I have with CNN is that they have bought into the idea > that the way to have a "view from nowhere" approach is to bring in > guests to express their point of view without any challenge from the > anchor/reporter/host, no matter how inflammatory

[TV orNotTV] Re: Bite My Shiny Metal Ass, Adult Swim!

2011-03-24 Thread M-D November
As much as I'd rather see Futurama on Adult Swim, I'll take whatever I can get. So KUDOS to Comedy Central for the 2-season re-up. M-D WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olby's Back with the Worst Persons--in the Wooorrrllldddd...

2011-03-24 Thread Kevin M.
Let the bloviations resume -- 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@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send ema

[TV orNotTV] Olby's Back with the Worst Persons--in the Wooorrrllldddd...

2011-03-24 Thread Mark J.
No graphics, no Tocatta and Fugue, but Keith Olbermann taking shots at Lonesome Rhodes Beck and others on his FOK News web site (that's Friends of Keith, you see): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/24/keith-olbermann-releases-_n_840055.html?ref=tw -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) Peopl

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: NPR Anchor: Some of My Best Friends are Conservatives

2011-03-24 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: "Mark J." Steve Inskeep, who certain NPR diehards will never forgive for replacing the sainted Bob Edwards on "Morning Edition" (some of the critics, who also like to claim that NPR has "dumbed down," refer to "ME" sarcastically as "Inskeep & Co."), proclaims

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ricky Gervais to do another Office cameo

2011-03-24 Thread M-D November
Maybe Brent IS out of work after all...(or maybe he's perpetually seeking the executive job he thinks he deserves)...in any event... http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/03/24/ricky-gervais-to-interview-for-steve-carells-office-job/ *The Mail quotes an NBC spokesperson as saying, "Ricky is back as David

[TV orNotTV] Bite My Shiny Metal Ass, Adult Swim!

2011-03-24 Thread Mark J.
Comedy Central renews "Futurama" for two years and 26 more episodes: http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/24/futurama-renewed/ -- 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 emai

[TV orNotTV] And the next series to feature a gay storyline is...

2011-03-24 Thread Kevin M.
... "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of our Live." Yes, the late Tom Heald didn't live to see the day his beloved soap introduces openly gay characters (longtime fans of the series know there have ben several closeted characters on the show). http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/03

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: NPR Anchor: Some of My Best Friends are Conservatives

2011-03-24 Thread Mark J.
Steve Inskeep, who certain NPR diehards will never forgive for replacing the sainted Bob Edwards on "Morning Edition" (some of the critics, who also like to claim that NPR has "dumbed down," refer to "ME" sarcastically as "Inskeep & Co."), proclaims in Rupert's WSJ that his net is (ahem) fair and b

[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Obit [Was: Quickie Review: Detroit 187]

2011-03-24 Thread Mark J.
On Mar 23, 9:20 pm, Joe Hass wrote: > People in the Detroit area, showing a total lack of perspective I've > come to know and despise, can't imagine why the show wouldn't come > back:http://goo.gl/ODr51 I admire the author's restraint--these sort of rants usually contain a kneejerk attack on re

[TV orNotTV] Harris to Play McCain in HBO 2008 Election Film

2011-03-24 Thread Mark J.
He joins the already-cast Julianne Moore as Caribou Barbie in the adaptation of John Hellerman and Mark Halperin's book "Game Change," which has the same writer and director as the HBO made-for about the 2000 election "Recount": http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/23/ed-harris-john-mccain/ No indicati

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics

2011-03-24 Thread Mark J.
On Mar 24, 7:29 am, "K.M. Richards" wrote: > Since Group W has been mentioned, we should pay homage to the all-too- > short lived Satellite News Channel from nearly 30 years ago (has it > really been that long?!?), a joint venture of Group W and ABC which > used its own variation on the "you giv

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics

2011-03-24 Thread K.M. Richards
Since Group W has been mentioned, we should pay homage to the all-too- short lived Satellite News Channel from nearly 30 years ago (has it really been that long?!?), a joint venture of Group W and ABC which used its own variation on the "you give us 22 minutes ..." imaging liner that Group W made s