[TV orNotTV] Re: What Meloni IS doing rather than SVU

2011-06-28 Thread Michael
Really, Bob? Luthor? Really? Not Lois Lane's legs? ;-) Speaking of Ol' Baldy, nice Dick Sprang-like rendition of him in various episodes of "Batman: The Brave & The Bold" - making me very nostalgic for my old copies of "World's Finest Comics," wherever they might be packed away. On Jun 28, 6:27 p

Re: [TV orNotTV] Reports of The Death of Network Evening News May Have Been Somewhat Exaggerated

2011-06-28 Thread PGage
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:39 PM, televisiongirl wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:02 PM, PGage quotes TV > Newser: > > the CBS Evening News, anchored the first six weeks by Katie > Couricand the last six > by Scott >> Pelley

Re: [TV orNotTV] Reports of The Death of Network Evening News May Have Been Somewhat Exaggerated

2011-06-28 Thread televisiongirl
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:02 PM, PGage quotes TV Newser: > the CBS Evening News, anchored the first six weeks by Katie > Couricand the last six > by Scott > Pelley , added 387K > (+7%).

[TV orNotTV] ABC premiere dates

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
2-hour openers for Grey's and Extreme/Home; hour-longers for three sitcoms. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/27/abc-premiere-dates-fall-2011/ -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Death of Nick Charles

2011-06-28 Thread Joe Hass
Joe Posnanski, who wrote a magnificent Point After on Charles for SI a couple months back, tells the even more heartwarming story behind that story. http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-friend-nick-charles.html http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1182632/index.htm T

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Men's" Charlie to be killed off?

2011-06-28 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > TMZ (of course) is hearing as such from a source... no details... > > http://goo.gl/muA3z That rumor has been spreading for weeks, but was discounted by reputable sources. Hard to find the funny after the death of a lead character. Reference

[TV orNotTV] Re: What Meloni IS doing rather than SVU

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
Michael, to moi: > Lois Lane's legs? Luthor. -- 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 to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, s

[TV orNotTV] "Men's" Charlie to be killed off?

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
TMZ (of course) is hearing as such from a source... no details... http://goo.gl/muA3z But another source tells Daily Beast's Maria Elena Fernandez "It's (C)BS". https://twitter.com/#!/writerchica/status/85501524003917825 -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received thi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeff Probst Enters New Oprah Derby

2011-06-28 Thread David Bruggeman
Perhaps a reasonable precursor to that question is whether to continue with Jeopardy! and/or Wheel once their hosts retire. I suppose that depends on whether syndicated 2.5 Men continues to outperform them in the ratings. But if there is a need for a new Jeopardy! host, I start off the speculat

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeff Probst Enters New Oprah Derby

2011-06-28 Thread Kevin M.
On Tuesday, June 28, 2011, Brad Beam wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Kevin M." > > > above average as the host of "Rock 'N' Roll Jeopardy!" > > > So do we think he would be a suitable replacement for the mother-show once > Alex retires in a couple/few years? > I actually think he'd

[TV orNotTV] Re: Your 'SVU' Replacements

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
Just because Mother J recognizes Pino, doesn't mean she likes him as a NY dee-tec-a-tive a/o/t one from Philly. As if competing with a relo'd CSI wasn't bad enough... -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeff Probst Enters New Oprah Derby

2011-06-28 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: "Kevin M." above average as the host of "Rock 'N' Roll Jeopardy!" So do we think he would be a suitable replacement for the mother-show once Alex retires in a couple/few years? _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw --

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: Slacker Taking Over AOL's Streaming Radio

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
Great idea. *Lots* of duplication, or at least marked similarity, between the Yahoo and Aol channels. -- HOB -- 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 tvorn

[TV orNotTV] Martin Short to HIMYM

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
The former Jiminy Glick will play Marshall's boss at the law office. No dates announced. http://lat.ms/lard1L -- 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] Reports of The Death of Network Evening News May Have Been Somewhat Exaggerated

2011-06-28 Thread PGage
The network newscasts added 1.5 million pairs of eyeballs in the second quarter this year vs last. Tvnewser does not mention it, but some of this may be due to the Wiener bump, still I find it encouraging. *** http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/broadcast-evening-newscasts-add

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chris Wallace Finally Apologizes for Inappropriate Fox Sunday Interview

2011-06-28 Thread PGage
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:24 AM, PGage wrote: > No, not the heavily edited mash-up job he did on Jon Stewart 2 shows ago, > but the interview from yesterday when he had the nerve to ask Michele > Bachmann if she was a flake. Bachmann, proving her flakiness, has refused to > accept the apology: >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeff Probst Enters New Oprah Derby

2011-06-28 Thread David Lynch
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 17:55, Kevin M. wrote: > I always liked Probst as host of fx's "BackChat," and he was slightly > above average as the host of "Rock 'N' Roll Jeopardy!" I just found > his most well-known series to be staged, vapid, and somewhat sad. Probst strikes me as one of very few peo

[TV orNotTV] Indecency reviews on Supremes' docket

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
The high court in the coming term will take on the appellate rulings in the NYPD Blue case and the fleeting-cuss actions; Justice Alito unloaded his Disney stock, so he can be in on the hearing... http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/06/27/52153/supreme-court-takes-fcc-indecency-case -- BOB

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Slacker Taking Over AOL's Streaming Radio

2011-06-28 Thread Mark J.
The fast-rising customizable streaming radio service takes over AOL's service from CBS, which means before the end of the summer no more CBS terrestrial stations or last.fm stations, but Slacker's own well- programmed channels (including "New 40," a fascinating [to me] weekly look at new releases i

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jeff Probst Enters New Oprah Derby

2011-06-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
PGage, to Mark J: > I am only recently getting hip to how these day time talk shows work. CBS > produced Oprah, but it appeared mostly on ABC stations. Katie has signed to > do a talk show that will appear mostly on ABC stations. Will the Probst show > also appear on ABC stations, in more of a sup

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jeff Probst Enters New Oprah Derby

2011-06-28 Thread Mark J.
On Jun 27, 7:19 pm, PGage wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Mark J. wrote: > > CBS Distribution, who syndicated Oprah for all 25 years (as its > > predecessor KingWorld), has signed the "Survivor" host/showrunner (and > > frequent fill-in for Regis and Larry King) for a strip talk show

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-28 Thread Diner
On Monday, June 27, 2011 8:56:03 PM UTC-4, K.M. Richards wrote: > > > The Ellery Queen series with Jim Hutton ran in the 1975-76 season and > was the lead-in to Mystery Movie during its last nine months (Ellery > 8:00-9:00, Mystery Movie 9:00-11:00). As MM had gone to two-hour > episodes begi

RE: [TV orNotTV] Blagojevich Guilty on 17 of 20 Counts

2011-06-28 Thread Melissa P
He did Celebrity Apprentice. His Letterman interview ranks as one of Letterman's best IMO. Melissa Curious about the email address? Listen to the most beautiful song ever sung. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvor

Re: [TV orNotTV] Blagojevich Guilty on 17 of 20 Counts

2011-06-28 Thread John Edwards
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:16 PM, PGage wrote: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28blagojevich.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all > > "Rod R. Blagojevich the former governor of Illinois, of trying to > personally benefit from his role in selecting a replacement for President > Oba

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Wrestling news: Shawn, HBK-Hart DVD, Raw glitch, Chavo

2011-06-28 Thread Joe Coughlin
For the record, I'm pro. On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > We're not aware of any issues with GG... it's probably only with > Usenet. We haven't heard about any action on Google's part; meanwhile, > I don't know how many pro-rasslin' fans there are here, but it can't > be

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Chris Wallace Finally Apologizes for Inappropriate Fox Sunday Interview

2011-06-28 Thread Wesley McGee
n Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Michael wrote: > > The lunatic fringe moves towards the mainstream, and is enabled by the > > pundits/puppets and their masters. It would be pathetic if it wasn't > > so creepy and unsettling. > > We have a debat