[TV orNotTV] To Catch an Adulterer?

2011-06-29 Thread Wesley McGee
The National Enquirer reportedly caught Dateline NBC's Chris Hansen with NBC Miami's Kristyn Caddell. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009511/To-Catch-Predators-Chris-Hansen-caught-cheating-wife.html -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not T

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

2011-06-29 Thread Terry Knab
Bear in mind they did this on MASH to kill off McLean/Col. Blake and it worked just fine. One of the few times they did so to keep him from returning. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M-D November Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:26 PM To: tvorn

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

2011-06-29 Thread M-D November
Let's remember the difference between death of an ACTOR and death of a CHARACTER. in the case of shows like "8 Simple Rules..." and "NewsRadio", the death of the actor necessitated the death of the character, and (at least for NR) the show never really recovered its rhythm. As much as I don't

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

2011-06-29 Thread Wesley McGee
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > 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 "8 Simple Rules" for more information. They'd > have better luck getting laughs if they re

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

2011-06-29 Thread Wesley McGee
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:42 AM, wk0...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Jun 28, 1:18 pm, PGage wrote: > > > > > A story on the Huff Po ( > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/28/michele-bachmann-john-quincy...) > > reports that MB did accept Wallace's apology last night in an appearance > on > > Fo

[TV orNotTV] Shows you what we know... (Re: And Speaking of 2000...)

2011-06-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
Tom Wolper, to Mark J, in part: > Rogan did Marc Maron's podcast a few months ago and had no enthusiasm > forFearFactor. He didn't completely dis the show and he appreciated > the paycheck, but he said that the experience of hosting depended a > lot on the quality of contestants. He also said that

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ce Soir Avec Arthur et Craig Ferguson

2011-06-29 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:04 AM, JW wrote: >> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjhd2w_ce-soir-ave-arthur-saison-2-craig-ferguson-et-arthur_fun >> >> Promo for Craig Ferguson's appearance on the French >> Late Late Show. Le Cheval et Le Panda are there >> along with Eddie Izzard and French soccer s

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

2011-06-29 Thread wk0...@gmail.com
On Jun 28, 1:18 pm, PGage wrote: > > A story on the Huff Po > (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/28/michele-bachmann-john-quincy...) > reports that MB did accept Wallace's apology last night in an appearance on > Fox News (she had not accepted it while on ABC News, but apparently Fox sent

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-29 Thread K.M. Richards
On Jun 28, 5:33 am, Diner wrote: > > The original two-hour pilot for Ellery Queen aired as a special episode of > the Sunday Mystery Movie in the spring of 1975. On the Ellery Queen DVD set, > the version of the pilot used is a syndication copy, retitled "Too Many > Suspects," in which the series'

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ce Soir Avec Arthur et Craig Ferguson

2011-06-29 Thread Jay Lewis
Last night, SCG had Paris Hilton & Neil Gaiman. The chat with Neil was great but the Hilton segment was awesome. It was fairly plain to see SCG wasn't interested and he got (at least) 2 good zingers in which the ditz never got. If you don't care for the cold open or the tweetybox, SCG has a yo

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

2011-06-29 Thread Diner
On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:32:04 AM UTC-4, JW wrote: > > When Trebek started doing Jeopardy!, there wasn't immediate universal > acceptance. I can't find the quote online, but I remember seeing Bob > Costas quoted as saying something like "Anyone who prefers Alex Trebek > to Art Fleming probab

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-29 Thread Diner
On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:34:47 AM UTC-4, Dave Sikula wrote: > > I could believe David Wayne as Jim Hutton's father. I could not have > believed Morgan as Lawford's father. (Though it would have been nice > to see Morgan as his, what?, 11th series lead?) > > Lawford was only eight years

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-29 Thread Dave Sikula
I could believe David Wayne as Jim Hutton's father. I could not have believed Morgan as Lawford's father. (Though it would have been nice to see Morgan as his, what?, 11th series lead?) If they didn't want to do two-hour "Ellerys," I'd have happily settled for an hour of him and an hour of "The Ca

[TV orNotTV] Re: Ce Soir Avec Arthur et Craig Ferguson

2011-06-29 Thread JW
> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjhd2w_ce-soir-ave-arthur-saison-2-craig-ferguson-et-arthur_fun > > Promo for Craig Ferguson's appearance on the French > Late Late Show. Le Cheval et Le Panda are there > along with Eddie Izzard and French soccer star Zidane On Monday's episode of "G.P. and the

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

2011-06-29 Thread JW
> 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. When Trebek started doing Jeopardy!, there wasn't immediate universal