[TV orNotTV] What Netflix is and isn't doing this year

2012-01-28 Thread Joe Hass
No individual rentals, no video games, but more original content. Interestingly, the plan is to release all the episodes of Lilyhammer at the same time, for your "binge viewing" pleasure. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/what-you-wont-see-from-netflix-in-2012/67971 -- TV or Not TV The Smartes

[TV orNotTV] SemiNoTV: Tim and Eric Taking 'Don't Pirate' Pledges for their '$B Movie'

2012-01-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
Adult Swim's kings of "is that supposed to be funny?" are asking their fans to pledge not to torrent their first feature film "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie" (coming out Mar. 2 but now on VOD) and to see it in a theater if there's one showing it in a 50 mile radius (a Landmark theater for sur

[TV orNotTV] Prez candidate hissed for using old Brokaw footage

2012-01-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mitt Romney's latest ad, aimed at Florida voters headed to polls Tuesday, is a ripped-from-'Nightly News' piece from 15 yrs ago where Tom B. talked about then-House colleagues' critiques of rival Newt Gingrich... the "paid for" fine print appears beneath the then- anchor's face... a message to camp

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Don't worry, St Peter -- I got a note

2012-01-28 Thread Doug Eastick
Thanks to one of the articles linked here, I was able to watch (on youtube) a 10 minute clip from Welcome Back, Kotter. I'm sure my kids would not think it was funny, but it still made me smile. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Goodby Chuck (he picked a good font)

2012-01-28 Thread Jason Carpio
Consider me a hard-core Chuck fan: Not as hard core as Alan Sepinwall though: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/chuck-vs-the-greatest-hits-best-moments-in-the-shows-history On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:09 PM, PGage wrote: > http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/01/27/chuck-series-fina

[TV orNotTV] Goodby Chuck (he picked a good font)

2012-01-28 Thread PGage
http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/01/27/chuck-series-finale-recap-react/ I don't imagine there are a lot of hard-core Chuck fans on this list, but we are in our house. I guess its as much because when the show started my son was in 5th grade, and now he is a freshman in high school, and it has though al

[TV orNotTV] Re: Performing Unions Reach Agreement for Merger

2012-01-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
SAG's board passes the measure... AFTRA's should vote on it today (28)... http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/screen-actors-guild-and-aftra-approve-merger-34872 -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

[TV orNotTV] Re: Don't worry, St Peter -- I got a note

2012-01-28 Thread Bob in Jersey
There is a Sweathogs coffee mug in my folks' house... not sure if oldest bro or next-younger got it... mother was surprised all the other cast were still around... -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "T