[TV orNotTV] Re: In the Monday Night Football booth: and then there were two

2012-02-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
Mark Jeffries, to moi: > Is the CBS-produced incarnation of "Inside the NFL" on Showtime using NFL > Films highlight packages? Yup. http://goo.gl/tWZwQ -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: In the Monday Night Football booth: and then there were two

2012-02-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
Is the CBS-produced incarnation of "Inside the NFL" on Showtime using NFL Films highlight packages? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > David Bruggeman: > Scott Graham, who has also been associated with MLB's Philadelphia > Phillies, followed his fellow Philly icons Kalas an

[TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert absence?

2012-02-16 Thread Ron Casalotti
Likely to be dark all week. Muck Rack Daily recants: Comedy Central suspended tapings of The Colbert Report for the week. No explanation was immediately given. Frances Martel at Mediaite cites Third Beat as saying that “unforeseen circumstances” had been the reason given to ticket holders for can

[TV orNotTV] Re: In the Monday Night Football booth: and then there were two

2012-02-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
David Bruggeman: Scott Graham, who has also been associated with MLB's Philadelphia Phillies, followed his fellow Philly icons Kalas and Facenda into the announcer booth in Mount Laurel, NJ; and most Films output, if not all, is seen on NFL Network. http://goo.gl/w9L5K -- BOB -- TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Live streaming of that famous men's hoops tourney no longer free for all

2012-02-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
Joe Hass, to moi: > Actually, the trademark is owned by both the NCAA and the Illinois > High School Association through a mutually-owned company. The IHSA had > it first, then the NCAA started using it, and by the time the courts > stepped in, the two groups basically pooled their money together.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: In the Monday Night Football booth: and then there were two

2012-02-16 Thread David Bruggeman
I don't know which network/channel has the current arrangements with NFL Films, but this non-football fan could get motivated to check out an NFL Films highlight package narrated by the voice of whomever is trying to speak in the aural shadow of John Facenda.  For me, with their narration and mu

Re: [TV orNotTV] Live streaming of that famous men's hoops tourney no longer free for all

2012-02-16 Thread Joe Hass
Actually, the trademark is owned by both the NCAA and the Illinois High School Association through a mutually-owned company. The IHSA had it first, then the NCAA started using it, and by the time the courts stepped in, the two groups basically pooled their money together. http://www.bakerbotts.com

[TV orNotTV] Live streaming of that famous men's hoops tourney no longer free for all

2012-02-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
The trademark is (of course) owned by NCAA, and licenced to CBS and three Turner-owned networks... for a onetime charge of $3.99, you can access video of all tourney games, and lots of other neat online stuff, from most if not all platforms where sports entities have been streaming their products..

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert absence?

2012-02-16 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > The below link now quotes the WSJ that it was a "family emergency." The HuffPo page with the story now has this: Colbert's mother seriously ill, report sources close to the show Multiple outlets have cited a family illness as the cause of

[TV orNotTV] Writing for All My Children: A look back

2012-02-16 Thread Diner
Joanna Cohen had never watched a soap opera when ABC asked her to write a sample script. She spent the next five years writing hundreds of episodes, in a job that became all-consuming. A very illuminating and touching remembrance: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/losing-all-my-c

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert absence?

2012-02-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
The below link now quotes the WSJ that it was a "family emergency." On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:06 AM, David Lynch wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 07:41, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Anybody hear anything about why "The Colbert Report" was a rerun last > > night? (And will be again tonight.) > > "Unfo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NBC Picks Up 'Hannibal' Series with Fava Beans and Nice Chianti

2012-02-16 Thread Steve Timko
Perhaps Holmes can figure out the true cause of Linsanity. -- 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,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Oprah appearing on Kimmel?

2012-02-16 Thread David Bruggeman
Kimmel said as much about "The Man Show" on his recent WTF appearance.  The post-Oscar spot has typically been a serious cross-promotion for ABC, sort of like the shortened Kimmel episodes before NBA playoff games on ABC. FWIW, I don't think there's anything between the Oprah and Kimmel like the

[TV orNotTV] Sheen gets C&D letter from Warners

2012-02-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
Accusing him of using old "...Men" photos to plug "Anger Management" at events, notably NATPE, w/o permission. http://goo.gl/D7tP7 -- 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 t

[TV orNotTV] Oprah appearing on Kimmel?

2012-02-16 Thread Steve Timko
Kimmel's big break was "The Man Show," a direct rebuttal to Oprah's talk show. Adam Carolla was trashing Oprah on a podcast just a week or so ago. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is the latest celebrity to join Jimmy Kimmel’s seventh post-Oscar special. ABC made the announcement Thursday. Winfr

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: In the Monday Night Football booth: and then there were two

2012-02-16 Thread Joe Hass
Exhibit C: Halftime on MNF drew pretty much every coach and player in the league in the early years, because Cosell's NFL Films highlight package was the first view of every other game in the league from that weekend. On Feb 16, 2012, at 4:56 AM, JW wrote: >> People seem to have drawn the wron

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert absence?

2012-02-16 Thread David Lynch
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 07:41, Jon Delfin wrote: > Anybody hear anything about why "The Colbert Report" was a rerun last > night? (And will be again tonight.) "Unforseen reasons" is the ony explanation that's going around, from what I've seen this morning. http://www.mediaite.com/tv/colbert-repo

[TV orNotTV] asked and (sort of) answered: Colbert

2012-02-16 Thread Jon Delfin
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/16/colbert-report-suspends-production_n_1280913.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp0003 I'm sure we'll learn more eventually -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" gr

[TV orNotTV] Colbert absence?

2012-02-16 Thread Jon Delfin
Anybody hear anything about why "The Colbert Report" was a rerun last night? (And will be again tonight.) -- 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@g

[TV orNotTV] Re: In the Monday Night Football booth: and then there were two

2012-02-16 Thread JW
> People seem to have drawn the wrong lesson from the original teams - Howard > "never played the game", but his whole point was to fight the "jockacracy", > and the argument that only former players could speak with serious > authority about the game I'm 2/3 of the way through the ESPN book,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Secret of CBS Procedurals--Unresolved Sexual Tension

2012-02-16 Thread Ed Dravecky
M-D November wrote: > Well, that certainly can be backed up by Tony & Ziva on "NCIS".  But are the > CSIs really hot to trot for each other? Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle certainly were but this is hardly limited to CBS shows. "Bones" on FOX, "Castle" on ABC, and plenty of other shows have played th