[TV orNotTV] Re: BBC's Dirk Gently

2012-03-16 Thread Michael
Stephen Mangan, the actor who ably portrays Dirk on the Beeb and was a very droll part of the late lamented Green Wing (the UK answer to Scrubs), is on a bit of a roll. I assume he will be resuming his co- starring duties in the wonderfully, creepily accurate inside-TV romp Episodes, alongside

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: BBC's Dirk Gently

2012-03-16 Thread Adam Bowie
LeBlanc was on the UK Top Gear a few weeks back (Spoiler alert: he was good). He'd been filming the second season of Episodes - I assume, in the UK. So it's safe to say that it's definitely coming back. Tamsin Grieg is currently to be seen in a decent new BBC [mini] series White Heat, and will be

[TV orNotTV] Friedman: Start date for Couric, end date for General Hospital?

2012-03-16 Thread Diner
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerfriedman/2012/03/15/abc-announces-katie-couric-start-date-and-possible-end-of-general-hospital/ -Tim -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Aaron Barnhart

2012-03-16 Thread Gary
Posted the following query over at the Letterman group, and then remembered Aaron actually started this newsgroup way back.. (I haven't been here in a while!) -- I haven't checked in with Aaron Barnhart in a while (I kinda stopped when he discontinued his

Re: [TV orNotTV] Friedman: Start date for Couric, end date for General Hospital?

2012-03-16 Thread Wesley McGee
Reports from TV Guide says Couric (and Jeff Zucker -- remember him?) fear the potential wrath of soap fans should GH be sacrificed for Katie and are trying to swap out The Revolution for sacrifice to the gods. As noted, The Revolution is getting worse ratings than OLTL (though I'm sure it being

Re: [TV orNotTV] Aaron Barnhart

2012-03-16 Thread Kevin M.
I queried him a while ago about his 'net absence and he replied the following: I am on leave for a while. I'll explain later when I come back... On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Gary garycolin_cliff...@yahoo.com wrote: Posted the following query over at the Letterman group, and then remembered

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: BBC's Dirk Gently

2012-03-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
Episodes returns on SHO July 1. It's on Sundays with Weeds, which seems that it will never end. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Adam Bowie adam.bo...@gmail.com wrote: LeBlanc was on the UK Top Gear a few weeks back (Spoiler alert: he was good). He'd been filming the second season of

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: Glass Retracts 'This American Life' Segment on Apple

2012-03-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
The hazards of trying to be journalism and non-journalism at the same time--Ira Glass' public radio program aired an excerpt from a one-man theater piece by monologist Mike Daisey about working conditions at a Chinese supplier to Apple--Glass now says that the piece was fabricated in part and

[TV orNotTV] Re: BBC's Dirk Gently

2012-03-16 Thread Michael
Huzzah. On Mar 16, 11:37 am, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com wrote: Episodes returns on SHO July 1.  It's on Sundays with Weeds, which seems that it will never end. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Adam Bowie adam.bo...@gmail.com wrote: LeBlanc was on the UK Top Gear a few weeks back

[TV orNotTV] NBC Renews Grimm

2012-03-16 Thread Tom Wolper
The folks at Grimm got some scary-good news today: NBC has picked up the freshman spooker for a second season! The Friday drama has been a rare bright spot this season for NBC, which has seen nearly all of its rookie dramas — The Playboy Club, The Firm, Free Agents and Prime Suspect — quickly

[TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: Glass Retracts 'This American Life' Segment on Apple

2012-03-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
And TAL and home station WBEZ in Chicago has cancelled a live performance by Daisey of his full-length piece The Agony and Esctacy of Steve Jobs, which was to be performed for one night next month at the 4,000 seat Chicago Theatre and was sponsored by WBEZ, with Glass scheduled to

[TV orNotTV] Re: Aaron Barnhart

2012-03-16 Thread Gary
Thanks Kevin -- 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 email to

[TV orNotTV] OWN Cancels Rosie.

2012-03-16 Thread Wesley McGee
While Rosie returns to New York, the show won't be coming with her. It has been cancelled. The struggling network cancelled the struggling show. http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/own-cancels-rosie-odonnells-talk-show-after-one-season/ -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com |

[TV orNotTV] TNT summer premiere dates

2012-03-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
Dallas arrives 6/13, the final six of The Closer and Eric McCormack-starrer Perception 7/9, the competition Great Escape 6/24, and the Closer sequel Major Crimes 8/13... http://goo.gl/SMjII -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] Aaron Barnhart

2012-03-16 Thread Steve Timko
I sent him an email late last year and he got back to me right away with useful information on how to contact someone with OWN. -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC Renews Grimm

2012-03-16 Thread televisiongirl
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: With its most recent outing, Grimm drew 5.2 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating, but of significance is the fact that at last tally, it’s 18-49 numbers enjoyed the largest increase — 87 percent! — of any network

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: Glass Retracts 'This American Life' Segment on Apple

2012-03-16 Thread televisiongirl
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.comwrote: for his part Daisey says he was doing art, not journalism: Did he bother to mention that to Ira Glass and company before the story ran? Did he bother to mention it after it ran? TVG -- TV or Not TV The