Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
On La Brea Building is still there, but all signage has been removed On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Dave Sikula wrote: > Where were those KCOP studios? I was on a kiddie show there in the > 60s. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Apr 4, 12:35 pm, Mark Jeffries wrote: >> "Real Time" is shot in 33, "TPIR

[TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread Dave Sikula
Where were those KCOP studios? I was on a kiddie show there in the 60s. --Dave Sikula On Apr 4, 12:35 pm, Mark Jeffries wrote: > "Real Time" is shot in 33, "TPIR"'s studio (and Carol Burnett and Red > Skelton). > > I was in what I believe is SCG's new studio back in 1979 to view the taping > of

[TV orNotTV] Trib, DirecTV kiss, make up

2012-04-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
Channels should be back on, as of 9 PM east. Pee-arr on MarketWatch. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread David Bruggeman
This is a great website, thanks for the link. SCG discussed the new contract and move last night.  He seemed to think that the studio next door was essentially the same size, when it can seat about two and a half times as many in the audience, at least as currently configured. I can't find c

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV (sort of): YouTube original programming

2012-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
Can't wait for the "Countdown with Keith Obermann" channel once he realizes no conventional network will touch him. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV (sort of): YouTube original programming

2012-04-04 Thread David Bruggeman
While Hardwick and Day will headline their channels, they both have other folks contributing content.  Not that it will persuade Kevin from checking the channels out, but it mitigates the potential for overloading on their chief programmers. David From: Kev

Re: [TV orNotTV] Leno in another ad

2012-04-04 Thread David Bruggeman
As far as I can tell, it's not his new bandleader. David From: Kevin M. Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Leno in another ad Should I know who the African American gentleman is in the car with Jay? Is that his new bandleader? On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:21 PM, David

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV (sort of): YouTube original programming

2012-04-04 Thread Jay Lewis
On 4/4/2012 10:19 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: There's a passel of channels coming to the site over the next several months. One that I guess fits the definition of a channel (albeit loosely) is called Drive and focuses (no pun intended) on cars (natch). One "show", Tuned, is fronted by Matt F

Re: [TV orNotTV] Leno in another ad

2012-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
Should I know who the African American gentleman is in the car with Jay? Is that his new bandleader? On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:21 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > This time the jaw is promoting Burger King's new line of 'fresh' offerings. > > Up until the Super Bowl ad, had Leno been in any ads, outsi

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV (sort of): YouTube original programming

2012-04-04 Thread Kevin M.
Hardwick was frequently outwitted by both Carmen Electra and Jenny McCarthy on Singled Out. His podcasts fail to wow me. I grew tired of Felicia Day after a week of Google+. Her uninspired posts got reshared by everybody, and a fatal flaw of G+ is that you can block somebody, but if someone you hav

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno in another ad

2012-04-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
David Bruggeman wrote: > > This time the jaw is promoting Burger King's new line of 'fresh' > offerings > . > > Up until the Super Bowl ad, had Leno been in any ads, outside of show > promos, since the Doritos campaign? > Nope. The recuperating Mother J asked me abo

[TV orNotTV] Leno in another ad

2012-04-04 Thread David Bruggeman
This time the jaw is promoting Burger King's new line of 'fresh' offerings. Up until the Super Bowl ad, had Leno been in any ads, outside of show promos, since the Doritos campaign? David -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[TV orNotTV] NotTV (sort of): YouTube original programming

2012-04-04 Thread David Bruggeman
There's a passel of channels coming to the site over the next several months.  I'm only familiar with three of them (Nerdist/Chris Hardwick, Geek and Sundry/Felicia Day, TEDEducation), but a few of the other channels are connected to other established brands (WWE, The Onion, MLS, and others). I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Long-Running 'Answer-Question' Game Show That Just Won Peabody Award

2012-04-04 Thread Hank Fung
I think it's more Russian propaganda (in the classic sense of the term) than exhibiting any political direction, although of course they will be more critical of US intervention. RT stood for Russia Today. On Apr 4, 2012, at 1:42 PM, David Risner wrote: Sweet! Had no idea it was a news channel n

[TV orNotTV] "LOLcats" leads Bravo greenlight slate

2012-04-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
A show taking us inside the "icanhascheezburger" website, multiple Real Housewives spinoffs, "Life After Top Chef," and scripted shows about (separately) parents of private-school kids and a high-profile rehab facility will at least get a few episodes on the NBCU cuz: http://www.thewrap.com/tv/art

Re: [TV orNotTV] Long-Running 'Answer-Question' Game Show That Just Won Peabody Award

2012-04-04 Thread David Risner
Sweet! Had no idea it was a news channel nor that it was lefty; I always just flew by it on the guide. -- David Risner On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Decide for yourself: > > http://rt.com/ > > RT airs 24/7 at least in Chicago and perhaps other cities (it seems that >

[TV orNotTV] Brokaw Reporting for Duty at Military Channel

2012-04-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
The Discovery-owned channel formerly known as Discovery Wings will have Tom commenting on some of the major stories he covered for NBC on (working title) "The Brokaw Files," coming this fall (other upcoming MIL shows included in article): http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/tom-brokaw-looks-back

Re: [TV orNotTV] Long-Running 'Answer-Question' Game Show That Just Won Peabody Award

2012-04-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
Decide for yourself: http://rt.com/ RT airs 24/7 at least in Chicago and perhaps other cities (it seems that they are paying the cable companies to air on a "Leased Access" channel). On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:49 PM, David Risner wrote: > There's a lefty news channel? > > -- > David Risner > > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Long-Running 'Answer-Question' Game Show That Just Won Peabody Award

2012-04-04 Thread David Risner
There's a lefty news channel? -- David Risner On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > What is "Jeopardy!"?: > > http://www.peabody.uga.edu/71strelease.php > > I have the feeling that the "GE College Bowl" was the last game show to > win a Peabody. > > Other winners include "Ho

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Real Time" is shot in 33, "TPIR"'s studio (and Carol Burnett and Red Skelton). I was in what I believe is SCG's new studio back in 1979 to view the taping of an industrial video with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman reprising some of their old Carol Burnett bits. It's a big-enough stage for SCG to h

Re: [TV orNotTV] Long-Running 'Answer-Question' Game Show That Just Won Peabody Award

2012-04-04 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: Mark Jeffries What is "Jeopardy!"?: http://www.peabody.uga.edu/71strelease.php I have the feeling that the "GE College Bowl" was the last game show to win a Peabody. No, sorry. The correct response is "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" -- fitting

[TV orNotTV] Long-Running 'Answer-Question' Game Show That Just Won Peabody Award

2012-04-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
What is "Jeopardy!"?: http://www.peabody.uga.edu/71strelease.php I have the feeling that the "GE College Bowl" was the last game show to win a Peabody. Other winners include "Homeland," Al Jazeera English coverage of the "Arab Awakening," TED.com, "Parks and Rec," "Treme," "Portlandia," Col

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread Diner
On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 10:30:03 AM UTC-4, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > The TV City web site not only lists > studio diagrams and statistics, but even lists shows that have been > produced in each studio going back to Art Linkletter and Life With Father > in

Re: [TV orNotTV] NPH Hosting Tonys Again

2012-04-04 Thread M-D November
Huh. I could have sworn he hosted the Grammys a few years back. But I haven't watched the Grammy awards since high school, so what do I know? On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8:38:11 AM UTC-4, Diner wrote: > > > On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:23:12 PM UTC-4, M-D November wrote: >> >> As much as I'm a t

[TV orNotTV] Re: And lost in all the Couric / Palin / Vieira stuff...

2012-04-04 Thread M-D November
THIS...is women's uneven parallel bars! *groan* On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:53:42 AM UTC-4, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > 'Crest (whom Brian Stelter says, among other things, will NOT have >> anything to do with "The >> Voice")

[TV orNotTV] Re: And lost in all the Couric / Palin / Vieira stuff...

2012-04-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
> > 'Crest (whom Brian Stelter says, among other things, will NOT have > anything to do with "The > Voice")is > still dealing with pain > from an elbow > operation

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread Bob in Jersey
The TV City web site not only lists studio diagrams and statistics, but even lists shows that have been produced in each studio going back to Art Linkletter and Life With Father in the fiddies... -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread David Lynch
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 23:26, Kevin M. wrote: > CBS has a wide variety of studio sizes. I confess to not being able to > recall the numbers of each of the studios off the top of my head (I > think it has been a dozen years since I last worked on the TV City > lot). There is a detached pair of stud

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: At least two more years for Letterman, Ferguson

2012-04-04 Thread David Lynch
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 22:20, M-D November wrote: > Also, the new deal apparently moves SCG out of the basement and into a > larger studio.  I wonder if this'll have any affect on his taping > schedule/patterns - will he start consistently taping whole shows rather > than banking guest segments?

Re: [TV orNotTV] NPH Hosting Tonys Again

2012-04-04 Thread Diner
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:23:12 PM UTC-4, M-D November wrote: > > As much as I'm a theater nerd, NPH is the only reason I've watched the > Tony Awards the last few years. So this is nothing but good news. > > IIRC, NPH has hosted the Emmys, Grammys and Tonys (multiple times). If he > is e

[TV orNotTV] Re: Digest: Here we go again?

2012-04-04 Thread JW
> I'm still missing a couple of days. > > --Dave Sikula Two full digests came through for me on the 2nd. The first had posts ranging from Mar 30 to Apr 2, and the second had posts from Mar 31 to Apr 2. (If you need to, contact me offlist and I'll forward what you didn't get.) -- TV or Not TV ...