Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread PGage
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Joe Coughlin wrote: > Well, the article mentions "Undercovers", but for some reason > discounts it as the black woman in it was a co-lead and not a lead > herself, I guess. > > But the article also doesn't seem to explicitly say dramatic lead. I'd > argue, though,

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: New outlet for all your favorite podcasters

2012-10-23 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > The wording in the article confuses me. It refers to the platform of > podcasting, then lists a bunch of people who podcast, but I can't tell > if they simply listed names or if they have signed some sort of deal > with Launchpad. Some of the n

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread Ed Dravecky
Joe Hass wrote: > According to The Guardian today, when "Scandal" launched in April, it > marked the end of a 37-year drought of a black female lead on a TV > series (going back to that 1974 classic "Get Christie Love!"). What about "HawthoRNe", or are they only counting broadcast series? -- E

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ABC's "Once Upon A Time"

2012-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:20 PM, M-D November wrote: > All I know is that Disney clearly sees OUAT as another outlet for their > classic characters, and they're going to milk that cash cow for all it's > worth. You would not believe the amount of OUAT merch I saw at WDW this > past May... I didn

[TV orNotTV] Re: ABC's "Once Upon A Time"

2012-10-23 Thread M-D November
All I know is that Disney clearly sees OUAT as another outlet for their classic characters, and they're going to milk that cash cow for all it's worth. You would not believe the amount of OUAT merch I saw at WDW this past May... On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:39:45 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wr

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: New outlet for all your favorite podcasters

2012-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > The lead at RadioInfo -- ahead of the earlier story of Uncle Mel* leaving > SXM -- has broadcast vet Norm Pattiz and ad guru Kit Gray signing a list of > favorites to Launchpad Digital Media: Carolla, Pinsky, Maron, Mohr, Jillette > among oth

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS sued over "Talk"

2012-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Kevin M, to moi: > > Let's assume the ex-wife wins. Can't the people behind "The View" turn > around and sue her? > > Absolutely. Suits can be filed about anything. It's the judges that decide whether to throw them out... -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received thi

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: New outlet for all your favorite podcasters

2012-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
The lead at RadioInfo-- ahead of the earlier story of Uncle Mel* leaving SXM -- has broadcast vet Norm Pattiz and ad guru Kit Gray signing a list of favorites to Launchpad Digital Media: Carolla, Pinsky, Maron, Mohr, Jillette among

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS sued over "Talk"

2012-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
Let's assume the ex-wife wins. Can't the people behind "The View" turn around and sue her? -- 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 group, send email to tvor

[TV orNotTV] CBS sued over "Talk"

2012-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Not by ABC, but by the ex-wife of an NBA great, who had an idea for a show where mothers discuss goings-on in their lives... a Sony exec allegedly told her the potential audience was too depressed to be interested... the exec, she alleges, broke confidentiality rules in taking the concept to 'c

[TV orNotTV] Jane Fonda to do sitcom

2012-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
Coming off her brief arc on *The Newsroom*, the Oscar winner, per Nellie A, joins an ABC project, *Now What?*, apparently a distaff *Shat My Dad Says*. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (

Re: [TV orNotTV] Local TV: KCCI (Des Moines) Makes The Wall Street Journal

2012-10-23 Thread Melissa Neal
On Oct 23, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Joe Hass wrote: > They're turning off the Weather Beacon due to zoning and maintenance > issues, and people are upset. I used to work at KCCI but I never paid much attention to the weather beacon. Still, it's a shame to lose a tradition like that because people d

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: Karmazin Leaving as Sirius XM CEO

2012-10-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
It was widely believed that Mel Karmazin, the radio veteran who masterminded the merger of the two satellite radio companies, hired Howard Stern and made Sirius XM profitable (to the complaints of XM subscribers who preferred that service's more eclectic programming approaches to Sirius' tighte

[TV orNotTV] re: ABC's "Once Upon A Time"

2012-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
This was a series I felt had a strong series premiere, which led me to believe it would be canceled so I opted to wait to see if ABC would give it a chance. Having free time, I watched all of season one over the summer. Now I'm caught up with all episodes aired so far and am forced to ask the follo

[TV orNotTV] CBS Back-Nines 'Vegas', 'Elementary'

2012-10-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
Two more CBS procedurals winning their time slot and leading in new scripted dramas (although NBC's "Revolution" beats both in one of the money demos): http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/vegas-elementary-get-full-season-orders-61796 -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You receive

Re: [TV orNotTV] longest "season" ever?

2012-10-23 Thread Kevin M.
They may be numerically correct, but anyone who watched "Stargate Universe" experienced what FELT like the longest season ever. We thought it would never end. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Seems to be creative numbering on ABCFAM's part. If I'm correct that on > dramas

[TV orNotTV] Local TV: KCCI (Des Moines) Makes The Wall Street Journal

2012-10-23 Thread Joe Hass
They're turning off the Weather Beacon due to zoning and maintenance issues, and people are upset. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1872396390444734804578066884023617210.html As I read this, the following Family Guy quote played in my head: "Good evening, I'm Tom Tucker with some breaking new

[TV orNotTV] Re: Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread M-D November
What about "227" (1985-90)? Marla Gibbs & Jackee Harry were both "above the title" stars of that show. On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 11:33:46 AM UTC-4, Joe Hass wrote: > > According to The Guardian today, when "Scandal" launched in April, it > marked the end of a 37-year drought of a black femal

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread Adam Bowie
I think Bill Cosby was the one *true* star on that show. His name's in the title after all. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:41 PM, David Lynch wrote: > > > I have just two words in response: Claire Huxtable. Although I suppose you > could argue that The Cosby Show was an ensemble cast without any real

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread Joe Coughlin
Well, the article mentions "Undercovers", but for some reason discounts it as the black woman in it was a co-lead and not a lead herself, I guess. But the article also doesn't seem to explicitly say dramatic lead. I'd argue, though, that "I'll Fly Away" counts. And then there's a bunch of black c

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread Ben Scripps
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:41 AM, David Lynch wrote: > On 23 October 2012 10:33, Joe Hass wrote: >> >> According to The Guardian today, when "Scandal" launched in April, it >> marked the end of a 37-year drought of a black female lead on a TV >> series (going back to that 1974 classic "Get Christ

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread David Lynch
On 23 October 2012 10:33, Joe Hass wrote: > According to The Guardian today, when "Scandal" launched in April, it > marked the end of a 37-year drought of a black female lead on a TV > series (going back to that 1974 classic "Get Christie Love!"). > > That Can't Be Right, Can It? > I have just t

[TV orNotTV] Today's "That Can't Be Right, Can It?" Item

2012-10-23 Thread Joe Hass
According to The Guardian today, when "Scandal" launched in April, it marked the end of a 37-year drought of a black female lead on a TV series (going back to that 1974 classic "Get Christie Love!"). That Can't Be Right, Can It? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this me

Re: [TV orNotTV] longest "season" ever?

2012-10-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
Seems to be creative numbering on ABCFAM's part. If I'm correct that on dramas the last "executive producer" before "created by" is the showrunner, there's been a showrunner change between the spring cycle and the fall cycle. The fall cycle also has an added vanity card at the end (which frickin

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: [Ask TVorNotTV] Rights-holding and folding.

2012-10-23 Thread Joe Coughlin
It's not good marketing or promotion to do this in public, I'd offer. If Mike Lazzo wanted it on TV, it'd be on tomorrow. On 10/23/12, Bob in Jersey wrote: > The studio and the channel are, obviously, two different creatures, much as > > with any big network. > > The channel, clearly, just cance

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV: CBS buys ex-news FM in NY to simulcast sports pioneer

2012-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
CBS' argument(described at MediaBistro's FishBowl NY) is that WLNY-TV, the licenced-to-Riverhead,-Suffolk-County station it acquired this year, but operates out of 524W57th,

[TV orNotTV] Re: [Ask TVorNotTV] Rights-holding and folding.

2012-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
The studio and the channel are, obviously, two different creatures, much as with any big network. The channel, clearly, just cancelled a show produced by its namesake, something the bigs deal with all the time. I can only guess how often the confused Mr DeMarco deals with attorneys. He, from t

[TV orNotTV] Re: Prepare to Say Goodbye to the Last Resort

2012-10-23 Thread Bob in Jersey
I replied to djconner over the weekend: > > Higher costs than before, less promise of higher ratings than before in > light of the far, FAR bigger universe of choices just in linear television, > and even less promise of visibility in light of the even BIGGER universe of > choices outside of li

[TV orNotTV] longest "season" ever?

2012-10-23 Thread Jon Delfin
"Switched at Birth" finished season one last night -- with its 30th episode. The show premiered on June 6, 2011. Gosh, what some producers won't do to avoid season-two salary bumps (I'm guessing). jd -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subsc

Re: [TV orNotTV] Prepare to Say Goodbye to the Last Resort

2012-10-23 Thread Adam Bowie
I really think the networks are missing a trick when they run series like this. I completely understand that the desire to get to 100 episodes is enormous for syndication, but surely the long term future of those big syndication paydays is limited in the future? Are we still going to watch TV like

[TV orNotTV] [Ask TVorNotTV] Rights-holding and folding.

2012-10-23 Thread Wesley (still in Texas)
Jason DeMarco, who works for Cartoon Network in Adult Swim (Twitter handle: @ClarkNova1), tweeted something curious and confusing. He said, in not so many characters, Cartoon Network gave up the rights to Megas XLR because it was a failed show or something like that. But he does not know who, if an