Re: [TV orNotTV] 'TAR' Apologizes for Vietnam Ep

2013-03-24 Thread Kevin M.
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Joe Coughlin wrote: > It was a bit tone deaf. I mean, there are many people in this country who > are still affected by the Vietnam war (and yes, there are a great many more > in Vietnam who are still affected, too). To have it as a prop in a game show > without an

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'TAR' Apologizes for Vietnam Ep

2013-03-24 Thread Joe Coughlin
It was a bit tone deaf. I mean, there are many people in this country who are still affected by the Vietnam war (and yes, there are a great many more in Vietnam who are still affected, too). To have it as a prop in a game show without any real context seems wrong to me. On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10

[TV orNotTV] Re: MSG at the end of its Fuse?

2013-03-24 Thread stannc
Wasn't TWC's last contract dispute with MSG over TWC's reFUSEal to carry that network? -Stan On Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:59:05 AM UTC-4, M-D November wrote: > I didn't even know Fuse was still around, so...there you go. > > On Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:52:35 AM UTC-4, Bob in Jersey wrote:

[TV orNotTV] Robert Clary to appear in LA Wednesday

2013-03-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
The *Hogan's Heroes* costar will be at American Cinematheque, between screenings of two of his films, *New Faces of 1952* (working with a young Mel Brooks) and *The Hindenburg* (with Brooks' by-then-wife Anne Bancroft)... LA Times

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'TAR' Apologizes for Vietnam Ep

2013-03-24 Thread Kevin M.
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > Should we send someone a calendar? They apparently think it's still 1975. I don't understand. The contestants just stood in front of the wreckage of a B52, and it is considered disrespectful to veterans? I have photo and video of me standing in

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'TAR' Apologizes for Vietnam Ep

2013-03-24 Thread Joe Hass
Should we send someone a calendar? They apparently think it's still 1975. On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > After the national commander of the American Legion (they're still > around?) sent off a letter to CBS comparing "The Amazing Race" to Tokyo > Rose for having a clue

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'TAR' Apologizes for Vietnam Ep

2013-03-24 Thread Jon Delfin
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > After the national commander of the American Legion (they're still > around?) sent off a letter to CBS comparing "The Amazing Race" to Tokyo > Rose for having a clue box in front of a bombed-out B-52 in Hanoi (but no > comment about that "Gl

[TV orNotTV] 'TAR' Apologizes for Vietnam Ep

2013-03-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
After the national commander of the American Legion (they're still around?) sent off a letter to CBS comparing "The Amazing Race" to Tokyo Rose for having a clue box in front of a bombed-out B-52 in Hanoi (but no comment about that "Glorious Vietnam Communist Party" musical number Road Block),

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS primetime changes?

2013-03-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
twitter.com/CBS also has them. -- B. -- -- 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 t

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS primetime changes?

2013-03-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
They did send (I did get) the advance message, but not this... thanks, Rob. -- B. -- -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS primetime changes?

2013-03-24 Thread jugrock
Eye-lert went out about 6:52 CT. Prime sked remains intact: Revised start times (CT) for tonight's CBS programs: 60 Minutes (6:45 PM), The Amazing Race (7:45 PM), The Good Wife (8:45 PM) and The Mentalist (9:45 PM) due to CBS live coverage of NCAA Basketball. On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Bo

[TV orNotTV] CBS primetime changes?

2013-03-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
I haven't gotten the EyeAlert message -- did they just decide to start at 8 east and toss Mentalist? -- 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 this group, send email to tvo

[TV orNotTV] Redstone slipping

2013-03-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
He just got Deb (*Inside Edition*) Norville approved to join the Viacom board. An expert on corporate governance slammed the move. NY Post -- BOB -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

[TV orNotTV] SportsTV: The (soccer) Snow Bowl

2013-03-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
I didn't see it live, but the World Cup qualifier in Colorado Friday where the US team apparently ousted the Costa Ricans looked rather disgusting even to someone like me that has watched, and enjoyed, what the world at large calls football... even to ESPN's "studio" crew sitting around their t

[TV orNotTV] Re: MSG at the end of its Fuse?

2013-03-24 Thread M-D November
I didn't even know Fuse was still around, so...there you go. On Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:52:35 AM UTC-4, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > The former MuchMusic USA, spun off by Cablevision with the parent of The > Woild's Most Famous Arena, could be on the block, sources tell the NY > Post

[TV orNotTV] MSG at the end of its Fuse?

2013-03-24 Thread Bob in Jersey
The former MuchMusic USA, spun off by Cablevision with the parent of The Woild's Most Famous Arena, could be on the block, sources tell the NY Post... -- BOB -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

[TV orNotTV] Re: "Man from UNCLE" finally to big screen?

2013-03-24 Thread Michael
I'm not a fan of these tedious feature-film re-imaginings of classic or hoary television properties. "The Wild Wild West" movie was particularly awful, and "I Spy" was pretty bad too. As for "The Avengers," I will cop to loving the '60s run with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. And I wanted to love t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Man from UNCLE" finally to big screen?

2013-03-24 Thread Ed Dravecky
Kevin M. wrote: > I am bracing myself for all the sh*t I'm going to take for admitting > this, but as movies from TV shows go, I thought "The Avengers" with > Ralph Fiennes at Steed and Uma Thurman as Peel was a fun watch. No, I'm with you on this one, it was fun but what it wasn't was "The Aveng