Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Dave Sikula wrote: > I'll take your points, but, to me, it just felt exploitative and > unpleasant. She has enough problems that she doesn't need to be flying > cross-country to do a talk show. Well, I agree with that last sentence. If she were my daughter I wo

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Dave Sikula wrote: > I'll take your points, but, to me, it just felt exploitative and unpleasant. > She has enough problems that she doesn't need to be flying cross-country to > do a talk show. Well, nobody NEEDS to do a talk show. I think your comment about expl

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

I'll take your points, but, to me, it just felt exploitative and unpleasant. She has enough problems that she doesn't need to be flying cross-country to do a talk show. --Dave Sikula On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:16:28 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Dave Sikula >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Roger Ebert

Tweet from Chaz Ebert: "CHAZ HERE: We are hoping to stream the Memorial Tribute for Roger Thurs, April 11 at 7 pm CST. See http://rogerebert.com " https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/36167375605760 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received t

[TV orNotTV] Accidental Racist interview on GMA

There's been a lot of controversy over the Brad Paisley/LL Cool J song (The AV Club said it best when they said it brought black and white people together in their mutual loathing of the song). I dig LL, so I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he and Paisley expressed themsel

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Dave Sikula wrote: > If I may be the voice of negativity, I'd like to say I thought the whole > thing was a train wreck. > > I'll stipulate both that CBS and WWP are in business to draw viewers and > make money and that Lohan has no obligation to air her problems

[TV orNotTV] OT: Gary Lycan, the only columnist devoted to the LA radio scene, has passed away

Los Angeles has lost the voice of the voices. Though I never met Gary Lycan personally, I was a huge fan of his writing. We corresponded a few times via Facebook. He was kind enough to quote me a few times for articles he wrote about LA radio. He passed away today, and with him the ONLY reason to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Another reality TV star dead, but they haven't blamed Dr Drew... yet

Bob in Jersey wrote: > Gandee) is none too pleased, and intends to shop the series elsewhere... May I suggest shopping it to western North Carolina, or anywhere else that isn't 25 miles from my house? _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- -- TV or

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Dave Sikula wrote: > If I may be the voice of negativity, I'd like to say I thought the whole > thing was a train wreck. Hey, I'm the only voice of negativity around here, mugsy. To me, the interview achieved what it needed to for Lohan. It allowed her to appear

[TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

If I may be the voice of negativity, I'd like to say I thought the whole thing was a train wreck. I'll stipulate both that CBS and WWP are in business to draw viewers and make money and that Lohan has no obligation to air her problems publicly. That said, what was the point of this booking, oth

[TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

> It may be stunt casting, but NCIS usually* makes really good use of its > stunt-casted actors (see: Lily Tomlin as McGee's grandmother, Robert Wagner > as DiNozo Sr., Bob Newhart as Duckie's colleague/mentor, etc.) - I'm > confident this will be as well. I guess the problem is a definition for "

[TV orNotTV] Re: LiLo On Dave

> I don't particularly like or dislike her, but I like her better than > I did after last night. I was somewhat less impressed than previous posters. She took control of the interview, mouthed some platitudes, and got in her plugs. I didn't learn anything (which is probably not a great loss), and

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

It was interesting that Gawker originally teased the interview by using the term "awkward", then went back against itself and said it wasn't. I didn't think it was at all awkward. I think it was more honest than most interviews, and it made for riveting television. At the end of the day that's a

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

I had no idea she was going to be on, and just watched it like I usually do. I agree it was a great interview. I read blogs today that teased their story about this with something like "Dave makes Lohan cry". I did not read the body of those articles - I assume when the reader clicks through they

Re: [TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

When Lindsey Lohan is free of -- let's call it baggage -- she is warm and human and adorable. Last night on Letterman, she was warm and human and adorable. I hope rehab doesn't change that. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because

[TV orNotTV] Two PBS specials on America's relationship with guns, post-Newton

I haven't seen either yet, but I'm sharing the links to download them free on iTunes now because PBS tends to pull their freebies quicker than other networks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/the-path-to-violence/id622784900?i=626637506 https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/after-newtown-gun

[TV orNotTV] OT: Batgirl gets a transgender friend

Apparently a first in the DC universe http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/04/transgender-dc-comics-batgirl/ -- 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 grou

[TV orNotTV] LiLo On Dave

The one thing that really rubbed me the wrong way about being at the taping of The Late Show is the rather adamant insistance that you laugh at everything. Seriously: they have an Alec Baldwin video at the start that basically says the audience should laugh at anything they think might be funny. I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Lazy NBC gives right name, wrong photo

Yeah, I've just been watching public-domain TV from hell. Seriously, some of these aggregator sites do not need to fill up their e-mailings with dreck. -- 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] Lazy NBC gives right name, wrong photo

I blame the parents for coming up with unoriginal names like Ron Johnson. -- 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 tvornottv@googlegro

Re: [TV orNotTV] Lazy NBC gives right name, wrong photo

Or, mistakes happen. Like calling CLinton Secretary of Defense, instead of Secretary of State. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > Ron Johnson, a US senator who participated in recent questioning of > then-Sec. of Defense Clinton, must have been fresh in a staffer's mind... >

[TV orNotTV] Fox unveils TV-everywhere plans

Streaming to computers and devices, not just of the big network but also local stations and regional sports entities, was something NewsCorp was planning well before the rise of Aereo... TVNewsCheck

[TV orNotTV] Lazy NBC gives right name, wrong photo

Ron Johnson, a US senator who participated in recent questioning of then-Sec. of Defense Clinton, must have been fresh in a staffer's mind... said person provided the senator's headshot for a report by Natalie Morales that was in fact about the same-named, recently-ousted JCPenney exec... Medi

[TV orNotTV] Re: Shameless endorsement for the original chief...

I have a cousin that is a Civil War buff, and has done lectures and presentations in Union military costume... while I don't think his day job will let him travel that far away from the PA/NJ area, he could be interested in the book... -- BOB -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People

[TV orNotTV] Shameless endorsement for the original chief...

Aaron Barnhart, founder of this message board and of his TVBarn empire, has a new book out. Those who able ought to send some sheckles his way. Called "The Big Divide: A Travel Guide to Historic and Civil War Sites in the Missouri-Kansas Border," he describes the book thusly: Let a historian and a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Another reality TV star dead, but they haven't blamed Dr Drew... yet

After initially promising to keep it on, MTV canned *Buckwild*, and its executive (also manager of most of the cast including the decedent Gandee) is none too pleased, and intends to shop the series elsewhere...

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC Color City to Become--Radio

CC's offices are next door to the studios, so it is a logical move. Except, oh yeah, except for a few VO booths the building isn't configured for radio. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > The Burbank Leader reports that the building now known as the Burbank > Studios will be

[TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

It may be stunt casting, but NCIS usually* makes really good use of its stunt-casted actors (see: Lily Tomlin as McGee's grandmother, Robert Wagner as DiNozo Sr., Bob Newhart as Duckie's colleague/mentor, etc.) - I'm confident this will be as well. *Jury's still out on Jamie Lee Curtis, and the

[TV orNotTV] NBC Color City to Become--Radio

The Burbank Leader reports that the building now known as the Burbank Studios will be taken over by iHeartRadio, Clear Channel's audio service that provides streams of terrestrial radio stations (both CC and other owners, including Cumulus, college radio stations, the Christian music K-Love and

Re: [TV orNotTV] How to Dodge the BBC License Fee (And Why Would You?)

And straddling the fence, Murdoch employees have long called for the BBC to privatize the mass appeal radio nets and sell their most popular TV shows ("Doctor Who," "EastEnders," "Strictly Come Dancing," Graham Norton) to commercial interests--of which I would assume Murdoch's BSkyB would snatch th

Re: [TV orNotTV] How to Dodge the BBC License Fee (And Why Would You?)

Not specifically British (but the child of an ex-pat, so I'm somewhat familiar.) The last time I paid attention, the people dodging the license fee are mostly doing it because they don't want to buy a license, for political or other reasons. In my experience, most of the people accusing the BBC of

[TV orNotTV] Cherry's 'Devious Maids' Premieres on Lifetime June 23

Marc Cherry's soapedy followup to "Desperate Housewives" about 5 Latino maids in Beverly Hills who speak good English and have more on their mind than cleaning houses, based on a Mexican telenovela and boasting Eva Longoria as a producer and Chicago playwright (and acquaintance of mine) Tanya S

Re: [TV orNotTV] How to Dodge the BBC License Fee (And Why Would You?)

I don't think that it's clear whether there is any political bias in broad left/right terms here. In general, it's media outlets like the Daily Mail that particularly have a bee in their bonnet about the BBC. It's strange, because I'm certain that the average Daily Mail reader watches an awful lot

[TV orNotTV] How to Dodge the BBC License Fee (And Why Would You?)

Lately, for some reason the YouTube "Recommended for You" E-mails I get have included this video on how to try to dodge the guy who comes to collect the license fee that keeps the BBC from having to run ads or pledge drives: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfHRhXW1hno&feature=em-subs_digest-vrec

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Fox threatens to go cable if Aereo is legal

Seems to me that they got all of MTM when they bought Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment (the rights to "MTM" and "Bob Newhart," which Viacom originally held thanks to that standard clause in independent producers' contracts with CBS that gave the network syndication rights--and Via

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

Steve Timko, tp JW: > > Do you watch "Mad Men?" He was great as the guitar-playing priest. > Ausiello of course associates him with *Dexter*... and describes his roleon *NCIS* further. -- BOB -- -- TV or Not TV The Sma

[TV orNotTV] THR interview: Scott Pelley

On CBS' election coverage: "I think the viewer saw us as an island of calm in a sea of absurdity in the political campaign." Gives plenty of credit to the new News boss: "*60 Minutes* is still number one after 45 years, *CBS This Morning* is growing by big double digit percentages, and the even

Re: [TV orNotTV] The ladies of The Mary Tyler Moore Show reunite...

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 8:31:12 PM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Kevin M. > > wrote: > >> As ensembles casts go, I'm not sure any series could match the >> chemistry of MTM. As for the show's missing member, I think I've said >> before, Ted Knight did not have

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

Do you watch "Mad Men?" He was great as the guitar-playing priest. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:40 PM, JW wrote: > > Per the various NCIS cast Twitter feeds, Colin Hanks will be guest > > starring in the final two episodes of the season as a Federal > > prosecutor. > > His father would be stunt ca

Re: [TV orNotTV] A Baldwin to Take 1:35 slot on NBC?

It seems like Last Call is already banking segments for future shows, especially with Daly working other programs.  They are also on a four-night schedule, with repeats on Fridays. It also strikes me that more 'late night' programs than not are skipping Friday broadcasts, and has been that way

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:40 PM, JW wrote: >> Per the various NCIS cast Twitter feeds, Colin Hanks will be guest >> starring in the final two episodes of the season as a Federal >> prosecutor. > > His father would be stunt casting, but is Colin a big enough to qualify? Colin is holding his own, s