Re: [TV orNotTV] FW: Andy Cohen Prepping 'I Slept With a Celebrity' Reality Show

2014-06-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Melissa P wrote: > > > Suppose some guy falsely claims he had a one night stand with Tom Cruise. > Do you think Cruise isn’t going to sue the show? > > > > Threats of lawsuits do keep projects (a lot less obviously problematic > from a legal standpoint) from going

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Arsenio Gets Renewed

2014-06-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > On May 31, Diner replied to Tom Wolper and Brad Beam, in part: > >> BTW, Arsenio is listed as a guest on Letterman this coming Wednesday, >> June 4. Wondering whether the booking will now be cancelled is one of those >> things that make you

RE: [TV orNotTV] FW: Andy Cohen Prepping 'I Slept With a Celebrity' Reality Show

2014-06-03 Thread Melissa P
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Melissa P wrote: I’m not an attorney, but I can’t imagine this show getting off… the ground. http://shar.es/VMIL1 Andy Cohen is looking to expand his empire.The host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live and exec producer behind The Real Housewives franchise i

[TV orNotTV] ABC o&os halfway home to news-library digitization

2014-06-03 Thread Bob Jersey
TVNewsCheck (link): The NY, Chicago, Philly and SF outlets' footage are now converted... LA and Houston are next, and the company is still mulling whether to do so for more-recent acquisitions Raleigh/Durham and

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Alice the Maid' Dead at 88

2014-06-03 Thread Ben Scripps
> Without doubt that was the single best network primetime line-up in > history. I was a kid, and even at the time I knew how special it was (I > believe the order was Family, MASH, MTM. BN and CB). Each one of those > shows has a legitimate claim to being in the TV Hall of Fame. I don't disagree,

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Alice the Maid' Dead at 88

2014-06-03 Thread PGage
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > >> I know "The Bob Newhart Show" went into syndication because it went off > the air when I was four but I have vivid memories of watching it throughout > my childhood, so much so that "Newhart" was a struggle for me to watch > initially because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Arsenio Gets Renewed

2014-06-03 Thread Bob Jersey
On May 31, Diner replied to Tom Wolper and Brad Beam, in part: > > BTW, Arsenio is listed as a guest on Letterman this coming Wednesday, June > 4. Wondering whether the booking will now be cancelled is one of those > things that make you go "hmm..." > Sue T's page (updated this afternoon (3)!)

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC fall premieres revealed

2014-06-03 Thread Bob Jersey
M-D November, to BigOShowtime and Doug Eastick: > > I know I risk a Man Card by saying this, but..."About A Boy" has really > grown on me. > Their overall season in-slot rating was up 20% and they led their competition consistently, they boast in the perfunctory pee-arr posted on their thefuto

[TV orNotTV] Re: Gannett Stations Hooking Up With Wendy, 'Feud' Syndicator

2014-06-03 Thread Bob Jersey
Making for more on-screen clutter during crucial scenes? 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] FW: Andy Cohen Prepping 'I Slept With a Celebrity' Reality Show

2014-06-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Melissa P wrote: > I’m not an attorney, but I can’t imagine this show getting off… the ground. > > http://shar.es/VMIL1 > > Andy Cohen is looking to expand his empire.The host of Bravo's Watch What > Happens Live and exec producer behind The Real Housewives franchi

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC fall premieres revealed

2014-06-03 Thread M-D November
I know I risk a Man Card by saying this, but..."About A Boy" has really grown on me. On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 9:05:35 AM UTC-4, BigOShowtime wrote: > > The Voice... because singing. > > And A to Z... because I think Cristin Milioti is a cutie. Don't judge me. > > ~D > > "Eastick wrote: >

[TV orNotTV] FW: Andy Cohen Prepping 'I Slept With a Celebrity' Reality Show

2014-06-03 Thread Melissa P
I'm not an attorney, but I can't imagine this show getting off. the ground. http://shar.es/VMIL1 Andy Cohen is looking to expand his empire.The host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live and exec producer behind The Real Housewives franchise is developing an unscripted series with the title I Slep

Re: [TV orNotTV] Clinton to Get Grilling on CNN June 17

2014-06-03 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
FWIW, Fallon cracked a pants suit joke when news broke of the future Clinton grandchild.  It didn't take. David From: Mark Jeffries Subject: [TV orNotTV] Clinton to Get Grilling on CNN June 17 And what is it about baggers and pants suits?  Does Sarah P

Re: [TV orNotTV] Clinton to Get Grilling on CNN June 17

2014-06-03 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > And what is it about baggers and pants suits? Does Sarah Palin dress like > Gretchen Carlson, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Megyn Kelly? > They all shop at the Credibility Gap -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV

[TV orNotTV] Clinton to Get Grilling on CNN June 17

2014-06-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
The town hall session will originate at Washington's Newseum (where attendees can go to the special "Anchorman" exhibit--yes, as in Ron Burgundy--before the telecast) on June 17, will be hosted by Christiane Amanpour and is stated to be a "no holds barred" event--but the baggers will still bitc

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Alice the Maid' Dead at 88

2014-06-03 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Newhart did go into syndication--I recall WMAQ in Chicago airing Newhart > back-to-back with MTM (of course), but of course it was the kind of show > that indie stations wouldn't run out of the after-school cartoons like "The > Brady Bunch."

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Alice the Maid' Dead at 88

2014-06-03 Thread stannc
I'm old enough for a "current events" report that I did in third grade in the spring of 1974 to have been about the "Friday Nighr Massacre", where The Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, and Odd Couple were all cancelled by ABC. Most of my memories of the show, though come from mid through late 70s r

[TV orNotTV] Gannett Stations Hooking Up With Wendy, 'Feud' Syndicator

2014-06-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
The TV station arm of the media giant and Debmar-Mercury, the syndication arm of Lionsgate that syndicates Wendy Williams, "Family Feud" and the forthcoming "Celebrity Name Game" (and created "The Tyler Perry Model" for multi-cam sitcoms that sells 20 eps of a series to cable and then a back 80

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: They who once worked on films' ratings...

2014-06-03 Thread Kevin M.
My favorite MPAA story was the documentary released a few years ago on teen bullying received an R rating, while Hunger Games, a movie about teenagers killing each other for sport, got a PG13. On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Joe Hass wrote: > To put it bluntly, almost every movie now wants a P

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: They who once worked on films' ratings...

2014-06-03 Thread Joe Hass
To put it bluntly, almost every movie now wants a PG-13 rating, The MPAA has effectively turned PG-13 into a defacto R-minus. enabling them to get away with a boatload of stuff while still enjoying the sweet, sweet teenage cash. The fact, (as Mr Bowie notes) they don't give a clear delineation abou

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Alice the Maid' Dead at 88

2014-06-03 Thread Joe Hass
I'm trying to remember what I would have seen during rerun time. I know the Brady Bunch was one of them, but it didn't click. I would write this off as almost nothing on TV that wasn't a game show or Looney Tunes didn't appeal to me. I remember Transformers and TMNT, but neither caught my eye, and

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC fall premieres revealed

2014-06-03 Thread K.M. Richards
Wait ... you mean NBC still exists? I thought it had become a Comcast cable network. On Monday, June 2, 2014 7:01:08 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > It's official: I won't be watching anything on NBC this fall. > > -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this messag

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: They who once worked on films' ratings...

2014-06-03 Thread Adam Bowie
In the UK there's been a recent trend for producers to seek advice officially from the BBFC (our ratings board). They can actually do it at the script stage or certainly during the production process. While the MPAA is the be-all and end-all in the matter since the US rating is most important, ther

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Star-studded revival of 'Hair' headed to H'wood Bowl

2014-06-03 Thread Bob Jersey
TheWrap (link): Adam Shankman is directing and choreographing the first-weekend-August engagement of Rado, Ragni, and MacDermot's classic, wit

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: They who once worked on films' ratings...

2014-06-03 Thread Bob Jersey
...now help producers get the rating *they* want for a film... TheWrap (link) 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 t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy story in the Washington Post

2014-06-03 Thread chialex
I wish I got hugs. All I got were those earbuds and they didn't even last me the month. ~D 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV wrote: > > What?  No mention of the earbuds?  (Apparently new this year) > > > There were no hugs during my Saturday mid-day session.  And Maggie helped run > my

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC fall premieres revealed

2014-06-03 Thread chialex
The Voice... because singing. And A to Z... because I think Cristin Milioti is a cutie. Don't judge me. ~D "Eastick wrote: > Parenthood is the only thing on that list (except football) that I will > watch. > > > On 6/2/2014 10:01 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > It's official: I won't be watchi

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC fall premieres revealed

2014-06-03 Thread Ed Dravecky
Kevin M. wrote: > It's official: I won't be watching anything on NBC this fall. I must confess a fascination with "The Blacklist" but that and "Grimm" are the only returning NBC shows I still follow. -- Ed Dravecky Dallas, Texas -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received