Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Millers' Gone

This must be one of "TV By The Numbers" biggest misses in a long time. Back in October they wrote: "While [we] like to make pre-season "certain to be renewed" predictions for > shows beginning a full third season, [we] have never done so for a second > season show. That changes today. > > After

[TV orNotTV] 'Millers' Gone

The Will Arnett sitcom will shoot one more episode and an episode will air Monday night, but the second season series is dead: http://www.thewrap.com/the-millers-canceled-by-cbs/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp I'm not going to defend the series, because it was a st

[TV orNotTV] MTV Personality Dies at 32 of Cancer

I wasn't familiar of the work of Diem Brown, who was a contestant on MTV's "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" and went on to host what is now known as "The Challenge," along with doing entertainment reporting for the channel, but anyone dying of cancer at the age of 32 in this day and age is just

Re: [TV orNotTV] Edelstein: What's the Deal About Upturned Finger Ad for My Bravo Show?

Just for the record: The poster is hanging in NYC bus stops. Gave me a bit of a start when I spotted my first one. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Lisa Edelstein, Dr. House's former compadre and star of "Girlfriends' > Guide to Divorce," Bravo's first entry into actual sc

Re: [TV orNotTV] Attempt To Class Up E! with Von Furstenberg Reality Comp Failing, Hammer Pissed

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > "House of DVF," a reality comp of fashionistas competing for a job with > Diane Von Furstenberg, was supposed to add some class appeal to the TV home > of the Kardashians, but instead is stinking up in the ratings, and NBCU > cable chief Bon

[TV orNotTV] Edelstein: What's the Deal About Upturned Finger Ad for My Bravo Show?

Lisa Edelstein, Dr. House's former compadre and star of "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce," Bravo's first entry into actual scripted programming, is non plussed over transit companies in NY and LA banning the ad for the show where she holds up her ring finger (not the middle finger) with a caption

[TV orNotTV] TNT Booms 'Perception'

As Kevin Reilly takes over programming at Turner, it's housecleaning time at the problematic drama channel, and the blue-sky procedurals that have been the channel's trademark seem to be going one-by-one--according to a tweet from star Eric MacCormack. "Perception" is dead after three seasons,

[TV orNotTV] Nielsen: TV Needs New Ratings System

The ratings company is calling for an overhaul of the current television ratings system and a new model based on measuring all forms of access to program content, whether on-air, on cable or satellite or online, and ratings for ad campaigns incorporating all means of insertion: http://www.media

[TV orNotTV] Attempt To Class Up E! with Von Furstenberg Reality Comp Failing, Hammer Pissed

"House of DVF," a reality comp of fashionistas competing for a job with Diane Von Furstenberg, was supposed to add some class appeal to the TV home of the Kardashians, but instead is stinking up in the ratings, and NBCU cable chief Bonnie Hammer, who considers herself a friend of Von Furstenber

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'MST3K' on PTV?

Of course, you're all correct, but there is that dwindling minority that will complain about anything that doesn't fit with their definition of public broadcasting. And it seems to be an unavoidable fact of life for both radio and television in this country and elsewhere. Last week, NPR celebrate

[TV orNotTV] Marc Summers: OCD complicated my career

HuffPost (link), showing clips from OWN's "Where Are They Now?": After an "Oprah classic" appearance where he admitted to having OCD and hoped to help educate others about it, "for some reas

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'MST3K' on PTV?

M-D November wrote: > (Tried posting this last night, but GG appears to have eaten my post...) > > Public television (specifically, WHYY/12 in Philadelphia) is where I > discovered "Red Dwarf". > > That is all. Samesies, only with UNC-TV. And Robot Wars. :) ~D -- -- TV or Not TV .

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'MST3K' on PTV?

(Tried posting this last night, but GG appears to have eaten my post...) Public television (specifically, WHYY/12 in Philadelphia) is where I discovered "Red Dwarf". That is all. On Thursday, November 13, 2014 3:21:18 PM UTC-5, K.M. Richards wrote: > > PTV is where I discovered Monty Python, "F

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'MST3K' on PTV?

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > It's not a return of production (that is probably an impossibility for many > reasons), And yet Joel spoke of bringing the show back earlier this year in Wired. Fingers crossed Turkey Day brings an announcement. -- +++ Joe Cou

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'MST3K' on PTV?

I had no friends when I was twelve, so pretty much anything now is a marked improvement On Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 22:49 PGage wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Kevin M. wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, K.M. Richards wrote: PTV is where I discovered Monty Python, My first Python