Re: [TV orNotTV] "UnREAL" gets second round

2015-07-10 Thread Adam Bowie
This series has just started airing in the UK and I'm intrigued enough to give it at least a second episode. I believe the creator of it worked on The Bachelor based on a podcast interview I heard. I think rather than not being accurate (no series set in any profession ever is), it's whether I can

Re: [TV orNotTV] "UnREAL" gets second round

2015-07-10 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > Are you suggesting that this show isn't a documentary? I'm shocked. > Shocked, I say. > > Exactly why I didn't write it. The things that annoyed me were mostly things only someone who had been there would notice (some logistical, technical, an

Re: [TV orNotTV] "UnREAL" gets second round

2015-07-10 Thread Jon Delfin
Are you suggesting that this show isn't a documentary? I'm shocked. Shocked, I say. On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > I watched the pilot on iTunes a while back, and had to fight the urge to > deconstruct what actually happens behind the scenes of a reality show > > On Tue, Jul

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Zoo

2015-07-10 Thread Kevin M.
Fans of John Hodgman's trilogy of books will recognize this as the televised version of his story idea: All animals vs all humans. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/first-blood/id1007480581?i=1010912516 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] "UnREAL" gets second round

2015-07-10 Thread Kevin M.
I watched the pilot on iTunes a while back, and had to fight the urge to deconstruct what actually happens behind the scenes of a reality show On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > The Lifetime effort earns 10 episodes for '16, per THR >

[TV orNotTV] Doctor is in at Comic-Con

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Jersey
Peter Capaldi and company talk up the coming season... I'm surprised, but satisfied, that The Master is still around after all these years, and the THR (link) piece has a trailer... B -- -- TV or Not TV Th

[TV orNotTV] Joss Whedon crashes Comedy Central panel at Comic-Con

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Jersey
The panel was of folks from COM's *Another Period,* sort-of Kardashians mashed with Downton Abbey*, and Whedon its surprise moderator, making sly references to Donald Trump and Paula Deen in spots... THR (link) *t