RE: [TV orNotTV] Billy Bob Thornton to D. Kelley project at Amazon

2015-07-25 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Jersey >When was Thornton on Big Bang Theory? This past season, in “The Misinterpretation Agitation” (originally aired 10/30/14). He played a shy doctor infatuated with pharmaceutical sales rep Penny. _ _

Re: [TV orNotTV] Billy Bob Thornton to D. Kelley project at Amazon

2015-07-25 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
BBT Guested on the first episode of the 2014-15 season. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 24, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Sources tell THR (link) The Trial, now that the recent Fargo guest-star is on > board as alky-holic lawyer McBride, will now go straight-to-series. > > When was Thorn

[TV orNotTV] Key & Peele Pullling the Plug

2015-07-25 Thread PGage
Current season is their last (plan on making a film together every three years or so). Their recent sketch with the Feminist Pirate Song was first rate, and the show for my money is always worth watching (though they do have their share of misses). http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/25/key-and-pee

Re: [TV orNotTV] Hogan, WWE parting

2015-07-25 Thread Joe Coughlin
Flair's appearing more as his daughter Charlotte, the former NXT women's champion, was just promoted to the main WWE roster. The money's currently on him to replace Hogan on Tough Enough (which has been pulled from On Demand services). On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 12:42 AM, M-D November wrote: > The o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-25 Thread Kevin M.
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:51 AM, PGage wrote: > > > But capitalism is not about making a profit, it is about continually > increasing profits. A real news cable channel could make a small, stable > profit, but not the kinds of margins the mega-corps demand for their > shareholders. > > Your poin

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-25 Thread PGage
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:26 AM, K.M. Richards wrote: > I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find you were right about that, > Kevin. > > Yet NBCCastiversal (or whatever their corporate name is now) can't get > their minds around the idea that a loose cannon can attract eyeballs if it > goes

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-25 Thread K.M. Richards
I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find you were right about that, Kevin. Yet NBCCastiversal (or whatever their corporate name is now) can't get their minds around the idea that a loose cannon can attract eyeballs if it goes off as expected. I phrase it that way because both in MSNBC's an

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wyatt Cenac on blow up with Jon Stewart

2015-07-25 Thread Steve Timko
Kingfisher is almost a code word though. . . Sent from TypeMail On Jul 25, 2015, 8:57 AM, at 8:57 AM, PGage wrote: >On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 8:09 AM, PGage wrote: >For the younger list members, there has been a long and heated >controversy >about "Amos and Andy" going back to its radio days in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wyatt Cenac on blow up with Jon Stewart

2015-07-25 Thread PGage
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 8:09 AM, PGage wrote: For the younger list members, there has been a long and heated controversy about "Amos and Andy" going back to its radio days in the 40s and 30s, then intensifying when it was brought to television. I remember as a kid identifying A&A as the epitome of

[TV orNotTV] NBC separates two summer comedies

2015-07-25 Thread Bob Jersey
THR (link): Craig Robinson's *Mr. Robinson* and Jerrod Carmichael's *Carmichael Show*, originally planned as a pairing following *AGT* Wednesdays in the 9/8 central hour, will now air as three weeks of bac

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wyatt Cenac on blow up with Jon Stewart

2015-07-25 Thread Steve Timko
It would be interesting to hear Larry Wilmore's take on this. Sent from TypeMail On Jul 24, 2015, 9:47 PM, at 9:47 PM, PGage wrote: >On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Tom Wolper wrote: >> >> I just listened to the WTF Cenac interview and the TDS story was long >and >> nuanced. They spent abo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wyatt Cenac on blow up with Jon Stewart

2015-07-25 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
I couldn't disagree more with the characterization of "Amos and Andy." While it labored under the control of Correll and Gosden, as far as the television version of the show goes, with the exception of Andy, George Stevens, and Sapphire, the characters were hard-working intelligent professional