Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: True Detective Season Two

Well, obviously, I thought Season 2 got far more complicated than Season 1 - and needlessly so. Yes, the basic plot of committing murder to gain control of the railroad land was simple, but the convolutions needed to get there: who murdered Caspere? Why the bird mask? Why not kill Velcoro the f

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

What we know so far is that the new marquee's east-facing sign is back-lit and reads "The Late Show Starring." The endcaps seem to be video screens that (in the photos I've seen) say "with Stephen Colbert." My guess is that either the long main piece is going to stay static or the electrics were

[TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Frank Gifford

With all the principals gone - Bethlehem, PA's Chuck Bednarik (earlier this year), Gifford, and photographer John Zimmerman (2002) - now it can be told, by the latter's son, that the classic photo of the two players at the end of the second Eagles-Giants meeting in 1960 - both won by "Concrete

[TV orNotTV] New TV attempt at 'Friday The 13th'

CW's developing it, their boss told TCA, with the folks that brought us *The Pretender.* They're also looking at a version of the 2000 flick *Frequency*... and the Archie Comics gang. THR (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] Man cleared of murder sues 'Cold Justice'

About a year after the D!ck Wolf-co-produced TNT series covered the case of Steven Noffsinger, he seeks a jury trial of the parties involved -- including the show's presenters, the county sheriff and the arresting deputies, and a slew of Does -- for invasion of privacy, making false and inaccur

[TV orNotTV] I went back to that famous festival today...

...where on-air personalities from our cableco were ambushed by a drunkard * last year... Instead of the modest platform under a modest canopy, they had this elevated one looking

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 4:29 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Per this Vulture article, it's on a two-week tryout. FWIW, I'm now > curious enough to check in on Late Night. > > http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/defense-of-the-late-night-monologue.html > > Pa

RE: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Thanks for the link. Annoyed that I can’t make any of those dates. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Jeffries Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 7:21 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Yet nothing available on that site for televised shows. David From: Mark Jeffries To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day Meanwhile, Colbert's doing six test shows the last week of August a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: True Detective Season Two

In fact the plot in S2 was pretty straightforward as you say. Yes the way things linked up took time, and you did have to pay attention to it. Unlike 90% of television there mostly weren't great long exposition scenes (there were one or two). Like everyone else, I wouldn't pretend that it was as go

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Per this Vulture article, it's on a two-week tryout.  FWIW, I'm now curious enough to check in on Late Night. http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/defense-of-the-late-night-monologue.html Part of the case advanced in the article is that for those who aren't taking the shows virally, that is watching t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 4:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Excellent question. The website and the Colbr app are more dominated by a > slightly lighter blue, with white and red as accents. > So, if "Late Show" is going to be in red, with his name in t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Meanwhile, Colbert's doing six test shows the last week of August and first week of September--tickets are available now: http://www.showclix.com/event/TheLateShowwithStephenColb604314 Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman'

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Excellent question.  The website and the Colbr app are more dominated by a slightly lighter blue, with white and red as accents. David From: PGage To: "tvornottv@googlegroups.com" Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Does this mean that Colbert's color scheme is going to be dominated by that red (or pink or whatever it is), as Dave's was by yellow? On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 4:03 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Based on the shot in the Wrap, I retract my claim of video

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

Based on the shot in the Wrap, I retract my claim of video elements in the marquee.  I was under the impression that Colbert's name would cycle with the show name on the front of the marquee, but I don't think that's the case, at least not right now. David From: Bob Jersey To: TVorNotTV

[TV orNotTV] George Lopez to TVLand

[I just got a fragrance sample as part of today's rain-soaked Postal mail, and boy, does it stink in the computer room...] He's doing a serialized comedy based on himself, single cam, 12 episodes coming in 2016. THR (lin

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: True Detective Season Two

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:43 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Beyond the opaque incoherence of Season 2, my quick take on why it was so > bad was that, last year, Harrelson and McConnnaughey are good enough actors > and Cary Fukunaga a good enough director th

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

David Bruggeman, to moi: > > Based on the StephenAtHome Twitter banner, the marquee of the Ed is ready, > with at least some video elements. > http://twitter.com/StephenAtHome > > And TheWrap (l

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: True Detective Season Two

Beyond the opaque incoherence of Season 2, my quick take on why it was so bad was that, last year, Harrelson and McConnnaughey are good enough actors and Cary Fukunaga a good enough director that they all realized they were working on a piece of pulpy cheese and approached it from that direction

Re: [TV orNotTV] TCA gives out awards

That never got traction, nor did Letterman's observation of how much British Jimmy resembles Andy Richter. David From: Karen Owen To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] TCA gives out awards I'm calling him "the Tubby Kid" sin

Re: [TV orNotTV] TCA gives out awards

I'm calling him "the Tubby Kid" since that what David Letterman called him on the Late Late Show guest hosted by Regis. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this mes

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: True Detective Season Two

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:41 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > (SNIP) Some of the criticism I've read is particularly misjudged. Yes, you > have to work with the storyline. It's not all laid out before you. But I > like that. Even in this gold/diamond age of television, storylines in > television are still

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Diner wrote: > On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 9:45:47 AM UTC-4, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > >> Seems like every new talk show has made this kind of statement, about >> "shaking up" the monologue, but it never seems to actually come to >> fruition. >> > > And of cours

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 9:45:47 AM UTC-4, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > Seems like every new talk show has made this kind of statement, about > "shaking up" the monologue, but it never seems to actually come to > fruition. > > Coincidentally, just last night Seth Meyers ditched his stand-up

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day

>> On Aug 10, 2015, at 10:36 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV >> wrote: >> >> In case you didn't follow the tweetblog, here's Vulture's take. >> >> http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/11-things-we-learned-from-stephen-colbert-tca-session.html > 4. While he declined to get specific, Colbert seem

Re: [TV orNotTV] debates

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Chris Neuman wrote: > > No more talk of Canadian politics unless it is tangentially related to TV. > I promise. > this is about TV I promise.. What kinda makes me wonder about the whole system is how many former media stars that covered elections for CB

Re: [TV orNotTV] debates

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:20 AM John Edwards wrote: > the Conservatives announced earlier this year that they would not > participate in the Consortium debates this year (for reasons I'm not > entirely sure of) > IANACanadian, but as I understand it, Harper and his Government are obsessive abo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: True Detective Season Two

I've stayed away from this until I got a chance to see the season finale last night. I came late to True Detective. I watched the first season over a few nights a couple of months ago, just ahead of this season airing. While I knew that it was unlikely any knowledge carried through from one season

[TV orNotTV] Re: TCA gives out awards

> Shouldn't "British Jimmy" actually be "British Seth" based on timeslots? As Brad said, it's a way of distinguishing Corden from the other Jameses in late night. (I'm amenable to "English Jimmy" if people prefer it.) > SCG came from when Conan was in the 12:30 slot, non? Ferguson actually calle