[TV orNotTV] Re: OT: My dad's health

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
Well, the insurance got antsy, and said dad would have to leave the rehab by the end of next week. He's energized at least a little, as the food "sucks" IHHO (he has gotten 'chewable' meals, tho that he could was thanks to a mixup), and no amount of adjustment to the HVAC system will satisfy h

Re: [TV orNotTV] SortaTV: Columbia House closes

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
At what age, Joe, were you finally able to have a portable radio? 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 f

[TV orNotTV] IMDB Top 250 television shows list

2015-08-14 Thread Steve Timko
IMDB has released a list of it's top 250 TV series. http://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv?ref_=hm_nf_ttv_sm I immediately for one of my favorite shows, "Bakersfield P.D." It was listed despite it's 8.8 rating (more than enough to make the list). I guess it doesn't have enough ratings to make the list.

[TV orNotTV] Re: SortaTV: Columbia House closes

2015-08-14 Thread K.M. Richards
I was a member of Columbia House (I think it was called Columbia Record and Tape Club when I joined, which would give you some idea of how close I am age-wise to the dinosaurs) and also of RCA's (later BMG) similar club, which had product from some labels Columbia didn't ... and vice versa ...

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

2015-08-14 Thread Jay Lewis
On 2015-08-14 4:02 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: On Aug 14, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Tom Wolper > wrote: Someone posted a screenshot of a Reddit exchange to alt.fan.letterman on FB. In the comments he noted that it was in the pics subreddit. “gameshowutopia,” the Reddit user w

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

2015-08-14 Thread Tom Wolper
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > On Aug 14, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Tom Wolper wrote: > > Someone posted a screenshot of a Reddit exchange to alt.fan.letterman on > FB. In the comments he noted that it was in the pics subreddit. > > > “gameshowutopia,” the Reddit user who was

Re: [TV orNotTV] SortaTV: Columbia House closes

2015-08-14 Thread Joe Hass
In the summer of 1978, I was four-and-a-half, my brother was almost three, and my mom was pregnant with my sister (who would wind up being born December 26). We lived in a ranch with no central air, so my mom was miserable as she was watching the two of us. One day, I came running into the house.

[TV orNotTV] Re: "Best Time Ever" gets slightly better sked

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
http://deadline.com/2015/08/best-time-ever-with-neil-patrick-harris-tuesday-schedule-change-1201499416/ 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 tvorn

[TV orNotTV] "Best Time Ever" gets slightly better sked

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
Nellie (link): The Tuesday-night NPH-led revue still will do a couple of rounds at 10 e/p, the weeks of the *America's Got Talent* capper and *Voice* opener, but the remaining segments will switch to 8, ostensibly moving 2hr *Voice*s back to 9. B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) Pe

[TV orNotTV] 2nd woman to do NFL play-by-play debuts tonight

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
Beth Mowins, familiar to many from ESPN, will work the Raiders' local coverage of their preseason game with former LA mates the Rams, which like all such games gets national carriage, sometime in the next couple days, by NFLNet... the pioneer, Gayle Sierens, was called "Sirens" by an Aypee jou

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

2015-08-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Aug 14, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Tom Wolper wrote: > > Someone posted a screenshot of a Reddit exchange to alt.fan.letterman on FB. > In the comments he noted that it was in the pics subreddit. “gameshowutopia,” the Reddit user who was the poster, is Adam, the Madame Tussaud’s tour guide in thi

[TV orNotTV] A whole ESPN docuseries may end up a bust

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
*Snoop and Son: A Dad's Dream*, first aired by the Bristol Bunch in January and now on YouTube, profiled rap icon (and admitted smoker of a certain plant) Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus* and his boy Cordell, at the time working on earning college interest for his football play at a Vegas high sch

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

2015-08-14 Thread Tom Wolper
This just in about the marquee: Someone posted a screenshot of a Reddit exchange to alt.fan.letterman on FB. In the comments he noted that it was in the pics subreddit. Though I will attach the screenshot, for those who get this in plain text and who do not want to open the attachment, gameshowuto

[TV orNotTV] Kring clears up some "Heroes" stuff

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
THR (link): Such as, that the new show's storyline will pick up present-day, as if the original series hadn't ended. Most of his TCA exchange was rehash of stuff he was asked back at Comic-Con, which is linked-to. B

[TV orNotTV] D!ck Wolf on "Chicago" crossovers, "L&O" stuff

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
THR (link): Two of the first-responder series' characters have been dating one another of late, and Wolf told TCA multiple stories split among the shows are on the coming season's slate, including a whopping f

[TV orNotTV] "Training Day" sequel on CBS docket

2015-08-14 Thread Bob Jersey
THR (link): The Eye tosses a "hefty pilot-production commitment" to a present-day followup to the 2001 flick, with original director Antoine Fuqua on board along with Bruckheimer and Littman (*CSI*). B --