[TV orNotTV] Dolan out the moola -Cablevision to be sold

2015-09-16 Thread Ron Casalotti
The Dolan family cashes out: Altice to buy U.S. firm Cablevision for $17.7 billion: sources http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/17/us-cablevision-m-a-altice-idUSKCN0RH00H20150917 Ron Casalotti Wayne,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie taping report: "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"

2015-09-16 Thread Pete Ahles
That "Planet of the Apps" desk piece was on Wednesday's show. Pete On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 12:11 AM, M-D November wrote: > (Typing this on my iPad, so please forgive any autocorrect idiocy) > > My wife and I were able to snag tickets for yesterday's (9/15) "one-week > anniversary" show back wh

[TV orNotTV] It's the Late Late Showwwww baby

2015-09-16 Thread Doug Eastick
I got tickets for Monday night 21st. -- -- 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 from this group, send email to tvo

[TV orNotTV] Quickie taping report: "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"

2015-09-16 Thread M-D November
(Typing this on my iPad, so please forgive any autocorrect idiocy) My wife and I were able to snag tickets for yesterday's (9/15) "one-week anniversary" show back when the first batch of takings became available. In retrospect, the guest lists for tonight and Friday are a bit more desirable, bu

[TV orNotTV] Disney: American Experience

2015-09-16 Thread PGage
I am wondering what folks here (especially those who know about animation) thought of the 4-hour Disney doc this week? I enjoyed it a great deal, though do not know enough about the pre-war Disney to judge who accurate or comprehensive it was. My most direct knowledge of the man came 10-20 years a

[TV orNotTV] Co-star of FXX show now admits to 9/11 fib

2015-09-16 Thread Bob Jersey
Lisa D , NY's ABC7 (links): Steve Rannazzisi, whose show *The League *is ending after the current

[TV orNotTV] Numbers: NPH begins solidly

2015-09-16 Thread Bob Jersey
*Best Time Ever* arrived in its temporary spot (link to my report) with a 1.9 adult-demo rating and 6.8 million viewers, keeping much of *AGT*'s season-finale figger of

[TV orNotTV] CBS chief saw Rather flick ahead of festival... and panned it

2015-09-16 Thread Bob Jersey
THR (link) learned that *Truth* had been screened for Les Moonves months before its reported 'premiere' at the Toronto Film Festival - where the real Dan praised the Bob Redford effort for its accuracy and sympathy -

Re: [TV orNotTV] The View Bashes Miss America Nurse (was: Vanessa L. Williams...)

2015-09-16 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Sep 16, 2015, at 12:03 AM, Ed Dravecky wrote: > > Oh, and the new Miss America is not who you think she is. Baciliky > Cantrell is named for her Greek grandmother. She adopted the nickname > "Betty" to fit in at school. Born in 1994 — “Betty”? I think she would have fit in better in scho

Re: [TV orNotTV] The View Bashes Miss America Nurse (was: Vanessa L. Williams...)

2015-09-16 Thread PGage
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Melissa P wrote: > Sorry, we’ll have to disagree. I didn’t see The View, but an abbreviated > TED-like talk, no matter what the subject, is out of place in a segment > that features the contestants showing off a skill in one of the arts. > Years of hard work and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big Jaw may drive you somewhere tonight

2015-09-16 Thread Joe Hass
"Why did you rate the driver one star?" "BECAUSE HE STOLE THE TONIGHT SHOW TWICE!" On Tue, Sep 15, 2015, 21:53 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Mr. Leno is supposedly an UberBLACK driver this evening, in some effort to > promote his upcoming CNBC program. I

Re: [TV orNotTV] The View Bashes Miss America Nurse (was: Vanessa L. Williams...)

2015-09-16 Thread Ed Dravecky
Melissa P wrote: > BTW I like the winner for having an old-fashioned name. There > are not too many Bettys around these days. Crafting and delivering an original monologue is just as much a talent worthy of demonstration as singing a pop standard or doing a cup stacking routine (as last year's w