[TV orNotTV] "Fargo" will do a third season...

...but they won't start on it till next year, Noah Hawley told a media conference call... there was a year-and-a-half gap between the first two rounds of the FX hit... plenty more story details in this Variety piece

[TV orNotTV] Trump top target of late-night jokes

The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, right down the pike from DC, found that between Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, and Noah, during September and October, Don garnered 308 cracks, over 200 more than Mrs Clinton. Variety

[TV orNotTV] Re: BriWi special report: "optional" to affiliates

A few hours after the LA emailer, some cyberwacko(s) jammed up Boston's municipal systems, forcing mayor/commish/school super to reassure locals no credible threat was behind it... CBS Boston

[TV orNotTV] PayPal joins ranks of first-time Super Bowl advertisers

With an odd 45-second spot; CBS' per-30 takes are at least $4.5mil, sources tell Variety (link)... B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[TV orNotTV] BriWi special report: "optional" to affiliates

Variety (link): While on MSNBC, the big network offered, but didn't require, stations to break in with Williams filling in for an ailing Lester Holt on a half-hearted threat emailed to both the LA and NYC

Re: [TV orNotTV] BriWi special report: "optional" to affiliates

I believe the DC affiliate did break in, unless MSNBC fronts their breaking news reports with "NBC News Special Report." David From: Bob Jersey To: TVorNotTV Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 3:54 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] BriWi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Trump ruins rep further in Britain

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > I hope he realises quite how toxic he's making the Trump brand nationally > and internationally. > He has had his ups and downs in business over the years and he figures when the news cycle moves on and he gets back to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Showtime welcomes you to "The Circus"

I don't know how I feel about Mark Halperin and John Heilemann becoming the hardest working men in political show business. Along with this, the Bloomberg (soon to be Bloomberg/MSNBC) show and practically cohosting Morning Joe, when will they have time to write that after-the-fact campaign book?

Re: [TV orNotTV] Showtime welcomes you to "The Circus"

Politics as entertainment. Is it cliche to invoke the "this is why they hate us" line at this point? On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:16 PM, Wesley (in Colorado) < wesley.mc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know how I feel about Mark Halperin and John Heilemann becoming > the hardest working men in

[TV orNotTV] Re: Trump ruins rep further in Britain

On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 8:27:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > Over two years ago, Ol' Comb-Over stuck his surname onto one of golf's > Scottish shrines, Turnberry. > > Prior to that, the course hosted four Open Championships, the last in 2009. > > But, his recent anti-Mexican and

[TV orNotTV] Showtime welcomes you to "The Circus"

Subtitled "Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth," the docuseries serves up half-hour tastes of the Presidential race weekly beginning in January. Bloomberg's Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are showrunners. Variety

[TV orNotTV] Tyler Perry's The Passion of the Madea

The next live musical has been announced. Fox will do a musical of The Passion on Palm Sunday. Tyler Perry will narrate. Given Fox's reputation for class and culture, I'm sure they will handle the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with the utmost dignity.

[TV orNotTV] Howard Stern reportedly said...

...back in his broadcast-radio days that he'd gladly move his show to the Net -- to a station employee ordered by CBS to "bleep" suggestive stuff Howski didn't -- and that there wouldn't be any money in it but he'd be happy. Today (15) he announced a new five-year deal with SiriusXM that also

[TV orNotTV] Here's your 2016 duPont Award winners

Four first-time winners, one of whom the podcast "Serial." The netcast of the presentation is Jan 19th. TVWeek (link) B I might be off for a while, given dad may want to catch up

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Trump ruins rep further in Britain

I hope he realises quite how toxic he's making the Trump brand nationally and internationally. On the other hand, I have enormous doubts about to what extent he's involved in some of these buildings and golf clubs that bear his name. I've long assumed that it's like Richard Branson's Virgin

[TV orNotTV] Kiefer Sutherland back to TV...

...as a low-level Cabinet secretary who suddenly becomes President in *Designated Survivor*, a Mark Gordon effort sent straight to series by ABC. THR (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

[TV orNotTV] NFL switchin' for week 16

The League waited to see what happened with the Giants on MNF last night (14), and when they beat Miami, their Dec. 27 trip to Minnesota got flexed to SNF, as if it wasn't already going to be a chilly one in the TCs... the Dolphins' next matchup, home to Indy, stays at 1 east but jumps to Fox