[TV orNotTV] Re: NJ crime inspires NBC series pickup

2016-01-13 Thread Bob Jersey
Moi, back on 9/6/15: > > > Nellie > > > (link): Alex Cary (*Homeland*) and Aaron Kaplan whip up *The Watcher*, > based on the unsolved case of a wacko whose threatening letters intimidated > a fami

[TV orNotTV] "Heroes" re-dead

2016-01-13 Thread Brad Beam
Or, it was always "an event series." http://www.tvguide.com/news/heroes-reborn-nbc-season-2-canceled/ _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: [TV orNotTV] X-Files premiere party

2016-01-13 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > I've been there but it has been years. I want to go once the Shuttle > Endeavour is in its permanent home. I'd go again if I was guaranteed the > chance to mingle with Gillian Anderson. I k

Re: [TV orNotTV] X-Files premiere party

2016-01-13 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Jan 13, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > I've been there but it has been years. I want to go once the Shuttle > Endeavour is in its permanent home. I'd go again if I was guaranteed the > chance to mingle with Gillian Anderson. I know yesterday was #KissAGingerDay > but I'm willing t

Re: [TV orNotTV] X-Files premiere party

2016-01-13 Thread Adam Bowie
I went to the California Science Center about 18 months ago. I went purely to see Endeavour which was fabulous. But to be honest it's really somewhere to take kids to learn about science. Adam On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > I've been there but it has been years. I want to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NBC's next live December musical

2016-01-13 Thread Kevin M.
I think the secret goal of all of the musicals is to bring back Bochco's "Cop Rock" On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > >> NBC announced that Hairspray will be the next live musical. I saw it as a >> tweet and I'm sure there

Re: [TV orNotTV] X-Files premiere party

2016-01-13 Thread Kevin M.
I've been there but it has been years. I want to go once the Shuttle Endeavour is in its permanent home. I'd go again if I was guaranteed the chance to mingle with Gillian Anderson. I know yesterday was #KissAGingerDay but I'm willing to extend the holiday just for her. On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:3

Re: [TV orNotTV] Al Jazeera America Is Shutting Down

2016-01-13 Thread Kevin M.
Having watched it from time to time, I think in their efforts to appear less beholden to certain fringe Islamic groups, they went out of their way to be bland. That turned out to be a bad business model. On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > Their prime time broadcasts only had 2

[TV orNotTV] X-Files premiere party

2016-01-13 Thread Bob Jersey
At California Science Center (ever been there, SoCal readers?)... with cast members old and new, including show net-maven Kumil Nanjiani and Joel McHale... Variety (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) Pe

[TV orNotTV] Sportscaster Jim Simpson gone

2016-01-13 Thread Bob Jersey
Oddly just as an NFL Films reconstruction of the first Super Bowl, with audio from his NBC Radio call, was about to be unveiled by NFLNet... many years doing many a sport for the Peacock and later in the formative years of ESPN... in Scottsdale, watching an NFL playoff game, of course; 88. Var

[TV orNotTV] NBC defends dual relationship with Trump

2016-01-13 Thread Bob Jersey
That is, letting him appear on news or entertainment programs, but not dealing with his business entities. "[W]e would be out of business" if the latter prevented the former, Robert Greenblatt and alt/late-night chief Paul Telegdy tell TCA. Variety

[TV orNotTV] NBC hoping Jim Burrows reunites "Friends" cast

2016-01-13 Thread Bob Jersey
The well-travelled sitcom director -- with over 1,000 episodes under his belt, including 15 of the onetime Thursday staple -- is being honored in a 2-hr special Feb 21st, and Bob Greenblatt told TCA that while all six stars are slated to appear, the feat will be getting them all in the studio..

[TV orNotTV] Al Jazeera America Is Shutting Down

2016-01-13 Thread Tom Wolper
Their prime time broadcasts only had 20,000-40,000 viewers. 700 workers will be laid off. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/al-jazeera-america-shutting-down -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC's next live December musical

2016-01-13 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > NBC announced that Hairspray will be the next live musical. I saw it as a > tweet and I'm sure there will be linkable articles later today. > First link: http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/hairspray-live-nbc-broadcast_75584

RE: [TV orNotTV] NBC's next live December musical

2016-01-13 Thread Melissa P
Great choice. It’s the first one in the series I’m actually looking forward to. NBC announced that Hairspray will be the next live musical. I saw it as a tweet and I'm sure there will be linkable articles later today. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this mess

[TV orNotTV] NBC's next live December musical

2016-01-13 Thread Tom Wolper
NBC announced that Hairspray will be the next live musical. I saw it as a tweet and I'm sure there will be linkable articles later today. -- -- 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 t

[TV orNotTV] So long, David Margulies

2016-01-13 Thread Bob Jersey
The NY mayor in the *Ghostbusters* films, mob lawyer Neil Mink in "The Sopranos," among many other roles in stage, film and TV. Monday in NY; 78. CNN (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You rece