[TV orNotTV] RIP: Alan Thicke, 69

2016-12-13 Thread Doug Eastick
http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/13/alan-thicke-dead/ playing hockey in Burbank with his son. Likely heart attack. -- -- 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 tv

[TV orNotTV] 'Salem' Ending on WGNA After 3 Years

2016-12-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
WGN America's first dive into original scripted series is ending after three seasons and showrunner Brannon Braga says that they will be able to wrap up the story and thanks Tribune Media for its cooperation, blah, blah, blah, while Chicago expatriates out of the demo are still hoping for the r

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2016-12-13 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > Coming soon to US audiences, from the BBC and ITV, is a "Netflix-style" on > demand service called BritBox: > > https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/13/bbc-and-itv- > to-launch-britbox-on-demand-service-in-us > > Another OTT streaming ser

[TV orNotTV] TBS Weirdcoms Get Second Seasons

2016-12-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
"People of Earth," the Wyatt Cenac alien abduction sitcom from Greg Daniels and Conanco, will be back next year, along with "Search Party," the very strange serialized sitcom about a missing millennial somewhere in Brooklyn that played out over the course of Thanksgiving week in the "Conan" slot

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2016-12-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Well, I consider this as the expats who complain so much about BBCA airing "Star Trek: TNG" reruns and endless Gordon Ramsay and "Top Gear"(and used to complain about "Changing Rooms and "Ground Force") either putting up or shutting up (along with Acorn, of course). If they want their damn "EastE

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno sells a car for a friend

2016-12-13 Thread Joe Hass
Despite growing up in Detroit, I do not have an automotive bone in my body. But I love car guys and gals because there are few people as passionate about things like that. And you can feel it coming out of every second of this video. Thanks for sharing this, Kev. It was 17 minutes well spent. On

[TV orNotTV] SemiNoTV: Veteran NY DJ, Singer of 'Green Door' Dies at 93

2016-12-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Jim Lowe had a taste of national fame in 1956 when his song "Green Door" knocked Elvis out of the number 1 slot on the Billboard charts, which got him some TV gigs (including hosting CBS' "Sing Along" with the recently deceased Florence Henderson), but is perhaps best known for his long career

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: Arsenio Joining Tom Joyner's Radio Sidekicks

2016-12-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
One day a week, as part of a rotating group of comedians replacing J. Anthony Brown, who supposedly left the syndicated morning show because Joyner couldn't get together a weekend show for him (Joyner syndicates himself through Reach Media)--the other comics are Bill Bellamy ("Last Comic Standi

[TV orNotTV] BritBox

2016-12-13 Thread Adam Bowie
Coming soon to US audiences, from the BBC and ITV, is a "Netflix-style" on demand service called BritBox: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/13/bbc-and-itv-to-launch-britbox-on-demand-service-in-us Another OTT streaming service seeking a monthly fee for access to a host of programmes. Cl