[TV orNotTV] FoxNews severs relationship with Diamond & Silk

2020-04-27 Thread Kevin M.
I ordinarily wouldn’t pay attention to this story, but lately I’ve begun to suspect that there is an attempt to make it appear as though FoxNews and Trump are falling out of favor with each other. If Trump Tweets or in some other way supports the two babbling morons, I’ll be convinced of it. I susp

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Zoey’s Infinite Playlist

2020-04-27 Thread PGage
My shameful secret of this TV season is that two of the only three new broadcast shows I have watched (and the only two I watched or will watch to completion) were musicals (Perfect Harmony and Zoey). There are so many reasons to hate (or at least be aggressively indifferent towards) these shows, a

[TV orNotTV] So long, Gene Dynarski

2020-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Bit parts in a couple of Star Trek TOS episodes (connecting him to Roger Carmel)... cut out of re-releases of *Close Encounters...* after p!ssing off Spielberg... and twice playing Lloyd Bridges' son on "Seinfeld." Feb 27th in Studio City; 86. https://variety.com/2020/tv/obituaries-people-news/

[TV orNotTV] "Daily Show" expanding to 45 minutes

2020-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Overlapping three certain other hosts, tho probably only till the virus situation improves. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/daily-show-trevor-noah-expand-45-minutes-1234590702/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsu

Re: [TV orNotTV] MSNBC's Chris Matthews absent from air amid sexual harassment allegations

2020-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
PGage, to Kevin M, Joe Hass, and Steve Timko, March 3rd: > > It appears Matthews did not warn anyone at MSNBC that this was his last > show, just announced it. Reports are he has been in negotiations to retire > for a few months now, and recent allegations and bad behavior accelerated > that. I

[TV orNotTV] YouTube to host virtual film festival

2020-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Combining content that would have been at several high-profile events, e.g. Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance... free to watch, tho donations for COVID-19 relief will be requested. https://www.youtube.com/weareone (festival site, no details as I post) https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/youtube-free-

[TV orNotTV] Re: Second SNL At Home Aired 4/25/2020

2020-04-27 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Marti Lawrence, Sun. (4/26): > > This was the second new episode of the experimental version of Saturday > Night Live, which is somewhat of a misnomer, since I don't know if any of > it was done "live" (I think all the skits were pre-taped, but Weekend > Update might have been live). Nothing ex

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: A Parks and Rec reunion

2020-04-27 Thread PGage
So, I’m going to push back on this.The fact that you have to go back to Sid Caesar, who last ran a regular live television sketch show 61 years ago, as an example of how not difficult it is to do a live show seems more an argument for my side. Plus, Caesar had a team of writers that is to this da

Re: [TV orNotTV] Administrivia: Linking To (Possibly) Paywalled Articles

2020-04-27 Thread Ron Casalotti
This is a question I've come across several times in my former professional roles as social media lead for major brands such as Business Week, Bloomberg and KPMG. The solution I've recommended was to post a brief paraphrase of the main point of the article followed by the link, and then if a su