Re: [TV orNotTV] Joe Rogan signs a $100 million-plus deal with Spotify

2020-05-22 Thread PGage
I see the similarity Kevin, but I think Penn is several octaves higher than either Pat Buchanan or Joe Rogan. BTW I took my son to see Penn and Teller last year and we had up such a great time at their show. Like about a third of the audience at one time or another I got called on stage to be a pr

Re: [TV orNotTV] Joe Rogan signs a $100 million-plus deal with Spotify

2020-05-22 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 8:12 PM Joe Hass wrote: > If you want an excellent description of Rogan, you'll do worse than this > profile by Devin Gordon for The Atlantic. > > > https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/my-joe-rogan-experience/594802/ > > Here's the money quote: > > "J

Re: [TV orNotTV] Joe Rogan signs a $100 million-plus deal with Spotify

2020-05-22 Thread Joe Hass
If you want an excellent description of Rogan, you'll do worse than this profile by Devin Gordon for The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/my-joe-rogan-experience/594802/ Here's the money quote: "Joe likes Jack (Dorsey). He likes Milo Yiannopoulos. He likes Alex

Re: [TV orNotTV] Andrew Lack out at NBC News

2020-05-22 Thread PGage
Im just going to leave this Tweet here (which leads to MANY others) detailing how Chuckie Todd got his ass handed to him today by Symone Sanders. Wish more cable news guests would do this. https://twitter.com/montyboa99/status/1263924878350209025?s=21 On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 10:48 AM PGage wrote

Re: [TV orNotTV] ABC Renews 8 Scripted Series, Cancels 4 Others

2020-05-22 Thread Kevin M.
There is a good mix of Native American characters on Yellowstone, the Kevin Costner series. As diverse as the Caucasian characters. On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 3:03 PM M-D November wrote: > Chakotay on "Star Trek: Voyager", then...? > > On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 5:05:06 AM UTC-4, Adam Bowie wrote:

Re: [TV orNotTV] ABC Renews 8 Scripted Series, Cancels 4 Others

2020-05-22 Thread M-D November
Chakotay on "Star Trek: Voyager", then...? On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 5:05:06 AM UTC-4, Adam Bowie wrote: > > One thing. It would be great if there were a US TV series where the Native > American characters weren't slightly shady (at best) or downright crooked > (at worst) casino owners. I'm wra

[TV orNotTV] Re: Maddow fighting defame suit

2020-05-22 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Moi, Tues. (5/19): > > By rightie rival OAN. She says it's (humourous) opinion, they don't think > so... > > > https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/rachel-maddow-oan-defamation-lawsuit-russian-propaganda-1234610899/ > > (link) > > > Judge tosses. https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/rachel-maddow-oa

Re: [TV orNotTV] ABC Renews 8 Scripted Series, Cancels 4 Others

2020-05-22 Thread Doug Fields
Expanding on that, Native Americans feature relatively prominently throughout the show. The backstory of the lead actor includes the fact that he's a widower, who's Native American wife was an army doctor who was killed in Afghanistan. His home life, where his daughter is being raised by his N

Re: [TV orNotTV] ABC Renews 8 Scripted Series, Cancels 4 Others

2020-05-22 Thread Doug Fields
Nathaniel Arcand plays the second-in-command of the fugitive chase team on new CBS series "FBI: Most Wanted". His Native American heritage is displayed fairly prominently as general background noise and they've already had one episode this season devoted to a Native American fugitive that they

[TV orNotTV] Re: ABC Renews 8 Scripted Series, Cancels 4 Others

2020-05-22 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
I'm hot and cold on "Stumptown," but for the opposite reason; I don't think it's missing something as much as its got too much of everything to the point where there's no focus. I realize Portland has a reputation for colorful characters, but it shouldn't be either Cicely, Alaska or Hooterville

Re: [TV orNotTV] ABC Renews 8 Scripted Series, Cancels 4 Others

2020-05-22 Thread Adam Bowie
It recently started airing on Alibi in the UK, and I must admit that I think I'm in. I'm not going to pretend that it's anything too different, but the lead character is interesting, and it's not a crime of the week series. The show's tape-deck thing will wear thin after a while - I mean tapes come