[TV orNotTV] Re: What show were you watching when a major news event happened?

2020-07-28 Thread Doug Eastick
1989 word series -- I was not watching it. I was at University of Toronto and read about it on USENET... where people were reporting on it from what they saw on TV... then the university geeks started reporting of network splits and bay area sites going off. (note: I'm not a sports guy -- I

[TV orNotTV] SortaTV: The Theatrical Window Just Collapsed

2020-07-28 Thread Joe Hass
What was a 75-day exclusive window for theaters before movies become available elsewhere has now become 17 for AMC and Universal, which is likely going to ripple out to everyone else, which likely changes everything.

Re: [TV orNotTV] What show were you watching when a major news event happened?

2020-07-28 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Now *that* story *is* covered on the nbcchimes site... Kevin M, to Jim Ellwanger and stannc, today (7/28): > > My understanding is that in the early days of the chimes, they had a few >> different chime tunes used for different purposes, and the four-chime >> version essentially meant, "hey,

Re: [TV orNotTV] What show were you watching when a major news event happened?

2020-07-28 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:51 AM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > My understanding is that in the early days of the chimes, they had a few > different chime tunes used for different purposes, and the four-chime > version essentially meant, "hey, network or station employees, there's some > big news

Re: [TV orNotTV] What show were you watching when a major news event happened?

2020-07-28 Thread Jim Ellwanger
My understanding is that in the early days of the chimes, they had a few different chime tunes used for different purposes, and the four-chime version essentially meant, "hey, network or station employees, there's some big news happening, so come in to the office or at least call in." The

[TV orNotTV] Re: What show were you watching when a major news event happened?

2020-07-28 Thread stannc
The clips that I’ve found don’t agree on the specifics, but during World War II a fourth chime was used. Sometimes it’s a second sustained C, one clip has it as a different higher note. -Stan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To

[TV orNotTV] Dystopian series 'Watchmen' leads all Emmy nominees with 26

2020-07-28 Thread Steve Timko
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[TV orNotTV] Re: What show were you watching when a major news event happened?

2020-07-28 Thread JW
> Speaking of jFK, i've read about that the soap was As The World Turns, > because Helen Wagner once said that she didn't know that something was > wrong until she left the set and Charles Paul who was playing the organ > told her that Kennedy had been shot. I'm guessing he heard Cronkite's >