Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon Prime TNF an Apparent Hit

2022-09-20 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
I am curious to see how TNF on Amazon, as well as the NFL + service (as a non-consumer of the game, I can't be sure if this is a new thing, or a rebrand/rebundling of existing services) changes the viewing experience and shifts the viewer demographics. My speculation is that there might be a sh

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

2022-09-20 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 8:11 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > Some of that might be an extra big budget to make the pilot pop. They’ll > probably cut back on the CGI in future episodes. > What I think is the CGI is meant to reduce the show’s dependence on a studio backlot or, Heaven forbid, location shoot

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

2022-09-20 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
I'm of a similar mind as Kevin.  I get the impression from the additional cast and a couple of plot points that this time around there will be a *lot* more time spent on the present-day environment compared to the Bakula-Stockwood edition.  (To be fair, we rarely saw the Quantum Leap project fa

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

2022-09-20 Thread Tom Wolper
Some of that might be an extra big budget to make the pilot pop. They’ll probably cut back on the CGI in future episodes. On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:53 PM Kevin M. wrote: > The CGI is distracting… there are too many sets and effects that aren’t > practical. It’s a decent first story, but the cas

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon Prime TNF an Apparent Hit

2022-09-20 Thread Kevin M.
Yeah, what independent agency or group tracked those viewing numbers? Sorry, but I do not believe the numbers released directly from any streaming service. They are disinclined to be honest. On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 7:32 PM PGage wrote: > it was reported yesterday (see, for example, Deadline here

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Quantum Leap reboot

2022-09-20 Thread Kevin M.
The CGI is distracting… there are too many sets and effects that aren’t practical. It’s a decent first story, but the cast seems to have been chosen more for diversity than for talent. That said, Raymond Lee has the potential to be a good lead. It is not as bad as it could have been, but it is also

[TV orNotTV] Peacock into adult animation for first time

2022-09-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The Mike Judge/Greg Daniels nascent studio Bandera sells "In The Know," about a stop-motion reporter at NPR, interviewing "real world human guests." I'm glad that network is able to laugh at itself. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peacock-animation-mike-judge-greg-daniels-npr-123522

[TV orNotTV] Roseanne to do first standup special in years

2022-09-20 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
For Fox Nation, IYC... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roseanne-barr-new-stand-up-comedy-special-fox-news-streaming-service-1235224092/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop r

[TV orNotTV] To quote Barack Obama, “We got him!”

2022-09-20 Thread Kevin M.
Yep, Randy Quaid is finally in custody. Our long national nightmare is finally over. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/randy-quaid-taken-custody-trying-831194/ -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV"

Re: [TV orNotTV] Inside Jeopardy podcast

2022-09-20 Thread Jim Ellwanger
In the latter days of the original run of "Jeopardy!", there was a bonus for running a category, starting at $500 and increasing by another $500 each day until a contestant does it. It's added to the contestant's winnings at the end of the show. > On Sep 20, 2022, at 3:31 PM, Tom Wolper wrote

Re: [TV orNotTV] Inside Jeopardy podcast

2022-09-20 Thread Tom Wolper
Now that the season has started the episodes are shorter and are based around recaps of the previous week’s shows. It looks like the long form interviews were for the summer rerun weeks. Michael brings up brainstorming ideas which might or might not go anywhere. One is some kind of bonus for runni

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: DWTS stuff

2022-09-20 Thread PGage
I have noticed that Ad-Free subscriptions on other streamers feel free to force us to watch ads on things like NFL games, (and even my ad free Spotify subscriptions makes me manually FF through ads on podcasts); I am confident Disney+ will have no problems forcing ad free customers to watch ads for

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: DWTS stuff

2022-09-20 Thread Adam Bowie
Yeah - I was going to highlight the fact that the BBC (and other public service broadcasters running the format) have managed for years without commercial breaks. I'm sure that the BBC Studios team in LA who make the show have UK folk there who can help with the structure. The BBC durations do var

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: DWTS stuff

2022-09-20 Thread Mark Jeffries
As the link says, "Strictly" in the UK has always been with no commercials because it's the BBC--since the Wikipedia article doesn't give running times, what is the usual running time for a regular season Saturday night show and the Sunday results show? (I know the results show started with Series