Re: [TV orNotTV] Screen Actors Guild hands out the stashoos, chief

Thanks goodness Jared Leto won nothing. But the SAG has gone down in my estimation just for nominating him... On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 4:52 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Top movie cast: *CODA*... top TV cast: *Succession...* > > top female lead: "Tammy

Re: [TV orNotTV] Invasion Coverage

to filter your > information doesn’t work anymore. Yes, it’s more convenient, but when the > filters available are deeply flawed, viewers ultimately have to do it > themselves anyway. And let’s be honest, the anti-vax people aren’t > interested in even basic research; they are merely seeki

Re: [TV orNotTV] Invasion Coverage

Obviously opinions vary considerably on what we want from news, and the TV news options I get here are different to most of this group's. Pgage wrote: "What would happen if there were no more “linear” television outlets on stories like these? I read the papers often during the day, and the AP,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Invasion Coverage

Well I may be biased because I work for them, but it's almost entirely the BBC for me. The international TV news channel is BBC World News. Are they simulcasting that on BBC America? I know BBC World News doesn't have the same footprint as other news channels on US cable packages. But then I know

[TV orNotTV] Inventing Anna

I'm not sure how many have seen this Netflix limited series from Shonda Rhimes, but I devoured the whole thing over a few days last week and I have a couple of big questions. The story is a take on the real Anna Sorokin/Delvey who inveigled her way into New York's high society between 2013 and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Mayim Bialik *is* Anti-Vax, But Not Anti-COVID Vaccine

This is the line that you quote that annoys me the most: “We made an informed decision not to vaccinate our children…but this is a very personal decision that should be made only after sufficient research, which today is within reach of every parent who seeks to learn about their child’s health

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Disney to brand planned communities

I can't be the only one who pictures in their mind some kind of "Stepford Wives" community where only corporate dictated lifestyles are approved... A genuinely hideous proposition. (Note: I've never been to a Disney theme park, and have no intention of ever visiting one, so your mileage may

Re: [TV orNotTV] NCIS branching outside the US

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:58 PM Paul Murray wrote: > Yet another NCIS spinoff to ignore. My only idle curiosity is what accents > the actors will have. By logic, they should be American, except for any > locals they work with. > > As one who has regularly watched the original, I tried the LA and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Surprise SB advert

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 4:29 PM PGage wrote: > How man, I would love to get access to that feed. Plus, I would pay money > not to have access to the pregame show. > VPNs are your friend Might be worth a free trial next time around. Then BBC iPlayer and you're set. And because of football

Re: [TV orNotTV] Surprise SB advert

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 2:01 PM PGage wrote: > I detest the whole Super Bowl Commercial culture. It is the only game I > watch all year live, and so have to sit through the ads, but it’s rare that > I see one that I would have been sad to miss if I were FF. The Sopranos add > was one, though I

[TV orNotTV] RIP Beryl Vertue

Maybe not a name that will be familiar to many. Indeed, I would say that she's not that familiar to many in the UK, but she had an extraordinary career. She was 90. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60369224 Beginning in British television in the 1950s, she did everything from work

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight After the Big Game: 'For Those Who Don't Like Sport--There's Sport'

Amazon seems to drop most Friday stuff at 00:01 UTC/GMT or 7:01PM ET (Thursday) which sort of works for those staying up to catch a Friday release in the UK. On a related note, most big HBO shows get a UK "simulcast" on Sky Atlantic at 2am local time. So if you really want to stay up for the next

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: 1883 vs. The Guilded Age

I don't think 1883 is showing in the UK yet, and Yellowstone really isn't a thing here. I don't even know what channel/streamer airs it (although it *is* available somewhere). As for The Guilded Age - it's unquestionably Downton in New York. Sure, there are two houses rather than one. And it's a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Oscar Nominations for Streamers

I liked The Power of the Dog - it has some very nuanced performances and you're never entirely sure where it's going. Whether it's "Best Picture" material or not, I don't know. Cumberbatch is excellent though. I confess that I didn't get on with MacBeth. It was just too cold for my tastes and not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Viacom not feeling Neighbourly in the UK

Fremantle is shopping it, but there are few obvious outlets. At least few that are likely to want to spend the sort of money it'd take. Soaps are cheap in the scheme of things, but expensive given the volumes, and Channel 5 was paying the bulk of the production cost since the show slipped off

Re: [TV orNotTV] Conflicting Reports on Brady Retirement

Very entertaining to think that this has completely screwed up some carefully orchestrated announcement via a high-profile interview that is trailed in advance and is ratings gold for whichever channel was down to get the exclusive. In other news, in the UK, ITV's lead newscaster is called Tom

Re: [TV orNotTV] Beeb's next announcement about the licence fee...

It's probably worth me jumping in here to explain a bit about what the BBC has been doing in recent years with regard to in house production, but also add that in the scheme of things, it's a red herring to think that it has much bearing on the BBC's costs. Historically the BBC made most of its

[TV orNotTV] Justified

In less depressing news than some that's floating around today, I am very pleased to see that FX has ordered a new series of Justified: City Primeval with Timothy Olyphant returning as Raylan Givens. I don't think there's any Elmore Leonard adaptation that I've enjoyed more than the original run

Re: [TV orNotTV] IYC, your 2022 SAG Awards nominees

On the sole basis that they've somehow nominated Jared Leto for House of Gucci - a performance that is so atrocious, Italy should seriously consider its diplomatic relations with the US - that the SAG awards have instantly fallen to the same level of importance as the Golden Globes in my mind.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Say what you will about "Don't Look Up"... it's popular

To which I'd just note that Netflix now has more subscribers globally than at any time in its history. So all things being equal, you'd expect a popular film today, like this, to outperform a popular film from a couple of years ago like Bird Box. And they've stuffed it with stars which probably

Re: [TV orNotTV] Merry* Christmas to all

or so. The Weakest Link is also back in a series of celebrity specials. > Mark Jeffries > spotligh...@gmail.com > > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 11:12 AM Adam Bowie wrote: > >> Merry Christmas from a land where the sun has already set on Christmas >> Day. >> >> I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Merry* Christmas to all

Merry Christmas from a land where the sun has already set on Christmas Day. I can't remember if I've ever shared this with the list, but for the last 14 years or so, I've made it a practice to annotate the Radio Times (think UK version of the printed TV Guide) and provide a commentary of what's

Re: [TV orNotTV] Do you agree this article makes Jeremy Strong look like a d!ck?

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 10:11 PM PGage wrote: > > Can you at all out into words what it is you like about spending time with > them? I keep wondering if I am just looking at it the wrong way. I just > detest the people, and am not charmed by the snappy dialogue- and > particularly do not find

Re: [TV orNotTV] Do you agree this article makes Jeremy Strong look like a d!ck?

I'm not entirely sure that this is the worst profile in the world. Is Jeremy Strong a "Method" actor - so it seems. But then so are people like Daniel Day Lewis and Al Pacino - both heavily referenced in the piece. If I were an actor, would I find him difficult to work with? Undoubtedly. But, you

Re: [TV orNotTV] Live! From Newcastle! It’s Saturday night!

It's worth noting that in the late 80s Channel 4 had something variously called Saturday Live and later Friday Night Live, which was very much "inspired" by the not-quite-named-the-same NBC show. I'm not totally certain why Sky is doing a UK version of SNL though, aside from they're now corporate

Re: [TV orNotTV] Don’t blame Chris Cuomo for his brother’s actions. Blame him for his own actions.

And he's suspended... https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1465822485467779072?t=MsmhFeybPbAEHjgejLiP4g=19 On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, 17:17 M-D November, wrote: > Sorry if it seems reductive, but this was literally all I could think of > while reading the

[TV orNotTV] TDS with Trevor Noah getting an audience again

According to Deadline, they're testing having an audience back with Noah: https://deadline.com/2021/11/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-to-test-out-studio-audience-return-1234866100/ I've got to say that with TDS being the one US chat show I at least on/off watched (aside from John Oliver), the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix indicted on child porn charges over 'Cuties'

I think this was a pretty decent story actually. Link to The Verge piece here: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/26/22747488/netflix-suppress-cuties-algorithm-search-results-dave-chappelle It's relevant because while "of course" anyone can tweak their algorithm at any moment, it shows how

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: delivery failures?

I've not had any problems with Google Groups and Gmail. Assuming this posts to the group obviously! Adam On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 9:34 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > My two younger brothers both tried, and later quit, GMail. [insert *"Hated > It!" * "In

Re: [TV orNotTV] Alec Baldwin fired the gun that killed a person on New Mexico movie set

Since none of us really knows the full details, I'm not going to speculate here. And I see Baldwin has just Tweeted his heartbreak: https://twitter.com/AlecBaldwin One interesting thing I noted on Twitter elsewhere was Craig Zobel, the director of Mare of Easttown amongst others, noting that

Re: [TV orNotTV] ‘LA Law’ Sequel Series Gets Pilot Order at ABC

I used to love LA Law, but I put this in the same bucket as the recent news that original Law & Order is being brought back. This is network TV making the most of its last (?) remaining franchises that it believes will prove popular amongst older viewers who remember them from the first time

Re: [TV orNotTV] Effort to fire Disney actor

r role says something that deeply offends an actor in a >>>> major role (as is apparently the case here), or says something that hurts >>>> and angers large fractions of the audience, it is understandable the >>>> employer may not want to hire them again. >>>

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Babylon 6?

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 6:26 PM Kevin M. wrote: > > >> I bought the audiobook, but had to stop. Maybe I’ll pick it up again > later, and maybe the tone changes, but the story really > glorifies/celebrates suicide as if it is some form of hip, cool act, and > having dealt with a suicide in my

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Babylon 6?

I was an enormous fan of Babylon 5 - even going to a UK convention attended by JMS and bunch of the stars back in the day. But I am a little concerned about this - mostly because of the network it'll be going to. The CW does not seem to be a network that does "hard" SF. With their massive reliance

[TV orNotTV] Semi-OT: UK's Ofcom Publishes Offensive Language on TV/Radio Report

Every so often, Ofcom - essentially the UK version of the FCC - publishes a report into public attitudes towards language on TV and radio. This isn't *their* take on what's offensive. It's what audiences find offensive, and how offensive specific words are. As you might know, we have something

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: And the new “Jeopardy!” host is rumored to be…

With all the news that's going on in the world right now, both the NYT and WP sent push notifications of this major breaking story :-) (OK - it *is* big news around here!) On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 3:56 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > PGage and you with

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nielsen loses its accreditation to measure ratings

It's worth noting that networks and ad agencies are still going to use Nielsen's ratings in the meantime. With no ratings system, it's pretty much impossible for a commercial TV channel to keep operating. The ratings nerd in me would love to know what the real underlying issue is here. While I'm

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics 2021 TV

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 3:36 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 9:41 AM Adam Bowie wrote: > >> This piece by an Aussie journalist who works in America amused me. >> Spoiler: He's not an NBC super-fan - >> https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/02/nbc-

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics 2021 TV

This piece by an Aussie journalist who works in America amused me. Spoiler: He's not an NBC super-fan - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/02/nbc-olympic-coverage-peacock-replays-primetime On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 1:53 PM Adam Bowie wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 1:29 PM Dou

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics 2021 TV

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 1:29 PM Doug Eastick wrote: > Fyi... The CBC web on-demand viewing of events (i.e. select "archery"), > and probably even live, is the OBS feed . I have not watched enough to > completely say it's true. > > I guess it makes life easy to use the OBS audio for everything

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics 2021 TV

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 11:49 AM PGage wrote: > I am up early (3:00 am PT) to watch the Men’s 100 M semifinals and finals > live. The Women’s 100 M was on live in Primetime last night, but I guess > the men’s did not work out to have in the morning in Tokyo. I’m not > complaining about that. > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] ScarJo sues over Disney+ release of "Black Widow"

I thoroughly recommend reading Matthew Belloni (late of The Hollywood Reporter, and now of a new venture called "Puck" that launches this week) who has an "invite only" newsletter. Anyone can get it :-) https://whatimhearing.news/matt-belloni This whole thing is obviously a stake in the ground

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics 2021 TV

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 4:23 PM danieland...@gmail.com < danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has the swimming always been in the morning to accommodate NBC? In > 2008, Dick Ebersol, the(then) chairman of NBC Sports, had secured the > support of the International Olympic Committee for the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympic broadcasters curb sexual images of female athletes

While we're still in a position where not even all events have equal numbers of competitors of both sexes, I think there's still plenty for the Olympics to do. "Beach" sports undoubtedly play on the sexualisation of competitors, and has been used as a selling point the whole way through, not least

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics 2021 TV

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 4:12 PM PGage wrote: > Adam, do you think it is this Discovery coverage that NBCOLYMPICS.COM is > streaming? The commentators all seem to have some sort of British accent > (my ear is not good enough to rule out an occasional Australian or South > African, and there was

Re: [TV orNotTV] IMDbTV [Was: Norman Lear…]

As I understand it, the reason that things like IMDBtv exist is that so not everything is in one basket. Just how many subscription video on demand services (SVOD in the industry parlance) is one home likely to subscribe to? And because so many of them have minimal or indeed no advertising at all,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics 2021 TV

The big news here in the UK is that this is the first Olympics in recent times where the BBC has had to cede much of its coverage to Discovery - who own the pan-European Eurosport channel(s). Since the London games in 2012, the BBC has had commercial-free access to every minute of games footage.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Kimmel ripped for ripping Caitlin candidacy

Separately, some other Australian Big Brother casting has gone awry, with a racist British commentator (who originally rose to fame in the British version of The Apprentice...) getting deported from Australia before the show begins filming for boasting on social media about breaking her hotel

Re: [TV orNotTV] Norman Lear package to Amazon

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 3:42 PM Doug Eastick wrote: > IMDb TV? > > I'll have to look into that. > > I'm especially interested in this because the Bosch spin-off show - featuring most of the same characters - is going to be in IMDb TV, and ias yet. it's not available in the UK. As I understand

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: The Tomorrow War

A very underwhelming film. None of the satire of Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers - it's all played completely straight, when it's all so ridiculous, that you really need to add some humour. Alien spaceship has a USB port? Makes no sense either, but don't worry, there's a Will Smith wisecrack

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quick review: College Bowl

Of note: in the UK 'College Bowl' became 'University Challenge' and has basically been running since 1962, with a brief hiatus between 1987 and 1994 when it got a new presenter and moved from ITV to the BBC (although still produced by ITV Studios). And yes, the questions remain very hard. Adam

Re: [TV orNotTV] Any bites to the Friends reunion?

I used to have a browser extension that blocked all Daily Mail sites at source. If I inadvertently clicked on a link - perhaps shared in social media with the real link "hidden" from view - it would just take you to a random GIF of a cat instead. One of my Daily Mail-hating work colleagues

Re: [TV orNotTV] Any bites to the Friends reunion?

I wouldn't trust the Daily Mail on this. Actually, I wouldn't trust them on anything. Plus those kinds of articles can be written about anything. If you want to find people who didn't like last night's episode of you will find them. But if you search, you'll probably also find people who loved

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon fixin' to buy MGM

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 2:37 PM PGage wrote: > The NYT article has a little more background info. It restates the > Broccoli’s continued control of Bond development - though I still suspect > their agreement to letting Amazon do that had to be part of such a hefty > price. > I'm really not at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Norman Lloyd Dies: ‘St. Elsewhere’ Actor Who Worked With Welles, Hitchcock & Chaplin Was 106

The Todd McCarthy piece, also on Deadline, is just lovely: https://deadline.com/2021/05/norman-lloyd-death-tribute-todd-mccarthy-commentary-1234754262/ On Tue, 11 May 2021 at 22:51, Diner wrote: > > https://deadline.com/2021/05/norman-lloyd-dead-st-elsewhere-actor-1234754280/ > > > -- > You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Netflix “Stopping any activities with” HFPA Until More Changes Made

I'm pretty sure that these days, most of these "foreign press" are basically freelancers who might publish the odd article here and there, but I wouldn't imagine many news organisations these days have any kind of permanent Hollywood entertainment correspondents. I remember years ago seeing a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Elon Musk to host "Saturday Night Live"

For reasons that are beyond me, this week's SNL seems to be live streaming globally... https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1391130755787599881 Except, that it's not in Australia, Canada or the UK - I assume because they have existing deals in all those places. I would also point out that

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Oscar Anxiety: April 25

I'm not the biggest fan of awards' ceremonies in general but my main thoughts about this year's ceremony - which I watched bits of earlier today, with a fair amount of fast-forwarding because it's three hours... 1. Ratings of this year's awards must for the most part reflect the films - or lack

Re: [TV orNotTV] In other-football news

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 3:04 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Yeah, while I could see this was a bad idea, the level of vitriol that > emerged against it surprised me. > To be honest, that was probably their biggest failure. To fail to recognise the

Re: [TV orNotTV] In other-football news

This may all be of limited interest to this group, but I'd note that like most sports, this now-dead league (48 hours alive!) was created with TV front of mind. Selling the rights to some broadcaster for even more money than current deals deliver. All six English league clubs pulled out

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Atlantic Crossing

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 4:37 PM Kevin M. wrote: > >> I think it was the late Richard Jeni who once suggested that we “... find > out why all the ancient Romans speak with British accents...” > > > I'm not sure what you're implying :-) There's a German language Netflix series called Barbarians

Re: [TV orNotTV] TV Documentaries [Was: Netflix US Top 10 4/11]

I think that it's pretty clear that quite a few things have changed in the documentary genre, but like everything, there are good ones and bad ones. My personal bete noire is the over-extension of stories into multiple episodes when the story just doesn't deserve it. I guess that this all follows

Re: [TV orNotTV] "National Velvet," my arse

This is *the* sports story of the weekend in the UK. For those who don't know, the Grand National is the biggest horse race of the year in the UK - think the Kentucky Derby, except on turf and over [big] jumps. It's a race that non-horse racing public watch and bet on, or have office sweepstakes

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Law & Order-Organized Crime

in Scalia!" > > On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:59:15 AM UTC-4 Doug Eastick wrote: > >> our family is now about 50/50 using subtitles.Sometimes due to >> accents, sometimes due to being courteous and keeping volume down, >> sometimes due to excessive noise/chat

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Law & Order-Organized Crime

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 3:16 AM Kevin M. wrote: > ... > > Granted, the thick accents on Shetland are tough, even for someone who > watches A LOT of UK drama. I have to assume even UK residents need the > subtitles for some scenes. > > Careful Kevin :-) Actually, to British ears the accents on

Re: [TV orNotTV] Aussie Net Hacked, Live Programming Affected

TV channels getting "hacked" seems like it's going to be more of a thing in the future. A couple of years ago the French TV channel TV5Monde (a channel aimed at the world, and offering French news, documentaries and dramas), was hacked in what was almost certainly a state sponsored attack. And

Re: [TV orNotTV] Simon McCoy of the BBC

Simon McCoy is certainly a character, although he's one of those people who can shift from serious news into something a bit lighter fairly seamlessly. Not mentioned in that Twitter thread is the time he interviewed a children's glove puppet (Basil Brush - think a mischievous muppet), or the time

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTv: Pandemic new skills

nd the right "me." I'm usually a black Labrador on the socials - although I don't actually have a dog myself. That was my parents' dog many years ago which I've adopted for social media purposes. I am not the Canadian journalist Adam Bowie, who works for a group of newspapers in New B

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTv: Pandemic new skills

My cooking hasn't notably improved over the last few months, but what I have put my efforts into is getting fitter - and lighter. I was overweight (let's be honest - obese), and although I've always cycled a fair amount, I was eating badly. So last summer I started a healthy diet. Not any

Re: [TV orNotTV] US 'Chase' Writers Strike Producers

ITV Studios seems to have a bit of history of not working with the WGA - specifically WGA East on some of their US reality shows back in 2015/16. On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 3:58 PM Mark Jeffries wrote: > The Writers Guild says that ITV America, the producers of ABC's version of > the hit UK

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Lorre hissed-at for hiring non-Afghan actor for Afghan role

Just wait until people find out how many Brits (and Aussies) are playing Americans on US TV. They're really going to freak out then! On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 4:55 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On "United States of Al," débuting April 1st on CBS, the titular

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL - new TV rights deal

TNF. I think they would find it useful to make The Ticket available at a > better price than DirectTV did, since they have so many other ways to > monetize it. > > > On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 9:20 AM Adam Bowie wrote: > >> I guess there's a balance to be made, but all the ne

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Piers Morgan quits/is fired from morning show

I would just be enormously wary about these numbers of complaints. Large numbers of complaints always suggests some kind of organised campaign somewhere. And of course surprisingly easy to do on social media. The other thing to say is that it doesn't actually matter. Ofcom only needs to have a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Piers Morgan quits/is fired from morning show

For the record, the interview last night got 12m or so viewers. Not bad for a country of ~60m. ITV showed it, and it was on their Good Morning Britain programme yesterday that Morgan let rip. They were discussing the interview having seen a US feed, but ahead of the UK airing later yesterday

Re: [TV orNotTV] British Reaction to US Pharmaceutical Ads

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 5:52 AM Paul Murray wrote: > Online gambling became legal here in MI a few weeks ago, and OMG MAKE THE > ONLINE GAMBLING COMMERCIALS STOP. > > They were some actually running in advance, which was a little weird, > because apparently it wasn't exactly clear what date the

Re: [TV orNotTV] British Reaction to US Pharmaceutical Ads

Better informed >>> consumers? I don't know, but the literature is undoubtedly out there. >>> >>> Just thought I'd post because it seems that a lot of people don't >>> remember a time when morticians, optometrists, lawyers, and drug companies >>> didn't

Re: [TV orNotTV] British Reaction to US Pharmaceutical Ads

I know of at least two people who stayed up until 2am to watch it live on some kind of dodgy stream somewhere. And yes, there were a lot of comments on the volume of advertising the interview had. I don't know if it was more than the usual 19-20 mins per hour, but that is higher than we get in the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Golden Globes worst ratings ever

Even allowing for the fact that I've never understood why the Golden Globes are remotely considered of interest - any more than, say, my personal picks of the last year - and even before reading the recent LAT pieces on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as well as learning that they are as

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Amazon: Woody Allen's #MeToo comments wrecked movie deal

drill down into how historical truth can change over time, and how two people can look at one image and see very different things." On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 1:09 PM Adam Bowie wrote: > The previously mentioned Hadley Freeman from The Guardian has a decent > piece just published on what

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Amazon: Woody Allen's #MeToo comments wrecked movie deal

The previously mentioned Hadley Freeman from The Guardian has a decent piece just published on what the documentary makers appear to have to left out: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/03/allen-v-farrow-woody-allen-mia-farrow-documentary-is-pure-pr-why-else-would-it-omit-so-much On Tue,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Amazon: Woody Allen's #MeToo comments wrecked movie deal

I'm curious to learn whether this series makes it over to the UK. Sky has a big deal with HBO which means most of their output ends up on Sky's channels - and indeed they launched a Sky Documentaries channel just a few months ago that would be perfect for it. And ordinarily Sky moves quickly to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Whirlybird

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 7:57 PM Doug Eastick wrote: > Tur is the (former gender) father to Katy Tur of MSNBC. > > She's in the documentary quite a bit herself, since her father recorded their childhood with the same broadcast-quality cameras that he recorded everything else. I would note in

[TV orNotTV] Whirlybird

BBC Four here in the UK, this week aired an interesting documentary that I think was first released at Sundance last year. Whirlybird is the story of Zoey Tur (previously Bob) and Marika Gerrard, and their helicopter reporting business. I'm sure that some of our LA based members may know Bob's

Re: [TV orNotTV] An alternate-universe question

On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 at 00:19, Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Adam Bowie > > *>*And would you really want to have Piers Morgan airing again in the > small hours with Good Morning Britain? > > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] An alternate-universe question

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 4:11 PM Mark Jeffries wrote: > Channel 5's late-night is Brit-centric reality shows. I don't see them > being imported. The Brit chat shows (Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross, whoever > else) are all once-a-week. > > I can't think of a single thing on Channel 5 that would

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL - new TV rights deal

e price to the consumer >> reasonable (which Amazon may be willing to subsidize to drive more users to >> Prime and its overall service, it could be another nail in the networks >> coffins. >> >> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 4:31 AM Adam Bowie wrote: >> >>> I thought th

[TV orNotTV] NFL - new TV rights deal

I thought this Variety piece on the upcoming network renegotiation of NFL rights was interesting. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/nfl-tv-rights-1234907305/ It seems that the NFL is seeking to double the rights fees paid last time around. But those deals were done about ten years ago now.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Effort to fire Disney actor

On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 9:29 PM Kevin M. wrote: > > If a plumber keeps a social media account supporting Nazis or > conspiracy theories, it is doubtful he will get cancelled because not many > people care what a plumber thinks. So when a celebrity gets called out for > public statements, that’s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Effort to fire Disney actor

I've got to say that I found this by SF author John Scalzi, to be pretty much where I am on being "cancelled": https://whatever.scalzi.com/2021/02/13/general-unstructured-thoughts-on-being-cancelled/ On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 3:24 PM Adam Bowie wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021

Re: [TV orNotTV] Effort to fire Disney actor

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 3:15 PM PGage wrote: > It seems they are saying she was not fired so much as not re-hired after > her contract expired. Is that correct? > I think that's a fair summation. That said, her agency has now dropped her, and it seems her publicists dropped her last year.

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL - CBS and Shallow Depth of Field

erator frames the picture, I bet, and someone > in the booth controls the lens focus. And the rest of the background is > bokeh. They want a different look. > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 4:32 AM Adam Bowie wrote: > >> You can see an example at this point in the YouTube highlights of th

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: WWE US streaming exclusively to Peacock

The calculations for these things must be along the lines of: X: Do it ourselves - (relatively) modest number of subscribers x decent monthly fee Y: Work with a partner - (relatively) large subscriber base x smaller monthly fee If X > Y then do it yourself. If Y > X then take the money you're

Re: [TV orNotTV] Effort to fire Disney actor

An actor's political views should, of course, have no bearing on their work. I still enjoy Clint Eastwood films after all (maybe not some of his most recent stuff). And Midnight Cowboy is still a great movie too. But there should be a distinction between political beliefs and either perpetuating

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL - CBS and Shallow Depth of Field

at 12:25 PM Doug Eastick wrote: > Hmm. Wish I had noticed. > But perhaps it was because I was listening to the games on SiriusXM all > weekend. > > Maybe I'll Rewind the TiVo from the weekend and check. I'm curious now. > > > > > On Sun., Jan. 10, 2021, 6:18 p.m. A

[TV orNotTV] NFL - CBS and Shallow Depth of Field

I've been watching some of the NFL Wildcard games this weekend, and I can't help but notice that in the Bears/Saints game, CBS seems to be using lots of "shallow depth of field" cameras with their mobile sideline cameras. It's unusual because 99% of sports coverage uses quite narrow apertures in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Foreign Correspondent: British TV News Covers US Election Violence

That particular report has been praised by many rivals on Twitter - Robert Moore is a long serving correspondent. His camerman, Mark Davey, is from Belfast where he has covered riots previously. Even though I spent upwards of six hours watching coverage on CNN and the BBC last night, with the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Bridgerton

I didn't quite make it to the end of the first episode despite liking some of the actors in it (Polly Walker and Ben Miller). I mostly enjoyed that the thing is set in London but is filmed in Bath where I went to university and lived for several years. A genuinely beautiful Georgian city, they

Re: [TV orNotTV] Article about The Chase on ABC

In the UK, The Chase has become something of a lockdown hit, even though regular episodes air at 5.00pm. There were a couple of days in November, during a national lockdown, that it got 4.8m and 4.9m viewers - quite unprecedented for a daytime show. There are various spin-offs that air in

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP “Tinker Tailor...” author John le Carre

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:45 AM PGage wrote: > OMG! This is more that the Karla trilogy, this really is all the Smiley > books! Wow! You have made my day! > > On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 7:40 PM PGage wrote: > >> I am a passionate member of Audible, I will get it! >> > Technically they miss A Legacy

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP “Tinker Tailor...” author John le Carre

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:00 PM PGage wrote: > Totally agree about the Night Manager, so great! > > I have read about the Radio versions, perhaps I should listen while > walking. Do you know if they did Honorable Schoolboy? Still irritated they > never did a miniseries for that. > > The

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