RE: [TV orNotTV] CW to try American version of "Would I Lie to You?"

2022-04-03 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
Why not? They had such a success with Taskmaster. (Yes, I’m still mad about that one.) From: 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2022 1:31 AM To: TVorNotTV Subject: [TV orNotTV] CW to try American version of "Would I Lie to You?" Aasif Mandvi will host the CW's

RE: [TV orNotTV] Seth Meyers' contract w/ NBC expires in just 5 days

2021-02-26 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/seth-meyers-extends-late-night-tenure-through-2025 From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Tom Wolper Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 12:28 PM To: TV or not TV Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seth Meyers' contract w/ NBC expires in just 5 days

RE: [TV orNotTV] Late Show first commercial break squeeze

2019-09-26 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
Not sure WHY they are doing that split-screen effect but it’s only done during the national spots in the first commercial break and disappears when your local station runs their breaks in the second part of the avail. And yes, it happens whether it’s on cable, satellite or over-the-air.

[TV orNotTV] Lack of new ideas-ish?

2019-05-05 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
ABC has come up with yet another spin-off from the Black-ish sitcom. First we had “Grown-ish” which was originally going to be on ABC but was moved to Freeform. Now they have announced a new series based on the mother’s childhood called “Mixed-ish”. And, if you turn on BET

RE: [TV orNotTV] Familiar face returns to The Late Show

2019-05-05 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
She’s been there all along. She’s just occasionally been in a different location. Last week she was off to the right in the picture. I was wondering who the dark haired female bass player was but it looks like she was a fill-in as the regular bass player was back this past week. From:

[TV orNotTV] Hobo Fabulous

2019-04-19 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
Looks like Craig Ferguson is putting out a six episode series of his standup show. Kind of strange when he spent a good chunk of the show ranting against comedians who go on the road with their standup and then put it on television.

[TV orNotTV] Notorious RBG Not Dead Yet

2019-01-21 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
…despite the apparent wishes of the friends at Fox. https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/fox-news-shows-accidentially-shows-graphic-implying-the-passing-of-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg/391520? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To

RE: [TV orNotTV] [TV orNotT Albanese on Colbert

2018-03-21 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
I haven’t seen the train wreck yet but just wanted to point out that, after leaving The Daily Show, Rory Albanese was executive producer and frequent guest on Larry Wilmore’s Nightly Show and was usually pretty funny on that. Looking forward to seeing how bad he tanked on Colbert…I guess.

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: "If you retire to spend more time with your family, check with your family first."

2018-01-15 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
Slight correction: The interviews air once a month so the next one will premiere in February. From: adam.bo...@gmail.com [mailto:adam.bo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Adam Bowie Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 9:33 AM To: tvornottv Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "If

RE: [TV orNotTV] Phil Rosenthal is the new Anthony Bourdain

2018-01-05 Thread 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV
A show with the same premise and host ran for six episodes on PBS in 2015 called “I’ll Have What Phil’s Having”. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Timko Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 11:58 PM To: TV or Not TV

RE: [TV orNotTV] CBS Midseason Schedule Adds More Drama, Slots'Ransom'on Saturday

2016-11-30 Thread Bradford Harvey
Guess I should have read the article first. Still, shoving AR to a premiere date in April makes it almost a year since they finished shooting the thing. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bradford Harvey Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:19

RE: [TV orNotTV] CBS Midseason Schedule Adds More Drama, Slots 'Ransom'on Saturday

2016-11-30 Thread Bradford Harvey
And still no Amazing Race? From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Casalotti Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:41 PM To: TVorNotTV Subject: [TV orNotTV] CBS Midseason Schedule Adds More Drama, Slots 'Ransom'on

RE: [TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move

2016-06-07 Thread Bradford Harvey
Yep, since it was revealed after it happened that Oprah didn’t really spend anything for the cars. They were donated by the manufacturer for publicity. So if Oliver spent “less than $60,000”, that’s still more than Oprah spent on her giveaway. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com

[TV orNotTV] Half Priced Pee Wee

2015-08-27 Thread Bradford
For those who are interested, Shout Factory is selling the complete series of Pee Wee's Playhouse on DVD for $70.00 (marked down from $149.99) - but only until 10:00am tomorrow (while supplies last).

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dave talks to the New York Times

2015-05-01 Thread Bradford
It's been a long time since I read it but there are pages in Bill Carter's Late Shift book about CBS going after Leno when Carson announced he was leaving. - Original Message - From: Joe Hass To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 4:30 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rancic finally to tell her side

2015-04-06 Thread Bradford
The Chicago Tribune quotes People magazine as stating that ...she, husband Bill and their 2-year-old son Duke will be moving to Chicago in August. So she won't be on either coast. Of course, there are those things called airplanes... - Original Message - From: Bob Jersey To:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Lasally leaves CBS

2015-02-24 Thread Bradford
And then there's the fact that they also mentioned it on last Friday's show. - Original Message - From: 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV To: Tvornottv Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:48 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Lasally leaves CBS Word comes from the Robot Skeleton Army

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jon Stewart exits The Daily Show

2015-02-12 Thread Bradford
More like it won't be the Daily Show AS WE CURRENTLY KNOW IT without Jon Stewart. Things will change just like they changed (for the better, IMO) when Stewart took over for Kilborn. I'm sure CC would have been content for things to remain the same with the Kilborn/Stewart transition but

Re: [TV orNotTV] See 'Transparent' for Free on Sat.!

2015-01-24 Thread Bradford
/transparentprime On Jan 24, 2015 10:18 AM, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: I'm new to all this streaming stuff. I am able to set up an account on both Netflix and Amazon but at this point don't have the free time to use it for a couple months. But I would like to check out Transparent

Re: [TV orNotTV] See 'Transparent' for Free on Sat.!

2015-01-24 Thread Bradford
I'm new to all this streaming stuff. I am able to set up an account on both Netflix and Amazon but at this point don't have the free time to use it for a couple months. But I would like to check out Transparent today. How do I access these free showings without signing up for an Amazon

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Craig's other gig

2014-12-20 Thread Bradford
Ferguson only did 100 half hours of the game show so, with most stations showing 2 new shows a day, they are currently out of new and are showing repeats. (I noticed the repeats started airing around Thanksgiving.) There are no tapings currently scheduled but I imagine that new shows will be

[TV orNotTV] Looks like Dish CBS have settled

2014-12-06 Thread Bradford
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20141207_CBS__Dish_agreement_reopens_access_to_CBS3__KYW-TV_.html So now let's see if DirecTV and AMC Networks can settle their issues before it gets to pulling THEIR stations off the service. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] And what do any of these have to do with providingweather information?

2014-12-03 Thread Bradford
to radio-formatted television--just ask people who worked back in the day at HLN, MTV and VH1--and TWC. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: When DirecTV reinstated TWC last April, I seem

[TV orNotTV] And what do any of these have to do with providing weather information?

2014-12-01 Thread Bradford
When DirecTV reinstated TWC last April, I seem to recall that they promised to have less programming like this and devote more of their programming to...WEATHER. The Weather Channel has announced that three original primetime series will be returning. The third season of Prospectors

Re: [TV orNotTV] Hollywood Film Awards Bombs Big Time for CBS

2014-11-16 Thread Bradford
I didn't watch - and in fact, had never heard of the Hollywood Film Awards until CBS starting pushing them - so maybe it was explained during the telecast. But are they giving out awards for films that were released in 2014 when 2014 still has a month and a half left? - Original Message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Bill Cosby cancelled on the Late Show

2014-11-15 Thread Bradford
Scott Simon's comment via his Facebook account: ...I'm afraid in journalism (or at least our journalism), there's no such thing as, We'll talk about this, but not about that... Mr. Cosby approached us. We agreed. In the interim, these specific, serious charges arose. We talked about the art

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rivers Late Night Requiem

2014-09-05 Thread Bradford
I would guess that the difference in tone between Letterman's statements on Rivers and Williams might be due at least partly to the fact that Rivers' situation was almost a given after she went into a coma in the hospital and Williams happened out of the blue and was a total shock even to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rivers Late Night Requiem

2014-09-05 Thread Bradford
of a connection with Dave in terms of career paths, especially in her later years. I would have been very surprised if Dave did 10 minutes on Rivers. On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: I would guess that the difference in tone between Letterman's statements

[TV orNotTV] TV Guide's Take on Why Arsenio Was Canceled

2014-06-10 Thread Bradford
Why The Arsenio Hall Show Was Canceled Jun 10, 2014 07:00 AM ET by Michael Schneider Arsenio Hall Arsenio Hall was supposed to spend the week of June 2 in New York City, touting the upcoming second season of his late-night talk show on The View, Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show and Late Show

Re: [TV orNotTV] David Brenner dead at 78

2014-03-15 Thread Bradford
In addition to his standup, which I always liked, I really enjoyed his appearances with Tom Snyder on Tomorrow and The Late Late Show because they would always talk about the days they worked in local news together. (I believe Brenner was a producer prior to getting into standup.) -

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jimmy Fallon Era Begins: Fallon Big Late Night Winner

2014-02-22 Thread Bradford
Begins: Fallon Big Late Night Winner On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: According to the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Oliver's show is going to be called Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and it premieres April 27 at 11PM. According

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jimmy Fallon Era Begins: Fallon Big Late Night Winner

2014-02-20 Thread Bradford
According to the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Oliver's show is going to be called Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and it premieres April 27 at 11PM. According to the description, Oliver takes the helm of his own late-night comedy show, tackling the issues and jokes of the week

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jimmy Fallon Era Begins: Fallon Big Late Night Winner

2014-02-17 Thread Bradford
Oliver's show will be based out of New York and the only references I've seen as to what the format will be is that one writer referred to it as similar to the Daily Show and that it would be airing on HBO on Sunday nights so as to not conflict with Stewart's show on Comedy Central. Of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stewart Says Goodbye to Oliver

2013-12-23 Thread Bradford
THAT'S the guy whose name I couldn't remember. Yeah they did do a highlight reel of his stories while he sat at the desk but it wasn't as elaborate (or as seemingly heartfelt) as what Mr. Oliver got. And while I've seen Riggle turn up in bit parts on the occasional sitcom or movie, his

Re: [TV orNotTV] TV orNotTV] NOTTV: Harvard Dialect Survey in NYT

2013-12-22 Thread Bradford
I have now taken the survey four times on two different computers and have not gotten any maps at the end. Tried toggling and still nothing. Did notice that each time I took it the questions were mostly the same but there were always a handful of new ones. - Original Message -

Re. [TV orNotTV] TV orNotTV] NOTTV: Harvard Dialect Survey in NYT

2013-12-22 Thread Bradford
And now, after composing and sending the previous email, there ARE maps. It must be reeeally slow - like a couple of minutes. - Original Message - From: Bradford To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] TV orNotTV

[TV orNotTV] It's Official: Lean Forward For Alec Baldwin

2013-09-05 Thread Bradford
From MSNBC P.R.: ALEC BALDWIN TO HOST UP LATE w/ ALEC BALDWIN ON MSNBC NEW YORK - September 5, 2013 - Award-winning actor, activist and philanthropist Alec Baldwin will join MSNBC as the host of a new weekly current events and culture talk show to air Fridays from 10-11 p.m. ET. Up Late w/Alec

Re: [TV orNotTV] And Number 12 is...

2013-08-04 Thread Bradford
Scottish Conan Guy is going to go nutsy-crazy. A Dr. Who fan AND one of his buddies now has the title role? - Original Message - From: chia...@nc.rr.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 1:27 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] And Number 12 is... ... THAT guy.

Re: [TV orNotTV] JT to bring back being a wild and crazy guy?

2013-03-08 Thread Bradford
And also shown at the end of tonight's Rock Center. Think NBC's trying to get people to tune in? - Original Message - From: PGage To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] JT to bring back being a wild and crazy guy?

Re: [TV orNotTV] And the latest celebrity to divorce after authoring a book on family and relationships is...

2012-11-24 Thread Bradford
Bialik isn't a guest star, she's a cast member. - Original Message - From: Kevin M. To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 9:35 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] And the latest celebrity to divorce after authoring a book on family and relationships is...

[TV orNotTV] Semi-OT Question For The Group

2012-11-18 Thread Bradford
I'm a big fan of The Amazing Race and have been purchasing the DVD sets that have been released by Amazon's Manufactured On Demand service. It's the only way they are available. And every set I've gotten has at least one disc that freezes, skips or the video breaks up. I never have that

[TV orNotTV] Olbermann Hosting Again...briefly

2012-11-16 Thread Bradford
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/keith-olbermann-to-guest-host-on-mlb-network_b155377 At least this time his short stay is planned in advance! -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Paul Shaffer Might Leave 'Late Show' After HisContract Expires

2012-10-15 Thread Bradford
And now Jimmy Kimmel says that Letterman is going to guest on HIS show. http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/tv-zone-1.811968/kimmel-letterman-will-be-a-guest-during-the-bam-shows-1.4117549 (What's BAM?) - Original Message - From: donz5 To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Variations on a Theme

2012-08-20 Thread Bradford
She did but hasn't been in the credits lately. - Original Message - From: M-D November To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Variations on a Theme Doesn't Craig's sister write for him? On Monday, August 20, 2012

Re: [TV orNotTV] Late Late Show taping

2012-07-28 Thread Bradford
As one of CBS's competitors used to say, if we haven't seen them they're new to us. The shows that have had the guests announced (just the upcoming week) are first time airings but were taped (in some cases WAY) in advance: Mo 7/30: Emma Roberts, Paula Poundstone Tu 7/31: Rosie Perez We

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fake News Anchors Extend through next Midterm Elections

2012-07-25 Thread Bradford
According to another report (in TV Newser): ...Stewart will remain on the channel through mid-2015, while Colbert’s new contract takes him through the end of 2014. The duo last signed contract extensions in 2010, which at the time kept Stewart on through mid-2013, and Colbert on through

[TV orNotTV] 2nd SNL Cast Member Makes It Official

2012-06-02 Thread Bradford
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/andy-samberg-is-leaving-snl-20120602 -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

[TV orNotTV] Three SNL Cast Members Leaving

2012-04-05 Thread Bradford
Say goodbye to Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2012/apr/05/snl-kristin-wiig-andy-samberg -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To

Re: [TV orNotTV] Cubs Home Opener on 2 Chi Stations Thurs. as WGN Still Off DirecTV

2012-04-03 Thread Bradford
Not so fast! http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/15228041/not-so-fast-wgn-denies-deal-to-simulcast-cubs%E2%80%99-opener Not so fast: WGN denies deal to simulcast Cubs' opener Posted in Chicago Media blog by Robert Feder on Apr 3, 2012 at 6:30pm Like everything else involved

[TV orNotTV] Did they get tired of her at Fox?

2012-04-01 Thread Bradford
http://thepage.time.com/2012/04/01/palin-to-today/?xid=thepage_newsletter -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Did they get tired of her at Fox?

2012-04-01 Thread Bradford
] Did they get tired of her at Fox? As April Fools' Day jokes go, this isn't much, but it's about what I'd expect from him. If it turns out that this isn't a Couric/GMA-referenced joke, then I'll feel worse for Today than I do about being wrong. jd On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Bradford

[TV orNotTV] In case anyone still misses Jane Timoney...

2012-01-11 Thread Bradford
NBC is burning off two hours of the (not officially cancelled) Prime Suspect on Sunday, January 22. According to IMDB, these are the last two episodes produced. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wait Wait the TV show...

2011-12-24 Thread Bradford
I watched it and thought that the panelists did their best (especially Poundstone) but the questions seemed too easy compared to the radio show. And they made just enough changes to the radio presentation that it was neither an accurate representation of the NPR show (which I like but

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Michele O'Callaghan

2011-12-19 Thread Bradford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7XcPHe4bg0 - Original Message - From: Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com To: TVorNotTV tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 8:23 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] So long, Michele O'Callaghan Makeup artist for Letterman (both at NBC and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fwd: Breaking: Brett Ratner quits as Oscar producer after gay slu

2011-11-08 Thread Bradford
Of course. You can't make a gay slu and expect to get away with it! - Original Message - From: Jon Delfin To: tvornottv Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:23 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Fwd: Breaking: Brett Ratner quits as Oscar producer after gay slu No surprise.

Re: [TV orNotTV] random Emmy question...

2011-09-18 Thread Bradford
The sound was terrible here but I just chalked it up to the fact that the audio on the local FOX affiliate is always terrible. I'm not even sure they broadcast in stereo yet. But the mix was awful. During all the taped pieces it sounded like the live audience might have been applauding and/or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: FoxBiz buys local ads on systems' CNBC channels...

2011-08-16 Thread Bradford
No. The local spots are run in assigned slots allotted to the local systems and any spots that are sold for those times are sold with the understanding that they may be covered by local commercials. Not all local systems have the capability or the sales staff to run local ads so those slots

Re: RE: [TV orNotTV] An odd TV related record purchase...

2011-07-30 Thread Bradford
Do either of them sing Happy Peppy Bursting With Love? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcbDxWU45zw - Original Message - From: Melissa P To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 12:23 PM Subject: RE: RE: [TV orNotTV] An odd TV related record

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Scottish Conan Guy's Working Vacation

2011-06-07 Thread Bradford
It was my impression from last night's show that Kristen Friend Of The Show Bell is going over with them and will be involved, to one extent or another, in ALL of the shows. They have not announced any of the actual guests...so far. - Original Message - From: M-D November To:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Amazon TV Deal of the Week (May 30-Jun 5): The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16 Ton Megaset

2011-05-30 Thread Bradford
The information is also on their Facebook page which comes in handy if you Like them there. - Original Message - From: Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Amazon TV Deal of the Week (May 30-Jun

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC's Fall Schedule

2011-05-15 Thread Bradford
Where's 30 Rock? I thought it was renewed months ago. - Original Message - From: Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com To: TV or not TV tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 3:14 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] NBC's Fall Schedule This comes from an NBC press release but I'll still

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Don Kirshner, producer and TV host, dead at 77

2011-01-18 Thread Bradford
I think Melissa was being sarcastic. (Not surprising since she was like that in college. I'm surprised martians weren't mentioned...) - Original Message - From: donz5 do...@aol.com To: TVorNotTV tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:15 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV]

Re: [TV orNotTV] TV series with a time travel theme?

2011-01-16 Thread Bradford
If you're thinking of The Great Gazoo, according to Wikipedia he was just a space alien. The Great Gazoo is a tiny, green, floating alien who was exiled to Earth from his home planet Zetox as punishment for having invented a doomsday machine, a weapon of immense destructive power. He was

Re: [TV orNotTV] J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Bradford
Olbermann did not endorse a candidate. He gave a donation to three candidates as a private citizen a few days before the election. He never mentioned it on the air nor did the candidates publicize his contribution in an effort to raise more support or funds. Compared to Fox News hosts endorsing

Re: [TV orNotTV] J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Bradford
M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: Olbermann did not endorse

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Bradford
You've communicated exactly what I was trying to say better than I did. I don't think anybody on MSNBC's weeknight lineup would deny that they lean left (as opposed to the network's new asinine lean forward slogan) but none of them have come out and endorsed a candidate on the air. -

Re: [TV orNotTV] Watching television in Central Asia

2010-10-27 Thread Bradford
One of my favorite overlooked movies is director Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl from 1981 and I was thrilled to see it released on DVD. It has two audio channels. One has the original English audio as released in America and the other has the English audio as originally released in Scotland. I

[TV orNotTV] Note On A Previous Topic From Your Friends At CBS

2010-09-22 Thread Bradford
September 22, 2010 Dear Valued Viewer, We have a new show premiering this Thursday at 8:30 PM, ET/PT, called $#*! MY DAD SAYS. It's a unique title for a unique show based on a very popular Twitter feed. In fact, the title of the show is so sophisticated that it's perplexing some DVR

Re: [TV orNotTV] The final insult?

2010-09-11 Thread Bradford
It was rather obvious to me that Larry David was responsible for quite a bit of the success of the Seinfeld show as I thought the show dropped in quality in the years after he left. Still, it was nice to see almost everybody on Curb mock the Seinfeld finale (which David came back to write)

Re: [TV orNotTV] Is this on purpose or just plain stupid?

2010-09-08 Thread Bradford
This was most likely your cable system filling an unsold local break. Happens all the time on systems that sell local avails. I've even noticed it occasionally on DirecTV. The cues for local insertion come down and they've got to run something there. And if there's nothing sold, a random cable

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeff Ross confirms the next person to be roasted on Comedy Central

2010-07-08 Thread Bradford
Not a surprise since CC's been running commercials for it for at least a week. - Original Message - From: Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:18 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Jeff Ross confirms the next person to be roasted on

Re: [TV orNotTV] MacWorld's Hulu Plus review

2010-07-03 Thread Bradford
I have DirecTV and have had similar offers for years. It seems they use the movie services as bargaining chips any time they need to make amends with subscribers. More than once I have called to complain about something they had messed up (usually on my billing) and I was offered X number of

Re: [TV orNotTV] MacWorld's Hulu Plus review

2010-07-03 Thread Bradford
, July 03, 2010 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] MacWorld's Hulu Plus review On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: I have DirecTV and have had similar offers for years. It seems they use the movie services as bargaining chips any time they need to make

Re: [TV orNotTV] MacWorld's Hulu Plus review

2010-07-03 Thread Bradford
for as long as you'd like AND their streaming service AND you don't have to go anywhere to get it or return it. Redbox has its place, but it's not going to really hurt Netflix. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Bradford bradfo...@dwx.com wrote: Tried Netflix in the early days when it was just

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Watch the Betty White SNL

2010-05-09 Thread Bradford
Could part of the reason for last night's quality was that they relied so much on former cast members and so few of the current cast were used? (While I wouldn't say that last night's show was great, it was certainly better than most of their recent efforts and lacked the unevenness that has

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Watch the Betty White SNL

2010-05-09 Thread Bradford
almost always attributable to the guest host. And, Betty was, by far, the best guest host they've had this year. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bradford Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 12:44 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: SmackDown: Imagine Greater

2010-04-15 Thread Bradford
My mistake. Initially it was just Joel, Trace and J. Elvis but both Frank and Mary Jo joined the crew later and I wasn't in a position to access the web site. Shouldn't have hit send without verifying. - Original Message - From: Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com To:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Programming note...

2010-04-11 Thread Bradford
Revised start times for tonight's CBS programs: 60 Minutes (6:11pm CT), Amazing Race (7:11pm CT), Undercover Boss (8:11pm CT) and Cold Case (9:11pm CT) due to CBS Sports live coverage of the Masters. - Original Message - From: Dino R. Alexander To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] NCAA games look to be running at least 20 minutes late

2010-03-21 Thread Bradford
Revised start times for tonight's CBS programs: 60 Minutes (6:50pm CT), Amazing Race (7:50pm CT), Undercover Boss (8:50pm CT) and Cold Case (9:50pm CT) due to CBS Sports live coverage of the NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament. - Original Message - From: John Edwards To:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Questlove: Lovely Rita cost NBC $500K

2010-01-24 Thread Bradford
No, it's not true. Paul Shaffer and band have been using the same song for Rita Rudner (and possibly Rita Wilson, don't recall) walk ons for years. And, anybody paying attention to Conan's last show, should have heard him admit that the exorbitant costs jokes over the last week were just that:

Re: [TV orNotTV] But I don't have a wide screen TV!

2010-01-21 Thread Bradford
Thanks for this information. I have finally given up on my phone battle with DirecTV and their local station offerings. Their clueless customer service department (and people claiming to be in their technical department) keep telling me it's my fault that their feed of my local stations is

Re: [TV orNotTV] Football TiVo alert

2009-12-20 Thread Bradford
And the people who live in Green Bay and Chicago are thinking jeez, can't they handle a little snow? - Original Message - From: Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com To: TVorNotTV tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:18 AM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Football TiVo

[TV orNotTV] Re: Does The Amazing Race seem a little meaner this season? (SPOILERS)

2009-11-02 Thread Bradford
The gals in the original rolling the hay challenge didn't have a problem with the challenge physically. The problem was that, for one reason or another, they contestant doing the challenge never spotted any of the clues that were hidden inside the bundles. So although it was like trying to

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno's First 5 Weeks

2009-10-18 Thread Bradford
It could be something as simple as the fact that The Office and Poehler's show are filmed in California and 30 Rock is done in New York. - Original Message - From: PGage pga...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 5:51 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re:

[TV orNotTV] Set your DVRs

2009-07-23 Thread Bradford
Discovery Channel to re-air 'Cronkite Remembers' Wed Jul 22, 2:06 pm ET NEW YORK - Discovery Channel says it's re-airing Cronkite Remembers, an eight-part look at the 20th century through the eyes of veteran newsman Walter Cronkite. The encore presentation honors Cronkite, who died last week

[TV orNotTV] His name is Earl...

2009-06-09 Thread Bradford
and he could still return (and not necessarily on Fox). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004694.html?categoryid=14cs=1 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: Jay Walking... Away From Studio 3

2009-05-30 Thread Bradford
According to The Late Shift, in the beginning, Kushnick was the executive producer and Vickers held the title of just producer. - Original Message - From: Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 3:32 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jay

[TV orNotTV] Karl Pilkington gets animated for HBO

2009-05-18 Thread Bradford
Oh and Ricky Gervais too http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003839.html?categoryid=14cs=1 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.33/2120 - Release Date: 05/18/09 06:28:00

[TV orNotTV] Re: Leno's last week guests...

2009-05-15 Thread Bradford
I know it's nit picking but after purchasing a DVD set of the old classic CBS Password shows where his name was also misspelled, I can't let it pass... It's Jack Paar. P-A-A-R. - Original Message - From: Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Merv's stuff on the block

2009-04-28 Thread Bradford
Ooh. We'll be right back! - Original Message - From: Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com To: TVorNotTV tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:41 AM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Merv's stuff on the block Auctioneer values all of it at just over a

[TV orNotTV] NBC Announces John Madden's Retirement

2009-04-16 Thread Bradford
Madden says it's time. A lot of people think it was time was years ago. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30246064/ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.58/2062 - Release Date: 04/16/09 08:12:00

[TV orNotTV] That was quick

2009-03-18 Thread Bradford
After two weeks, the buzz has died down and Craig Ferguson beat Jimmy Fallon in the ratings. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/190133-Late_Night_Ratings_Craig_Ferguson_Tops_Jimmy_Fallon.php No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus

[TV orNotTV] Re: For Those of You Wondering Why Jonathan Ross Said 'Salad'...

2009-02-09 Thread Bradford
Apparently BBCA was in a hurry in their editing of the telecast as well. They came back from a commercial with a closeup Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel in the audience applauding and then Ross announced the next presenters: Freida Pinto andDev Patel coming from backstage. - Original

[TV orNotTV] Re: P: 2/7 When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone ...

2009-02-07 Thread Bradford
That would be D, Richard Jenkins. - Original Message - From: Thomas Allen Heald toma...@peoplepc.com To: remote-pat...@googlegroups.com; tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 1:49 AM Subject: [TV orNotTV] P: 2/7 When the day is long and the night, the night is

[TV orNotTV] So long HBO?

2009-02-03 Thread Bradford
Bob Costas has signed with the MLB Network. But he's still going to work for NBC. MLB is saying that they are now Costas' exclusive cable outlet - which I guess means that HBO's occasional Costas NOW is history. Unless they bring in Costas Mandylor.

[TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night...

2009-02-01 Thread Bradford
DirecTV does that with the local stations in my market as well. I have tried to explain to them what the problem is and they keep trying to tell me that I need to adjust the settings for DirecTV. I told them that it's already set up exactly the way they are describing and then they say that my

[TV orNotTV] Transferring .flv files to DVD

2009-01-26 Thread Bradford
I have a bunch of Flash (.flv) videos on my computer and was wondering if there was a way to burn them to a DVD so they could be played by a regular DVD player. I have a DVD burner and a program (Roxio Easy Media Creator) to make DVDs but I don't think that .flv files work on your standard

[TV orNotTV] We'll be right back with the award for Best Picture after this word from the new Adam Sandler movie!

2009-01-19 Thread Bradford
The Oscars not only have cut the asking price of the commercials in the telecast but are now allowing movie ads. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/01/cut_oscars_trim_price_take_mov.php No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database:

[TV orNotTV] Re: NBC Only 90% Sold on Super Bowl

2009-01-15 Thread Bradford
Teams with a football tradition like Green Bay or Dallas can also attract viewers outside their home markets but the Arizona Cardinals and the Baltimore Ravens don't really have the history to attract the casual football fan. - Original Message - From: Jim Ellwanger

[TV orNotTV] Re: ...And Don't Forget Triumph the Insult Comic Dog!

2009-01-12 Thread Bradford
And the latest from the newsroom is that, at 10:50 ET it was still there for me as well. - Original Message - From: David Bruggeman To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:41 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: ...And Don't Forget Triumph the Insult Comic

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