Re: [TV orNotTV] Fallon to Do Sun. 'Tonight' on Nov. 17

Putting Lorne Michaels on notice that they're willing and able to do a reverse 1975 and replace "SNL" with "The Tonight Show." (In case anyone here is unaware: "SNL" was officially a replacement for a weekend "Tonight Show" rerun on NBC's schedule. A big part of the reason "SNL" is done live an

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'SNL' Movie Coming Out on 50th Anniversary of Premiere

Turns out the subject line here is a year off, and this actually went wide on the 49th anniversary of the premiere. I made use of my AMC A- List subscription and watched it so you don't have to... The big issue is that they took a lot of stuff that happened in the weeks and months leading up to

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC says “Not tonight, Tonight Show”

No one will notice anything different. > On Sep 6, 2024, at 1:50 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Johnny Carson could get away with it. The 12:35 shows could get away with it. > I don’t believe Fallon gets away with this. > > https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/tonight-show-jimmy-fallon-four-nights-per-w

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'CBS Mornings' Gets Third Hour (Sorta)

9:00 is currently the "Let's Make a Deal" slot on KCBS, with Drew at 2:00 - assuming they don't move Drew, the other available time slots for Wayne are occupied by either "Hot Bench" (3:00) or "Judge Judy" (4:00). Although presumably, they can move things to co-owned KCAL if necessary. > On Se

Re: [TV orNotTV] DirecTV cuts off die Maus

To answer what I think is M-D's specific question: DirecTV receives the same signals as every other provider, mostly via satellite, so Disney hasn't literally cut anything off on their end. (DirecTV's main reception facility is on Culver Boulevard in Los Angeles - I sometimes have occasion to d

Re: [TV orNotTV] Support group for survivors/viewers of the opening ceremony

Oh, there's accordion music in both places. In heaven, it's the work of Weird Al, John Linnell, and cumbia bands composed of women who look like Salma Hayek and/or Sofia Vergara. In hell, it's performed by everyone else. I probably should have turned it off at about the point that Kelly Clarkson

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi OT: LA Dog Trainer drops the Calendar section

It's been "Calendar" in name only for quite a while (heck, it hasn't even been published on Saturdays for the past few years), so the name change gets a big shrug from me. For example, they don't seem to be moving very quickly to hire a new regular film critic after the departure of Justin Chia

Re: [TV orNotTV] Paramount removes content from websites

I saw someone on Bluesky comparing this to the fact that many silent movies no longer exist - but there’s a big difference between “studio destroys all known copies of its content” and “studio no longer makes its content available on a website." > On Jun 26, 2024, at 5:24 PM, Kevin M. wrote:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wikipedia question 100% off topic

Check the "Articles not satisfying the notability guidelines" section on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability On the page you're concerned about, you can check the "Talk" tab to see if Wikipedia editors have discussed the page's notability. > On Jun 18, 2024, at 12:21

Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC budget cuts: Late Night is losing its band

Conan also got rid of his house band toward the end of his late-night run, when he switched to the half-hour show format. > On Jun 13, 2024, at 10:05 AM, M-D November wrote: > > *Byron Allen intensifies* > > Craig Ferguson got by just fine without a house band. Just sayin'. > (Although it

Re: [TV orNotTV] Another change of venue for the next Tonys

Guess I should mention my favorite place, the New York Transit Museum, which is in a decommissioned subway station in Brooklyn: https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/ > On Jun 12, 2024, at 4:55 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > > Having literally just gotten back on Thursday from a last-minute trip to > see"Me

Re: [TV orNotTV] IYC: X changes policy on liked posts

I'm no longer using X/Twitter, so I can't verify this for myself, but someone on Bluesky says that likes weren't literally made private, they just removed the button - you can still see them by adding "/likes" after someone's profile URL. This is about what you would expect from a site that run

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Sia Prize" over at "Survivor"

She just came out with a new album ("Reasonable Woman"), and produced a Paris Hilton album that's supposed to be released later this year. (I know, this doesn't specifically answer the question "Sia is still a thing?" I really liked her early work as the vocalist for Zero 7, and her first few s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Dark Matter

I read the novel it's based on a while back, and so far the show is a very good adaptation - I'm sure it helps that the book's author is the one writing the scripts (at least on the first three episodes). But, yes, it's yet another alternate-timeline/multiple-universe kind of thing. > On May 1

Re: [TV orNotTV] New all cartoon digital subchannel coming next month

I assume this is why WBD removed most Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons from Max last year - either because this was either already in the works, or because they hoped something like this was in the works. > On May 2, 2024, at 12:12 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > > It’s from Weigel and is part o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Conan O’Brien Must Go

He has Jordan Schlansky to play off of in the second episode (Argentina). > On Apr 21, 2024, at 9:48 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > I like Conan’s road segments on his late night shows, so these are pleasant > for me. I feel like, at times, he should have Andy or Sona or someone with > him to play of

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Suits' Comes to OTA Years After the Fact

KCOP's not even using the "My" branding anymore - they're currently branded as "Fox 11 Plus." > On Apr 17, 2024, at 3:10 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Perusing through Wiki's MyTV article, and clicking on individual affiliates, > many of them at least use the background logo, if

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'SNL' Origin Story Movie May Be Coming

The names I recognized off the top of my head (along with Simmons, Wolfhard, and Batiste): Cooper Hoffman is the son of Philip Seymour Hoffman (and was in "Licorice Pizza"); Rachel Sennott starred in and co-wrote an R-rated comedy called "Bottoms" that I really liked last year; Lamorne Morris wa

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy/Chase crossover

Her fellow chaser Brandon Blackwell, who played in the 2008 Teen Tournament, will be appearing on Wednesday's show. > On Mar 26, 2024, at 1:04 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Friday Victoria Groce, the Queen on The Chase, will be playing Jeopardy in > the invitational tournament. She was on Jeopa

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Snowpiercer" final season to AMC

The movie was by the same director who did "Parasite," and deals with similar themes of class warfare. (I think it's only a remake of "The Wizard of Oz" in the sense that any movie in which several people team up while on a journey to do battle with someone is a remake of "The Wizard of Oz.") Th

Re: [TV orNotTV] Paramount sells half billion in assets

Looks like this is a subsidiary in India, so it would only apply to the Indian versions of MTV and Comedy Central. > On Mar 14, 2024, at 7:25 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Unless I’m misreading the tea leaves, when all this shakes out, I think > Disney could end up in control of MTV and Comedy Centr

Re: [TV orNotTV] New Amazon quiz show to get second window at Fox

> Mark Jeffries > spotligh...@gmail.com <mailto:spotligh...@gmail.com> > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 10:05 PM Jim Ellwanger <mailto:train...@ellwanger.tv>> wrote: >> It's not so much the call time itself as it is the fact that the call time >> is so earl

Re: [TV orNotTV] New Amazon quiz show to get second window at Fox

all time for contestants for a game show. > > Mark Goodson, Merrill Heatter, Bob Quigley, Stefan Hatos, Monty Hall and > Chuck Barris are all doing the Lambada in their graves. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > spotligh...@gmail.com <mailto:spotligh...@gm

Re: [TV orNotTV] New Amazon quiz show to get second window at Fox

I tried out for "The 1% Club" back in May 2023 - actually, I tried out for "untitled quiz show for a major streaming service," but based on the questions that were asked during the Zoom tryout, I figured out what show it was (and found episodes of the Australian version, which is hosted by comed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Super Bowl Ratings

I was at a friends’ apartment watching on good old-fashioned Spectrum cable. Some other people in the complex were loudly cheering for things about 45 seconds after we’d seen them, so I assume they were watching on Paramount+ or some other streaming option. > On Feb 12, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Stan

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox, WBD, Disney to Team Up for Possible Game-Changing Sports Streaming App

It also doesn't appear to include local MLB, NBA, and NHL broadcasts (aside from out-of-market NHL broadcasts that are already available on ESPN+). If they could get the in-market streaming rights to those -- which would involve negotiations with the teams and the current rights holders, e.g., B

Re: [TV orNotTV] Amazon Prime Starting Ads on Jan. 29

“Hazbin Hotel” actually had no preroll ads, but did have one 15-second ad in the middle of each episode (at a natural-ish break point). I wonder if Amazon is doing some A/B testing on ad placement. > On Feb 3, 2024, at 3:33 PM, PGage wrote: > > As promised, ads started this week on Amazon. I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Siwa Replaces Lythgoe on 'Dance' Panel

"Trans"? As far as I can tell, JoJo Siwa is still using she/her pronouns. She announced a couple years ago that the proper label for her sexuality is "pansexual," but that's something different than being trans. > On Jan 28, 2024, at 7:17 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > JoJo Siwa, the trans Nicke

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Masters of the Air

When I first saw the title, I thought it was going to be about the early days of radio broadcasting, but then realized I was confusing it with a 30-year-old nonfiction book (and Ken Burns documentary) called "Empire of the Air." > On Jan 26, 2024, at 9:24 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Let’s tell a W

Re: [TV orNotTV] Buzzy Cohen to host J! after all

If you go to the "Champions Wildcard" page, below the photos of today's contestants, it does promote the play-in games with a link to TuneIn. (On the TuneIn page, I don't see an obvious link to listen on demand to the two episodes that have already been released.) https://www.jeopardy.com/trac

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'SNL' Origin Story Movie May Be Coming

Hey, for the scenes from the first episode, they can get that AI George Carlin to play George Carlin! > On Jan 19, 2024, at 10:23 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Written and directed by Jason Reitman for Sony, "SNL 1975" tells the story > behind-the-scenes of the weeks before the NBC late-night i

Re: [TV orNotTV] CW unveils new branding

Correct, WPHL is owned by Nexstar, so it was natural that the affiliation would move over there. > On Jan 16, 2024, at 9:17 AM, M-D November wrote: > > With the end of the Arrowverse, I think the only thing left that I watch > regularly on The CW is "Whose Line...?", but even that'll be going

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! UK - the Stephen Fry Edition

Three rounds of "Jeopardy!" in a one-hour slot is not unknown to Americans - that's the format of the prime-time "Celebrity Jeopardy!" series. (In that case, dollar amounts are 1x/2x/3x, although the first round values are $100 to $500 - on regular "Jeopardy!", the first round values have been $

Re: [TV orNotTV] cable lineup superfluousness

NBCUniversal says SyFy has to be in a specific channel range (or maybe both). > On Dec 22, 2023, at 3:04 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > all of the channels I cited are HD, at least with my hardware and service tier > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 1:57 PM Jim Ellwanger <mailto:tra

Re: [TV orNotTV] cable lineup superfluousness

Going back around 25 years (I first had “digital cable” in 1998) -- the channels in the 2-99 range were the traditional “analog” cable channels, and the 3-digit channels were “digital,” which eventually became “HD.” Many cable systems no longer transmit analog signals, but they duplicate the di

Re: [TV orNotTV] Warners wants to screw up Paramount, too

Of course, my first thought is… this means even more movies and TV shows will be withdrawn from circulation in order for them to take tax write-offs to produce the merger savings they promised to investors. > On Dec 21, 2023, at 1:56 PM, PGage wrote: > > Rumors about this have been swirling f

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: 'The Last DJ' Dies at 75

I read his book years ago and found it very entertaining, although a bit annoying to read because he used fake call letters for all the radio stations, and fake names for pretty much everyone (understandable in particular because of things he said about most of the corporate folks he worked with

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rebrand of Showtime now set for Jan 8th

DirecTV still has a suite of linear Showtime multiplex channels: Shoetime 2, Showtime Extreme, Showtime Family, etc. I haven’t seen any indication of branding changes for those channels, if any. I have the full Paramount+ with Showtime package (via a Black Friday deal through Verizon). The live

Re: [TV orNotTV] D!sney testing multiple, simultaneous, Monday Night Football games

So people don't have to click through: they've done staggered start times in the past, but this is apparently the first time they've had the game on ABC and the game on ESPN kick off at the same time (and the first time Peyton and Eli have watched both games on the ESPN2 broadcast). Yes, the Fo

Re: [TV orNotTV] J! contestants fail to recognize Led Zeppelin... X reacts

The failure to identify Garth Brooks is also mentioned in the article that Bob linked. I've heard some "Jeopardy!" contestants say (or complain) that they can't see the video clues as well as the home viewers, since they're looking across the stage at monitors on either side of the game board.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox's Mid-Season

“The Simpsons” has already been airing new episodes this season, so that’s not really a season premiere, more like “a return after ‘Grimsburg’ has been in its regular time slot for a while.”Sent from my iPhoneOn Nov 22, 2023, at 10:49 AM, Tom Wolper wrote:I was a bit thrown by no mention of The S

Re: [TV orNotTV] Wallace and Gromit running out of cheese

Aardman said today that they can deal with the situation: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/aardman-denies-report-that-it-is-running-out-of-clay-to-make-stop-motion-films-235061.html > On Nov 20, 2023, at 9:58 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > The company that makes the modeling clay used by the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: NCIS Sydney

Brisbane as well (it seems like it's the equivalent of Atlanta or New Orleans in terms of its place within the Australian TV and film industry). > On Nov 20, 2023, at 8:09 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > And in the real world the NCIS field office is in Perth on the west end of > the continent.

Re: [TV orNotTV] UNI Anchor Quits--Was It Because of Trump Interview?

I assume you mean East Coast - the networks don’t particularly seem to care about the Dodgers or Giants. (I suspect if they could come up with a scheme to have a Yankees-Red Sox World Series while also preserving all the regular-season games they play against each other, they would.) > On Nov 1

Re: [TV orNotTV] Sinclair shuts down news production in Tulsa

Trivia fact: The Weird Al movie "UHF" was filmed in Tulsa, and the evil network affiliate in the movie is Channel 8 - not a coincidence. > On Nov 10, 2023, at 2:40 PM, Diner wrote: > > WTUL Channel 8, the Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate in Tulsa, is moving its news > production 100 miles away to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Sesame Street redux

The original "Sesame Street" format was inspired by TV commercials... but with kids watching shows via streaming, they're presumably not seeing as many commercials as kids were in 1969. > On Oct 30, 2023, at 4:04 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > The half hour format will now feature two 11 minute segm

Re: [TV orNotTV] Canadian TV Show Claims Well-Known Singer Is Not Indigenous

Keith Morrison... recently in the news as stepfather of the late Matthew Perry. (He's been married to Perry's mother Suzanne since 1981.) > On Oct 30, 2023, at 12:41 PM, Doug Eastick wrote: > > > Keith Morrison > yes, you are correct. My apologies. Morrison, not Robertson. > > > > > > O

Re: [TV orNotTV] Former Spock to star as famed neurologist

I've read several of his books, which are interesting and well-written. I was reading "The Mind's Eye" on a flight, and after reading his vivid description of his own eye surgery, I had to put my head down and take deep breaths for a few minutes. That was August 30, 2015 - after the flight, I le

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: There’s a new Douglas Adams book

There's another familiar name on Page 307. > On Oct 21, 2023, at 10:10 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > > It was funded via crowdfunding, and I was fortunate enough to get along to a > launch event at the British Library a few weeks ago. It is indeed a lovely > book, with lots of previously unpublished

Re: [TV orNotTV] Suzanne Somers Dead: 'Three's Company' Star Was 76

The one true Master of the Thighs. > On Oct 15, 2023, at 2:12 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > RIP “blonde in T Bird” > > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 1:54 PM Brad Beam > wrote: >> >> https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/suzanne-somers-dead-threes-company-1235756992/ >> >> >

Re: [TV orNotTV] "The Boys" spinoff a go at Amazon

"Envy-heavy" took some deciphering as well - if it's supposed to mean "N.V.-heavy," as in "nudity and violence-heavy," then it is that (well, there have been penises, at least - women's private parts have been avoided via specific blocking and camera shots). I can't imagine the show literally b

Re: [TV orNotTV] First "flexing" of NFL games

The Bucs had already been scheduled to wear their orange-and-white "throwback" uniforms for this game, for the first time in years -- the reason being that it's a matchup against a team from the old NFC Central, their home during the couple of decades they wore those uniforms. Moving the game to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tay-Tay = yooge ratings, even in the NFL

The markets in and around New York and Denver are almost certainly the only ones that are going to get the Jets-Broncos game, regardless of whether or not Taylor Swift is going to show up in Minneapolis for the Chiefs-Vikings game. (The Jets' chances of anyone caring about their games this seaso

Re: [TV orNotTV] Cops called on movie's editor after neighbours heard screaming

It doesn't say anything about windows in the article - but with the volume turned up loud enough, the neighbors could certainly have heard the noise through the walls, floor, or ceiling (as pretty much anyone who's ever lived in an apartment could tell you). And at any rate, not all editors' of

Re: [TV orNotTV] WGA and AMPTP reach settlement… to be voted on on Tuesday

Potential talk show guests (i.e., the kind of people Drew Barrymore had on that week of shows she taped): news personalities, reality show personalities, YouTube influencers, authors, musicians. > On Sep 24, 2023, at 8:28 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Obviously SAG-AFTRA w

Re: [TV orNotTV] WGA Pickets Outside 'DWTS' Rehearsal Space

Just replace that Matt Walsh with the other Matt Walsh, the right-wing extremist political commentator. Problem solved! > On Sep 20, 2023, at 11:28 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > The West Hollywood dance studios above a furniture store now have pickets > outside as the "Dancing With the Stars"

Re: [TV orNotTV] Drew Waves the White Flag

TV listings (online, and on cable boxes and other devices) always lag behind programming changes by up to 24 hours. Of course, once upon a time, all you had was TV Guide, which would lag behind programming changes by up to two weeks. (Okay, okay, you also had the daily listings in the newspaper

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight’s Jeopardy was a rerun

Sounds like what you may have gotten in Pittsburgh is the "Daytime Jeopardy!" episode, which it looks like WPXI normally shows at 1:00 P.M. (They do update the national ads in those episodes from what they originally aired with a year ago - they may even run exactly the same ads as on the regula

Re: [TV orNotTV] Drew Audience Members Kicked Out for Wearing WGA Pins

None of the late-night talk shows normally take the entire summer off -- they just take off a week or two here and there -- so they have already missed out on a lot of potential new episodes since the writers' strike began on May 2nd. > On Sep 13, 2023, at 11:40 AM, PGage wrote: > > Right, I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Only Murders In The Building

Also fans of a certain movie set in and around Chicago.Sent from my iPhoneOn Sep 12, 2023, at 9:08 PM, Kevin M. wrote:Two great cameos (one large, one small) in this week’s episode. Fans of a certain Broadway musical based on a motion picture will enjoy this a lot.  -- You received this messa

Re: [TV orNotTV] Drew Barrymore On Talk Show Return Amid WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strikes: “I Own This Choice” – Deadline

I was wondering if the syndication contract guarantees the stations a certain number of new episodes per season (with significant advertising make-goods, or other financial penalties, if the show can't deliver). > On Sep 12, 2023, at 10:04 AM, Steve Timko wrote: > > Just spit balling but what

Re: [TV orNotTV] That Was Quick: CBS to AIr Bob Barker Tribute Thurs.

The current SAG-AFTRA strike doesn't cover game shows, and TPIR doesn't use WGA writers, so there are no picket lines to cross. TPIR is already in production for the new season at their new studio, so everything is already set up over there. No chance of them spending the money to go back to Te

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jimmys, Seth, Stephen and Jon started a podcast

Although it’s presented as being improv, it does have writers — a lot of the material is written in advance (by the show writers in conjunction with the comedian panelists). > On Aug 29, 2023, at 7:38 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > > On a tangent: > I assume “@12:37” [sic] is a no-go until the strik

Re: [TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

Back in the days when TV Guide had local listings, Vermillion was served by the Nebraska Edition, which was not necessarily the best name because in addition to its namesake state, it also covered both the Sioux City (Iowa) and Sioux Falls (South Dakota) markets. > On Aug 24, 2023, at 5:20 PM,

Re: [TV orNotTV] LOCAL... but not on DirecTV

Presumably, they've decided that the same people who buy products from infomercials and shopping channels are the same people who still channel surf. (I still have DirecTV, and those channels are fine with me because they're paying to be there, which supposedly lowers everyone's bills. It's not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jennings defends decision to cross picket lines

Alex did cross the WGA picket line during the 2007-08 writers' strike, and the show used recycled clues during that time (they were about 10 years old). The difference is that social media apps like Twitter and Reddit weren't around for people to make a big deal about it. (Also, Alex was never o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Well, here it comes: the Trek musical

I noticed the same thing, and I should have gone back to see if the stardate had a "42" in it. > On Aug 3, 2023, at 9:25 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Just watched the Star Trek musical episode. As a musical, it wasn’t great but > could have been worse. I’d rank it better than the Buffy musical but

Re: [TV orNotTV] Watch "CHiPs "Roller Disco" – The most Seventies scene in 1970s TV" on YouTube

For their 65th anniversary in 2012, I think it was, KTLA ran a weekend marathon of one episode each of many of the shows that had graced their airwaves over the years. This was the "CHiPs" episode they chose. > On Aug 1, 2023, at 8:03 AM, Doug Eastick wrote: > > https://youtu.be/fh5GdUY00-k >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why a Rita Ora guest shot on original Love Island disappeared from Hulu

I have no specific comment (it has been eighteen years since I worked as a closed-captioner, and even then, I was never really involved with the technical side of things)... other to say that this article could have been a three-sentence blurb instead. "An episode of 'Love Island U.K.' featurin

Re: [TV orNotTV] This never happened when Alex hosted

When Alex hosted, they produced new episodes during the 2007-08 writers' strike reusing old material, and nobody seemed to notice. (It's unknown whether there were any potential contestants who refused to cross the picket line.) During the writers' strikes prior to that, the writers were not par

Re: [TV orNotTV] Don't expect adverts for streaming properties on their platform's rivals

And I've seen ads for Apple TV+ shows on Paramount+. > On Jul 7, 2023, at 2:44 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > There are exceptions, tho... I've seen Paramount+ stuff plugged on Peacock, > f'rinstance... > https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/big-streamers-hungry-for-advertising-but-so

Re: [TV orNotTV] Spacey facing more charges in the UK

A couple decades ago, I was on a jury for a civil trial in Federal court that was officially sequestered when we went to deliberations - which only took a few hours, so they didn't have to decide whether or not they were going to sequester us overnight. (We did get lunch on Uncle Sam's dime.) Be

Re: [TV orNotTV] "SNL" to pitch at Cannes advertising festival

At last, NBC has discovered an event that won't be picketed by WGA members. > On Jun 19, 2023, at 1:10 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Mikey Day and Ego Nwodim, along with Lorne, join > host Willie Geist for the presentation, part of a broader bid by NBCU

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Jimmy Pesto' Accused of MAGAing at Capitol on Jan. 6

He portrayed so many right-wing cops in "Mr. Show" sketches that he ended up identifying with them. But this is, by far, the best "Mr. Show" sketch in which he appeared: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6H_uyNFbb0 > On Jun 8, 2023, at 9:26 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Jay Johnston, the voice

Re: [TV orNotTV] A long Chris Licht profile

If he says anything, it won't be on his show, which is still in reruns due to the writers' strike. > On Jun 7, 2023, at 8:38 AM, PGage wrote: > > Has Colbert been talking about Licht/CNN at all? If he says anything tonight > would be interested in a report. > > On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 7:04 AM '

Re: [TV orNotTV] Max embarrassed by descriptions' "creators" credits

Re "the guilds are gonna be understandably hissed" - the DGA and WGA did issue a joint statement yesterday, which didn't make it into the followup of that Mashable article: https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2023/230524_StatementFromDGAWGAPresidentsRegardingMaxCreditChanges.aspx > On May 2

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Great Streaming Purge

Movies and shows that are being removed from streaming services ARE still available, but, of course, in an unofficial, not-legal manner (they’re on torrent sites, and probably some dark web locations). > On May 22, 2023, at 6:35 PM, PGage wrote: > > Matt Belloni at Puck News has a story out t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Americans Can Now Vote for Eurovision

I happen to be in the U.K. this week - in fact, I was in Liverpool on Monday and Tuesday (I made travel plans without knowing about Eurovision). The city was crazy, in a good way.For reasons that were unexplained on the BBC broadcast, U.K. residents were not allowed to vote for Tuesday night’s semi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Coming soon to the CW? Live sports

There's precedent for this with at least one of the stations involved: WTOG was the initial Fox affiliate for the Tampa Bay area when the network was just the Joan Rivers show, but when Fox started moving to expand into prime-time, they dropped the affiliation and stayed independent. (In the fol

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Interesting game show insight

One of the talking heads on the show is a friend of mine (Adam Nedeff, who has written some weighty, well-researched biographies about game show hosts) - the fact that he was interviewed is a good indication that it’s a somewhat serious documentary series.Sent from my iPhoneOn May 4, 2023, at 8:14

Re: [TV orNotTV] Foxx Still Laid Up, Cannon to Fill In for Him on 'Beat Shazam'

It's a Hilton next to the 405, actually (formerly a Doubletree, and before that it was a Radisson). "Jeopardy!" also holds local contestant tryouts there on occasion. They don't validate parking for potential contestants (valet-only, and the nearest street parking is some distance away), but at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Foxx Still Laid Up, Cannon to Fill In for Him on 'Beat Shazam'

Wasn't another reason for starting these expatriate productions so that they could get full audiences of people not wearing masks? U.S. audiences (at least in the Los Angeles area) were being required to wear masks until recently, due to the unions' Covid safety agreements with the studios. >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Anyone else recently locked out of Twitter?

Am I the only one who dislikes using the term "application" to refer to something running on a website - as this article does - as opposed to a separate, dedicated application running on a phone/tablet/laptop/desktop PC/whatever? There USED TO be an actual desktop TweetDeck application, but it

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jerry Springer is gone

In September 1992, I saw two episodes of his show taped at NBC in Chicago shortly after I arrived in town as a bright-eyed college freshman. That was when it was still a relatively serious show, akin to "Donahue," rather than what it turned into. There was a lunch break between the two shows, a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Best way to stream “Jeopardy!”?

For the regular weeknight syndicated version, the only way to officially do it is to get a streaming service that includes local channels. (People do unofficially post episodes to YouTube, but those may be of dubious quality and will be taken down as soon as Sony finds them.)For the tournaments tha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Orlando J! affiliate tosses Final, goes right to Wheel

This was almost certainly an error with their master control automation system (either it was programmed incorrectly in the first place, or there was a glitch that made it skip over the Final Jeopardy! segment), nothing specifically nefarious. > On Apr 12, 2023, at 11:01 AM, 'Bob Jersey' via T

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi OT: RIP Al Jaffee

This was my favorite tweet along those lines that I read today (by J. Elvis Weinstein of "Mystery Science Theater 3000"): https://twitter.com/JElvisWeinstein/status/1645525049020153856 J. Elvis Weinstein twitter.com > On Apr 10, 2023, at 9:58 PM, PGage wrote: > > When I was a kid one of my

Re: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

At least "The Little Mermaid" is actually a Disney film. The WB promo included clips of a fair number of films they now own the rights to, but which were not made by Warner Bros. (the most obvious example was "The Wizard of Oz"). > On Mar 14, 2023, at 12:49 PM, M-D November wrote: > > I don't

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'SNL' Pre-Show Segment Editors to Strike

And if there's anyone who knows "funny," it's comedy genius Aaron Sorkin! > On Mar 12, 2023, at 2:07 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > To quote Sorkin, “They forgot to bring the funny.” > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 1:48 PM Dave Sikula > wrote: >> Thank you for (inadvertentl

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stephen Fry to present UK version of Jeopardy

"Jeopardy!" is just a faster-paced version of "QI" without the joke answers. (I'm only sort of kidding.) > On Feb 27, 2023, at 2:18 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > > There have been a couple of attempts in the past to bring Jeopardy to UK > audiences, although I confess that they have all completely p

Re: [TV orNotTV] Regional Sports Networks are in deep trouble

Shortly after seeing this story earlier today, I noticed Bally Sports tweet to promote a sponsored giveaway item that's scheduled for the Tampa Bay Rays game on July 9th. I hope the Rays got the sponsorship money up front. https://twitter.com/BallyRays/status/1626257396002656262 > On Feb 16, 2

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS reviewing captioning policy after Bad Bunny issue at Grammys

Based on my experiences during my closed-captioning career, the CBS president's statement "We worked with a closed captioning vendor that did not execute at a standard to which we should rightfully be held" is code for "We didn't spend enough money on the captioning for them to use a bilingual l

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

I'll admit that I liked it, too, although I only watched occasionally (mainly when a comedian I really liked was among the "competitors"). I wonder if the new version is going to open with the host saying "It's 12:36 and 59 seconds." > On Feb 8, 2023, at 11:21 AM, M-D November wrote: > > *ra

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

I’m sure Elon Musk is looking forward to the return of Hashtag Wars to increase Twitter engagement. > On Feb 7, 2023, at 6:22 PM, PGage wrote: > > Hard to believe anyone in the world has been crossing their fingers hoping > for an @Midnight reboot. But this is exactly the kind of choice that m

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: The Last of Us

I totally disagree with this, especially after episode 3. > On Feb 5, 2023, at 8:53 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Uninspired and boring… and the bad guys look comically bad. The “mutants” in > This Island Earth were more realistic. > > On HBO > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this mes

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nexstar Sends CDub Scripted Execs Packing

Am I misunderstanding what you're asking? The majority owners of the other networks have their O&Os affiliated with the network. (That said, it's obviously a big jump from Disney/ABC owning 8 stations nationwide to Nexstar owning or controlling 197.) > On Feb 3, 2023, at 9:38 AM, Brad Beam w

Re: [TV orNotTV] Peacock announce Sunday MLB sked

This package, which began last year, includes 2 hours of exclusivity -- most Sunday home games in the Eastern time zone used to have a 1:00 P.M. start time, but beginning last season, teams had to move that back half an hour to 1:30 P.M. > On Jan 31, 2023, at 1:36 PM, PGage wrote: > > That’s

Re: [TV orNotTV] consolidation

If I recall correctly, "Showtime Anytime" is a different app than just plain "Showtime." (It's the same situation as "HBO Now" versus "HBO Go," which were two different apps, prior to the creation of HBO Max.) What if you start at the "Sign In" link in the upper right of the Showtime Anytime w

Re: [TV orNotTV] consolidation

Do you currently have access to the Showtime Anytime app using your cable company account login? I suspect, once this rebranding is complete, you will instead be able to log in to the P+ app with that login (which means you could drop your separate P+ subscription). > On Jan 30, 2023, at 4:15

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno fired from CNBC

Back in the 1980s, one of CNBC's predecessors was known as "FNN/Score" - financial news during the day, sports news and talk shows at night and on weekends. (Obviously, they couldn't compete with ESPN, especially with no actual sporting events to broadcast.) > On Jan 27, 2023, at 9:08 AM, Paul

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