Re: [TV orNotTV] San Diego Comic-Con 2018

> On Jul 22, 2018, at 7:53 AM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > > Kevin M., to David Bruggeman, in part, Saturday (7/21): > As promised, a few words on Comic Con. > [...] >> First point of criticism: Event planners need to put a food court on site. I >> didn’t even discover the food

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Disney agrees not to keep Fox regional sports nets

Heh, the two Fox Sports affiliates in Florida have been running a 30th-anniversary promo that includes a couple flashes of the SportsChannel logo (as well as the logo of Sunshine Network, the original name of the one that wasn’t SportsChannel). Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 28, 2018, at 6:55 PM

Re: [TV orNotTV] are some Fox stations not carrying World Cup?

> On Jun 17, 2018, at 9:14 AM, daniel anderson > wrote: > > I see some markets opting out of some games, what's going on? What I've heard is that those stations couldn't figure out what to do about their required E/I programming (for one, WVUE in New Orleans posted a note on their website

Re: [TV orNotTV] somehow it's not in the Wiki article

> The "Today" logic is furthered by the traditional 'break for commercial' copy - "But first...this is 'Today' on NBC." Fun fact: "This is 'Today' on NBC" is specifically a cue for a station break (i.e., local commercials). They'll say something different to lead into a national commercial break.

Re: [TV orNotTV] somehow it's not in the Wiki article

otTV] somehow it's not in the Wiki article Hmm. Well, it started as a reflection of "The Tonight Show," hence "The Today Show." But I just found what appears to be the original (1952) logo http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/Today_(United_States) [1] and it just says "Today.

Re: [TV orNotTV] somehow it's not in the Wiki article

It was just “Today” even back in the Dave Garroway era. Sent from my iPhone > On May 21, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Does anyone know approximately when "Today" became the official name of what > had been "The Today Show"? I don't need a specific date, just the year. > Thanks. >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Megyn: I blame Jon Stewart

How much overlap does the available audience for a 9:00 A.M. network time slot have with the "TDS" audience? (I'm guessing not much.) - Original Message - From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com To: Cc: Sent:Mon, 07 May 2018 19:46:22 + Subject:[TV orNotTV] Megyn: I blame Jon Stewart MK’s ra

Re: [TV orNotTV] Marty Scorsese to direct SCTV retrospective for Netflix

> On Apr 13, 2018, at 4:32 AM, Doug Fields wrote: > > Kimmel replaced by Marty Short as moderator, maybe? Rick Moranis is missing > as well. The article said that the Jimmy Kimmel-moderated discussion will happen next month in Toronto -- presumably, the photo is of a separate get-together f

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Counterpart

> On Apr 7, 2018, at 5:53 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Appropriately, I feel like I'm in a time warp, as I appear to be the only > person who stayed current on this show (very jarring to see Kevin's post on > the premiere a week after I watched the finale). It's not a perfect thing, > but I'm d

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Counterpart

> On Apr 6, 2018, at 10:00 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Potentially good sci-fi... too hard to tell from one episode. Decent concept. > Well executed. Maybe a bit darker in tone than it needs to be, but the reason > behind that could be explained in future episodes. The first season has completed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Roseanne" ratings called big

> I would be happier though if we again saw successful hit comics being given chances to turn their acts intoTV shows. How quickly we forget Maria Bamford's "Lady Dynamite" and Tig Notaro's "One Mississippi."  (Just to name the first two recent examples that came to mind of comics turning their ac

Re: [TV orNotTV] Bozo is dead

> BOSTON (AP) - A longtime Boston television personality and entertainer known > for playing Bozo the Clown has died at age 89. Boston’s Bozo, yes, but I have a feeling more people on this list would be familiar with the Chicago Bozo from WGN, who was portrayed by Bob Bell until his retirem

Re: [TV orNotTV] Bowling jumps to Fox after decades at ESPN

> On Mar 20, 2018, at 8:08 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 8:05 PM Doug Eastick > wrote: > 40 years ago, when we got cable TV including WIVB from buffalo, there was a > Sunday show called (I think) 'Bowling for Dollars' > > Watched some of that (th

Re: [TV orNotTV] Thursday March 15 Jeopardy!

A new episode aired in Los Angeles. There are two episodes of "Jeopardy!" every weekday, the new episode and a year-old rerun. (Most stations only carry the new episode, but a few do air both episodes.)  I have heard tell of stations occasionally mixing up which is which. If WPXI aired that year-o

Re: [TV orNotTV] OJ Simpson possible confession to air on Fox

> The two-hour special, with the provocative title "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?" will air 8 p.m. EST Sunday, March 11, Fox said Thursday. That should be 8 p.m. EDT. ("Spring forward" occurs early that morning.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

> On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the Nightly > News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. I know of a > handful of instances when those buttons were pressed accidentally; hilarity > ensued.

Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

> On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:30 AM, daniel anderson > wrote: > > Besides regional football, the morning news shows, which are taped outside of > the eastern time zone, but what if there is a special report? Do they > interrupted all feeds at once? >From my days working in live closed-captioning

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ex-FOX News talking head mulls run for Congress

> On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Doug Fields wrote: > > Probably the 30th. I think my source for “maybe the 33rd” was making a joke > about her character in “Clueless” living in Beverly Hills. Lotsa luck. Both the 30th and the 33rd should be very safe for their Democratic incumbents in the fa

Re: [TV orNotTV] Just curious if anyone else has FOX News on tonight

> On Feb 9, 2018, at 10:07 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > I hope we lose every event. No, we're supposed to WIN every event to prove an idiot Fox News executive wrong about our "darker, gayer, different" team. (Note that less than 10% of the U.S. Winter Olympics team is not white.) https://www

Re: [TV orNotTV] Greeting female guests on talk shows

> On Feb 1, 2018, at 7:57 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Trevor Noah has been creeping me out for months now. He gave Rose McGowan just a handshake on tonight’s “Daily Show.” -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quick review: A Futile and Stupid Gesture

> On Jan 29, 2018, at 5:22 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > > “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” tells the story about the co-founder of the > National Lampoon, Doug Kenney. He also wrote “Animal House” and “Caddyshack.” I really liked the self-referential narration. Conveniently enough, if “A Futile and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Another item crossed off the bucket list

> On Jan 29, 2018, at 2:07 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Would that be Sia? Sia hasn't been the musical guest this season -- in fact, her most recent appearance was two seasons ago, on November 7, 2015, when the guest host was some guy named Donald Trump. I assume Melissa was referring to SZ

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Annoying new trend on The Late Show

> On Jan 28, 2018, at 12:47 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > In the experience of both myself and my wife, "Jeopardy" taped in real time > with one exception; even though everything else takes the time it takes on > the broadcast, players get as much time as they need to calculat

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Annoying new trend on The Late Show

> On Jan 21, 2018, at 7:47 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Exactly. It's an unnecessary lie. Nefarious gain? What gain at all? "Live on tape" was added to the intro a few weeks before the 2016 election, and I recall reading that it was added specifically because the shows that had aired live had d

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL dropped some bombs [2S, 1F] on US

> On Jan 14, 2018, at 8:03 AM, PGage wrote: > > It was aired live on the WC, and still the F-Bomb was bleeped out, and > omitted (without wildcards or spaces) from the closed caption. Yep, NBC apparently has a separate feed of the live "SNL" for the Pacific time zone (probably picked up by t

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL ratings down again this year

> On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:59 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Now that LA has not one but two teams, I know several local football fans who > are pissed they no longer get the “good” games so they watch with less > frequency L.A. had already been getting all the Chargers away games, as a secondary ma

Re: [TV orNotTV] Major cable, satellite players raising rates noticeably

I’m on a legacy DirecTV package (with a slightly different channel lineup than any of the packages they currently offer), but they still manage to raise its price every year. > On Dec 24, 2017, at 3:18 AM, stannc wrote: > > Charter has me on a legacy Time Warner Cable promotion that allows me

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "live on tape" my ass

> On Dec 1, 2017, at 8:06 AM, Diner wrote: > I haven't been to many TV tapings in my life, but in the nineties I went to > one Letterman, one Leno, and two Conans. When I told my brother-in-law that > the shows I witnessed were complete shows that just taped all the way through > from start t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeffrey Tambor now among the accused

> On Nov 20, 2017, at 8:50 PM, M-D November wrote: > > Lost in all this: the long-gestating 5th season of “Arrested Development” > over at Netflix. Can they stay in the Jeffrey Tambor business after setting a > precedent with Kevin Spacey? Can the show continue without George Bluth? Alia Sha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Showrunner for all the DC superhero series suspended for...

> On Nov 16, 2017, at 1:20 PM, M-D November wrote: > > Except...isn't "Riverdale" also Berlanti's production company? Well, then all I can suggest for the CW is a "Charmed" spinoff in which Rose McGowan has lost her magic powers, but can still battle villains using social media. -- -- TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NFL switchin' Saints, among others

> On Nov 15, 2017, at 10:56 AM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > In LA's case, only after the early game ends will that happen (the primary > station of the applicable net). They start on different (co-owned) stations. > It hasn't (AFAICT) occurred in the other cities (and I'm not expect

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NFL switchin' Saints, among others

> On Nov 15, 2017, at 8:37 AM, Doug Fields wrote: > > ??? That's not how I understand the rules work. If a Tampa Bay Buccaneers > home game is broadcast by a station that's not our normal Fox station, we > don't get two stations airing the same game. We usually get non-football > filler o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Showrunner for all the DC superhero series suspended for...

> On Nov 10, 2017, at 11:19 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > ... you know. Andrew Kreisberg had 19 people accuse him. He's in charge of > SuperGirl, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow. He basically IS the CW. > > > http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/warner-bros-sexual-harassment-andrew-kreisber

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV, till it is: Popular filmmaker to shoot locally

> On Oct 26, 2017, at 10:35 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Not sure whether M Night has heard of BWTime. I don't think two to three > weeks is realistic for a Bruce Willis movie. I’m pretty sure M. Night Shyamalan is already familiar with Bruce Willis’s working style. -- -- TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS to sell Television City?

> On Sep 30, 2017, at 10:10 PM, Doug Eastick wrote: > > I had to google what studio might have been Culver City. I'm guessing it > was the local CBS affiliate. They meant the NFL Network studios, which are in Culver City. As previously alluded to in this thread, the L.A. CBS affiliate is a

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: Los Angeles loses another rock station

> On Sep 29, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > For the rest of us who want actual variety, we still have no terrestrial > choice. Have you heard KCSN 88.5 (the Cal State Northridge station)? They recently expanded their reach with a simulcast on KSBR 88.5 (the Saddleback College statio

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Tony Romo to be CBS sports analyst

I watched some of the Thursday night game on Amazon Prime with the "UK English" audio feed, which had soccer announcers Ross Dyer and Tommy Smyth on the call of the game. It had been advertised that it was specifically geared to international viewers who were not necessarily familiar with Americ

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CIN-GB delaying Discovery

> On Sep 24, 2017, at 10:53 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > I believe you are the first person I've read with a positive impression of > The Orville. This makes me think I might like a live-action Seth MacFarlane > vehicle. The minute of the show I checked out so far has a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why did FOX switch to The Orville before the game ended?

> On Sep 17, 2017, at 8:50 PM, PGage wrote: > > NBC has a monopoly on NFL starting at 5:00 pm (Pacific Time). This > occasionally (as it did today) effects the Red Zone as well. What is a little > unclear to me, and from this thread, is how this effects the primary game in > a home market. Di

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why did FOX switch to The Orville before the game ended?

> On Sep 17, 2017, at 6:08 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > > I'm sorry. They were showing the full game after the other game finished. Okay, after watching the Emmys, I got to my DVR recording of “The Orville,” could actually see what happened, and have an answer: due to NFL rules, Fox had to cut a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why did FOX switch to The Orville before the game ended?

> On Sep 17, 2017, at 5:42 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > > Here in Reno, there's still a minute or so to go in the game between the > Broncos and the Cowboys, which was delayed by lightning. It's 5:40 p.m. and > they're showing "The Orville" and not the game. None of this makes sense. I see, from

Re: [TV orNotTV] Newseum finances floundering

> On Aug 29, 2017, at 10:58 AM, John Edwards wrote: > > They moved into a new building in DC a few years ago. I went a couple years ago, and thought it was very substantial and interesting. I would definitely recommend it to the members of this list. I think a big issue is that its admission

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: What if...

> On Aug 14, 2017, at 6:49 AM, Diner wrote: > > Well, considering that they postponed the Oscars for 48 hours when Martin > Luther King was assassinated, and for 24 hours when President Reagan got > shot, I'd say yes too. Perhaps a more piquant comparison -- and the reason I can't believe Da

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: So long, (Coach) Ara Parseghian

And crossword puzzle solvers knew him as 72 Across. -- -- 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 from this group, se

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "SET FOR LIFE" problems

> On Jul 21, 2017, at 8:05 AM, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > I think I've still got a free preview going for MLB.tv -- I'll try to > remember to turn on the captions today and confirm that the errors are > consistent with the kind of errors that stenocaptioners make.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "SET FOR LIFE" problems

> On Jul 21, 2017, at 2:39 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Sidebar to the sidebar (and only sorta TV) is that the CC software on MLB.TV > really needs an upgrade. It's next to impossible to watch/read a game without > some egregiously embarrassing mistakes. Of course, I can't cit

Re: [TV orNotTV] And the new Doctor Who will be...

My Whovian friend predicts Phoebe Waller-Bridge of "Fleabag" (I'm not familiar with her, but my friend thinks she's wrong for the part of the Doctor.) Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 14, 2017, at 10:07 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > The article speculates Kris Marshall (formerly of Death In Paradise) as

Re: [TV orNotTV] Megyn's 9 AM-east show drops Sept 25th

> > On Jul 12, 2017, at 8:00 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > Announced minimally by Politico, monitored by Variety > > (link). Live audience; spokesperson clammed up when asked if the program > will refer at

Re: [TV orNotTV] Live cast reading of a Futurama script...

> On Jun 20, 2017, at 7:41 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > ... streams on Facebook tonight at 8pm PST > > https://www.facebook.com/Futurama/ Despite the fancy graphic, I'm almost positive they mean 8pm PDT. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Week Tonight - UK Election

> On Jun 13, 2017, at 8:53 PM, Doug Eastick wrote: > > if you want to borrow my Betamax or VHS copy, email me directly. I can dub > to either. Just because you mentioned “USENET in 1988” in your other message, that doesn’t mean your life is now taking place in 1988. -- -- TV or Not TV ..

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: National news breaks at 5 PM

> On May 25, 2017, at 4:04 PM, daniel anderson > wrote: > > I've always wondered; do the networks sometimes interrupt local news to do a > bulletin? Do they have a countdown to alert stations? Yes -- if they feel it necessary to do a mandatory special report, they're not going to hold it for

Re: [TV orNotTV] ICYMI: Corden's Opening Last Night

> On May 23, 2017, at 11:06 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > ...Conan didn't say anything or if he did, it was at the end... At the end of his show last night, Conan paid tribute to Marsh McCall, an original member of the "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" writing staff, who passed away Monday morni

Re: [TV orNotTV] CW Fall Annotated

> On May 18, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > I was a kid when this show was on, and all I remember about it were catfights > where the women fell into pools, and shower scenes featuring shower doors > that had frosted glass covering the torso region. > > I suspect the CW version will f

Re: [TV orNotTV] Timeless Cancelled, then UNcancelled

> On May 14, 2017, at 4:21 PM, stannc wrote: > > And there was an additional James Bond novel and movie after their encounter > with Ian Fleming. Okay, okay, what I've been waiting for, since the Hindenburg landed safely in the pilot, is one of the travelers making an "oh, the humanity" refe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Timeless Cancelled, then UNcancelled

> On May 13, 2017, at 12:39 PM, Marti Lawrence wrote: > > The time travel show was cancelled, but apparently the flurry of requests to > keep the show, caused NBC to reconsider, and the cancellation was undone. The > show will return in 2018. Almost like someone changed the timeline somehow.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for those with some technical skills with Charter cable boxes

Sounds like there might be some "energy saver" setting that's been triggered somehow. If you can't find it through the box's on-screen menus, you may have to figure out how to get to the "service menu" (Google for that phrase and the box's model number). > On May 12, 2017, at 2:24 PM, Steve Ti

Re: [TV orNotTV] Guest hosts on Kimmel this week

> On May 3, 2017, at 7:23 PM, PGage wrote: > > He announced last night that it will be the 20th anniversary of his start at > The Daily Show. I think he said they were scheduled to be dark, and will just > do this show new that week (maybe anticipating a possible writer's strike?) > mostly as

Re: [TV orNotTV] Newest MST3K

> On Apr 17, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > > I have only watched the first episode, but it wasn't good. The jokes during > the movie were plentiful, but weren't landing. I think my biggest problem was > that Jonah Ray was too loopy. It might be a while before I watch a second > episo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Thursday's Colbert

One thing that was affected by the situation in Syria was Thursday’s originally scheduled episode of “Powerless,” which dealt with the main characters being stuck in the office due to a gas attack. I happened to pay particular attention to this because Thursday morning, the L.A. Times ran this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Winter Games primetime: LIVE to the lower 48

dcast will be 100% live. I can't believe they wouldn't, for example, delay the women's figure skating final as much as they need to in order to get it into the prime-time broadcast -- and get all their commercials in. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- --

Re: [TV orNotTV] Winter Games primetime: LIVE to the lower 48

> On Mar 28, 2017, at 5:54 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > "That means social media won’t be ahead of the action in any time zone… Aside from, you know, action that NBC delays for the prime-time broadcast. (If you’re wondering, with the time zone difference, U.S. prime-time lines up with the mor

Re: [TV orNotTV] Worst TV commercial ever?

> On Mar 26, 2017, at 5:06 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > \When I saw this commercial, all I could think about is how annoying it would > be to have someone using this as they stand next to me while they are > shopping. > Circa 2003, I was at a baseball game where someone seated behind me was using

Re: [TV orNotTV] One "Bake-Off" face will follow it to C4

nday during the run). -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- 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 unsubs

Re: [TV orNotTV] SNL to live up to its name in a larger area

y of prime-time anthology specials, too, and the sky hasn't fallen. Being on the West Coast and having satellite, I get TV-MA programming on basic cable channels starting at 7:00 P.M. (occasionally earlier) -- so it seems fairly quaint to be worrying about the TV-14 "SNL" ai

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore has been canceled

show, which would have aired live, hosted by Paul F. Tompkins; the other was basically "Attack of the Show," hosted by Chris Hardwick.) -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subsc

Re: [TV orNotTV] Don passing on NCAA bracket

e's ever done them > before... ESPN (link) Also, there's a very good chance that Northwestern, the alma mater of a couple of his late-night nemeses -- Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers -- will be making it into the NCAA tournament for the first time ever. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bob Hope closer to being forgotten in one respect

etterman and Martin will > be > eventually. I wouldn't read too much into this airport name change -- the issue is not that people don't know who Bob Hope was, the issue is that people don't know where "Bob Hope Airport" is. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwang

Re: [TV orNotTV] Time shifting the Grammy Awards

> On Feb 12, 2017, at 4:38 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > > So I've been following the winners of the Grammy Awards on the wire for more > than two hours now and it is going to air st 8 pm eastern/5 pm. west coast, > in about a half hour. Have they done time sifting like this before? > Does this ma

Re: [TV orNotTV] Esquire Network transitioning to digital-only

on-demand," >i.e., a programming service that broadcasts as a traditional channel where one >program follows another on a schedule, versus a programming service that has a >menu of viewing options from which one can choose at their leisure. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwan

Re: [TV orNotTV] Trump taunts Schwarzeneggar over "Apprentice" ratings

tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uu0d_UHNa4 -- so obviously things are more serious now. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- 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.

Re: [TV orNotTV] No no no no no no no no no no

> On Dec 16, 2016, at 8:41 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > It will be the end of all life as we know it. This film was released in 2005, and yet somehow we're still living (if you call this living): http://www.impawards.com/2005/posters/honeymooners_ver2_xlg.jpg --- Jim El

Re: [TV orNotTV] Close to the Enemy

> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Adam Bowie > wrote: > > I'm watching this - although an episode behind at the moment (Where is it > airing in the US Kevin?). > > On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:27 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > I found the first episode as a free iTunes download

Re: [TV orNotTV] Raleigh NC station hits delay button on SNL

> On Nov 13, 2016, at 4:45 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > FWIW, I was surprised that the DC affiliate opted not to censor the various > words that WRAL did. Technically, DC is an owned-and-operated station, not an affiliate — they’d be the least likely to engage in their o

Re: [TV orNotTV] World Series Game 3 Notes

regional network all during the regular season, where this was never an issue, even with a shorter between-innings clock. Incidentally, this year I went to a couple of International League minor-league games, in which a pitch clock is being used, and I would be very happy to see that implemented

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Cause Harvey and his gang can't have all the fun...

wned stations (I see WFLD/Chicago and WJBK/Detroit): http://extratv.com/page/when-its-on/ A little searching shows that WMAQ was the only NBC-owned station it left, a victim of a local news expansion in a time zone where there's effectively an hour less available for syndicated progra

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chinese business buys Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion

> On Nov 3, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > At this point, I'm like the paperboy from Better Off Dead for dick clark > productions* > > *lowercase intentional, unless the Chinese finally changed it My rule is that I’ll follow any nonstandard capitalization and/or punctuation rules tha

Re: [TV orNotTV] rerun ran

baseball" graphic on screen during the promos. I don't remember seeing any of that this year. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or N

Re: [TV orNotTV] Any words on the Cubs' win?

es -- although "hit batter" is also used, seemingly interchangeably. PDF link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2016/official_baseball_rules.pdf -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] Give the Devil (Joe Buck) His Due

nd former pitcher who's also occasionally on FS1). They're actually both pretty good. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV"

Re: [TV orNotTV] Time Warner, AT&T merger talk heats up

> On Oct 21, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > Variety > > (link): Can't tell what one sees in the other, other than just getting > larger to keep up with others. Given that AT&T now fancies itself a “

Re: [TV orNotTV] Variety reviews BBCA telemovie "Dirk Gently's..."

> On Oct 19, 2016, at 12:23 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > With Samuel Barnett as the offbeat sleuth, and Elijah Wood as his sidekick. > > Great if you like really-annoying people*, writes Mo Ryan >

Re: [TV orNotTV] I noticed something about the LDS...

asily adapt), but I don't see any reason why the NFL and the networks would want to change the status quo of 1:00 Eastern kickoffs. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Neal Baer working on FBI show for Fox

> On Oct 17, 2016, at 7:05 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > The ex-"SVU" exec and writer Cathryn Humphris, pictured in this Variety > > (link) piece, team on the tale of a hate-crime task force. Net

Re: [TV orNotTV] Will there be a Trump TV?

> On Oct 17, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > His brand is bolstered by his antics... The data seem to be trending in the opposite direction. http://digiday.com/brands/5-charts-trumps-damaged-brand-numbers/ -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rules On Misleading Drug Ads

-- but the baseball playoffs, being on cable up until the World Series, are rife with liquor commercials, mostly bourbon.) -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [TV orNotTV] I noticed something about the LDS...

f the Dodgers with Trea Turner of the Nationals a few times. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- 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

Re: [TV orNotTV] This week's J! test

> On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:31 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Just a reminder that my wife, Pidge Meade, will be on the Jeopardy episode > that airs tonight, October 10th. Sad to see she wasn’t the one who uncovered the Daily Double about the name of the humans who were enslaved b

Re: [TV orNotTV] Sounds like the zebras or CBS goofed up...

> On Oct 9, 2016, at 5:54 PM, daniel anderson > wrote: > > That's the first time i've seen that in a while. The league is quite strict > on that, as you said, so maybe the referees forgot there was a promo still > running. The on-field officials don’t specifically “know” there’s a promo runn

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: California/OSHA may require condoms in adult oriented entertainment

> On Oct 9, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Doug Eastick wrote: > > NoHo Starbucks? What's NoHo mean? > North Hollywood. There must still be SOME adult film production happening in L.A., since there’s an actress who plays in a downtown L.A.-based pinball league with me. -- -- TV or Not TV The Sma

Re: [TV orNotTV] This week's J! test

> On Oct 6, 2016, at 8:49 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Did anyone else take the plunge this week? I think I did well enough make > the audition, but I still have to be randomly selected. Yes, I took the test Tuesday night, and think I got about 40 — supposedly, 35 puts y

Re: [TV orNotTV] Is it me or does CBS switch to a "more competitive game" more than FOX?

e, where there are people with more expertise in the subject: http://506sports.com/forum/ -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" gr

Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA to carry Scully's last two series of year

;ll need to subscribe to us to get it." http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-charter-ceo-20160920-snap-story.html -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jeopardy! October Test

> On Sep 14, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Bill Partsch wrote: > > Follow up: I've yet to select a test date, as I have not noticed where I am > supposed to do so. Did I overlook something? If you nice people are already > set date-wise, I'll email the gods of Jeopardy! No, there’s no place where you no

Re: [TV orNotTV] Off topic: Vegas

> it is worth checking out. And the Pinball Hall of Fame offers a bunch of devices that I, for one, would much rather put coins into than slot machines. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy! October Test

> On Sep 12, 2016, at 8:37 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Nor have I received the call, and I'm at least two years past my last > audition. For some reason, I had it stuck in my head that I couldn't take > the test more than once in a 12 month period, whether or not I was i

Re: [TV orNotTV] Say Goodbye to Cable Box (and Pay More Money)

's vision is that you would run the "Comcast Xfinity" or "Charter Spectrum" app on your Roku box, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire stick, etc., where it would live alongside Netflix, Hulu, and so on. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV o

Re: [TV orNotTV] BBCA adding to its Trek offerings

> On Sep 8, 2016, at 8:28 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Thanks to everyone for reminding me of the various channels I should always > check for possible Trek reruns. > > Once I Spy disappeared from Cozi, I really stopped paying attention to it, > MeTV and other channels oc

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie review: Pitch

Pennsylvania), Louisville Bats, Cincinnati Reds, Indianapolis Indians, Lansing Lugnuts, South Bend Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates. -- Jim Ellwanger <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Dr.' Drew Leaving HLN

> On Aug 25, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Radical idea: Return Headline News to an actual news channel Insert Mark Jeffries pointing out that no matter how many online commenters want it to be so, it’s not Headline News anymore, it’s HLN... much like despite the wishes of online comm

Re: [TV orNotTV] "We're making 'The West Wing' in baseball here"

> "We're making 'The West Wing' in baseball here” Ken Levine beat them to it 10 years ago: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2006/10/if-aaron-sorkin-wrote-show-about.html -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) Peopl

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