Re: [TV orNotTV] NewMusicNation.ca launches in Canada (remember MuchMusic?)

2021-07-05 Thread Karen Owen
It played for me here in upstate NY.   I agree on the location - looks like the Dundas streetcar crossing Yonge. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quick review: College Bowl

2021-06-25 Thread Karen Owen
I recorded and watched it last night.  I played College Bowl and our team won our campus competition 3 times and we went to regional Upstate New York competitions. I agree that the questions were not as hard as actual College Bowl.  The only ones that I thought were hard were the ones in the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Country-music couple "would consider" a talk show together

2021-06-09 Thread Karen Owen
TNN (The Nashville Network) used to have 2 regular talk shows. Crook and Chase hosted by Lorraine Crook and Charlie Chase and Nashville Now hosted by Ralph Emery and co-hosted by puppet Shotgun Red.   I didn't watch these regularly but I think they concentrated on Nashville music celebrity gue

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Atlantic Crossing

2021-04-16 Thread Karen Owen
I'm watching this one on PBS Roku app because of the subtitles. I can watch on my bedroom TV where I'm closer to the screen. The regular English captioning is including what language the characters are speaking so we've had Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and German. I had to go to Wikipedia to fig

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Kenobi" cast revealed

2021-03-29 Thread Karen Owen
They will kill time every episode with a musical number by Aunt Beru.  Bonnie Piesse who played her in episode II is returning presumably as Aunt Beru.  When I saw her at Star Wars Celebration II she sang during her presentation and talked about her music. -- This email has been checked for

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ewoks and other Star Wars stuff headed to Disney+

2021-03-17 Thread Karen Owen
The announcement I saw said that the Ewoks Saturday morning show was included, but not the Droids series. I hope that the Droids series might be added to go along with the new Droid Story animation that was in the boat load of new Star Wars content announced in December. I agree that adding t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why Oprah and Meghan and Harry aren't on Paramount+?

2021-03-09 Thread Karen Owen
On 3/8/2021 3:35 PM, Karen Owen wrote: Variety answers it here https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/oprah-winfrey-interview-meghan-harry-paramount-plus-1234924861/ It's on CBS.com website I saw an ad this morning for the Grammy awards show that said it will be streaming on Para

[TV orNotTV] Why Oprah and Meghan and Harry aren't on Paramount+?

2021-03-08 Thread Karen Owen
Variety answers it here https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/oprah-winfrey-interview-meghan-harry-paramount-plus-1234924861/ It's on CBS.com website -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You received this message because you are

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

2021-03-08 Thread Karen Owen
There was 90 minutes of program in the 2 hour slot. They also used half of the air time for today's CBS This Morning to show even more.  Oprah said she recorded 3 hours and 20 minutes with them for the interview -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://

Re: [TV orNotTV] Early subscriber sale for Paramount+

2021-02-26 Thread Karen Owen
I signed up for the year deal to try it. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emai

Fwd: [TV orNotTV] Effort to fire Disney actor

2021-01-18 Thread Karen Owen
This has been an issue for a while with people connected to Star Wars and their Twitter and other social media. A lot has been going the other way politically with liberal novelists and comic book writers saying things that conservative fans have been angry about.  Writer Chuck Wendig was fir

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Dawn Wells (from Covid)

2020-12-31 Thread Karen Owen
On 12/31/2020 11:48 AM, Doug Eastick wrote: (and the ladies on the list are sitting back, rolling their eyes at the men in the list talking of Ginger vs Mary Anne. They will have their time to gush when David or Sean Cassidy pass on. ) David Cassidy did pass on November 21, 2017.  Shawn Cas

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: COBRA

2020-11-16 Thread Karen Owen
I thought it looked like the UK version of 24.  I looked to see if is coming back and saw that it is with the same actor and actress as the Prime Minister and his chief flunky. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You rece

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: SportsTV: A Torturous Broadcasting Hypothetical for CBS

2020-11-13 Thread Karen Owen
I just checked CBS News website.  Sunday Morning will be on for 1 hour at 9 am Eastern with Masters Golf starting at 10 am. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ALL of SNL library to Peacock

2020-10-05 Thread Karen Owen
I think that can be said of most variety shows. I’ve been watching early episodes of Carol Burnett show. Lots of guest stars appeared and did their own thing, including Tim Conway before he was a cast member. Carol attempted some semi-autobiographical sketches that fell very flat, and they ha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Broadcast, COM take "Schitt's"

2020-09-24 Thread Karen Owen
 This reminds me of when X Files went into syndication and the stations that took it were supposed to run 2 episodes per weekend while the local station running it here ran only 1 each week on Saturday night opposite SNL.  It took me a while to figure out why they were only showing every other

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Strahan, Sara & Keke" not returning?

2020-07-03 Thread Karen Owen
Keke was on with Jimmy Kimmel recently and talked about a video of her at a protest march and an  upcoming movie. No mention made of her daytime show. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You received this message because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ben On Jeopardy!

2020-05-19 Thread Karen Owen
Congratulations!  Great on screen presence and rapport with Alex. I will be watching again tonight. Coincidentally I recently read something about Articles of Confederation. I have been using Ancestry and other historical resources that are available on line now while things are closed to do s

Re: [TV orNotTV] typing while I fast-forward

2020-04-15 Thread Karen Owen
Kimmel did some YouTube only monologues from his house,  then went to doing full shows from his house with about half being repeated segments. This week he is doing 1/2 hour shows from home that ABC is running at 11:35, then Nightline at 12:05 and repeating Kimmel's 1/2 hour at 12:35 -- Thi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Michael Weatherly costs CBS nearly $10 million...

2018-12-22 Thread Karen Owen
I just read the book on Spielberg from the FAQ series on various people, series and other topics in the world of TV/movies. The book included information on all the TV series he has had his name on producer.  The early ones he even included his name in the title like "Steven Spielberg Presen

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Report: Mike&Mike not talking off the air

2017-11-30 Thread Karen Owen
O On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 3:31 AM, Adam Bowie > wrote: In the last week, Rodney Bewes, an actor famous for being one of the two stars of a BBC sitcom that aired 60s and 70s died*, and his co-star, James Bolam, was asked to talk about him. At one point in

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

2017-05-02 Thread Karen Owen
On 5/2/2017 1:33 AM, JW wrote: Jimmy did the show tonight and told this story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmWWoMcGmo0 The schedule for the rest of the week: Tuesday: Host Will Arnett with guests Maya Rudolph, Ben McKenzie, Music from Incubus Wednesday: Host Anthony Anderson with guests G

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2017-03-14 Thread Karen Owen
On 3/8/2017 7:56 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: It's up and running at $6.99 a month. https://www.britbox.com Great news if you can't work a VPN and want to watch UK soaps like Eastenders, Emmerdale or Holby City. Not so great news if you want to watch Downton Abbey, Sherlock or Top Gear. They're no

Re: [TV orNotTV] What did we learn on the show tonight, Craig?

2016-12-06 Thread Karen Owen
On 12/3/2016 10:13 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: djconner, to Kevin: Is Join or Die on the History Channel still ongoing, or has it been canceled? It's a great show, and a great fit for Craig Ferguson - I think of it as "thoughtfully shallow." The final episode of its only season ("Histo

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

2016-10-24 Thread Karen Owen
On 10/24/2016 3:00 PM, PGage wrote: It's worth noting that the Cubs took the FS1 audio for a portion of the postgame (during interviews). When either Verducci or Rosenthal threw it back to Buck, they didn't switch off in time, which lead to Buck being heard in Wrigley, and you could very clea

Re: [TV orNotTV] Mostly off topic: Diversifying the Academy

2016-09-08 Thread Karen Owen
Looking at it from the point of view of the other work that the Academy does besides the awards shows, the older members may be current donors or plan to leave bequests of money, films, memorabilia, etc to the film archive, library and/or new museum. Older members are more likely to be the people

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Late Show with that Scottish Conan Guy

2016-02-16 Thread Karen Owen
His History show is on Thursday at 11 pm Eastern repeating at 3 am with 2 half hour episodes listed at least for this first week. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You recei

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Charlie Osgood to hang it up this year

2016-01-26 Thread Karen Owen
On 1/23/2016 12:09 PM, Melissa P wrote: I agree with what you said about Pauley. My only complaint about show: why isn’t it available On Demand? Sunday Morning now repeats Sunday afternoons on Smithsonian channel if you get that on cable or satellite. It is also available through the CBS Ro

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox winter premieres

2015-11-11 Thread Karen Owen
And another Bordertown is an Australian series with Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving. (Haven't seen it but have seen it advertised in video catalogs and on Amazon) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- -- TV or Not TV The

Re: [TV orNotTV] TCA gives out awards

2015-08-11 Thread Karen Owen
I'm calling him "the Tubby Kid" since that what David Letterman called him on the Late Late Show guest hosted by Regis. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this mes

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBS Giving Dave a Prime Time Salute

2015-04-23 Thread Karen Owen
They could use the stick figure doodles that have been used occasionally on Late Show to illustrate Late Night highlights. I have tapes of Late Night Anniversary shows for 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th anniversaries from when E! channel repeated them when they were doing the Late Night rer

Re: [TV orNotTV] One iconic talker brings back several others

2015-04-22 Thread Karen Owen
Regis called her (and her View successors) "the young one" --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" gro

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight's Late Late Show

2015-04-05 Thread Karen Owen
I forgot to ask my question about the show-- why are they playing the theme song twice? Other than the obvious answer of to kill more time like with the dancing at the end of the show. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- -- TV or Not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tonight's Late Late Show

2015-04-05 Thread Karen Owen
I haven't noticed audio problems, other than the studio audience seems to scream a lot. They must be getting something more than the chicken that Craig used to give the hobos. The Monday show must have been pretaped the previous week unless "the tubby kid" is going to have his parents at every s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: James Corden

2015-03-25 Thread Karen Owen
On 3/25/2015 1:46 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: Or more likely "Work 3 days, then spend two days working out what did and didn't work in the first three days and iterate..." I read someplace before the show started that he would only do 4 shows a week as his normal schedule. He'll have to that if he w

[TV orNotTV] Meanwhile in Craig Ferguson News

2015-01-08 Thread Karen Owen
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/craig-ferguson-syndicated-talkshow-not-moving-forward-1201396039/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Corden interview with Vulture

2014-12-26 Thread Karen Owen
That seems like almost exactly the wrong thing to say to current LLS viewers who might want to try to watch his new show. What does he think of the "Jimmy Fallon fly"? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- -- TV or Not TV The Sma

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CSI: Cyber is still alive?

2014-12-02 Thread Karen Owen
According to the ads for CSI mothership that I saw during Late and Late Late Shows, Patricia Arquette was a guest star on an episode last month playing the character she will be continuing on the spinoff. IMDB says CSI is scheduled to be on the next three Sundays with only 4 more of the 18 episo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Simpsons" to lose a character

2014-09-30 Thread Karen Owen
On 9/29/2014 4:47 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Was I the only one disappointed in the season premieres of both Simpsons and Family Guy? There were a couple good lines in The Simpsons, but Family Guy felt like it had already been done before. I kept watching thinking, "that's not a new joke." I agree.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Celebrity Name Game

2014-09-24 Thread Karen Owen
I watched the first 2 shows that were on Monday evening. It's also on here at 10:30 am. I would maybe watch again if I happened to see it on, but I don't think it's worth the DVR time and space to try to record every day. I'm guessing the intention of the show is to have the contestants describe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Help For DVR Decisions on New Shows

2014-09-22 Thread Karen Owen
I would suggest moving up Gracepoint if you haven't already seen Broadchurch. I liked Broadchurch and so did several of my friends. I don't know if I'm going to try to watch it. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Forever

2014-09-22 Thread Karen Owen
On 9/21/2014 11:31 PM, Kevin M. wrote: Do you remember the short-lived "New Amsterdam"? I thought it looked like a clone of "Forever Knight" where the main character was a vampire who was a detective in Toronto and solved his cases using his experiences from the past (with flashbacks). I liked

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Creative-arts Emmys: Fallon, Joe Morton, Uzo Aduba among winners

2014-08-17 Thread Karen Owen
B I had a ticket to see Bob Newhart do standup this afternoon in Lancaster, Pa. He postponed the show until next May (!) so that he could attend the Creative Arts Emmys. Sigh. There's a picture of Bob Newhart with Robert Morse at the Emmy ceremony on the Emmy website. He was nominated

Re: [TV orNotTV] If you want your late night at the dinner hour?

2014-08-17 Thread Karen Owen
Here's a more detailed article from Variety They mention the lack of new sitcoms coming into syndication. http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/craig-ferguson-in-final-negotiations-with-tribune-for-7-p-m-syndicated-talkshow-exclusive-1201283991/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Veteran Soap Actor Dies at 72

2014-08-10 Thread Karen Owen
He must have worked on British TV in the early 80s because I remember him as Mr Simpson of Edward and Mrs Simpson and also on Brideshead Revisited. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- -- TV or Not TV The Sm

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Penn & Teller - Fool Us

2014-08-10 Thread Karen Owen
Is this the same show that Penn and Teller are doing for SyFy that is supposed to start there later this month? --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received thi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Why the dueling film critics TV show format ultimately failed

2014-07-25 Thread Karen Owen
On 7/24/2014 10:43 PM, Steve Timko wrote: I go back with Siskel and Ebert to Sneak Previews in the 1970s on PBS. I think they could be relevant today just because they did have that good chemistry. By the way, they were much more abrasive in the earlier years of Sneak Previews. They sometimes a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Comic-Con TV lineup

2014-07-03 Thread Karen Owen
Will there be any TV coverage of Comic-Con events? The G4 video gaming channel used to show Comic Con on the Saturday afternoon of the event but they aren't around anymore. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: SNL and Ben & Jerrys team up...

2014-06-23 Thread Karen Owen
We missed the obvious one -- "Coneheads" Cones --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- -- 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] 'Young One' Dies at 56

2014-06-10 Thread Karen Owen
Monday's Late Late Show appeared to be taped on Monday because of references to California Chrome not winning the Triple Crown. I wanted him to win to see if he would come to visit Secretariat. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http:/

Re: [TV orNotTV] Post Scripts: Turn, Silicon Valley

2014-06-10 Thread Karen Owen
I haven't watched Silicon Valley yet, but have watched the first 8 of Turn. Revolutionary and Civil Wars are my main area of interest in history reading. My American Wars book club read the source book "Washington's Spies" when it first came out in paperback and the group voted to read it again

[TV orNotTV] Re: Late Night with Seth

2014-02-25 Thread Karen Owen
The opening theme sounds almost exactly like a hymn we used to sing in > church. I can't think of the name of the hymn, but it will come to me > later. In any event, the theme/hymn drones on and feels longer than it is. > > > The guitar part of the opening theme has the first 6 notes as Deutsc

Re: [TV orNotTV] The New Golden Age Of Theme Songs

2014-01-29 Thread Karen Owen
I've actually heard the Downton Abbey theme as a song with the lyrics on the radio. The classical music station from Toronto shares ownership with the cable station that runs the series so they quite often play Downton Abbey soundtrack. The song with the lyrics is horrible! --- This email is fr

Re: [TV orNotTV] Cosby back on NBC

2014-01-22 Thread Karen Owen
I forgot "Little Bill" as one of his titles --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Cosby back on NBC

2014-01-22 Thread Karen Owen
On 1/22/2014 3:13 PM, Kevin M. wrote: I look forward to your sweaters. Didn't he also wear college logo sweatshirts sometimes? More importantly what will be the title of the new show? Bill Cosby has used Cosby, Cos, Cosby Show, The Bill Cosby Show and The New Bill Cosby Show for titles. All tha

Re: [TV orNotTV] BBCA drops "Copper"

2013-09-20 Thread Karen Owen
If I remember correctly when the show started BBC America was calling it the first dramatic show to be produced by BBC America. I thought I would like the show since I am a Civil War nerd, but I didn't like it that much last season and even less of what I've watched so far this season. -- -- TV o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Kurtz' new show officially replaces Fox News Watch

2013-09-04 Thread Karen Owen
On 9/4/2013 10:41 AM, Bob in Jersey wrote: "MediaBuzz" will début next Sunday at 11AM east, going head-to-head with his old CNN show. A farewell to FNW from Jon Scott at... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox-news-watch-says-goodbye_b194321 This looks like the end of a regular episode of

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS, TWC at Odds

2013-08-04 Thread Karen Owen
On 8/3/2013 12:07 AM, stannc wrote: Here in Charlotte, NC, we lost all Showtime, TMC, and Flix channels, as well as CBS Primetime on Demand, which has been replaced with "CBS Unavailable". -Stan Here in Rochester we also lost those Showtime channels but Showtime subscribers are getting the St

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jenny McCarthy to The View???

2013-07-15 Thread Karen Owen
Barbara Walters announced it at the beginning of today's (Monday) View show. She didn't say which of the departing panelists McCarthy would be replacing. The rest of the show was about Zimmerman trial. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are s

Re: [TV orNotTV] PBS on Roku

2013-05-13 Thread Karen Owen
Oops!!! Too much time spent looking at all the shows available from all the stations. I don't remember seeing anything from either of those stations (Pittsburgh or SF) On Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:12:50 PM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Karen Owen &

[TV orNotTV] PBS on Roku

2013-05-12 Thread Karen Owen
For those who have Roku boxes -- PBS and PBS Kids are now available as Roku channels. They feature the predictable on-demand video for some of the primetime national PBS shows, however when I added the channel it asked me to tell it my local station so that led me to think they have programming p

Re: [TV orNotTV] If you haven't already noticed...

2013-05-05 Thread Karen Owen
According to the Simpsons Tapped Out game tonight's show is supposed to include something about Moe getting a new suit. I padded my DVR recording for Simpsons but I'm catching up on Late Late Show for the week tonight. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message b

[TV orNotTV] Late Late Show article

2013-03-20 Thread Karen Owen
Recommended by Geoff Peterson himself http://ktar.com/249/1619571/Yes-this-is-really-on-television-right-now -- -- 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 tvo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NBC considers merging local sidechannels into single network

2013-01-30 Thread Karen Owen
Would this explain why, when I recently saw the first few eps, they were sans "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," which was replaced by generic bluegrass? Yes. The Public Domain DVDs of Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction have generic music, not the theme songs. I have seen the PD Dick Van Dyke sho

Re: [TV orNotTV] Letterman to be interviewed by Oprah

2013-01-09 Thread Karen Owen
Review of the interview from Buffalo News Jeff Simon http://www.buffalonews.com/Article/20130107/LIFE/130109449 -- 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 tvor

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Leno a Sell Out": Jimmy Kimmel

2013-01-09 Thread Karen Owen
Shales also says that Howard Stern is on "The Voice", not "America's Got Talent". -- 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 unsub

Re: [TV orNotTV] Letterman to be interviewed by Oprah

2013-01-07 Thread Karen Owen
I can't remember if anybody else posted it here before but the public program A Conversation with Dave and Oprah at Ball State is (or was) available on YouTube via what looks like an audience member's phone camera video. I watched it shortly after the event while playing with new WiFi DVD player t

Re: [TV orNotTV] MTM Escalator Shot

2013-01-01 Thread Karen Owen
Does anyone know the history of the MTM openings? When was that escalator shot included, and did it stay in through the end of the run? I guess I can go to youtube or something and look for openings from each season to check for myself, which I may do after I get back from a New Year's trip t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Anyone else having issues with YouTube?

2012-11-07 Thread Karen Owen
YouTube worked OK for me just now. The featured video I played was cute -- a music spot about Princess Leia joining the Disney Princesses shot at apparently NYC locations including Grant's Tomb. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT: Disney buys Lucas

2012-10-31 Thread Karen Owen
On 10/30/2012 6:05 PM, David Risner wrote: You seem to have missed the other part of the headline. They are producing Star Wars Episode 7 to come out in 2015. I haven't seen any word on whether this will be a whole new story line or will follow any of the story lines in the myriad books that have

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TAR 21 Cast

2012-09-15 Thread Karen Owen
http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/tuned-in-journal/34285-cbs-adjusts-sunday-prime-for-football-overruns I think this story was missed on this group earlier in the week, but ties in now with Amazing Race discussion. CBS is moving planned Sunday prime

Re: [TV orNotTV] Olympics VOD

2012-08-04 Thread Karen Owen
I've been amazed at the quality of the picture and sound on the iPad Olympics live coverage app. You can watch any live event (none are ever taking place during East coast prime time) or watch some video highlights of events that are completed. Many of the events have no announcers but do h

Re: [TV orNotTV] Today's braintrust question...

2012-06-05 Thread Karen Owen
On 6/5/2012 1:52 PM, Kevin M. wrote: What are the best/most memorable PSAs (Public Service Announcements)? Please include YouTube links if you have them. Only qualifiers are that they must be live-action or puppets, but no animation (otherwise I'd include the Unicef one where the Smurf village ge

[TV orNotTV] Summer Series and Season Premieres

2012-05-06 Thread Karen Owen
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/summer-tv-premiere-dates-2012_n_1466214.html?page=1 -- 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.

[TV orNotTV] Late Late Show in Scotland

2012-04-26 Thread Karen Owen
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/the-late-late-show-with-craig-ferguson/video?watch=1bno8tsh9m Music video preview of Scotland shows. Also, there are new shows tonight and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday) I guess because May sweeps are starting today. -- TV or Not TV T

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: LLS in Scotland

2012-03-19 Thread Karen Owen
On 3/19/2012 2:06 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: No word that I have seen about a traveling companion for Craig, aside from Geoff. While Mila Kunis could fill that role, we may just see a few more celebrity guests compared to Paris (Michale Clarke Duncan and Emma Thompson have been mentioned). Cr

[TV orNotTV] LLS in Scotland

2012-03-18 Thread Karen Owen
Here's a link to a blog with photos of Late Late Show filming in Scotland this week for shows to air week of May 14 http://fergufool.posterous.com/ -- 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

[TV orNotTV] Bill Carter on Letterman 30th anniversary in Late Night

2012-01-31 Thread Karen Owen
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/30-year-milestone-for-letterman-but-little-instinct-to-look-back/ -- 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 t

Re: [TV orNotTV] As for 'Sherlock'...

2012-01-19 Thread Karen Owen
On 1/18/2012 12:02 PM, David Lynch wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 08:33, Jon Delfin wrote: The UK episodes run between 1:28 and 1:29. If they air in 90-minute slots on PBS, then yes, they've been cut, and/or accelerated. What is the actual content-to-running-time ratio for PBS these days? Some

[TV orNotTV] New York Times articles about Late Show

2012-01-12 Thread Karen Owen
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/arts/television/eddie-brill-and-the-comics-on-david-lettermans-show.html?_r=1&hpw http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/deal-would-lead-letterman-to-late-night-milestone/?ref=billcarter -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: New Alex Baldwin Straight Line For Kevin...

2012-01-04 Thread Karen Owen
On 1/4/2012 1:09 PM, M-D November wrote: M-D Who actually didn't see any of these ads in the Philly market this year...did they only run in CNY? They ran incessantly here in Rochester, home of Wegmans. I actually noticed that they had a new holiday commercial without Alec and Mother Baldwin

[TV orNotTV] Letterman Christmas Shows

2011-12-23 Thread Karen Owen
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/odd-holiday-traditions-david-letterman-121629628.html Pretty good article but they left out explaining why the meatball is on top of the tree (along with the pizza and the Statue of Liberty) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message becaus

Re: [TV orNotTV] OFF TOPIC Computer repair

2011-12-17 Thread Karen Owen
The experts on Sound Bytes, the longest running computer news/advice program on radio, would probably recommend getting a new computer in your situation (3 or more years old, uses Vista and has a significant repair bill). They like Windows 7 and say that every other Microsoft operating system in

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS morning show to go "hard news" with crappy hosts

2011-11-11 Thread Karen Owen
Charlie Rose couldn't interview his way out of a wet paper bag. He can't form an intelligent question. He can't allow a guest to form an intelligent answer. And yet he's been named as one of the new hosts. Here's an appropriate place to repeat my favorite Charlie Rose interview question as po

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Yes, that was an F-bomb... two in fact

2011-10-08 Thread Karen Owen
I believe it was a new version of "On Golden Pond" that befuddled Dave so. For me, the most bizarre incident I saw was on Letterman a number of years ago, when Dave showed a clip from a recently-aired CBS movie that included several unedtied BS's but when Dave said it, he was bleeped. Showing

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Taking in some late night TV....live

2011-09-30 Thread Karen Owen
On 9/30/2011 10:04 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Kevin M. wrote: On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:46 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: This is helpful, thanks. I managed to find a decent hotel within walking distance to Hollywood and Highland, so I expect to take advantage of the

[TV orNotTV] CBS primetime delay Monday night

2011-09-12 Thread Karen Owen
This may be too late for most readers, but I just saw on CBS web site that East and Central time zones will be delayed by 40 minutes due to tennis overrun -- 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] Re: OT: My mother...

2011-08-17 Thread Karen Owen
On 8/17/2011 8:50 AM, Bob in Jersey wrote: Dad couldn't visit Mom last night. We're still not sure what happened, but the left side of his face apparently became paralyzed, and he was taken to the local hospital. I spoke with an attending physician who said it might have been a TIA, or stroke-li

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: A little more Lucy to love

2011-08-06 Thread Karen Owen
I was lucky enough to be able to go to the Lucy birthday festival on Thursday. There's a link that comes up after playing the Google clip to a story about the world's record for Lucy look-alikes that was set this afternoon. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/06/us-lucy-idUSTRE77464N20110806

[TV orNotTV] NBC News Launches Archive Site

2011-07-19 Thread Karen Owen
I got this from AMIA mailing list but thought it might be of interest to this group as well Alright!! http://www.nbcuniversalarchives.com/ *NBC News Launches Archive Site * NBC News is formally launching a new website, NBCUniversal

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: SCG tweet (url only to avoid spoiler)

2011-07-19 Thread Karen Owen
Actually I believe it is that July ratings period ends the first week of August because it didn't start until the second week of July. Dave and some other shows were in reruns the week of the 4th because of the holiday weekend. More on topic according to Titan TV schedule SCG on Tonight show

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Netflix Too Good To Be True

2011-07-18 Thread Karen Owen
I guess I'm lucky with the new prices since my plan is only going up about a dollar. I hope Netflix is giving a break to customers who have been members for a long time with relatively pricey plans. I've been a member since 1999 and had the plans ranging from 3 to 8 discs at different times. --

[TV orNotTV] Ce Soir Avec Arthur et Craig Ferguson

2011-06-26 Thread Karen Owen
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjhd2w_ce-soir-ave-arthur-saison-2-craig-ferguson-et-arthur_fun Promo for Craig Ferguson's appearance on the French Late Late Show. Le Cheval et Le Panda are there along with Eddie Izzard and French soccer star Zidane -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) Peop

Re: [TV orNotTV] Dumb question of the day

2011-06-08 Thread Karen Owen
My mother and I have watched all the episodes. She usually doesn't like science fiction while I don't watch that much. I'm always amazed that the writers come up with plausible sounding science experiments/ phemonena that cause problems that can be solved by Sheriff Carter using his common sens

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

2011-06-08 Thread Karen Owen
I think I found Sid (he's a Standing White Rabbit) but didn't think the alligator looked like Wavy - the photo on the website is from the top while we don't get to see Wavy from the top on the show. - Original Message - From: d...@flids.net To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Se

[TV orNotTV] Late Show Drum Solo Week

2011-06-02 Thread Karen Owen
http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/02/late-show-with-david-letterman-gets-rhythmic-with-drum-solo-w/ Drum Solo week is next week June 6 - 9 Looks like Dave is going back to only doing new shows on Monday - Thursday like he did last summer -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jesse Stone outperforms Donald Trump

2011-05-23 Thread Karen Owen
. Also noteworthy is how -- frankly -- piss poor Fox's animation block performed, especially considering they were season finales. Makes one wonder if their overexposure in syndication and cable isn't costing the shows viewers in their original airings. The Family Guy Return of the Jedi show

[TV orNotTV] Re: "We'll Return to 'Masterpiece' After These Words from Your PBS Station"?!

2011-05-17 Thread Karen Owen
Speaking of Masterpiece as the topic heading says, is that even on the schedule or maybe moving to Mondays? The linked article says Sundays will be Antiques Roadshow and a Roadshow spinoff. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Affected programming from May 1st primetime

2011-05-04 Thread Karen Owen
Sunday's CSI Miami is up as of Tuesday on the Primetime On Demand service. -- 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 unsubscrib

Re: [TV orNotTV] Affected programming from May 1st primetime

2011-05-02 Thread Karen Owen
We recorded CSI Miami and the last 10 or so minutes of the show didn't get on (Eastern time). I checked the Prime Time On Demand channel on local Time Warner Cable today and last night's show was not yet available. The last 2 shows from dates in April were available. -- TV or Not TV

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