Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-29 Thread PGage
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: > > PGage, to Mark Jeffries: > >> Here is a good summary of one of the larger law suits pending against the >> NFL: >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/**08/29/sports/football/** >> concussion-case-nears-key-**phase-for-nfl.html?partner=**rss&emc

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
PGage, to Mark Jeffries: > > Here is a good summary of one of the larger law suits pending against the > NFL: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/sports/football/concussion-case-nears-key-phase-for-nfl.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 > > The league announced a settlement of the suits today (29)

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-28 Thread PGage
Here is a good summary of one of the larger law suits pending against the NFL: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/sports/football/concussion-case-nears-key-phase-for-nfl.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Some excerpts: ** "Before the N.F.L. regular season begins next Thursday, the lea

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
Meanwhile, when the promo starts airing on PBS stations, I suspect that viewer response from the 75-year-old PBS hardcores will not be on the relevant content of the program, but the fact that a Rhianna song was used in the promo. I can just see the cries of "continued dumbing down." Mark Jeffrie

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-26 Thread PGage
TVNEWSER summarizes the latest developments on this story: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/espn-ombudsman-trailer-for-frontline-doc-a-catalyst-for-channel-dropping-out_b193276 The heart is yesterday's report from ESPN ombudsman Robert Lipsyte: http://espn.go.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/96/wa

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-24 Thread PGage
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > "League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis," about players with head > injuries, was a collaboration between the Worldwide Leader's "Outside the > Lines" and the PBS doc series --it's scheduled to air on PBS Oct. 8, but > will do so witho

Re: [TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-24 Thread chialex
Let me think about that. I'm done thinking. Point, Deadspin. -D Mark Jeffries wrote: > "League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis," about players with head > injuries, was a collaboration between the Worldwide Leader's "Outside the > Lines" and the PBS doc series --it's scheduled to

[TV orNotTV] NFL: We Didn't Tell ESPN to Distance from 'Frontline' Doc

2013-08-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
"League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis," about players with head injuries, was a collaboration between the Worldwide Leader's "Outside the Lines" and the PBS doc series --it's scheduled to air on PBS Oct. 8, but will do so without the ESPN co-branding--Deadspin claims that the league pr