[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Steve Timko
Artie Lange was saying on The Howard Stern Show he might leave the radio show to do this television show. Sounds like they decided to go with Wanda instead of Artie. I wonder if his heroin problem had anything to do with that. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV ...

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Thomas Heald, Esquire
And this is why I no longer have another editor ... besides Delfin ... it's as though there were (mild) breaking news in the Remote Patrol --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed t

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Jon Delfin
At 11:11 AM 4/2/2009, you wrote: >On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Pete Ahles wrote: > >> As long as we're being pedant, HBO, AMC, and FBC are not acronyms. They >> do not form a word, so they are abbreviations or initalisms. Acronyms >> are abbreviations that form a word like RADAR. > >Allow m

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread scruffy
On Apr 1, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > It would be nice for her to have the honor of being the first openly > annoying latenight network talkshow host, but Jimmy Fallon beat her to > that punch. Craig Kilborn fertilized that plot a long time ago. --~--~-~--~~~

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Pete Ahles wrote: > As long as we're being pedant, HBO, AMC, and FBC are not acronyms.  They > do not form a word, so they are abbreviations or initalisms.  Acronyms > are abbreviations that form a word like RADAR. Allow me to correct your pedantic ways with ways

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Pete Ahles
Joe Coughlin wrote: > > > If you really want an acronym for Fox, you can kick it old-school and > call it FBC as in "How did 'Beans Baxter' do in the ratings for FBC?" > > "Will Terry Rakolta's constant complaining hurt "Married...With > Children" on FBC?" > > > > As long as we're being pe

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Joe Coughlin
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > At 09:53 AM 4/2/2009, you wrote: > > >On Apr 2, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > > >> It broadcasts nationally via a chain of local affiliates. We > >> certainly do consider it a network, much more so than cable channels > >> like HBO

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Jon Delfin
At 09:53 AM 4/2/2009, you wrote: >On Apr 2, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > >> It broadcasts nationally via a chain of local affiliates. We >> certainly do consider it a network, much more so than cable channels >> like HBO and AMC, which are often mislabeled as such. But we don't >>

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Apr 2, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > It broadcasts nationally via a chain of local affiliates. We > certainly do consider it a network, much more so than cable channels > like HBO and AMC, which are often mislabeled as such. But we don't > consider it an acronym, which is why we

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Jon Delfin
At 03:40 AM 4/2/2009, you wrote: >A) We consider FOX a network? It broadcasts nationally via a chain of local affiliates. We certainly do consider it a network, much more so than cable channels like HBO and AMC, which are often mislabeled as such. But we don't consider it an acronym, which is

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-02 Thread Thomas Heald, Esquire
> Would she be the first openly gay latenight network talkshow host? A) We consider FOX a network? B) Rosie guest hosted Later with Non Costas for a week, which helped her get the daytime show. Not out "officially" until years later. C) In cable late night, there was The Rupaul Show. D) Dependin

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-01 Thread dsik...@yahoo.com
On Apr 1, 2:23 pm, "Mark J." wrote: And the cry arose across America: "MadTV is still on?" --Dave Sikula --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ TV or Not TV Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" gro

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Joe Coughlin wrote: > Would she be the first openly gay latenight network talkshow host? It would be nice for her to have the honor of being the first openly annoying latenight network talkshow host, but Jimmy Fallon beat her to that punch. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -

[TV orNotTV] Re: Wanda Sykes Replacing 'MADtv' on Fox Sat. Late Night

2009-04-01 Thread Joe Coughlin
Would she be the first openly gay latenight network talkshow host? On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Mark J. wrote: > > She'll be presiding over more of a topical discussion show (like Bill > Maher) than a bits-and-plugs chatfest starting in the fall: > > > http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainmen