Re: [TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-08-05 Thread Steve Timko
New York Times piece mentions Stewart's declining ratings. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/business/media/jon-stewart-a-sarcastic-critic-of-politics-and-media-signs-off.html Sent from TypeMail On Aug 4, 2015, 2:03 PM, at 2:03 PM, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: It's worth noting

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Hass
My apologies for the tardiness (did anyone else know raising an almost two-year-old takes up a ton of your time?). My fundamental question is why did this interview occur in the first place? This is the equivalent of Dave doing an interview with someone on a promo junket in early May. Did no one

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-08-04 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: My apologies for the tardiness (did anyone else know raising an almost two-year-old takes up a ton of your time?). My fundamental question is why did this interview occur in the first place? This is the equivalent of Dave

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-08-04 Thread PGage
n Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: My apologies for the tardiness (did anyone else know raising an almost two-year-old takes up a ton of your time?). My fundamental question is why did

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-08-04 Thread Adam Bowie
It's worth noting that JJ Abrams also got into the final run, ostensibly to talk about MI for which he's a producer. In the event the discussion was mostly about Star Wars. Mind you, has Stewart admitted, he's a big enough fan of Abrams to have wanted him on the show anyway. Adam On Tue, Aug

[TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-07-30 Thread Steve Timko
I was wondering the same thing. Stewart was such a fan boy. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/07/tom-cruise-jon-stewart-the-daily-show-scientology-mission-impossible-rogue-nation/399956/ -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-07-30 Thread Adam Bowie
He's never really given any Hollywood stars a hard time though has he? In any event I wonder if that wasn't 'off limits' as far as Cruise's PR people were concerned. On 30 Jul 2015 21:58, Steve Timko steveti...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering the same thing. Stewart was such a fan boy.

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Atlantic: Why did Jon Stewart give Tom Cruise a pass on Scientology?

2015-07-30 Thread Bob Jersey
Adam Bowie, to Steve Timko: He's never really given any Hollywood stars a hard time though has he? In any event I wonder if that wasn't 'off limits' as far as Cruise's PR people were concerned. Matt Donnelly at TheWrap