I was curious about that. The anti-Parliament satire rules have never gotten a lot of play over here, and the vast majority of Americans are unlikely to have any knowledge of it (and, even more likely, no interest). Is the general population of the UK aware of John Oliver's current shenanigans? And is it causing any sort of reaction?
Doug Fields Tampa, FL ________________________________ From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:38:24 PM To: tvornottv Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Comcast to Disney: This still ain't over Yup. We genuinely did get a full five minutes of that at the end of this week's episode. Of course the full segment was available on YouTube. Also, nobody in the UK has the faintest idea who Gilbert Gottfried is. But still... On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:30 PM Brad Beam <b.b...@suddenlink.net<mailto:b.b...@suddenlink.net>> wrote: Perhaps they're too busy cutting-and-pasting Gilbert Gottfried's 5-minute monologue of Yelp reviews into the current episode of "Last Week Tonight"? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2018, at 12:23, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk<mailto:a...@adambowie.co.uk>> wrote: I don't see Trump stepping in to stop his friend Rupert Murdoch from getting in the way of cashing out from Fox. Although I think they'd still prefer Disney to up their offer so that they can sell to them. Sidenote: HBO has just started airing Succession, a drama about a media owning patriarch and his family that could be construed as a take on the Murdochs. The series is created by a Brit, and stars a Brit. In the UK, the Murdoch owned Sky has an output deal with HBO that gets them everything that HBO makes - with exceptions where another co-production partner like the BBC is involved. Strangely Sky Atlantic - which mostly shows HBO and Showtime fare - has not yet scheduled Succession. This despite the fact that series like Westworld get aired simultaneously with their US release. Literally in the case of Westworld - we get a 2am simultaneous airing with the East Coast! With all those Brits involved and an Oscar nominated director of the pilot, you'd think they'd have rushed to put it on air :-) Adam On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:14 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com>> wrote: Re/code<https://www.recode.net/2018/6/13/17460848/comcast-fox-disney-new-bid-rupert-murdoch-all-cash-regulatory-international> (link): The NBC parent's now decided on a bid for the Fox package 19% north of the Mouse's, paying all the ancillary fees... and hopes the govt's preliminary OK to AT&T/Time Warner opens them up to it as well... B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
