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And the top cabler in primetime is...

bob.in.jer...@juno.com (Bob in Jersey) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:55:44 UT

...the one with all those dratted characters.
And boy, do they miss Dobbs and L. King...
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ABC's Dave Diles dies

bob.in.jer...@juno.com (Bob in Jersey) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:10:19 UT

Longtime sportscaster in Detroit... a former Freep TV critic noted he
was among the few guys on TV to actually go to the games he reported
on... went on to studio-host college football games (many of which
still being recycled by ESPN Classic) and Wide World, and to co-write
a bunch of sports-great biographies. 78.

MSNBC... where no gnus is good gnus

drunkbastar...@gmail.com (Kevin M.) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:24:00 UT

MSNBC called on the carpet for failing to cover the Christmas
terrorism (as well as the Iran election protests). Could it be that
they don't have the manpower to be an actual news outlet? Or that they
burned their bridges with many NBC affiliates (to say nothing of the
NBC flagship news division) during the most recent Presidential

Tyra stops talking...

drunkbastar...@gmail.com (Kevin M.) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:44:34 UT

Ending her talk show after five seasons, but will continue searching
for America's Top Vapid Wasteland... er... Model.
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IYC: Alyssa Milano's makeover...

bob.in.jer...@juno.com (Bob in Jersey) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:29:29 UT

...as a costar of "Jersey Shore"...
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The same old stories

bob.in.jer...@juno.com (Bob in Jersey) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:15:49 UT

That remakes of past telly hits have the great tendency to fail
miserably, doesn't faze the modern-day writers and producers seeking
to revive more classic fare, sez Bill Carter:
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Rabbit-ears make comeback

bob.in.jer...@juno.com (Bob in Jersey) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:10:46 UT

Apropos of JD's thread... DTV has trebled the number of channels
available to SoCal'ers... one station has nin total channels:
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question for the brain trust

jondel...@gmail.com (Jon Delfin) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:11:10 UT

Several months ago, I took my government coupon and bought a DTV
converter box, "just in case." Now that I see daily newspaper ads
telling me that Time Warner's about to lose a whole bunch of channels
(maybe) next week, I'm thinking this might be a case.
So I guess I should take a walk over to Radio Shack or Best Buy and

A revival of... "T.H.E. Cat"? Really?

bwayst...@gmail.com (Diner) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:07:15 UT

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PAGE SIX
'Cat' revival
Last Updated: 3:47 AM, December 27, 2009
Posted: 12:23 AM, December 27, 2009
Benicio Del Toro is about to star as the new "Wolfman," a remake of
the classic Universal horror film. But sources said Del Toro is
developing another remake -- of the cult classic TV series "T.H.E.

[TV orNotTV] Leno's First 15 Weeks

pga...@gmail.com (PGage) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:23:50 UT

WK 2-3 4 5 6 7 8 9
M: 5.7 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.6/1.3 4.3/1.3 4/1.2
T: 6.7 6.2 5.8 5.4 6.1/1.8 6.5/2.0 5.7/1.4
W: 6.2 5.7 6.2 5.2 5.0/1.5 4.7/1.3 4.6/1.4
Th: 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.4/1.6 4.7/1.7 4.6/1.6

Maybe they'll change the title to "One and a half men"

drunkbastar...@gmail.com (Kevin M.) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:18:54 UT

Charlie Sheen was arrested on a DV assault charge. Not exactly a
Christmas miracle.
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Why TV shows don't film on location any more

twol...@gmail.com (Tom Wolper) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:48:44 UT

You have to see this eye-opening compilation video that shows how
inventively and frequently green screen is being used on TV, and not
just for big effects sequences, but simple walk-and-talks down a
residential street.
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Merry Christmas Raising the Bar

pga...@gmail.com (PGage) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:02:46 UT

Did TNT just burn off the remaining Raising the Bar episodes late Christmas
Eve, or are these reruns my TiVo recorded against instructions? I see three
eps in my list but don't have time to look them over just now.

Directv pulling the plug on XM

te...@knab.org (Terry Knab) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:52:24 UT

XM channels to be replaced on Directv with Sonic Tap on 2/9/10.

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Of course it is!

bob.in.jer...@juno.com (Bob in Jersey) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:24:02 UT

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Happy Holidays, all.