This week's EW cover
Traci
the stairs. Methinks EW is on Team Coco.
Alan Page
"Traci" wrote...
> Just got my copy out of the mailbox and had a good laugh all the way up
> the stairs. Methinks EW is on Team Coco.
> http://www.ew.com/ew/inside/0,,,00.html
#1 of TV's 50 Biggest Bombs ever.
A good use of Photo Shop for sure.
--
Alan
~WWWWW~
What a Wonderful Web We Weave
Sally
Leno says he's staying "on the Titanic," in a quote in an article
inside EW. We all know what happened to the Titanic. Add brains to his
list of endearing qualities.
Sally
DDY
Thanks for the link. I think my EW subscription just ran out this
week.
Anyway, I recommend taking four minutes to watch the fake Ken Burns
documentary, "The Late Night War," that Kimmel's show did. A lot of
work went into that. I thought it was a really clever idea.
Here's a direct YouTube link, by the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKZ1lMtd2NE
I hear that Conan has retained Seabiscuit to settle this matter, once
and for all.
David D
DDY's Late Show Fan Page
http://www.ddy.com/dl3.html
Clifford T. Newsome
documentary, "The Late Night War," that Kimmel's show did. A lot of
work went into that. I thought it was a really clever idea.
Here's a direct YouTube link, by the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKZ1lMtd2NE
______________________________________________________
Brilliant! And I love that Zucker was reading Running a Network for Dummies.
Actually, that's an insult to all us dummies.
Sally
Seabiscuit is resting in peace, as he deserves to, but I want to thank
you, David, for getting me to watch this "Ken Burns" documentary. It
really was brilliantly done. I even thought the narrator sounded like
Ted Koppel, who, if you recall, was kicked out of Nightline and
replaced by Jimmy Kimmel. I was so happy about that, and Kimmel has
turned out to be a very funny man, indeed.
The shot of "President Jeff Zucker" sitting on the toilet reading "How
To Run A Network for Dummies" was priceless. It was a great piece.
Btw, is there some phallic symbolism about Jay's fascination for cars?
Mavis really doesn't seem to get much time to spend with her hubby.
The professor with the thick glasses and bowtie was excellent. War
historian, I gathered. New categories need to be made up for stuff
like this at the Emmys. Very well done. Somebody's working hard over
at Kimmel's show.
Sally
Tony Linguini
On 22-Jan-2010, "Alan Page" <alp...@spamsucceed.net> wrote:
> "Traci" wrote...
> > Just got my copy out of the mailbox and had a good laugh all the way up
> > the stairs. Methinks EW is on Team Coco.
>
> > http://www.ew.com/ew/inside/0,,,00.html
>
> #1 of TV's 50 Biggest Bombs ever.
> A good use of Photo Shop for sure.
The article is classic for putting Leno's show in the same category as "The
Chevy Chase Show," "Cop Rock" and "My Mother The Car."
James Langdell
I must admit that I usually need to skim or skip the Letterman and
Ferguson shows most days of late. But if I could add another hour to
my viewing day and Tivo capacity, I'd choose to add Kimmel's show over
any other talkers.
--James
CliffB
Conan's Tonight Show bust is history folks. Try and get over it.
You'll have some actual competition back in a month or two and the
Letterman acolytes' gnashing of teeth in unison can commence in
earnest.
R H Draney
>
>Conan's Tonight Show bust is history folks. Try and get over it.
>You'll have some actual competition back in a month or two and the
>Letterman acolytes' gnashing of teeth in unison can commence in
>earnest.
Which reminds me: what's *on* NBC at 10 and at 11:30 for the next few weeks?...r
--
A pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?
dsi...@yahoo.com
> Conan's Tonight Show bust is history folks. Try and get over it.
> You'll have some actual competition back in a month or two and the
> Letterman acolytes' gnashing of teeth in unison can commence in
> earnest.
What gnashing? I fully expect Jay to eventually regain his lead in the
ratings and the LS writing to go back to its usual level of uninspired
recycling. Dave's Jay-bashing has been entertaining, but can go on
only so long.
--Dave Sikula
Micah
Conan reruns (not the last 2ish weeks) will air until the Olympics. I
don't recall all of the 10pm stuff; I imagine Jay's running there
until the Olympics as well. After that, I think L&O and SVU move
back to 10, as well as the new "Parenthood" and over-pimped "Marriage
Ref". And, some other hour on some night.
Micah
Maybe
> On Jan 23, 4:40 pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> > Which reminds me: what's *on* NBC at 10 and at 11:30 for the next few weeks?...r
>
> don't recall all of the 10pm stuff; I imagine Jay's running there
> until the Olympics as well. After that, I think L&O and SVU move
> back to 10, as well as the new "Parenthood" and over-pimped "Marriage
> Ref". And, some other hour on some night.
>
Yep, what Micah said, Conan reruns for two weeks and then the Olympics
and Jay will keep doing his show until the Olympics. As to the 10 pm
schedule after that, here it is:
TUESDAYS
10-11 p.m. – “PARENTHOOD” (premieres March 2)
WEDNESDAYS
10-11 p.m. – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (originals beginning
March 3)
THURSDAYS
10-11 p.m. – “THE MARRIAGE REF” (premieres March 4; sneak preview
February 28)
FRIDAYS
9-11 p.m. – “Dateline NBC” (begins March 5)
SATURDAYS (all beginning March 6)
10-11 p.m. – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (encore episode)
SUNDAYS (all beginning March 14)
9-11 p.m. -- “The Celebrity Apprentice” (season premiere March 14)
Of course, for the shows not starting right away, the Olympics will be
in that time slot too.
Maybe...NBC sure does count on Law & Order and Dateline a lot!
garyd
That "Marriage Ref" from Seinfeld looks terrible. Just another reality
show along the lines of "Wife Swap" or "Hoarders".
randwill
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Just a black screen on Mondays, huh?
Maybe
> Just a black screen on Mondays, huh?-
Oops! Did I leave out Monday? Sorry!
Monday
MONDAYS
8-9 p.m. – “Chuck”
9-10 p.m. – “Trauma” (beginning March 8 )
10-11 p.m. -”Law & Order” (returns March 1 with two-hour episode, 9-11
p.m. (ET); resumes in regular time slot March 8 )
I'm so happy they are bringing back "Trauma" because I really liked it
(although I think I'm the only one).
So that is "Law & Order" three times a week with one day as a rerun.
Maybe...not really fond of the "L & O, Special Victims Unit"
Lucy
What happened to L&O: Criminal Intent? Moved to USA, but can't they
bring it back so we don't have TWO nights of Benson and Stabler? Man,
I hate that show.
R H Draney
>
>Just got my copy out of the mailbox and had a good laugh all the way up
>the stairs. Methinks EW is on Team Coco.
>
>http://www.ew.com/ew/inside/0,,,00.html
So that was Friday...here it is Sunday night and they still have the EW with the
Na'vi on the cover...when does this issue actually come out?...r
Maybe
> Traci filted:
>
> >Just got my copy out of the mailbox and had a good laugh all the way up
> >the stairs. Methinks EW is on Team Coco.
>
> >http://www.ew.com/ew/inside/0,,,00.html
>
> So that was Friday...here it is Sunday night and they still have the EW with the
> Na'vi on the cover...when does this issue actually come out?...r
>
The subscribers usually get it a week before the regular people.
Maybe...so maybe it will be on the newsstand sometime this coming week.
Maybe
I know, I can't stand to watch the "L&O, rape and sexual abuse" show
and now, to have it on three times a week? Yikes!
Maybe...I just don't want the rapists to pick up new ideas!
Lucy
>
>
> I know, I can't stand to watch the "L&O, rape and sexual abuse" show
> and now, to have it on three times a week? Yikes!
>
> Maybe...I just don't want the rapists to pick up new ideas!
To be fair, the rape show will be only on twice a week. The
Mothership version doesn't do rape stories anymore - that's saved for
Mariska to Take!It!Personally!
-- Lucy
Maybe
Oh, *only* twice a week! Whew!
Maybe...who thinks that is twice too many!
johnny bobby bee
> Maybe...who thinks that is twice too many!
Man, it must suck to have a TV *without* channels. You two must be in hell.
Marilyn
I have a bundle plan but this wouldn't happen to me because I could fall
back on my iphone for telephone and internet. Imagine what you'd think of
me. I was *really* feeling sorry for them.
Donz5
A few weeks ago my computer e-mail thingie went out for a few hours,
and so the iPhone served as a terrific back-up. Hail the iPhone!
Sally
>
> - Show quoted text -
It's debatable whether rapists need television to give them ideas.
More likely, they learn that the cops are sympathetic to victims, and
can carefully track down their attackers through data bases and
technology. And in some shows, the rapists die horrible deaths. I
think their shows are deterrents to rape.
Sally
Maybe
wrote:
> Maybe took to the world wide interwebs to proclaim:
>
> > Maybe...who thinks that is twice too many!
>
> Man, it must suck to have a TV *without* channels. You two must be in hell.
I have channels on my TV, that's why I don't watch the L&O rape shows
because I *can* watch something else. We were just commenting on the
NBC schedule and the fact the L&O rape show is on twice a week.
Maybe...we definitely exercise our right not to watch it!
Lucy
I have "channels," too. Like Laura, I sometimes use 'em to avoid
shows I don't like. Better than Channels: OFF button, pick up a book.
-- Lucy, in Georgia, not hell. Although some may say, "Same thing."
R H Draney
>
>On Jan 24, 8:13=EF=BF=BDpm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> Traci filted:
>>
>> >Just got my copy out of the mailbox and had a good laugh all the way up
>> >the stairs. Methinks EW is on Team Coco.
>>
>> >http://www.ew.com/ew/inside/0,,,00.html
>>
>ith the
>> Na'vi on the cover...when does this issue actually come out?...r
>>
>
>The subscribers usually get it a week before the regular people.
>
>Maybe...so maybe it will be on the newsstand sometime this coming week.
So more like "Entertainment Weakly" then?...I had a subscription ages ago and
ditched it when they gave evidence of not knowing that anything had ever
happened before 1980....
Unrelated thought: remember when Jay got the Tonight Show the *first* time?...I
seem to remember hearing that he wanted, on his first show as host, to pay
tribute to Johnny for all the great entertainment he had provided for all those
years, but NBC said flat out no...said he wasn't even to *mention* Carson
because the "new" Tonight Show had to be entirely new; no ties to the past....
Anyway, do you suppose he'll take time in his first show after he returns to pay
tribute to Conan?...like for keeping the rent paid on the studio for seven
months?...r
Maybe
> Unrelated thought: remember when Jay got the Tonight Show the *first* time?...I
> seem to remember hearing that he wanted, on his first show as host, to pay
> tribute to Johnny for all the great entertainment he had provided for all those
> years, but NBC said flat out no...said he wasn't even to *mention* Carson
> because the "new" Tonight Show had to be entirely new; no ties to the past....
>
> Anyway, do you suppose he'll take time in his first show after he returns to pay
> tribute to Conan?...like for keeping the rent paid on the studio for seven
> months?...r
>
Johnny and he won't mention a word about Conan.
Maybe...And I'm sure Jay will comply.
R H Draney
>
>On Jan 24, 8:13=EF=BF=BDpm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>
>> So that was Friday...here it is Sunday night and they still have the EW w=
>ith the
>> Na'vi on the cover...when does this issue actually come out?...r
>>
>
>The subscribers usually get it a week before the regular people.
>
>Maybe...so maybe it will be on the newsstand sometime this coming week.
Finally got it...I was curious to see if Entertainment Weekly has yet discovered
that there was television before 1987....
A lot of "bombs" on the list that I'd never heard of, a few with which I
heartily agree (the XFL, Cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch), and a couple where I
take issue (Jackie Gleason *apologizing* for "You're In The Picture" wasn't a
bomb...it was an entertaining way to make the best of a bad situation...yes, the
*first* episode was a disaster, but the apology was TV gold)....
I see they included some stalwarts that *always* make such lists, like "Pink
Lady and Jeff", "Hello Larry" and "My Mother the Car" (do you suppose someone's
grandfather found out about the article and told them about those shows?)...at
the same time they omitted such legendary golden oldie screwups as "Me and the
Chimp" and the legendary "Turn On"....
They also missed some TV moments that made Jay's 10pm show look like Shakespeare
by comparison...here's a few that popped into my mind:
The CBS 1971 "rural purge".
Continuing "Chico and the Man" after Freddie Prinze killed himself. (And to a
much lesser extent, "Laverne and No Shirley".)
Dave in the morning (good show, seriously defective scheduling).
AfterM*A*S*H.
Adam Ant on the Motown 25th Anniversary special.
The New Monkees (1987) and The All New Captain Kangaroo (1997).
(Not all "new" shows are disasters; The New WKRP was still better than most of
what was on at the time, and while The New Dick Van Dyke Show could never
measure up to its predecessor, I still found it watch-worthy.)
Ellen DeGeneres tinkering so much with the premise of her sitcom that nobody
could remember what line of work she was in.
"Breakfast Time" on fX becoming "Fox After Breakfast" on the parent network and
the accompanying and subsequent "adjustments" to format.
Fox network's propensity for cancelling every new show after three weeks.
....r
Albert Sims
Supertrain! Remember that one?
--
Albert Sims
West Monroe,Louisiana
R H Draney
>
>Supertrain! Remember that one?
Vividly...same season as "Out of the Blue" starring future Jay Leno writer Jimmy
Brogan as an angel, "Makin' It" starring James "I'm a Pepper" Naughton as a
disco star, Andy Griffith's "Salvage 1", and Norman Lear's "Mr Dugan"/"Hanging
In" flop project....r
Lucy
"I'm a Pepper" is David Naughton.
R H Draney
>
>On Jan 30, 2:20=A0pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> Albert Sims filted:
>>
>>
>>
>> >Supertrain! Remember that one?
>>
>r Jimmy
>> Brogan as an angel, "Makin' It" starring James "I'm a Pepper" Naughton as=
> a
>> disco star, Andy Griffith's "Salvage 1", and Norman Lear's "Mr Dugan"/"Ha=
>nging
>> In" flop project....r
>
>"I'm a Pepper" is David Naughton.
Yeah, that guy...the American Werewolf in London who lived next door to My
Sister Sam and came down with Midnight Madness....
I have no idea where I got "James" from....r
Lucy
R H Draney
>
>On Jan 30, 4:15=A0pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> Lucy filted:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Jan 30, 2:20=3DA0pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> >> Albert Sims filted:
>>
>> >> >Supertrain! Remember that one?
>>
>ite=3D
>> >r Jimmy
>> >> Brogan as an angel, "Makin' It" starring James "I'm a Pepper" Naughton=
> as=3D
>> > a
>> >> disco star, Andy Griffith's "Salvage 1", and Norman Lear's "Mr Dugan"/=
>"Ha=3D
>> >nging
>> >> In" flop project....r
>>
>> >"I'm a Pepper" is David Naughton.
>>
>y
>> Sister Sam and came down with Midnight Madness....
>>
>> I have no idea where I got "James" from....r
>
>Hah! They're brothers.
Oddly enough, I never knew that, despite the fact that James starred in the TV
series "Planet of the Apes" (one of my favorites for the twelve weeks it
ran)....r