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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #165 on: October 02, 2011, 12:08:00 PM »
I didn't realize that Wilfred, the F/X sitcom with a guy in a dog suit, was based on a British show, but IFC is showing the orig UK version.
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #166 on: October 03, 2011, 06:11:39 AM »
A very young Lisa Vanderpump (from RHOBH) starred in the video for ABC's "Poison Arrow".  ABC rules!

http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/the-dish/vintage-vanderpump-vixenism?CID=RHOBH_DISH

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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #167 on: October 03, 2011, 08:32:51 AM »
A very young Lisa Vanderpump (from RHOBH) starred in the video for ABC's "Poison Arrow".  ABC rules!

http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/the-dish/vintage-vanderpump-vixenism?CID=RHOBH_DISH

RHOBH? Translation, pls.
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #168 on: October 03, 2011, 08:37:19 AM »
A very young Lisa Vanderpump (from RHOBH) starred in the video for ABC's "Poison Arrow".  ABC rules!

http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/the-dish/vintage-vanderpump-vixenism?CID=RHOBH_DISH

RHOBH? Translation, pls.

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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #169 on: October 03, 2011, 10:36:55 AM »
A very young Lisa Vanderpump (from RHOBH) starred in the video for ABC's "Poison Arrow".  ABC rules!

http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/the-dish/vintage-vanderpump-vixenism?CID=RHOBH_DISH

RHOBH? Translation, pls.
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #170 on: October 03, 2011, 07:06:21 PM »
TANC: after losing Me-TV last week, it so happens TVLand has brought back The Dick Van Dyke Show -- Today is the 50th anniv of its premiere on CBS. Don't trip over that ottoman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPsofhzu9f0&NR=1
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #171 on: October 04, 2011, 12:26:02 PM »
And if you had Playboy Club in the first-new-show-to-get-cancelled pool... you're a winner!

http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_19037727
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #172 on: October 06, 2011, 01:49:40 PM »
Meant to post about last nite's brilliant South Park ep, the sequel to the mid-season cliffhanger from a few months back.  Absolutely tremendous, not to mention quite profound, and i believe it's being repeated tonite.  They're geniuses, truly.
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #173 on: October 07, 2011, 10:11:34 PM »
OMFG: the new American Dad with Cee-Lo Green as the voice of a singing hot tub (don't ask) is freaking brilliant.

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Bubbles in the glass
a fig in yo' mouth
and mah fingah in yo' ass!
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #174 on: October 10, 2011, 09:07:37 AM »
Let's get right to it.

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« Reply #175 on: October 10, 2011, 10:07:06 AM »
Netflix backpedals yet again. Qwikster is dead.

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/10/netflix-hears-consumers-kills-dvd-spin-off/

Well, you can't accuse them of not listening to their consumers. The name Qwikster was beyond lame.

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« Reply #176 on: October 10, 2011, 10:21:09 AM »
Netflix backpedals yet again. Qwikster is dead.

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/10/netflix-hears-consumers-kills-dvd-spin-off/

Well, you can't accuse them of not listening to their consumers. The name Qwikster was beyond lame.

No kidding. It sounded like something they came up with in about 10 minutes while sitting on the can.
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #177 on: October 10, 2011, 12:16:45 PM »
Netflix backpedals yet again. Qwikster is dead.

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/10/netflix-hears-consumers-kills-dvd-spin-off/

Well, you can't accuse them of not listening to their consumers. The name Qwikster was beyond lame.

No kidding. It sounded like something they came up with in about 10 minutes while sitting on the can.

Actually, they prob found all the good names were taken...  except Qwikster (and Clownpenis.fart).  And maybe this guy wanted too much $ for the 'qwikster' twitter name:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/19/the-guy-behind-the-qwikster-twitter-account-realizes-what-he-has-wants-a-mountain-of-cash/
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #178 on: October 14, 2011, 02:58:22 PM »
Add ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot to the list of cancelled new fall shows. Also: Playboy Club and Free Agents (NBC); How to be a Gentleman (CBS) and a reality show on the CW called H8R (yeah, "hater", heh).
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Re: The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.
« Reply #179 on: October 17, 2011, 11:11:30 AM »
So I've been watching the Mary Tyler Moore reruns on MeTV (Comcast Ch 31) ...

God-DAMMITT! Channel 31 (actually channel 50 from Santa Rosa, KFTY) has been sold and they just switched to AztecaAmerica today. No more MTM, Newhart, etc. And the "Chuckles Bites the Dust" ep of MTM was coming up this week.  I'm majorly pissed right now.

ETA: rumor has it that Channel 42 (KTNC, currently Spanish) and Channel 38 (KCNS, currently running RTV, which is similar but inferior to Me-TV) are both "possibly interested" in picking up Me-TV.

well, it took a few weeks, but KOFY TV-20 has picked up Me-TV and will be running it on one of their digital subchannels (20.2) very soon. Still up-in-the-air is whether Comcast will find room to carry it (I *think* they're legally required to carry anything that's over-the-air but I could be wrong). 

http://www.metvnetwork.com/files/KOFYMe-TVLaunch10.17.11V2.pdf
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