The TV Thread: Networks, cable, shows on DVD.

[ggould]

wait... WHAT??

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2013/01/02/how-will-al-jazeera%e2%80%99s-acquistion-of-sf-based-current-tv-affect-stars-granholm-and-newsom-video/

I never got around to paying extra to get Current TV, so I could watch Stephanie Miller, and now she'll be gone I assume.

[RGMike]

Jon Stewart to take 3-month leave from the Daily Show to direct a film...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/mar/06/jon-stewart-daily-show-directing-debut

[dischead]

Recently in another thread, someone wished for Magnum PI.  It's being
broadcast at some point during the week (I don't know the exact
schedule) on COZI-TV, another one of those "retro" channels.  Over the
air it's 11.2, a subchannel of KNTV.  Dunno if it's being carried by
the local cable monopolies.

[RGMike]

Recently in another thread, someone wished for Magnum PI.  It's being
broadcast at some point during the week (I don't know the exact
schedule) on COZI-TV, another one of those "retro" channels.  Over the
air it's 11.2, a subchannel of KNTV.  Dunno if it's being carried by
the local cable monopolies.

I have Comcast digital and it's on Ch. 186 in SF. It's owned by Comcast/NBC/Universal and it's their attempt at a Me-TV type thang. Some of the stuff they show is positively ancient, like "Tales of Wells Fargo" and "Sherlock Holmes", but there's also "Magnum", "The Bold Ones" and such.

[dischead]

I have Comcast digital and it's on Ch. 186 in SF. It's owned by Comcast/NBC/Universal and it's their attempt at a Me-TV type thang. Some of the stuff they show is positively ancient, like "Tales of Wells Fargo" and "Sherlock Holmes", but there's also "Magnum", "The Bold Ones" and such.

And Lassie!

Other '70s stalwarts include The Bionic Bobbsey Twins (Steve & Jaime), Charlie's
Bimbos, and my personal fave, Banacek.  Also the occasional movie, like Legends
of the Fall and Out Of Africa, as well as some of the Hope and Crosby "Road" pictures.

There's another nostalgia channel,  Retro TV, which used to be at 38.5
and moved to 42.4, which I can't get.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Recently in another thread, someone wished for Magnum PI.  It's being
broadcast at some point during the week (I don't know the exact
schedule) on COZI-TV, another one of those "retro" channels.  Over the
air it's 11.2, a subchannel of KNTV.  Dunno if it's being carried by
the local cable monopolies.

That was me.  Thanks, I will look for it.

[dischead]

That was me.  Thanks, I will look for it.

Happened to catch the promo spot tonight.  It's on Thursdays starting at 8pm.

[RGMike]

Coming Soon to F/X: Fargo: The Series  Oh, yah.

http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/coen-brothers-bring-10-hours-of-fargo-to-fx/

[Lightnin' Rod]

That was me.  Thanks, I will look for it.

Happened to catch the promo spot tonight.  It's on Thursdays starting at 8pm.

Thanks again Diskhead, and welcome to the club.

I recorded all four episodes, and actually watched the 10 o'clock ep in real time.  It was AWFUL!!!  It was the "Simon and Simon" cross-over episode (remember Simon and Simon?), and had a cursed tiki doll.  Just terrible writing.  But I remember that episode as being bad originally, so I'm not turned off by that bad experience.  And, on the positive side, Morgan Fairchild was the bad "guy".  Evil Morgan Fairchild is rocks!

ETA:  I speelled Disckhead wrung.  Soo me.

[dischead]

ETA:  I speelled Disckhead wrung.  Soo me.

Oh, Blinding Light!
Oh, Light that Blinds!
I cannot see...
Look out for me!
(sfx:  man stumbling & falling down)
-- DCTD, HMTP

[Lightnin' Rod]

ETA:  I speelled Disckhead wrung.  Soo me.

Oh, Blinding Light!
Oh, Light that Blinds!
I cannot see...
Look out for me!
(sfx:  man stumbling & falling down)
-- DCTD, HMTP

I googled that.  Well played, my friend.

[dischead]

ETA:  I speelled Disckhead wrung.  Soo me.

Oh, Blinding Light!
Oh, Light that Blinds!
I cannot see...
Look out for me!
(sfx:  man stumbling & falling down)
-- DCTD, HMTP

I googled that.  Well played, my friend.

Is that not the origin of your handle?

[ggould]

ETA:  I speelled Disckhead wrung.  Soo me.

Oh, Blinding Light!
Oh, Light that Blinds!
I cannot see...
Look out for me!
(sfx:  man stumbling & falling down)
-- DCTD, HMTP

I googled that.  Well played, my friend.

Is that not the origin of your handle?

I didn't need to google to know it was FS, but needed a little help on which record.  Is 'dischead' from them?  If so, which record?

[RGMike]

If you have BBCAmerica on your cable/sat menu, I highly recommend the great documentary by Vikram Jayanti,  The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector, which they're showing tonite.  It was clearly the inspiration for the recent David Mamet HBO drama with Pacino and Mirren.  I remember seeing the docu at the Roxie 3 years ago and thinking, as I watched the interviews with Spector, "damn, Al Pacino should play him in the TV movie"... and less than 6 months later HBO announced the Mamet/Pacino/Mirren project.

[urth]

If you have BBCAmerica on your cable/sat menu, I highly recommend the great documentary by Vikram Jayanti,  The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector, which they're showing tonite.  It was clearly the inspiration for the recent David Mamet HBO drama with Pacino and Mirren.  I remember seeing the docu at the Roxie 3 years ago and thinking, as I watched the interviews with Spector, "damn, Al Pacino should play him in the TV movie"... and less than 6 months later HBO announced the Mamet/Pacino/Mirren project.

We had free HBO this past weekend, and I recorded the Spector thing with Pacino et al. Will have to remember to grab this one as well.

Btw, BBC-America is becoming one of my fave channels, although I could do without them Americanizing their content so much. Except Star Trek: TNG. They can show that one as much as they want.