Primetime Deal coming to an end

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'202722\' date=\'Dec 2 2008, 10:15 PM\']
[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'202719\' date=\'Dec 2 2008, 05:38 PM\']'scuse me?  What was it about Sports Night that apparently causes you to not have the same fondness?[/quote]I'll line up behind Seth: Sports Night was a fine program and less worthy of derision or scorn than some of the other items on that list.
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I didn't say that I HATED Sports Night, the show just never clicked with me.  And let me say that it's nowhere even close to the list of NBC klunkers listed above.  

Also add to the list of media-centered shows that didn't fit well with me (not saying that it's a bad show..) -- "Martin".

[calliaume]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'202716\' date=\'Dec 2 2008, 08:39 PM\']

The Girl With Something Extra

Keep the 60's shows out of this!!!
[/quote]
Well, 1973, but who's counting?

And how did I miss My Mother, The Car?

[Mr. Bill]

[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'202705\' date=\'Dec 2 2008, 06:19 PM\']
[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'202569\' date=\'Nov 30 2008, 07:19 PM\']
"something much crappier"[/quote]
And now, the 25 nominees for NBC's Worst Series:

The Misadventures of Sherriff Lobo
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What a coincidence!  The new TV Guide arrived in my mailbox today featuring the countdown of the 5 best and 5 worst spin-offs of alltime.

This piece of misguided monkey business hit the list of the worst at #3.  Quoting now: "served one purpose in life, and that was to answer the question, 'How bad does a show have to be to make a trucker and his chimp sidekick seem like Shakespeare?'"

And while we're on the subject of "Cop Rock" in the Department of Some People Never Learn From Others' Mistakes, does anyone else remember the "now you see it, now you don't" Hugh Jackman series that tried the same thing last season?

Oh, btw, Tim, if the Browns are making Charlie Sheen's Indians look like the '07 Red Sox, where does that put my woeful Lions and Tigers?

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'202737\' date=\'Dec 2 2008, 11:17 PM\']

And while we're on the subject of "Cop Rock" in the Department of Some People Never Learn From Others' Mistakes, does anyone else remember the "now you see it, now you don't" Hugh Jackman series that tried the same thing last season?
[/quote]
Viva Laughlin , based on Viva Blackpool....go watch the BBC show and be thoroughly pleased.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'202762\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 10:16 AM\']Viva Laughlin , based on Viva Blackpool....go watch the BBC show and be thoroughly pleased.[/quote]
Yes indeedy.  The problem with Laughlin from the beginning was that the American producers (and CBS) went to great lengths to play down the musical aspects, as if THEY were convinced from the start it was a terrible idea.  The only way to pull off something like that is to embrace it completely and let the audience get caught up in your vision.   I'm actually of the mind that part of the failure of Cop Rock was not that people rejected the idea but that the drama part brought nothing new to the table.  It was just watered-down Hill Street Blues.

/Would LOVE to see a Cop Rock DVD set with features.
//Find myself watching the creative (if tacked-on) final number a lot.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'202731\' date=\'Dec 2 2008, 09:43 PM\']
And how did I miss My Mother, The Car?
[/quote]
The same way most of us did--on purpose.  

[Offshored2007]

The Magnificent Marble Machine

Tilt!
I still have some fondness for this old clunker from 1975.  Maybe being a pinball fanatic back in the day made me like the end game before the machine started misbehaving and only the bumpers scored points.
Went back to  Curt's MMM page and I see he gave it a big D.

[davemackey]

[quote name=\'Offshored2007\' post=\'202788\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 02:21 PM\']

The Magnificent Marble Machine

Tilt!
I still have some fondness for this old clunker from 1975.  Maybe being a pinball fanatic back in the day made me like the end game before the machine started misbehaving and only the bumpers scored points.
Went back to  Curt's MMM page and I see he gave it a big D.
[/quote]
It was actually reprogrammed - the bumpers were the only thing that counted on the machine and they scored 500 points. Or $500 if in the Gold Money Ball round. I remember someone once pretty much trapped the ball near one of the upper bumpers with the upper flipper and really exploited that to win over $10,000 in one money round.

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'202807\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 05:32 PM\']
It was actually reprogrammed - the bumpers were the only thing that counted on the machine and they scored 500 points. Or $500 if in the Gold Money Ball round. I remember someone once pretty much trapped the ball near one of the upper bumpers with the upper flipper and really exploited that to win over $10,000 in one money round.
[/quote]

I read not long ago that the machine didn't function well and that's why they reprogrammed it. Judges would watch each round on tape to make sure everything registered.

But who could forget Leslie Uggams and that Gold Money Ball! (Just kidding.)

[Tim L]

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'202592\' date=\'Nov 30 2008, 11:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'202584\' date=\'Nov 30 2008, 08:22 PM\']/How many of you remember NBC's 'big' hit with Joe Namath???
[/quote]
You mean The Waverly Wonders? As one writer put it, Joe couldn't blame this one on his knee.
[/quote]

I watched the premiere.  I came away thinking Joe needed acting lessons..

[Tim L]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'202771\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 11:49 AM\']
[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'202731\' date=\'Dec 2 2008, 09:43 PM\']
And how did I miss My Mother, The Car?
[/quote]
The same way most of us did--on purpose.  
[/quote]

I may be the only one on here to "almost" defend My Mother The Car..You take away the weird premise, it wasnt any better or worse than most sitcoms of that era..

[rugrats1]

[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'202847\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 09:43 PM\']
I may be the only one on here to "almost" defend My Mother The Car..You take away the weird premise, it wasnt any better or worse than most sitcoms of that era..
[/quote]

Though of course, the talking car kitsch was brought back with "Knight Rider", and look how well that done. (The 2008 version, however, was cancelled this week.)

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'202851\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 07:17 PM\']
Though of course, the talking car kitsch was brought back with "Knight Rider", and look how well that done. (The 2008 version, however, was cancelled this week.)[/quote]
Clearly, because of a lack of this man.

/you're welcome

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'202867\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 10:39 PM\']
Clearly, because of a lack of this man.
[/quote]
No wonder Germans love him.

/Which continues to prove Norm MacDonald's theory.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'202867\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 11:39 PM\']
[quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'202851\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 07:17 PM\']
Though of course, the talking car kitsch was brought back with "Knight Rider", and look how well that done. (The 2008 version, however, was cancelled this week.)[/quote]
Clearly, because of a lack of this man.
[/quote]
That looks nothing like William Daniels.