CURRENT TV's 3RD SHOW launches Tonight

ON THE MEDIA  CABLE NEWS  CURRENT TV 
   BY Skyler
    Al Gore's TV network ,CURRENT TV, changed course last year from being a network that was focused on user generated  content, and documentaries to  news opinion shows started last year when former MSNBC Host, Keith Olbermann which started in June of last year, then  "Young Turks with Cenk Uygar" started back in October of last year and tonight a 3rd program "War Room with Jennifer Granholm" , (former Michigan Governor) at 9PMET /6PT. Current TV's goal is to have progressive leaning shows    that they feel is under served market.
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What is Rachel Maddow? [VIDEO]

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   On "Jeopardy"  last night , 2 TV personalities were answers (or question)  One was ABC NEWS' George Stephanopoulus  (a contestant got him) , the other was MSNBC'S Rachel Maddow but...

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The Oscar Nominees list

Straight Forward  Movies 

BEST PICTURE 

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Actor in  a Leading Role 

  

• Demian Bichir - A Better LIfe
• George Clooney - The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin - The Artist
• Gary Oldman - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball

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TV talk 1/17/2012

By The Joshuaonline Staff 

   [ What you won't see tonight ]  "Work It" is off ABC's line up it aired at 8:30/7:30c for the past two weeks , but the controversial show  had low ratings so it's gone. It will be replaced , for now by a re-run of the 8/7c show "Last Man Standing". 

[ NEW shows and seasons]  Tonight the CW launches a new reality show called "ReModeled"  it's where model industry veteran , Paul Fisher  helps small model agencies and models .Airs tonight 9/8c on the cw. 

"Justifed Returns tonight 10e/p on FX

"Soutland Returns tonight 10et/9c ON TNT

Well 10pmet seems to be a party  tonight , "White Collar" returns at 10pmET on USA network

[Monday Ratings] 'Alcatraz' , FOX new drama started with 3.3 rating , but CBS did own the night read more from tvbythenumbers.

[National Sports TONIGHT]   NHL Hockey:  Nashville Predators at NewYork Rangers  tonight 7:30PMET/4:30PT on NBC SPORTS Network 

  NBA Basketball : San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat tonight 7:30pmet on NBA TV 

[opinion] Please no more debates

MEDIA TALK                                                                               

TV Media    

 by Meghan F for mychiller media talk 

   Another 2 debate for Republicans is this week , one tonight on FOX NEWS Channel (9PMET) and another CNN Debate ,Thursday (8PMET ), haven't we gotten enough debates ? Do we need to me the candidates still , the same questions asked? Though  CNN and FOX debates are better than ABC and NBC's sad excuses of debates.   We have understood where each candidate  stands on each issue, the questions are now getting redundant. The networks should stop now , and candidates should say no that's what ended the debate with Newsmax,last month. 

    The cable networks , maybe want more ratings , but at the cost of just annoying people and making the message seem less useful. I do think the debates and the elections so far have weeded out the candidates out don't cut the voters eye. The debate system is messed-up , they pick people out of polls ,which annoy me , Buddy Romer is running for president but he wasn't in the debates because his poll numbers were low, his poll numbers were low because he wasn't in the debates were people could see him, he  not being in the debates didn't help him because the networks weeded him out for no reason. 

  But please can we stop with the debates until we now have the 2 candidates for the general made?  

 

Good Bye One LIfe to LIve

Soaps TV 
 'One Life To Live' ended today after 43 years on the air , It ended with sort of a Cliff-hanger , it was maybe to continue online that's up in the air right now.
 Here's the clip of last part

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One life to live ends in 1 day

SOAPS dayitme One LIfe to live 1968-2012 

  As 'One Life to Live" ends on Friday  the 13th of January ,we  look back all the soaps that were canceled since 2007.

  Passions (NBC) 1999-2007 it was replaced by local programming on stations , so NBC could expand the "TodayShow" for  a 4th hour. 

"Guiding Light" (CBS) 1937-2009 it ran on radio first on NBC Radio, then CBS Radio, moved to TV in 1952 it ended in 2009 after 72 years  due to low ratings and CBS wanting to save money , it was replaced by a re-make of the game show "Let's Make A deal,


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One LIfe to live to end in 2 days

Soaps [ One Life to Live 1968-2012]  
here's a treat for you the full theme song  words  .
 Thanks Youtube

Post New Hampshire media review.

Media Choice 2012
  C1. no weebles  ,Nothing here is listed by how important it is. CNN did use their "flick" technology but the little "weebles" disappeared.
     2. What do we do all night? Most of the news channels started a 6PMET  with coverage and for about 2 hours they waited for the polls to close. 8PMET , the declared Romney the winner and now they got bored,they carried the winner's  speech, the 2nd place ,Ron Paul speech, 3rd place Huntsman, 4th place Santorum and 5th place Gingrich. Perry didn't do one and they forget about Buddy Rohmer.  So by 10pmET they were just talking about what will happen in South Carolina and most of the channels went to bed at 1AMET.
  3. So no Olbermann  Current TV , didn't have Keith Olbermann again  but the 3 people from last time , Cenk Uygur, fmr. Govenor Jennifer Granholm , Fmr. Vice President and Co-founder of Current TV, Al Gore (he was in a screen this time) , this coverage was even slower and  last exited than last time and they did end at 11PMET ,again but this time they had a winner.
 4.  This Governor doesn't like MSNBC opinion hosts   [LInk and there's a video from Mediaite] reason not to have  Opinion hosts for a news event.
5.  This is just funny or sad ?  Wolf Blitzer asks Huntsman daughters are you available? 
see you in South Carolina , Media

One life to live ends in 3 days

Soaps  One life to live 1968-2012 daytime
   here's a look at an open from 2005


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The Media what to watch for NH Primary Preview

Straight Forward  Choice 2012  Media 
  By Skyler
  New Hampshire voters , get to vote in the NH republican primaries tonight and of course the media is covering it like there's no tomorrow.
    Here's our look at what the media preview is for coverage tonight.
 1. Already a winner   The media already is declaring Fmr. Governor Mitt Romney the winner of the primary , because they are using poll data. I do say it's wrong to delcare a winner and wonder who's second. Elections are not for the media to say who the winner is before votes are counted.
 2. CNN tech   Cnn , last week during the Iowa Caucus  launched some new tech like "weebles" and "flick" will they use this again tonight or because of all the jokes about it last week  they choose not too.
 3. Current TV  Keith Olbermann will be there tonight , last week they cut off before the votes final announcement was made , so let's hope they don't do that tonight. .
 4. Fox Business and the business channels  , FOX Business  we say  is doing a great job at covering the elections anchor Neil Cavuto will be anchoring tonight.  CNBC will not be covering tonight , Bloomberg will do one hour at 9pmET. We hope they would cover more , If you do coverage you should do more than 1 hour.

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one life to live ends in 4 days

Video Soaps Daytime 
 Closing credits are a rarity these days , so here's a special treat. The 'One life to Live' 1991 credits
  It's a bit quiet and there's a voice over.
   

Every wonder what the words are to the theme are?

     Here's what you do when you don't find the rainbow's end
This time
Here's where you go when it looks like the rain won't end
Don't cry
I'll give you tomorrow
Let me be the one you share it with
And each day that follows
Cause we only have one life to live.

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CBSs new morning show starts today

CBS   Morning Shows
    This morning , morning television has  a new addition , "CBS This Morning" which replaced the "Early Show".  It so far is a big difference to the old  show and the others , NBC'S "Today Show" and ABC'S 'Good Morning America' , it starts  with a mash up of the day's top stories called "Eye Opener" . It's anchoring setup is different as well Charlie Rose, Erica Hill , and Gayle King all stared the show off, then after the "Eye Opener"  it was just Rose and Hill, King returns in the second hour. The desk is not square or rectangle ,it's round with a CBS eye in the middle,  and the anchors sit  across from each other instead of next to each other. "This Morning" removes some of the many features on the other morning shows have made use off for years, the news update desk and anchor is no longer a feature, the national weather , which was removed during the last months of the "Early Show", is gone, going outside  and having people stand around is also not there.
   The Studio is a wonderful improvement , the real brick, the objects on the shelves, and the coloring is very inviting and also shows the tone of the show.  It also adds a  flavor with in-studio interviews of CBS NEWS correspondents . The 3 host format does need  bit more work to adjust the balance , but  that looks easy enough. The most seeming difference a viewer could tell was the show didn't go into the lifestyle area that many other shows rely upon, the  anchors didn't do much witty-banter and cheesy lines. "60 minutes" stories, politics , an interview with Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) ,they also had singer Melissa Etheridge to discuss issues of the day.
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Welcome to Winter TV 2012 Schedule

TV 2011-12 season
 jWelcome  to winter TV , yes it's time where TV has cleansed out shows and some shows had finales and time to try out new shows . Here's the new line ups.
Mondays  
  ABC  
     8/7c The Bachelor  [Started January 2nd] 
   10/9c  Castle
NBC
8/7c Who's Still Standing [runs till February 6th when replaced by 'The Voice'
9/8c  Fear Factor  [Runs to till February 6th when replaced by 'The Voice'
10/9c  Rock Center [ moves to Wednesdays , replaced by 'Smash' Feb. 6]
CBS 
8/7c How I Met your Mother
8:30/7:30c  2 Broke Girls
9/8c Two and Half Men
9:30/8:30c Mike and Molly 
10/9c Hawaii Five-O 
FOX 
8/7c  House 
9/8c  Alcatraz  [ New Series , Jan 16th]
The CW
8/7c Gossip Girl 
9/8c  Hart of Dixie 
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CBS This morning starts Monday

CBS  Morning TV 
  CBS's new morning show  that is replacing  "The Early Show" , as hinted here it will be come the first network morning show to also stream online.
    [VIDEO]
CBS has more here , they have been very secretive on how the show will be like , that makes  it interesting .

One life to live openings from the 80's

 Here are a couple more openings for 'one life to live'

1980-1984
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One life to live ends in eight days

Video Soaps
   the second open from 1975

MSNBC gives Mellisa Harris-Perry a show

TV MSNBC CABLE NEWS 
   By Stephen Aburn for mychillermedia

   MSNBC adds another liberal talk show to the network and on weekends.  Mellisa Harris-Perry , who has substituted for shows on the channel  and is  a contributor to shows , will be getting her own weekend show that will air from 10AMET-12PMET.   "UP with Chris Hayes" is moving from it's Saturday 7-9am and Sunday 8-10amet  to both days at 8amET-10AMET.   The only news show on weekends on the channel "Weekends with Alex witt" is being moved to 7-8AMET Saturdays and  12-2PMET Saturdays and Sundays.


MSNBC's announcement below

One life to Live Ends in 9 days

[VIDEO]  Soaps 
   ABC's 'One life to Live' is ending it's life  on January 13th and we are taking a look back with old opens of the Soap.

Review of the Media on the Iowa Caucus

Media  Choice2012 
  By Joshuaonline Staff

CNN 
     CNN seems to pride themselves on their election coverage . This year , the network  moved it's election coverage from New York to it's Atlanta HQ.  It also added a bunch more graphics and gadgets to it's use age. Using heavy hitter anchors, Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer ,John King and their "Best Political team on TV" CNN made their election coverage interesting.
   Goods:  CNN kept the coverage fair and kept going through out the night waiting for every vote to be counted.  Its setup was great overall.
  Bads: CNN did use too many things, even though the GCI "Weebles" seem like a good idea it's just something for mockery. The "Flex " touch screens maybe a bit much and twitter is good but trying to use it in coverage may be too much.
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Iowa Caucus Media Preview

Media  
   By Skyler and Joshuaonline staff
     Today is the Iowa Caucus , the Republicans are working on finding their next nominee for the presidential race. We take  a preview and ask questions about what will be seeing and covering on Joshuaonline.
        1. The Network Coverage. The Networks (NBC,ABC,CBS,and FOX) won't be covering the Caucasus in real time , leaving the winner announcement to local newscasts , though ABC NEWS will do some during 'Nightline' as well.
       2. Current TV versus MSNBC  . Current TV is a cable channel run by former Vice-President Al Gore , the channel has been evolving into news and opinion , calling themselves a progressive source, or more targeted to  liberal viewers. MSNBC primetime also has been doing the same. Tonight both channels will have Caucus coverage using liberal hosts we will want to know how the two channels covered it if any difference in that.
       3. FOX NEWS ,CNN,CNBC,FOX BIZ  They will be having full coverage tonight  of the Caucus with less  of a spin compared to MSNBC and Current.
        4. The media post spin Elections on TV always need to fill that extra time and the way done is using analysts   to spin what happened and why.  Plus in  a caucus which is different than a primary  , the polls that have been coming out have been playing with the media. That is what they use to take a measure and sometimes they are wrong, we will see if that happens, how they take it.
     
We will be doing more media looking during the Caucus tonight at 7PMET on Joshuaonline
  email our staff at mychiller@inbox.com

CNN's new morning shows started Today

Media  CNN  Cable news  Morning NEWS 
   CNN's morning show of 10 years "American Morning" ended quietly on December 30th 2011 ,and 3 days later  2 new morning shows took it's place.
        'Early Start' runs from 5AMET-7AMET is anchored by former MSNBC/NBC NEWS and Court TV anchor  Asheligh Banfield  and former Chicago Anchor ,Zoraida Sambolin. The show replaces CNN's "American Morning Wake up call" ,which ran from 5-6AMET until December  and the First hour of "American Morning".
  Video below



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