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Thursday, August 17, 2023
But First These Messages: Back to School
But First these Messages
August... Or September uh back to school. Back to school ads seem to show up around July baffling some people. A lot of schools return in August so I guess it makes sense. When I was a kid, school usually started the last week of August. That also seems to give something for the retail stores to do between the lulls of not having any holidays to content with and getting ready for Christmas.
This post is also a kind of revival of our But First These Messages posts since they are kind of a different animal to the other kinds of posts I do here. It's hard to link back to older posts since they are also Youtube heavy and when a video/channel is gone that video gone it's a mess. I'm trying to bring back this segment, but maybe with a slight difference.
Back to school, But First These Messages....
Monday, August 14, 2023
CNN Changes Programming Line Up: Including Primetime, Early Morning, and Saturdays
CNN TV News Cable TV News
6-8am ET: CNN This Morning Weekends
8-9am ET: First of All with Victor Blackwell
9-10am ET: Smerconish
10-11am ET: The Chris Wallace Show
11am-12pm ET: Christiane Amanpour
12-4pm ET: CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield
4-8pm ET: CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta
The constant at CNN has been change, and again a programming schedule change. CNN has announced anchor changes and new programs that effect their mornings, daytime, and primetime, along with weekends.
Primetime, which had been in a state of a flux since Chris Cuomo's firing in December 2021, and now former anchor, Don Lemon, leaving primetime in 2022. The 10 pm Eastern hour will be given to political correspondent , Abby Phillip, with 11pm being hosted by Laura Coates, CNN's legal analyst.
Phillip's program brings back an old name to CNN, CNN NewsNight , which CNN previously used until 2005. Coates' program will be branded Laura Coates Live.
Now, the mornings. Kasie Hunt has been named anchor of 5AM eastern program Early Start, and chief White House correspondent Phil Mattingly has been named co-anchor of CNN This Morning with Poppy Harlow.
Of note, Pamela Brown, CNN's chief investigative correspondent will anchor a daily 3pm ET hour show, that show will be called The Bulletin . This means that CNN News Central from D.C will be cut to 2 hours.
Here's the weekday line up in review, changed programming in Italics
5-6am ET: Early Start (new anchor)
6-9am ET: CNN This Morning with Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly (new co-anchor)
9am-12pm ET: CNN News Central
12-1pm ET: Inside Politics with Dana Bash
1-3pm ET: CNN News Central
3-4pm ET: The Bulletin with Pamela Brown (new program)
4-6pm ET: The Lead with Jake Tapper
6-7pm ET: The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
7-8pm ET: Erin Burnett Out Front
8-9pm ET: Anderson Cooper 360
9-10pm ET: The Source with Kaitlan Collins
10-11pm ET: CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (new program )
11-12pm ET: Laura Coates Live (new program)
Now to the weekends. Victor Blackwell, Christiane Amanpour, Manu Raju, and Chris Wallace will be hosting new programming.
On Saturdays, CNN This Morning will be cut one hour ending at 8AMET, to allow for a new show with Victor Blackwell at 8amET. Chris Wallace will have a new live show on Saturday mornings at 10am ET, and CNN International's Christiane Amanpour will host at 11AMET. The 10am-12pm ET block replaces two hours of CNN Newsroom.
Here's the Saturday line up , program changes in italics
6-8am ET: CNN This Morning Weekends
8-9am ET: First of All with Victor Blackwell
9-10am ET: Smerconish
10-11am ET: The Chris Wallace Show
11am-12pm ET: Christiane Amanpour
12-4pm ET: CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield
4-8pm ET: CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta
On Sunday, due to Phillip moving to primetime, her slot on Inside Politics is being given to Manu Raju, CNN's Capitol Hill correspondent.
Of note, the weekly primetime show "King Charles" with Gayle King and Charles Barkley will be coming to the network as planned. Alisyn Camerota seems to be the odd one out in the changes, she will be part of CNN's Sunday magazine show "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper". It is also interesting to see that Amanpour, who hosts a daily show on CNN(International ) which also runs on PBS, is getting more spotlight on CNN US. Sadly, Saturday daytime gets news headline focused programming cut by 3 hours.
The press release is after the jump
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Into the Twilight: Eye of the Beholder
The Twilight Zone
It can be difficult to write about certain episodes of "The Twilight Zone" for various reasons, particularly those of the original series. Many of these episodes are already well-known or contain a major twist, which can spoil the experience for those who haven't seen them yet. While it may seem odd to worry about spoilers for something that aired in the 1960s, part of the fun of watching "The Twilight Zone" is not knowing what to expect. There are even some episodes that I wish I could experience for the first time again, which would make for an interesting plot in itself.
I'm going to break away from the traditional mold of a "Into the Twilight" post here to write about the 1960 episode "Eye of the Beholder". This is from season 2 of the series, the 6th episode. One of the episodes written by Rod Serling himself. This is a well known episode of the show and it's twist might be very well known. For this post, I'm going to keep that under wraps (that wasn't intended but it works) and do something a little different.
As most episodes of the series starts there's a scene to set the stage before we get Rod's narration. This one has a person, a woman, with a face wrapped in bandages, in a hospital bed. Then a nurse shows up to tend to her. A benefit of being in black and white is that it can use shadows and not look too off. One will notice that the they don't show much of the nurse's face, opting for shots and fun ways to hide her face. The woman in bandages doesn't know if it's night or day until she's told, she wonders when the bandages will come off, and the other typical things you'd expect from someone in this condition. The dialogue gives details that her face might be grotesque and seems to have had this problem for her entire life.
Hey! Get a room ! / Copyright Paramount
The words like "I never wanted to be beautiful. I never wanted to look like a painting. I never even wanted to be loved. I just wanted people to not scream at me when they looked at me." gives that this isn't some vanity thing, but that woman has lived in misery because of how people viewed her. What this is also doing is giving the viewer an expectation of what of she could look like under those bandages. It is playing off our, the viewers, thoughts of what could make children scream at a face and cause people to look away? It's a well done way to make the viewer think and to hook them in. When the episode reaches the conclusion and the face is reveled, the viewer is then made to think about their own perceptions of what an is a beauty standard.
The story follows the nurse as she goes to tell the doctor about the patient's condition, Then she talks to another nurse, again making sure to know show any faces of these woman and the other nurse gives a slight clue by mentioning if she had the face of the patient she'd bury herself in a grave. Also 1960's smoking.
Then finally, Rod Serling shows up to tell us her name is Janet Tyler and we are going to see her face and we shouldn't be surprised. Which I like as a line because it's playing with our perceptions, but it should also make one wonder what does he have in store for us, because why would he say that? That's kind of fun.
As I mentioned before, If there was a way to just erase knowing how an episode or anything media goes in my mind just to have the same first time experience of it, this would be an episode on that list. Though again, that'd probably make a good plot of something about how that would be bad. I do have to point out that the episode has good rewatch value when one knows the twist, you can look back at see the hints or the styling or the episode it stays entertaining and thoughtful without just being an episode that lives on its twist.
Directed by Douglas Heyes, the episode goes out of the way to hide faces, a whole theme of the episode. It gives it a detached other world feeling. It makes you wonder why aren't they being shown? The episode gives our characters a sound of sympathy, he casted people by not looking at them, just to hear their voices. It gives a sense that they care about Miss Tyler and want to help her.
There's a doctor he mentions how hard it's been trying to fix the problem. This is her 11th visit and apparently this is her last one. Not sure why 11 was the limit, but alright. There are alternatives- still keeping those under wraps. [sorry] Which is a good way to phrase these parts of the episode things are under wraps. Like there are rules that apparently say that people have to look normal.
It's a well done emotional episode too, where the viewer can sympathize with Miss Tyler. The offers that there's a space where "people of her kind" can be put together, she uses the word segregated-that's pretty much what it is. This gives an insight of what's going on and why she's there and that's not a she wants to look good, but that is some mandated thing that has to be done. It's another Rod Serling/ Twilight Zone episode about a state that wants conformity and has a strong control. (because 1960's)
More after the jump
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
CBS Announces Fall Premiere Dates
CBS Fall TV Look 2023
Amid the current dual strikes of writers and actors, CBS has released their fall premiere dates. This is for the schedule they released a couple weeks back where they had to adjust because of the strikes continuing.
The CBS line up includes shows they found from other things owned by the same parent company. Yellowstone (from Paramount Network), and SEAL Team (from Paramount Plus, a show that previously ran on CBS). Ghosts , the UK version that the CBS version is based on. Also reality shows and other stuff to fill in their line up.
CBS has College Football and will be airing some games on Saturday Nights as well their standard Saturday daytime. Thursday, September 14 is reality premiere day with Big Brother Live show at 8pm ET, then the debut of Buddy Games at 9pm ET, The Challenge:USA at 10pm ET. Big Brother has already started airing.
Yellowstone will make its broadcast debut on Sunday, September 17 at 8:30pm ET. This is not a new season, this is repeats of the first season airing on CBS.
NCIS is turning 20 and will have a special one-night only marathon on September 25.
The Paramount Plus series FBI True premieres on Tuesday, October 3 at 9pm ET; SEAL Team on Thursday, November 2 at 10pm ET.
With the game shows, The Price is Right at Night will premiere on Monday, October 2 and Let's Make a Deal primetime on Friday, November 3. Both series 8pm ET.
More unscripted series, LoterĂa Loca premieres on Monday, October 2 at 9pm ET, and Raid the Cage premieres on Friday, October 13 at 9pm.
Survivor and The Amazing Race return on September 27, they are 90 minutes for both shows.
The British version of Ghosts starts on November 16 at 9pm ET.
Here's the full details, all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted
Saturday, September 2
7:30-11PM/4:30-8PT College Football on CBS: Texas Tech at Wyoming
Saturday, September 9
7:30-11PM/4:30-8PT College Football on CBS: UCLA at San Diego State
Thursday, September 14
8-9pm Big Brother (LIVE Show)
9-10pm Buddy Games (CBS Series Debut)
10-11pm The Challenge :USA
Saturday, September 16
8-9pm NCIS (Encore Episode)
9-11p 48 Hours (Season 36, Two Back to Back episodes)
Sunday, September 17
7:30-8:30pm (7-8pm PT) 60 Minutes (Season 56 Premiere)
8:30-10:30pm (8-10pm Pt ) Yellowstone (Starting with Season 1)
10:30-11:30pm (10-11pm PT ) Big Brother
Saturday, September 23
7:30-11pm (4:30-8PT) Big Ten on CBS College Football : Iowa at Penn State
Sunday, September 24
7-8pm 60 Minutes
8-10pm Yellowstone (Two Back to Back Episodes)
10-11pm Big Brother
Monday, September 25
8-11pm NCIS 20th Anniversary Mini-Marathon (one time only)
Wednesday, September 27
8-9:30pn Survivor (Season 45 premiere, new time period)
9:30-11pm The Amazing Race (Season 35 premiere, new time period)
Friday, September 29
8-10pm Fire Country (Two Encore Episodes Back to Back)
10-11pm Classic Blue Bloods Episodes
Monday, October 2
8-9pm The Prices Is Right at Night (one time only)
9-10pm Loteria Loca (CBS Series Debut)
10-11pm NCIS (Encore Episode)
Tuesday, October 3
8-9pm Big Brother (new time period)
9-10pm FBI True (Broadcast Debut)
10-11pm FBI (Encore Episode, new time period)
Monday, October 9
8-9pm The Price is Right at Night (one time only)
9-10pm Loteria Loca
10-11pm NCIS (Encore Episode)
Friday, October 13
8-9pm The Price Is Right at Night (new time period)
9-10pm Raid the Cage (CBS Series Debut)
10-11pm Classic Blue Bloods Episodes
Thursday, November 2
8-9pm Big Brother
9-9:30pm Young Sheldon (Encore Episode- one time only)
9:30-10pm Ghosts (Encore Episode- One time only)
10-11pm SEAL Team (Returns to CBS with Season 5)
Friday, November 3
8-9pm Let's Make a Deal Primetime (new time period)
9-10pm Raid the Cage
10-111pm Classic Blue Bloods Episodes
Saturday, November 4
7:30-11pm SEC on CBS College Football: Game of the Week
Saturday, November 11
8-10:30pm ET NWSL (National Women's Soccer League) Championship Game
10:30-11pm Bob ❤️ Abishola (Encore Episode, one time Only)
Thursday, November 16
8-8:30pm Young Sheldon (Encore Episode- new time period)
8:30-9pm Ghosts (Encore Episode- new time period)
9-10pm Ghosts (UK) (Two Back to Back Half Hour Episodes)
10-11pm SEAL Team
Press Release after the jump
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Garfield: Garfield in Paradise
Garfield
Haven't done "Garfield" in a while, and there's a bunch of specials left to do, so let's head to 1986 for "Garfield in Paradise" This special aired on CBS (Cats Bringing shows) on May 27, 1986. It's the fifth of the Garfield specials.
The special starts right with action with Jon dressing Garfield as a boy to get him onto the plane. (how dodgy) Also Jon has chosen the cheap flight as well to a cheap knock of version of Hawaii. (I also notice Odie is not here, so Jon picked his favorite pet and has a favorite)
The special has songs , of course, bringing in the talents used in these specials of Desirée Goyette, Lou Rawls and Lorenzo Music. The intro song is sung by Rawls and Goyette and it goes for a tropical/Hawaii feel.
Jon and 'son' go to the hotel, and they meet Frank Nelson's voice who's playing the hotel clerk. Frank Nelson is the guy known for going "Yessss" Davis wanted him to play the role, but the casting director thought that guy from the radio days would be dead, and booked Hal Smith. He shows up and heard about the role and wondered why Nelson wasn't picked and they found out he wasn't dead. He got to dot he role, Nelson did pass a few months after this special aired. (source)
Noo, we don't have a room 13 / Copyright Jim Davis
Jon is surprised the super cheap hotel is super cheap. (Find out next time, to see how 50 cent meat tastes) Oh there's Odie, he snuck in a suit case. (This is a weird world) Jon decides to improve their vacation, by renting a car, Frank Nelson also voices the rental car guy, because we are doing that joke too. The car place has a rental car -meaning one so they take that. (It looks cool very nice retro) The next song having Jon's voice actor, Thom Huge, sing in it too was a nice touch.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Into the Twilight: Upgrade (2002)
Twilight Zone
We're back to the Twilight Zone 2002 series. The episode I'm looking at this time is called "Upgrade" it's the 13th episode (oooh) of the series. Which again, had one season and ran on UPN (America's favorite network that starts with U, unless that's Univision) Let's go!
It starts with a woman played by Susanna Thompson (Whom you might know from the family drama series Once and Again) named Annie Macintosh as it seems she and her family have acquired and moved into a new home. The episode also wants us to focus on this portrait of the family because it's trying to make a point here. Then two, I guess teenagers, come in the house and I think the episode wants to us to not like them or something. There's also a dog (I'm scared for the dog, this is the Twilight Zone) and a dad/husband named Phillip, played by Timothy Carhart whom you might know from "Yellowstone".
Remember this family or don't that's up to you/ Copyright Paramount
Annie seems to be annoyed that her family is not perfect or something. She seems annoyed that moving so far hasn't been a smooth thing. (The episode seemingly doesn't want us to like her either) She vents to her husband and wishes that they could turn into a perfect family. (She also asks does that make her a terrible person? eh probably) I do like how the husband and wife have matching wear there. Wait, hold on that dog, the dog before was not that dog. Phillip calls the dog , Czonka, which was the name of their dog, but this dog is a poodle not what it was before. (Czonka? Someone was a Miami Dolphin fan) Annie is confused, like me. She remembers the old dog too. (Good, I'm not going mad)
You can also surmise this is a "be careful what you wish for" plot, and maybe "what does perfection really mean?" plot. Annie is confused because whatever witchcraft is going on, didn't affect her. Hmm, the kids show up and ...checks watch... time to be annoying. The daughter named Tess and boy named Sean, I think that might be the last time we see them in this form. Oh anyway, Annie is still confused about the dog and a friend tells her that maybe she imagined not having that kind of dog because of the stress of moving. (What?)
In fact, the move was so stressful, you didn't even move, you've always lived here/ Copyright Paramount
Phillip tries to be romantic with his wife and make her feel better. I'm gonna guess what's going to happen soon, but the episode doesn't make Phillip unlikeable or annoying or anything would actually make him seem to be not a good fit with his wife. He's worried about her because the poodle thing, which also makes sense, This episode is really just going to be mean to him , but not give a reason why he's not already the "perfect husband-dad".
We see the kids and the daughter is still the same, but wait huh? She got a new Sean, son. (son sean seen) Since the force that changed the dog also now changed her son she still remembers the old son, so the force really just wants her to be seen as crazy person. (That tricky force) The daughter is freaked out and calls for her dad.
She runs to call Sean, sees the painting has changed again to include New Sean, and just for fun the daughter has changed too, a new Tess shows up. (The music needs to calm down) The, she falls down the stairs. She wakes up and still sees new Sean and new Tess, but same Phillip. (I'm going home)
She's not doing to well. (Neither am I) Phillip again shows his concern and tries to tell her that she's not going to lose him, but then ... oh... there's a new Phillip. Played by Robert Wisden, who played a Dad in an episode of "The Haunting Hour" series I mention that because same type of show. Phillip is the one I feel the most for changing he didn't even seen "un perfect", didn't doubt his wife even if he was confused about why she didn't think the dog or later kids were hers and stuff. I kind of admire the episode for not making up some stupid way he'd be unperfect too.
our son has my chin/ Copyright Paramount
Now she sees new Phillip and is very freaked out. (Same #NotMYPhillip) Later, her friend shows up again. (What to tell her that moving stress made her envision her entire family in different human form?) She tells her friend, it's her fault, she made a wish and it's come true. (Which maybe doesn't help people thinking she's not insane) The friend asks her to come with her downstairs. (Don't do it Annie!)
the perfect Livingroom apparently /Copyright Paramount
She notices that her stuff has also changed. (Wait, her couch was her family? Why'd it change?) Annie tries to have dinner, but it's like eating with random people. Also apparently, the new family has more money and successful kids. (It's perfect to be rich) This dinner is awkward. She tries to tell herself this is what she wanted and is trying to live with this, but I don't think she can.
She ends up hearing her not family talking about putting her away somewhere to make sure she gets help. Since that scares her she runs through a door into a black void. (Same) Then she notices she's in some weird house circle thing where she keeps through the door to end up back in the house. Then she sees the painting again and sees she's also been re-casted now too. (If this was a sitcom, it'd be wild in the news) New Annie and and Phillip kiss and then, what?
If you want to know , the spoiler is red and italics, if you want to skip, then find the next black text spot.
This episode was all done on a paint like program on a Macintosh computer? Get it? Heh? Get it? Then a little girl Lizzie, it's her computer, is there as her father calls her. It was a game? What? I go in to the episodes blind, so I was shocked. I was figuring the ending was going to be where it stopped with new Annie and Phillip kissing and then Forest would come in and give his final message, or something, but nope this one went all yep it was a game! Alright then, Forest just shows up and gives a message that how do we know we aren't in some game, then the episode shows Forest in a computer screen and it ends. Good work, I guess, that was a fun ending.
Alright, the episode offers a fun story with a basic plot and the idea of being careful what you wish for, or it might happen. That's something the Twilight Zone (pick a version) does many time with episodes. Poor Phillip though, that was the one character I found it hard to need to be changed for any reason. It's an interesting story, the ending did catch me off guard. That actually made the episode more interesting. The episode is presentable and not entertaining, does make you feel a bit awkward and uncomfortable like Annie, it's alright.
That's it for now, tune in next time when the replacement you comes in and starts laughing, yikes.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
NBC Announces Fall Premiere Dates and Adjustments to their fall line up
NBC Fall TV Look 2023
8pm Chicago series reruns Quantum Leap9pm Magnum P.I Magnum P.I 10pm Quantum Leap Chicago Series reruns
NBC has released their fall premiere dates, while the network did seem to have some confidence in the writers' strike ending in time for them to be able to tape some more episodes, there has been that wrench in the plans.
NBC will be putting Magnum P.I. and Canadian program Transplant into their line up to fill the gaps. The Three Chicago series will not be airing new episodes, and will be condended to one hour for reruns on Wednesdays. Magnum P.I will be airing along with Quantum Leap on Wednesday nights.
The Law and Order series will also be in reruns and condensed to the 8pm ET hour on Thursdays , Transplant and Dateline will be plugging the holes on Thursday at 9 and 10pm ET.
The comedies planned for Tuesday of Night Court and Extended Family are being held off. New dramas The Irrational and Found are launching into the schedule in fall. They were both part of the original line up. With the latter moving to Tuesday Nights. The Voice is going to be 2 hours on Tuesday, with the first hour being a recap of Monday's show.
NBCs line up is still less reliant on reruns and reality than what FOX, CBS, and ABC had to do.
Here are the premiere dates all times ET/PT , unless otherwise noted
Saturday, September 2
7:30pmET/4:30pm PT Big Ten Saturday Night
Thursday, September 7
8:20/5:20p NFL Kickoff
Sunday, September 10
7pm/4pt Football Night In America
8:20/5:20pt Sunday Night Football
Monday, September 25
8pm The Voice
10pm The Irrational
Wednesday, September 27
9pm America's Got Talent (Finale)
Friday, September 29
9pm Dateline
Tuesday, October 3
10pm Found
Wednesday, October 4
Thursday, October 5
8pm Law and Order series reruns
9pm Transplant
10pm Dateline
Friday, November 3
8pm The Wall
Press Release after the jump
Monday, July 17, 2023
CBS Redoes Its Fall 2023 Line up
CBS Fall TV Look 2023
CBS' original fall line up release was an optimistic one that the writers' strike would be over in time that they could make some shows for the fall. Well, it's half way through July now, and there's now also an actors' strike to go along with the writers' strike. CBS has had to make big adjustments to it's fall line up.
First, Yellowstone from it's sister cable network, Paramount Network, will be making a broadcast network premiere. The hit cable drama series will be airing on Sundays starting with its first season.
CBS has also called up Ghosts , but the original British version, which will be airing on Thursdays after reruns of Young Sheldon and Ghosts. The British series will air back to back episodes. Finishing up Thursdays will be a series called up from the Paramount+ league, and this one aired before on CBS SEAL Team.
Another Paramount+ series being called up is FBI: True which is a docuseries, to match up with their reruns of the main FBI series. They've also slotted Mondays 10/9c for a Paramount Plus series, which is to be named later. Meanwhile, CBS has pulled out the reality series. Loteria Loca and Raid the Cage. And before, they air UK Ghosts and etc. on Thursdays, they'll air reality series including Big Brother, Buddy Games, and The Challenge: USA. The Price is Right at Night and Let's Make a Deal Primetime will also be part of the line up.
60 Minutes will also get 90 minute editions on Sundays where there were NFL double headers.
Here's the line up in detail , all times ET/PT, unless otherwise noted
Mondays
8pm Loteria Loca
9pm NCIS (R)
10pm Paramount Plus Original -TBA
Tuesdays
8pm Big Brother
9pm FBI True
10pm FBI (R)
Wednesdays
8pm Survivor
9:30pm The Amazing Race
Thursdays (First )
8pm Big Brother
9pm Buddy Games
10pm The Challenge: USA
Thursdays (later)
8pm Young Sheldon (R)
8:30pm Ghosts (R)
9pm UK: Ghosts
9:30pm UK: Ghosts
10pm SEAL Team
Fridays
8pm The Price is Right at Night/ Let's Make a Deal: Primetime
9pm Raid the Cage
10pm Blue Bloods :Classics (R)
Saturdays
8pm Encores and Sports
10pm 48 Hours
Sundays (single header)
7pm 60 Minutes
8pm Yellowstone
9pm Yellowstone
10pm Big Brother
Sundays (Double header)
7:30pm 60 Minutes
9pm Yellowstone
10pm Big Brother
Full Press release after the jump
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