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Tom Selleck’s “Blue Bloods” Reflects the Conservatism of its Star
newsrealblog ^ | November 12 2010 | David Forsmark

Posted on 04/05/2014 11:23:38 AM PDT by JoeProBono

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To: napscoordinator
That was on decades ago. Perhaps he was strapped for money. Maybe he confessed his sins. We don’t know.

We most certainly would have known if he HAD repented. The homo-Gestapo would have told us loud and clear.

21 posted on 04/05/2014 11:49:17 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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22 posted on 04/05/2014 11:51:08 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: shove_it

I like POI as a window into the dystopian digital future (and the humor to help escape from the present).


23 posted on 04/05/2014 11:51:24 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: JoeProBono
CBS always did attract an older audience.

Contrast with what Donnie Wahlberg's more successful brother Mark is producing at HBO.

24 posted on 04/05/2014 11:52:51 AM PDT by x
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To: JoeProBono

Gee...I remember a time when everybody wanted to beat up Donnie Whalberg!


25 posted on 04/05/2014 11:53:11 AM PDT by Edward Teach
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26 posted on 04/05/2014 11:53:14 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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27 posted on 04/05/2014 11:55:22 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Paladin2

Yup. I DVR POI too, though, as you say, it’s way out there. And I like hot gun totin’ women.


28 posted on 04/05/2014 12:02:00 PM PDT by shove_it (my real nickname is Otter)
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To: JoeProBono

Really like the show, but he’ll always be Thomas Magnum to me. When I watch re-runs of Magnum PI, I marvel at Selleck, Hillerman, and especially Bellasario. Just great television.


29 posted on 04/05/2014 12:02:43 PM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: JoeProBono

CSI New York was surprisingly conservative, lead by conservative Gary Sinise playing conservative Detective Mac Taylor.


30 posted on 04/05/2014 12:03:50 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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31 posted on 04/05/2014 12:05:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Those weekly dinners with family are some of the best scenes of the series. The characters debate their feelings (both liberal and conservative) yet at the same time the adults shelter the kids through non-explicit discussion.

A current, minor, plot thread is how the youngest cop will get a “normal” promotion without any appearance of nepotism. An episode from a previous season included a scene that illustrated the whole family is aware they have targets painted on them - one of the characters “hit the deck” when a code phrase was uttered.

I also like the Jessie Stone movies. They are, in my opinion, a rare case where the movies are better than the books.


32 posted on 04/05/2014 12:10:45 PM PDT by StayAt HomeMother
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33 posted on 04/05/2014 12:16:24 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Those weekly dinners with family are some of the best scenes of the series.

Agreed. It's nice to see a "family" having a meal together.

34 posted on 04/05/2014 12:16:46 PM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: shove_it

Looks like it’s gonna’ become your fave, only one Justified left. And it’s going to have to be a doozy! I can’t think they would possibly leave Eva in prison. And if Wendy needs some comforting over Kendall, I’m on my way to Harlan County!!


35 posted on 04/05/2014 12:19:40 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: mass55th; napscoordinator

Latest from Zap2it:

10:00 Show Rating Viewers/millions
CBS Blue Bloods 1.5/5 11.40
ABC 20/20 1.5/5 6.33
NBC Hannibal 0.8/3 2.32


36 posted on 04/05/2014 12:20:29 PM PDT by Resettozero
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I did a brief stint in Armed Forces Police in NYC in 1967. We were covering an antiwar protest at White Hall Street with the NYPD.

An old NYPD Sargent looked at some FBI suit running around and looking impressive before the cameras and said, “Kid, the three biggest lies in the world are Home Cooking, Home F##king, and the FBI.” Never forgot that.


37 posted on 04/05/2014 12:25:17 PM PDT by Little Bill (EVICT Queen Jean)
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To: JoeProBono
This show is at least tied for my favorite. I never would have watched the first one if not for Selleck. Nevertheless, he is but part of it. Each adult cast member has had outstanding shows built around him or her.

One or two of my extended family don't like the weekly dinner scene. I think it adds spice...no pun intended.

Even their one or two anti-Catholic TV caricature type shows treated the Catholic Church with respect, not only in attitudes of the actors, but in script conclusions.

The show does, indeed, employ some fantasy, but what cop show doesn't? It took a good part of the first season for the actors to get comfortable in their roles. An interesting test will be what they do when any of the actors move on to bigger and better things. For today it provides a escape that I like to anticipate.

38 posted on 04/05/2014 12:34:41 PM PDT by stevem
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“Really like the show, but he’ll always be Thomas Magnum to me. When I watch re-runs of Magnum PI, I marvel at Selleck, Hillerman, and especially Bellasario. Just great television.”

Blue Bloods is my aging mother’s favorite show. We always ask if TJ is in this episode, that always gets a rise out of her.


39 posted on 04/05/2014 12:36:54 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: JoeProBono
Dating Game


40 posted on 04/05/2014 12:49:21 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Nothing is more savage and brutal than justifiably angry Americans. DonÂ’t believe me? Ask the Germa)
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