http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tv/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:11:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417593/posts /begin my excerpts Watching S. Korean TV in Pyongyang? Yonhap News 2009.12.30 17:04 ”FNK Radio "S. Korean TV Seen All over N. Korea Last Week" Could N. Koreans watch S. Korean TV? The answer is, "Not always but possible." Quoting a source inside N. Korea, Free North Korea Radio, operated by N. Korean defectors, reported on Dec. 30, "All over N. Korea including Pyongyang, people watched mysterious TV broadcast titled 'FM-TV' between 4pm and 6pm throughout the last week, and it was in regular broadcast format. It included the program 'Strange Three Brothers.' It was bizarre." 'Strange Three Brothers' is... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417593/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:11:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417523/posts NEW YORK | For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer. The business model is unraveling at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and the local stations that carry the networks' programming. Cable TV and the Web have fractured the audience for free TV and siphoned its ad dollars. The recession has squeezed advertising further, forcing broadcasters to accelerate their push for new revenue to pay for programming. That shift will play out in living rooms across the country. The changes... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417523/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415746/posts Applications are due Jan. 9 for teams interested in participating in the sixth Global Scavenger Hunt. The "Amazing Race"-like competition takes 25 teams of two people each on an around-the-world adventure. Teams selected from the entries will not know which 10 countries they will be traveling to. The event starts April 9 somewhere on the West Coast and concludes May 1 somewhere on the East Coast. National Geographic has called the event "like 'Survivor', 'The Amazing Race' and the 'Eco-Challenge' all rolled into one, except with much more cultural interaction." Experiences include things such as swimming with baby elephants, learning... Oakland Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415746/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:34:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414509/posts WASHINGTON - George Michael, former sportscaster at NBC 4, has died of cancer at the age of 70.Michael revolutionized local sportscasting with the use of brand new satellite technology that produced highlights from all over the country. wtop.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414509/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414016/posts TVNewser has learned MSNBC has canceled "Dr. Nancy" the NoonET health/medical show hosted by Dr. Nancy Snynderman. The cancellation of "Dr. Nancy" is yet another daytime programming move by MSNBC, which has fallen to 4th and, on some days, 5th place in the daytime ratings. Last week, the network announced it was moving Dylan Ratigan from two hours in the morning (9-11amET) to one hour in the afternoon (4pmET), beginning next month. The Ratigan and Snynderman shows premiered the same day, June 29. NBC's White House correspondents Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie will begin anchoring a 9amET hour next month.... TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414016/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:15:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413132/posts Connie Hines, an actress who portrayed Carol Post, whose husband Wilbur was the only person who could talk with Mister Ed in the 1960s television show, has died. She was 79. Hines died Friday at her home in Beverly Hills from complications of heart problems, said Alan Young, her "Mister Ed" costar. "I lost a great friend. She was always joyous," Young said Monday. In the show, which ran from 1961 to 1966 on CBS, the Posts moved into a rambling country home and found a horse in their barn. The center of the show became the banter between Young... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413132/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:17:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409421/posts I used to watch Good Morning America. I switched to Today. For two days. (7 minutes or each hour on TV those shows, then entrainment, celebrity, a boo hoo story, and a consumer scare, eh alert). No thanks. Now I search out mt own news http://imfoxnews.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409421/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:21:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408662/posts The US House of Representatives has approved a bill which aims to limit the volume of television advertisements. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM) was approved by a voice vote in the house... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408662/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:58:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407650/posts If anyone hasn't seen Kayak's commercial making a joke out of the sacrifices of our soldiers on D-Day, the link is below. It disgusts me, and I finally decided to let the company know. I hope you will do the same. The commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RFoEn5EYJw Here's what I wrote to them on their "feedback" page: Hello Kayak, I just wanted you to know that after seeing your tasteless commercial featuring a man talking like a WW2 veteran about Cancun, I've decided that I will never, EVER use your site, and whenever any of my friends discuss taking or booking a trip,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407650/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:07:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406636/posts 12/19/09: Dr Who: The Waters of Mars 9/8 - BBC America 12/26/09: Dr Who: The End of Time 9/8 - BBC America and to my fellow SciFi Freepers: "QISmaS Quch Daghajjaj" (Merry Christmas in Klingon)... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406636/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:22:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405889/posts The first time Howard Zinn's now-classic book "A People's History of the United States" appeared on TV was in "The Sopranos" on HBO, when Tony's teenage son A.J. came home from school with a copy of the book and told his parents that, according to Zinn, Columbus was a slaveowner and murderer. Tony got mad, and replied, "In this house Columbus is a hero. End of story!" That was 1999. This Sunday, Dec. 13, Zinn's "The People Speak" – the documentary inspired by his books "A People's History" and "Voices of a People's History," will be broadcast on the History... The Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405889/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:17:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404210/posts John Stossel's new show, aptly titled, "Stossel," will debut tomorrow, December 10, on the FOX Business Network (not FOX News). It premieres at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, and will repeat Fridays at 7:00 p.m., Eastern. Ironically, the Friday repeat runs up against his old ABC show, 20/20... THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404210/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:23:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403058/posts Glenn Beck’s Gold Endorsement Goes Too Far For Fox John CarneyDec. 8, 2009, 11:08 AM Glenn Beck has become something of a Gold Bug on his Fox News show, advising viewers to buy gold to protect themselves against the collapse of the dollar. But what he hasn’t told the Fox News audience is that he has a major sponsorhip deal with a gold coin dealer, according to Jeff Bercovici at Daily Finance. (Although this relationship is obvious and open to any listeners of his radio program.) And his close relationship with the dealer, Goldline International, now has Fox’s lawyers in... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403058/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:06:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397636/posts Two senior staff in an Alabama news station have allegedly been suspended after a billboard with a live Twitter feed seemingly accused its own presenters of rape. The unfortunate juxtaposition was caught on camera. The advertisement, for WPMI-TV in Alabama, showed the station's anchors, Greg Peterson and Kym Thurman, with their top weatherman Derek Beasley, alongside the latest headline and the words “Right now on Twitter”. Unfortunately for the station, at one stage the top headline on Twitter read “Three accused of gang rape in Monroeville”, and the misleading juxtaposition was caught on camera by a passing motorist as he... London Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397636/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:54:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396629/posts Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein. The late Iraqi dictator is lauded on a mysterious satellite channel that began broadcasting on the Islamic calendar's anniversary of his 2006 execution. No one seems to know who is bankrolling the so-called Saddam Channel, although the Iraqi government suspects it's Baathists whose political party Saddam once led. The Associated Press tracked down a man in Damascus, Syria named Mohammed Jarboua, who claimed to be its chairman. The Saddam channel, he said, "didn't receive a penny... Boston Globe/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396629/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396350/posts Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (11/29/09) Sun: 10/9 -- The Prisoner -- AMC Fri: 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396350/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:37:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396129/posts By 2011, greener screens in Golden State By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 27, 2009 Nick Canzoneri weighed several factors when he went shopping for a new flat-screen TV at the Best Buy in Gaithersburg earlier this week. He wanted the right brand ("Sony. I've had one for 20 years. I tend to stick with what I like . . .") and the right price. Size mattered, too. Canzoneri's son talked him into the enormous 52-inch model he was trying to wedge into his Toyota sedan. Suffice to say, environmental considerations weren't at the top of Canzoneri's... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396129/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:06:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395165/posts When the "Oprah Winfrey Show" ends its run after 25 years in 2011, what are America's women gonna do? OH NO!!! Note: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon within this thread. thanks much, and Happy Thanksgiving! Geeks On Caffeine - Cartoons done just RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395165/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:37:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388740/posts At the height of the protests following Iran's controversial presidential election this summer, a young woman named Neda Agha Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran. Her death -- filmed on a camera phone, then uploaded to the Web -- quickly became an international outrage, and Soltan became the face of a powerful movement that threatened the hard-line government's hold on power. In A Death in Tehran, FRONTLINE revisits the events of last summer, shedding new light on Neda's life and death and the movement she helped inspire. In response to the international outcry over Neda's death... PBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388740/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:31:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387323/posts Equalizer Actor Edward Woodward Dies Actor Edward Woodward, famous for his roles in The Wicker Man and The Equalizer has died today. Actor 'never lost his brave spirit' The 79-year-old had been suffering from various illnesses, including pneumonia. Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387323/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385062/posts Paul Wendkos, who directed the 1959 surfing classic "Gidget" and two sequels, died early Thursday at his home in Malibu... His feature film credits include 1961's "Angel Baby," with George Hamilton and Mercedes McCambridge, and 1971's "The Mephisto Waltz," starring Alan Alda and Jacqueline Bisset... The Wrap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385062/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:42:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383541/posts At the height of the protests following Iran’s controversial presidential election this summer, a young woman named Neda Agha Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran. Her death -- filmed on a cameraphone, then uploaded to the web -- quickly became an international outrage, and Agha Soltan became the face of a powerful movement that threatened the hard-line government’s hold on power. With the help of a unique network of correspondents in and out of the country, FRONTLINE investigates the life and death of the woman whose image remains a potent symbol for those who want to... PBS.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383541/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:42:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382043/posts How did this show get past the ABC censors? How did the folks in Hollywood—good Progressives, all—let this program sneak onto the air? Were movie studio heads so distracted by attending yet another Washington fund raiser that a genuine alternate viewpoint was allowed to air? We may never know, but we can be grateful for the remake of V. Because it turns upside down every well known Left Coast trope. A Catholic priest (Joel Gretsch) has doubts. No, not those kinds. He distrusts the milky language of the Visitors and says so in his sermons. A Monsegnior insists the Vs... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382043/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380821/posts (NaturalNews) Television viewing before bed is a significant contributor to chronic health problems, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and presented at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Although most adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep per night, as many as 40 percent of U.S. adults fail to get this much. Lack of sleep is a major contributor to chronic health problems, including obesity, heart disease and depression. In an attempt to find easy ways for people to get more sleep, researchers surveyed 21,475 people over the... Natural News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380821/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:05:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380583/posts With the news that Oprah Winfrey may take her daily talk show away from broadcast affiliates and to her own OWN cable network, that got us wondering: should Glenn Beck, now the #2 show on cable despite airing in he afternoons, be Oprah's syndicated replacement? Beck is well-rounded. Between his #1 best-selling books and comedy shows he's a three-dimensional talent that could easily adapt to daytimes. He could also use his radio audience to promote to local affiliates. Just yesterday, the New York Times reported novelists are considering Beck to be the "New Oprah," when it comes to endorsing political... TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380583/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:12:59 GMT