tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post8089891790398561958..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: January 28, 1984Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-76192380070054704582017-04-23T18:25:51.390-04:002017-04-23T18:25:51.390-04:00They Super Bowl ended up in February for two reaso...They Super Bowl ended up in February for two reason. One is the 17 week NFL schedule. The other is the NFL now starts the season the week after Labor Day. If either of those wasn't present the game would still be in late January. Also the NFL likes the two week break(and the teams do too)because of all of the logistics involved.paulsonj72https://www.blogger.com/profile/18118231322032199900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-55249093341497303222017-02-05T23:51:49.321-05:002017-02-05T23:51:49.321-05:00They actually tried harder this year. And ever no...They actually tried harder this year. And ever notice that some of these sporting events get pushed back further? The Super Bowl is now in February. The Daytona 500, which used to be within a week of Valentine's Day, this year it's on February 26th. The men's and women's basketball Final Fours are now in April. April Madness?timdub70https://www.blogger.com/profile/09891461198896930029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-10006476067522390622017-01-31T15:11:09.893-05:002017-01-31T15:11:09.893-05:00YIH has a good idea.
Maybe the Super Bowl would t...YIH has a good idea.<br /><br />Maybe the Super Bowl would then be just one week after the AFC and NFC championship games, restoring the Big Game to it's traditional late-January date.<br /><br />On the other hand, the networks probably want the Super Bowl to remain in early February so it would be held during the sweeps (which for 2017 begin this Thursday, February 2nd).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-11276940429196916992017-01-30T20:53:18.235-05:002017-01-30T20:53:18.235-05:00The Hill Street Blues episode referring to is &quo...The Hill Street Blues episode referring to is "Grace Under Pressure", and it's appeared alongside the rest of Season 4 on DVD from Shout! Factory. Never mentioned what episode the quote on the ad is from!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502707360040238028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-34705795079063077542017-01-30T16:22:49.066-05:002017-01-30T16:22:49.066-05:00Burnett discussed that role on MAGNUM..."I wa...Burnett discussed that role on MAGNUM..."I was locked in a bank vault with Tom Selleck and I was supposed to hate it--obviously that was a problem with the script"Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-71723869433617090962017-01-30T02:59:39.752-05:002017-01-30T02:59:39.752-05:00Your passing mention of channel 11's late movi...Your passing mention of channel 11's late movie, <i>The Underground Man</i>, starring Peter Graves:<br />Does the listing mention that this was an unsold pilot for a series about Ross Macdonald's 'Lew Archer'?<br />When it first ran a few years before, every TV critic hated it; they felt that Peter Graves was miscast as Lew Archer (they were all apparently hung up on Paul Newman's 'Harper'-disguise from a decade before).<br />Not long after this movie aired, NBC ordered up a <i>Archer</i> series, this time with Brian Keith; this one was one of the faster flops of its season ... but that's another story ...<br /><br />Actually, not everybody disliked Peter Graves's casting as Lew Archer.<br />Ken Millar (aka 'Ross Macdonald') thought Graves was "... okay ..." (but he didn't care for the movie as a whole).<br /><br />By the by, not to harp on this but -<br /> - did you <i>ever</i> check back on what I had to say about 'Brett Halliday'/<i>Michael Shayne</i> all those posts ago?<br />It <i>does</i> kind of tie into this, after all ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-34732743562749145522017-01-28T20:13:57.405-05:002017-01-28T20:13:57.405-05:00Amazing how President Reagan could increase apocal...Amazing how President Reagan could increase apocalyptic ratings based on his own foreign policy...Sorry, Mitchell. I was raised as a Rockefeller Republican...Melanie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011856660252330616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-62467284235609684832017-01-28T18:37:03.665-05:002017-01-28T18:37:03.665-05:00The Pro Bowl (the NFC-AFC moniker is long gone) is...The Pro Bowl (the NFC-AFC moniker is long gone) is in Orlando this year, and the Sunday before the Super Bowl now. I've seen a few, don't waste your time, they are arguably the <i>worst</i> of the All-Star games. Players and coaches very obviously don't care (many of the stars simply blow off the game either due to injury or being in the Super Bowl). In fact, if you do watch it, you'll see players 'tagging' each other in and out pro wrestling style.<br />There is a way to make it at least watchable, don't have it in January. Late June-early August, about the same time (if not actually the same game) as the Hall Of Fame preseason opener.<br />It will at least give the stars some incentive to actually go out there and try, because they're working themselves back into playing shape - and also removes the Super Bowl, and for many, injuries as an excuse to shrug it off.<br />Of course, that means no more Pro Bowls in Orlando (Ever been in Orlando in August? Trust me, it sucks, and it's downright dangerous conditions for playing football) either combine it with the Hall Of Fame game in Canton, or, rotate it among northern/domed stadiums.YIHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149048850538200399noreply@blogger.com