Endless Supply Of Ignorant Screaming And Fighting Fails To Hold An Audience
The show that should never have been has been canceled after just one season. Let’s take a look back at the lowlights.
1. The Supertrailer.
Posted on November 30, 2012
Michael Jordan Had A TV Show
Planned Pro Golf Career After Basketball
“Michael Jordan’s Airwaves was a TV show that aired locally on WLS-TV in the Chicago area in 1989,” Rich Cutter writes on this YouTube upload.
“Local sports TV guy Jim Rose interviewed Michael Jordan in an ‘Oprah-style’ setup, and even tapped into the audience for some one-on-one questions.”
Posted on November 29, 2012
Goodbye, Boss
A Movie In The Offing?
We didn’t follow Boss as much as we would have liked to around here – or at all, really – except for noting its arrival in this post a year ago. (“Kelsey Grammer as Mayor McDaley . . . )
Still, its cancellation saddens us, even if it never caught on with the viewing public at large like, say, The Sopranos or even The Shield.
Let’s take a look at the second and final season, and what folks are saying about its cancellation.
First, the Season 2 trailer.
Posted on November 27, 2012
Colby Burnett Wins Jeopardy! Teachers Tourney
Haters Will Hate!
“Fenwick High School teacher Colby Burnett won the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament and the $100,000 grand prize in an episode that aired Tuesday,” the Tribune reports.
For full background, see the Beachwood’s Tuesday report.
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Here’s Fenwick Television’s report:
Posted on November 21, 2012
Fenwick History Teacher In Jeopardy! Finals
Colby Burnett Vies For $100,000
“Despite Colby Burnett’s attempts to downplay his appearances on Jeopardy! a fever has swept his colleagues and students as they’ve watched him move forward in the TV game show’s two-week teachers tournament,” the Tribune reports.
“On Tuesday, Burnett, a teacher at Fenwick High School, will be seen vying against two other finalists for the $100,000 grand prize in the conclusion of episodes filmed about seven weeks ago. The show airs locally at 2:30 p.m. on WLS-Ch. 7.”
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WLS-Ch. 7’s report.
Posted on November 20, 2012
Drunken Donuts Go National
‘Party In Your Mouth’
But do they actually intoxicate? Unasked and unanswered.
Posted on November 15, 2012
Casting Call: ISO A Captivating Chef With A Unique Perspective On Food!
By Jennifer Sullivan Casting
We are currently searching for innovative and experienced chefs for The Next Food Network Star, a widely successful culinary reality series on The Food Network!
We are casting for Season 9 and would like to inform you and your readers that we are holding an open casting call in Chicago on Wednesday, November 28th.
If someone is not available to attend one of our open calls, then they can still apply by submitting a home video.
For your convenience, I have attached a copy of our flyer that further details what we are looking for and information on all of our casting events.
Posted on November 14, 2012
Al-Jazeera: How The White House Was Won
Show Business And Spin
“This episode of Fault Lines takes viewers through a tour of the US 2012 presidential campaign, from the high and low moments, to the Spin Room, to the noisy campaign ads that blanketed swing states.”
Posted on November 8, 2012
Dark Money & The 2012 Election
By Paul Steiger and Stephen Engelberg/ProPublica
When historians dissect the 2012 elections, they will almost certainly look beyond the daily ebb and flow of momentum to a larger truth: This was the year outside spending exploded.
The election will cost a record $6 billion, with super PACs and other outside groups spending more than $1 billion – up 260 percent from 2008.
Dark money groups have spent at least $302.5 million this year, a figure that doesn’t account for activity not reported to the Federal Elections Commission. In some races, we found, dark money represented the majority of spending on behalf of both candidates.
Posted on November 7, 2012
Poverty, Power & The Public Airwaves
Presented By Democracy Now!, Smiley & West And Haymarket Books
While the winner of the 2012 race for the White House might not be known by Thursday, Nov. 8, one thing we will know is that this first post-Citizens United presidential election created a new normal in U.S. electoral politics.
Unprecedented amounts of corporate cash have flooded the process, creating a tsunami of SuperPAC-funded negative ads that only served to distort and disinform the public, diminishing our democracy and deterring participation.
While trading barbs on the narrow range of issues on which they differ, President Obama and Mitt Romney were united in ignoring issues of critical importance to a vast majority of people, from poverty to war and climate change.
Posted on November 5, 2012