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Archive for January, 2008

Writer Strike Make Head Hurt

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

I am becoming very confused.
The WGA is still on strike, but they made a side deal with Worldwide Pants, David Letterman’s company, giving his shows a waiver. But they’re not extending the same deal to Leno or Kimmel, because unlike Letterman they do not own their shows. This disregards the fact that CBS has a [...]

Backing The Wrong Horse

Monday, January 7th, 2008

A few entries ago I crowed about our new HD DVD player and the incredible quality of the content available.
I also mentioned Warner Bros., A home video giant with a massive catalog of titles, was hedging their bets, putting out HD titles in both Blu-Ray and HD DVD. On Saturday, they announced they had finally [...]

Talkshow Host Beard Roundup 2008

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Last night we reached a milestone in the writer’s strike - all the major late night talk shows went back on the air, Most people seemed to see it as a matchup between the usual opponents, Leno Vs. Letterman. Because they are on in the most lucrative slot (11:35 - 12:35, opposite each other) and [...]

Box Office Weekly #099

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Box Office Weekly #099 (MP3 - 15 MB - 22 min)
Listen here:
[audio:http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_boweekly_20080102_099.mp3]

In today’s show, weekend box office figures, TV ratings and these stories: a beloved ad man is dead at 71 – He’d have died at 70 but it didn’t test as well… the FCC goes a little analog about the switch to digital… and [...]

HD DVD: A Report

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Santa brought us a Toshiba HD-DVD player. It’s the A3 model, which included two HD DVD movies in the box. Santa must have picked it up at Best Buy, because the receipt also comes with five more free discs, a sort of mail-in rebate deal.
Got it set up, plugged into the 42” Panasonic plasma-screen via [...]