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Colonel Mustard
11/09/09

In reply to 2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
Was DeVore in rehab or something when Bush springboarded the Patriot Act off the back of 9/11?

Yeah, let's go with rehab. #2010
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BicycleShed
11/09/09

In reply to 2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
I think Matt Fong in 1998 was a half legit challenge to Boxer. She ended up winning by something like 10 points, but I remember some Boxer supporters being at least a little nervous in the weeks before the election. Bill Jones, on the other hand.... #2010
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
11/09/09

In reply to 2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
The big problem for both parties is balkanization. There aren't very many reliable voting blocks any more, and candidates on both sides have shown they're willing to do almost anything necessary to get those blocks "locked up."

That being said, I think the increasing prevalence of "purity tests" among the Republicans and the lack of a coherent party message will ensure that they continue to marginalize themselves. Bill Buckley's characterization of conservatism as a force standing astride history shouting "stop" is frighteningly correct, and right now it feels like the whole Republican party is just yelling "STOP." That's not a party slogan, but the reds are working hard to make it one. #2010
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
10/24/09

Do predictions go in here too? How bout this one: Citibank has a "come to jesus" moment in the next two weeks.

[globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com]

#cometojesus
#predictions

#tips
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Trai_Dep
09/30/09

In reply to The Future of NBC to Be Written in Sad, Sad Headlines
They're holding our airwaves in their pocket. If NBC can't put them to good use, it's time to take 'em back.
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JennaW
09/29/09

In reply to The Future of NBC to Be Written in Sad, Sad Headlines
Except for the the 30 Rock half-hour a week, NBC is dead to me for canceling LIFE in favor of Jay Leno's crapfest. And I will dance about upon their grave singing hallelujah once they've finally gone toes-up.
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DahlELama
09/29/09

In reply to The Future of NBC to Be Written in Sad, Sad Headlines
I can't remember the last time I watched a show on NBC that wasn't on a Thursday or Saturday night, but I really watch Thursday night. I'm an SNL loyalist, I'm enjoying Community, I love The Office and 30 Rock, and yes, I even enjoy Parks and Recreation. I'm not sure how NBC manages to do so well by me two nights a week, and then--poof! Nowhere to be seen on my DVR the other five. Shockingly, not even for Leno.
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jillofalltrades
09/29/09

In reply to The Future of NBC to Be Written in Sad, Sad Headlines
I think the ratings for NBC will get better once they start showing new episodes of Gold Case and MILF Island.
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shostakobitch
09/29/09

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bill cosby rescued the network in '84 and he can do it again. put him in a lavender tux and he'd be the perfect duchovny-like host of a solid mid-week block of programming dedicated to japanese futa porn. this is my dream. this is my nightmare.
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Spirit Fingers
09/29/09

In reply to The Future of NBC to Be Written in Sad, Sad Headlines
Oh, Brian don't get me started.

Mercy. -- Nurse Jackie. No, really it is. Right down to the gay male nurse, newbie Nightingale in garrananimal scrubs, and potential love triangle. It's like they said, "How about we do Nurse Jackie but with less acting, more ER 1997, and that chick from Gossip Girl, because that show is hot, right? Right?"

Trauma. -- Every other supposed high-drama cop/paramedic/heart stoppingly boring as a monkey turd show they've ever had on that channel, now with Derek Luke. (Whom I want to choke for wasting his time on this tripe. But then he was in a Tyler Perry movie so I'm thinking he should fire his agent or send him through the rape tunnel.)

Community.-- The Joel McHale show with strange, rambling, sad, so very sad, appearances weekly, (not even guest spots) from Chevy Chase. Like Night Court but with even more shtick (How could there be more? There are not even magic tricks?!) and jokes about people who attend junior college...i.e. every third person you graduated high school with.

So yeah. Jay Leno makes soooo much sense.
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the_insider
09/29/09

In reply to The Future of NBC to Be Written in Sad, Sad Headlines
Reposting a comment I made on December 9, 2008 re: Leno in prime time...

"Things that are true:

This will, ultimately, be a disaster for NBC.

Zucker will continue to fail upwards.

Writers will sit in dwindling numbers of writers' rooms saying, "It was so obvious that would be a disaster.... How does Zucker keep failing upwards?"

SAG will not strike."

I should buy a lottery ticket. Then, next week, I can watch Matt LeBlanc pick the winning ping pong balls from 8-9PM on NBC's new show, Lottery!
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drewonline
09/29/09

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But what I don't understand, and correct if I am wrong, didn't NBC pay like a trillion dollars (ok, like 10 billion) for several Olympics. I mean, why are they willing to spend on the Olympics (which can be a gamble) and not on scripted?
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Brian Moylan
09/29/09

@drewonline: The Olympics is about as risky a gamble as the next Harry Potter movie. Even when they do badly, they're killer.
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croush1211
09/29/09

@drewonline: I don't know about the rest of the world, but when the Olympics is on, my house has the TV on almost 24/7. I've never seen them as a gamble.
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Swordfish
09/29/09

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Quite a mess Ben Silverman left behind.
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Tart of Darkness
09/29/09

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I haven't been watching TV for several months. I just haven't been interested. But that whole Jay Leno thing? Who couldn't have seen that disaster coming? I remember writing almost exactly that and someone argued with me about it here or on Gawker. Sigh.
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once
09/23/09

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2020: Jennifer Anniston is pregnant.
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