Tag Archives: NBC

NBC has picked up the sequel to the History Channel’s hit mini-series, The Bible. Via press release: “NBC is thrilled to bring this highly-anticipated sequel to Mark and Roma’s ‘The Bible’ to network television,” said Salke. “There was huge interest in this project within the television community and NBC is gratified by Mark’s confidence in our ability to partner with …

“Dear Joe, NBC is now airing a Christian bashing program titled Save Me, starring Anne Heche and Michael Landes. The previews alone can make believers sick to their stomachs with the blasphemous content in episodes with names like, WWJD, Born Again, Beth the Prophet and The Book of Beth. Beth, the most unlikely person, attempts to fix everything and mend …

Via Hollywood Reporter: The series, like the rest of its Tuesday block, suffered without The Voice, notching a string of lows before the singing competition returned to revitalize the lineup. While its April season finale was penned to serve as a potential series finale, producers said that a second season would have featured the newly married couple raising their newborn …

Here’s yet another poll for the right wing to denounce: Fifty-three percent of respondents favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, which is up 2 points since the NBC/WSJ survey last asked this question in December, though that increase is within the poll’s margin of error. Forty-two percent oppose gay marriage – also up 2 points since late last …

This just in from One Millions Moms spokeshrew Monica Coles. Dear Joe,  NBC’s “Biggest Loser” is back with a twist. The program, now called “The New Biggest Loser Challenge America,” airs on Monday evenings at 8:00/7:00 CT with Season 14’s focus on childhood obesity. This season includes three children from thirteen to sixteen-years-old ambassadors that are competing. Viewers welcomed this …

Chelsea Clinton recorded a spot in support of Washington state’s Referendum 74 but NBC News prevented its airing because she works for them as a journalist. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: Clinton, a vocal proponent of marriage equality, cut the video for a group supporting the Washington state measure, as well as a second video for another group. But NBC, …

One Million Moms got mentioned last night by their current protest project, NBC’s The New Normal.

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Boy, I got that one wrong! Upside: Guess who is gonna be super-pissed? Details.

Right on schedule, via press release: Dear Joe, NBC has begun airing their new show “The New Normal.” To sum it up, this show is about a homosexual couple who hire a surrogate to have their baby. The first episode mocks anyone who disagrees with their sinful lifestyle choice through the character of the grandmother. The script refers to those …

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According to NBC Bay Area, the death of a one-time San Francisco mayoral candidate and highly-regarded AIDS activist falls under “Weird News” because he occasionally wore a costume. We’ll have to remember that the next time a famous costumed person dies.

I’d love to post a live stream of the London Olympics opening ceremonies, which start momentarily, but the BBC is kindly blocking that signal to the U.S. If you try to work around that block, you get redirected to NBC’s site, where you can only view (and not embed) the festivities after you enter your cable provider account number. Fuckers.

Well, at least we’ll get the final season. The struggling Peacock network is taking a new direction with its primetime lineup, and that means cleaning house. Until this week, the once-dominant network had been suspiciously mum on its plans for next season. That all changed with a giant info dump from NBC execs which included the fates of veteran sitcoms …

Everybody thought this was an April Fools joke yesterday, but apparently it’s not.

“It’s 2012, and in the state of New York gays and lesbians have full civil rights, including marriage equality. Moreover, gays are no longer banned in the U.S. military. But they are still banned from Fifth Avenue’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in an embarrassing throwback for everyone involved. “It’s frankly appalling that NBC, and now its parent company Comcast, …

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