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Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• MSNBC blew off the Mumbai attacks last Thanksgiving, so you can bet they're not scrambling to cover Tiger Woods. bit.ly/H3w36
• In other sports news, Boise State plays today, and did you know they haven't lost on that blue carpet since 9/11? bit.ly/5XT43I

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• The Rob Kardashian-pornstar Lisa Ann (NAILIN PAYLIN) story would be more interesting if it were Kim and Lisa Ann. bit.ly/5A6eOz
• Just seeing the handle of @bulletsmoker is filling me with anticipation. Campo Lindo turkey truck, be swift!
• Pew reports high public interest in the mammogram story - and "little interest" in Sarah Palin. bit.ly/5q0AoN
• I think a lot more would admit it if penalties weren't involved. RT @KCStar: Two bikers admit meth trafficking bit.ly/6J1Zit

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• RT @moryan: RT @raelee Love that Hulu has all S1 Better Off Ted eps right now!! Get caught up before S2 Dec 8 bit.ly/4I8MAH
• WWOZ is playing "Rise," possibly the least 1976-sounding song of 1976. If more disco hits sounded like "Rise," we might still have disco.
• Mrs TVB totally agrees! RT @alisap27: I still like The Good Wife. Completely formulaic, yes, utterly CBS, but the cast makes it work
• Well, then Cheap Trick enters in the discussion, but still. RT @phreddd: @TVBarn 1979, actually

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• How come it has taken me this long to figure out that Warren, the goofy teenager in the TV show ED, is "Hi, I'm a Mac"?

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• "That always kills me when they say 'including playoffs.' Why wouldn't you?!" The question I've been asking forever! bit.ly/60EIXJ
• Quiz time! Reader wants to know title of "an old British TV show I used to watch on PBS some 30 years ago, about a single girl in London."
• Great insights, except Donahue spent his last decade being eclipsed by O. RT @phil_rosenthal: Oprah's exit strategy bit.ly/07K1Sv7
• Here's an oldie/goodie - Michael Moore's TV NATION Health Care Olympics - with commentary from Costas and Rashad! bit.ly/6gNcZm
• It says something either about this town, or the NBC station's obsession with BREAKING NEWS, that I just got an alert re the Chiefs victory
• RT @greggwinsor: I would like to be the first to declare this Chiefs victory as proof of Bill Simmons' Ewing Theory.
• If it helps, the profit margin on those is minus 12. RT @worleygirl: Saw this and fought a violent urge to walk out twitpic.com/qjn8m

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• Which Wildcat team with purple uniforms now has EIGHT wins including three ranked opponents?

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• Stay classy Nikki Finke! She lifts the Oprah transcript from @moryan's site without so much as a thank-you. bit.ly/5RfV9f
• Thanks for #ff love @allsfgate @goodyk @MythBusters @AvitheTVGeek

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• Every now and then, Whitlock uncorks a column so surprising, brutally honest and incisive it leaves me slack-jawed. bit.ly/2D9Opr
• RT @clairecmc: Every Wed ANY radio station in MO can call in and ask me ANY question. Always great participation.
• Here's good advice for anyone who insists on trolling websites all day and not hear any, any TV spoilers: GROW UP. bit.ly/4Ae62K
• RT @rcatlin: John Oliver of "Daily Show" will host new stand-up series for Comedy Central in Jan. featuring his favorite comics live in NYC
• Tickets for the Turner Classic Movies Filmfest go on sale today, at Sundance prices. bit.ly/26s9eF
• That Obama, so INSCRUTABLE. RT @carr2n: One of the more media savvy prez's in history gets out stagecrafted by Chinese? bit.ly/3nDn9z
• RT @erogers: drinking on the kansas side of the city tonight reminds how awesome the KCMO smoking ban is :)
• RT @Gumshoe: Blu-Ray as a standard is a bizarre notion when your player requires a firmware update every 6 months to play the latest discs

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• RT @ELanghorst: at 1:00 PM today we will find out if Zack has won the AL Cy Young #royals
• Mrs TVB reports Gary Lezak interrupting DR OZ to tell us there would be NO SNOW today. But word on the street is that Katie nailed it
• By the way, what is it with 41 and DR OZ? That show gets broken into more than Shawn Edwards' Facebook account.
• The talk of Toronto is the new play "My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding." bit.ly/1CGkl1
• Well, so much for that broad consensus on mammograms Brian Wms reported last night. MD Anderson bails: bit.ly/nxj59 #cancer
• Wow! RT @ThatNeilGuy: RT @tracksounds: Get your minimalism on for free! Philip Glass 21-track sampler from AmazonMP3. bit.ly/4FSJK4
• RT @MRLiepis: FunnyOrDie.com/m/389v - Zach Galifianakis interviews Conan O'Brien between two ferns. HOORAY
• Zack Zack Zack Zack Zack Zack Zack Zack Zack !!! #greinke #cyyoung #mlb #joyinMudville
• Recall, Yankees fans, that if not for Grinke the Phils would likely have had home field advantage. bit.ly/3BrHKh #mlb
• Major Garrett sits with Pres. Obama at 6pm ET Weds on FNC. "Jobs. Deficits. Health Care. We ask the tough questions!" says Fox Fan Scoop

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• Today's journalism is brought to you by SomaFM's newest trippiness, the Suburbs of Goa. bit.ly/1RemL
• Nancy Franklin, in ripping Glenn Beck, also asks how this "media-savvy" administration lets Glenn Beck eat its lunch. bit.ly/1kIwon
• Rich Eisen has ONE game to review Sunday night, and a prompter, but calls a fumble a TD halfway thru bit.ly/3JsfuN #nfl
• Playboy has been bleeding cash since 1982, $23MM just in '09. "Worst-managed brand in the universe." bit.ly/2vmlyp
• RT @pjrodriguez: Hey, maybe they should gear the new Charlie's Angels towards the past, while still paying homage to a new generation!
• Here's what you get when you rescue green tomatoes before the frost and put em in your basement for 3 weeks: pic.gd/05ea4d #delish
• "If Roger Goodell were commissioner of CBS, David Letterman would just be completing his six-week suspension." bit.ly/4ku77F
• Looks like my favoritest reality competition show, DANCE YER ASS OFF, is back for season 2: bit.ly/41UX8p
• I'll beat @Ihnatko to this one: BBEdit, since 1992. RT @ebertchicago: Can't anybody program a spell-checker that ignores HTML?
• Now try the String Quartet in A minor. Written when he was 18! RT @mattsheffield: Forgot how much I like Mendelssohn's string sextet

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• REVIEW: Not my favorite genre but I'll admit THE PRISONER kept me captive longer > I thought it would. bit.ly/HdBSr
• Let's all raise a glass of cheap bourbon to him. Uh, later today. RT @benasmith: Evan Williams on Future of Twitter bit.ly/mY2Qu
• Y'know, 30 years later that Matthew Ward LP still holds up pretty well. The Rapture song's a little creepy, tho.
• Talking Lou Dobbs, George Lopez and THE PRISONER with Paul Harris on the radio this week. Always a great yakfest. bit.ly/4yaFnn
• Which football team calling itself the Wildcats has 7 wins this season?
• Spam me once > I send you a nice email. Spam me twice > you obviously didn't change your password > or give a crap > unfriend
• ABC is reviving CHARLIES ANGELS and get this, will gear it towards a new gen while paying homage ... oh for cripesakes. bit.ly/1eAcQN

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Lou Dobbs, your time is up; George Lopez and Wanda Sykes, your time is now

Paul Harris and I talked on KTRS Radio in St. Louis. For a summary of our chat and the nifty web player, visit Paul's site.

TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• I think reader Ed Dravecky has ID'd the "R.A.M." thanked by Palin in her book - who else but Rachel Anne @Maddow?!? bit.ly/nKIZW
• Don't forget the NIGHTLY floggings of TWC by Brian Wms. RT @jimmaiella: "Wake Up With Al" the beginning of the end of The Weather Channel?
• Thanks for the #ff love @goodyk @philosopher1967 @AvitheTVGeek !
• The remarkable story of transgender classical pianist David Buechner (whose brother Matthew is a KU prof). bit.ly/443kF1
• Thanks! RT @PRINKincWest: @tvbarn Nice piece on Rudy Reyes in KC Star.com tinyurl.com/yaz6xkl
• Former UN flack says Obama should sit down w Al Jazeera bit.ly/vsMHh - He said it nicer than I did in January: bit.ly/3cu1nn
• My prediction is that Katey Sagal plays her in the TV movie. RT @ebertchicago: My prediction comes true. j.mp/23ddOK

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• RT @phil_rosenthal: The greatness of the Kurtis-Jacobson era at WBBM Chicago: It wasn't pretty, but it was real bit.ly/428Zoq
• On with Paul Harris as we speak on ktrs.com
• LET'S PAINT TV broadcasting live from Kansas City's hipster art district starting Tuesday. www.letspainttv.com/
• I don't care which network it is - somebody, please, pick up THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES! bit.ly/1QPkBR
• Just shyness on my part - SHE wanted to use my full name. RT: Palin thanked "Fair & Balanced Media Folks" by 1st names. bit.ly/nKIZW
• The company that provides streaming TV for mobile handsets just took the logical (if silly) next step: FLO TV. bit.ly/26z9jB

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• REVIEW: Nuevo late night - Lopez speaks Spanish but it's Wanda Sykes who's caliente: bit.ly/fkd6Y
• Nearly 30,000 British households still watch TV on black-and-white sets. bit.ly/2XqlDO

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• Is Leno's 10/9p experiment nearing an end? Ah.....no. bit.ly/21YytX
• It occurs to me I have been following this case my entire adult life. bit.ly/3gxZuv
• It went straight to hell after the Murder Gals left. #dollhouse
• Holy crap! That's big news. No, not Lou Dobbs -- Google just quintupled my paid storage to 80 gigs!
• I got the call from CBS Radio News to comment on Dobbs - I kid you not - while watching last night's LOPEZ TONIGHT.

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TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• So HERE'S the guy who liked LOPEZ TONIGHT. RT @Deggans George brought a street party vibe in late night debut. tinyurl.com/yzyjgef
• I like the Droid, but that is one mouth-breather of an ad. RT @munkyfonkey: The Verizon Droid Can Crush Rocks? tinyurl.com/yao5k4k
• Playing Pink Martini's pristine cover of "Sing" in honor of SESAME'S 40th today.
• I was watching Lopez on cable. RT @LakeNeuron: Did you notice Headlines was at the start of Leno on Monday, not at the end?
• Yes, Harry. It's Room 435. RT @AMCnews: RT: Sterling Cooper Draper and Price. how may i help you? (via @chhhris)
• OK, now that the tribute song is over, the rest of today's journalism is brought to you by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.
• Halderman's lawyer asserts that Letterman and Birkitt were canoodling through last summer. bit.ly/2QKNG5
• Veterans Day programming highlights: bit.ly/36sBEa
• Some brilliant shows on right now, some not even named MAD MEN! bit.ly/2R3B8x
• Walmart devising Black Friday strategy to avoid needless tramplings. Deserved tramplings not affected. bit.ly/1sBVZW
• The perils of retweeting! MO LtGov Kinder RTs report that Obama is pro-jail bit.ly/3vNhX0 - except he isn't: bit.ly/26Xx8b
• I'd like to see KCPD issue a few 100 reminders that Westport between Bell and Genessee has a new crosswalk WITH signal. bit.ly/4Ec5Zh
• The solution for Leno! When Comcast announces this, remember Sue Trowbridge thought of it first. bit.ly/BpKFV
• RT @benboychuk If Apple has lost @geekaren to Android, can America be far behind? ;-)
• And into the $29.77 DVD player it goes! RT @ShawnRyanTV: This is next week's LieToMe ep! RT @TVBarn: Walmart devising Black Friday strategy

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What's working for me...

1. Waiting for NBC to be sold. Preferably to someone who knows how to run a network.

2. The audacity to remake. Over three nights beginning Sunday, AMC is airing a new take on the 1960s boggler “The Prisoner,” a task not for timid cable channels. See my review in Sunday's A&E.

3. "Andy Barker, P.I." on DVD. With the release earlier this year of “Andy Richter Controls the Universe,” our collection of the funniest sitcoms nobody watched is now complete.

... AND WHAT'S NOT

1. Writing ill of the dead. Richard Schickel gratuitously roasted the new Robert Altman biography (author Mitchell Zuckoff is at the Plaza Branch on Monday), calling the director an angry, drug-addled auteur of "historical curiosities."

2. Rupert Murdoch's war on fair use. The Fox chieftain doesn't believe anyone should be allowed to quote or mashup his content without paying for it. Sadly for him, recent court rulings have all gone the opposite direction.

3. Waiting nine months for "Mad Men" season four to start.

TV Barn Ticker for today ...

Here's a quick summary of all the news and comment from the world of TV and media that I published or read today, dispensed in bite-sized nuggets:

• What makes TV Land so sure that all the people who ever wanted to see CURB haven't already? (Yeah, I know, THE WIRE...) bit.ly/9J3tZ
• Door > ass > Larry Johnson
• Thanks @jsnell - at noon today my droidosphere doubles. I'll say this: VZW's 3G is robust, even out in Alltel boonieland.
• Aka Rupert's illegal left turn onto Fair Use Lane (it's 1-way to Mashupville) RT Murdoch's "dumbshow against the Internet" jr.ly/8dtq
• Been there, brother! RT @poniewozik 3 mins into a reader voicemail about seat belts: "This is just one of many things I'm calling about.."
• RT @DanielPink: Mad Men phrase of the night: "golden porkchop."
• Ex-WSJ.commer all perplexed at local papers insisting on having those pesky national beats. bit.ly/32u4lX
• C'mon now. You WANT to download it. bit.ly/1dSHpD #madmen
• !! RT @paulharrisshow RT @AllStarRadio US knew Hasan tried to contact Al Qaeda. Not enough to kick him out of Army. It’s not like he’s gay
• Best user-contributed list I've seen in a while: Top Ten Surprising Features of Windows 7 bit.ly/2Vbemh
• Funniest five minutes on digital cable. RT @sarah_haskins: New TWN this week! Thursday night. On infoMania. At 10 ET (Current TV)
• That's what I just did (again)! RT @minjae Just caught up on Mad Men season finale and want to watch the whole episode over again.

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The Hasan case: Will cable news ever learn?

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KOGO Radio's Chip Franklin and I discussed the instant errors made by media outlets in covering last week's Fort Hood tragedy. We also talked about "Mad Men," "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Prisoner" -- a great week for great TV.