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I agree with Velvet regarding moe. and I certainly would extend them to newer Santana (1990 onwards).

Plasmas are being phased-out, so the prices are lower than lcds... plus the picture is just as good or better.

Yes, and live sports and many TV programs come in at 1080i, and this will not change in the near and fairly distant future. And if it comes down to good value, I'd get a plasma over LCD.

You mean to tell me moe. isn't good?

Hey Todd, wrong thread?

For the record, I work for CTV, not Rogers/City. When CTV bought Chum, the CRTC wouldn't allow it to take over CityTv due to a conflict of interest (two competing news stations). As a result, the station was divided. CTV got all the Chum radio stations, A-Channels and specialty networks including MuchMusic, Bravo, Space, Star, CP24 etc... Rogers just got the CityTv franchise, including affiliates. What had me upset is that City and the rest of the old Chum were interchangeable, so I indeed worked many times for City - they basically were the face of Chum and created all the off-shoot networks that I mentioned above and programs such as TheNewMusic, FashionTV, Electric Circus... The dropping of City's local newscasts is just the tip of the iceberg. Global did something similar last year and that station is in financial crisis. CBC's affiliates are all threatened as are CTVs. I should be fine since I don't work for the news, and for some reason, my crappy video station seems to be layoff-proof... for now.

And you know it must have come down to Anne or Gord. I'm glad Gord made it through. As hosts, I like Lara Di Battista, Pam Seatle, Marian Dimain and Merella Fernandez. It's sad to see them go. I'm friends with some of the CityTv crews - lighting, camera, audio - so I hope many aren't out of work.

It's a sad day for local news across the country, and it's just going to get worse from here onwards. I'm not a giant fan of City news, but the economic trend to drop local programming across Canada should be seen as a threat to our culture and identity. Here's a scoop: Look for CTV to drop a similar axe in March, after the Olympics. From MSN.ca: It’s a sad day over at Citytv Toronto, where news is out that several people – including on-camera talent – have been laid off by parent company Rogers. “Anne Mroczkowski, Lara Di Battista reportedly both gone from CITY TV, along with writers/ producers/editors/camera people,†tweeted Stephanie Smyth on Tuesday morning, who identified herself on her Twitter page as CP24’s Breaking News producer. The rumours were confirmed Tuesday afternoon when Rogers sent out a press release affecting five Citytv stations across the country. "Today's changes, although difficult, are necessary to align our operations with the economic and regulatory realities of our industry," said Leslie Sole, CEO, Rogers Media Television. "We are improving our core business by tightening our operations and concentrating on the strengths of our top performing local programs." Citytv says they will continue to produce Breakfast Television and CityLine for all markets and CityNews at Six and CityNews Tonight in Toronto; CityNews at Six and CityNews Tonight have been pulled in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary. The noon and 5 p.m. news programs have been cancelled at all five stations. Other on-air personalities cut in Toronto include Pam Seatle, Marian Dimain, Merella Fernandez, Farah Nasser and Michael Serapio; Michael Robins, a senior producer of Citytv Toronto news for more than 25 years who started CP24, and Bob Lawlor, who was in charge of Breakfast Television and CityLine, were also fired. Mroczkowski has been the main anchor and reporter for Citytv’s CityNews at Six. She bowed with Citytv back in 1983, when she debuted as the anchor for the Weekend News Edition. A year after that, Mroczkowski moved over to CityNews Tonight, where she served until 1988. She and Gord Martineau, according to CityNews.ca, are the longest-running co-anchors in the history of television news. Di Battista is the main health specialist for Citytv; she also serves as the anchor of CityNews at Noon, as well as appearing on CitytvNews at Six.

I can't believe Sly is coming out of his cave for this show. Also, seeing the Specials would be awesome. The Avett Brothers and Edward Sharp kick ass too, in different ways. Grace Jones' set ensures a great time for a bathroom and/or beer break.

That was a bad call on Fisher for roughing.

When you have no soul, i.e. NBC, you'll overlook almost anything for ratings and selling commercial time. If you thought the Letterman-Leno-NBC Tonight Show battle was interesting 18 years ago, the Conan disaster will blow it out of the water whenever someone gets around to writing an investigative book.

It was one of my favourite films of the last decade; it changed my life.

Actually, the show is recorded live-to-tape with few edits (they take out swear words or tighten some of the banter); complete segments are rarely edited-out because they'd be hard to replace given that shows are basically live. What you saw was a logo that spins during commercial blacks - the original program is recorded and fed to affiliates without commmercials; networks/local stations want a clean feed between segments since it's easier to package and run their own commercials. Almost all programs coming off satellite to affiliates have some sort of logo running during the commercial blacks. Although, NBC's spinning logo is creepy.

I donated money to Pat Robertson. If you haven't read or heard about his comments regading why the destruction hit Haiti, here's a snippet: ‘Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French, you know, Napoleon III and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.' True story. And so the devil said, ‘Okay, it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed …†That's Rev. Pat Robertson explaining how, he believes, the people of Haiti brought a 7.0-magnitude earthquake – and their poverty – on themselves.

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Fucking awesome!

He's been back as Conan's sidekick since Conan took over the Tonight Show. This week's shows have been great. Conan hasn't held back and he's really giving it to NBC and Leno, especially in the monologues. His last show is rumoured to be on January 22nd.

And Jay's ratings will still be terrible.

Happy Birthday Crystal!

He was live last night and I'm assuming for the rest of the week. He ain't holding back his thoughts regarding NBC. Youtube his last two opening monologues from the week. Funny.

Funny stuff from Tuesday's Letterman monologue: name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msC3uu4KZbg&hl=en_US&fs=1&">

And some of the ones "dead" to you, might just get you dead if you visit them.

I wonder if NBC will give Jay a short-lease if his Tonight Show ratings don't meet their expectations? No matter what, if Jay takes his old job back, he'll be under lots of heat and I hope that fucker melts.

Hey KK, Scott is in the clear regarding his cancer. I'm glad Dave Foley is in disguise because he's aged the worst of the bunch and it's distracting. I do hope it's funny. I saw a live taping of the Kids at the CBC back in '93 and will never forget it.

"People of Earth, In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision. Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both. But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule. Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move The Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate The Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years The Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying The Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t The Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held timeslot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy. So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a timeslot doesn’t matter. But with The Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more. There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work. Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way. Yours, Conan