TMC
05-31-2004, 12:51 AM
Off the top of my head:
-Jamie Kellner: Jamie Kellner ran the WB when it started out back in 1995. When Time Warner merged w/ AOL in 2001, Kellner was brought in by Brad Siegel to over-see the programming at TBS/TNT. So what was Kellner's first duty of business, well he straight up canceled all of WCW's programming like "Nitro" and "Thunder." Why is this of any significance, because if it wasn't Kellner not giving a crap about what pro wrestling fans thought, then Eric Bischoff & his financial backers would've saved the company and thus, prevented Vince McMahon from ultimately buying WCW.
-Peggy Charon: Peggy Charon founded a now defunct watch-dog group called Action for Children's Television or ACT for short. Basically, Charon pledged that stuff that was going on Saturday mornings be more "politically-correct", preachy, and less fixicated on acton & violence. Partically because of the efforts of Charon, that Saturday morning television is no longer an "event." It's instead a grave-yard for repeats of fluffy cable shows like Nickelodeon (CBS), the Disney Channel (ABC), and the Discovery Channel (NBC).
It was Charon who lobbied hard for the famous "Children's Television Act of 1990" which was beefed up in 1996 (just in time for the debut of the V-chip). At this particular point, over the air networks like ABC, NBC, who at that point, gave up on animation altogether in favor of live-action sitcoms produced by Peter Engel of "Saved by the Bell" notority, and CBS were forced/required to broadcast at least three hours of educational content. Here's some more information about the guidelines:
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1996/fcc96335.htm
-Judy McGrath: Whoever wrote the following comments at the Jump the Shark website pretty much explained it for me:
http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/mtv.htm
Everything wrong with MTV can be summed up in two words: Judy McGrath. Everyone's is talking about how the "network suits" have ruined MTV. What they don't know is that she is the network suit that has done so! She was with MTV from 1981, and the higher she went in the organization, the worse things got for MTV. Somebody mention the "1992 Choose or Lose" series? She was in charge of that and considered it a jumping-off point in her career. She's the one who took off the music and filled air time with puerile reality shows, soft-core skin flics and celebrity garbage. And whatever music was left, she took it away from the great rock groups and gave it to Spears, Aguilara, Timberlake, and the rest of the nursury school. Goodbye Headbangers' Ball, hello Total Request Live. As for the horrible Video Music Award shows and the Super Bowl halftime show: all Judy McGrath. After the Super Bowl, she said she thought he show was great, gave excuses even more half-assed than the ones Timberlake gave, and wondered what the big deal was. This woman should be strangled with piano wire for what she's done to a great institution like MTV. Judy McGrath: Wanted for the Murder of Music.
-Don Ohlmeyer: Don Ohlmeyer was a top NBC executive on the West Coast, who helped get Norm McDonald removed from Weekend Update (which lead to the god-awful run w/ Colin Quinn as the anchor) on . Apparently, Ohlmeyer was not too happy about McDonald cracking jokes about his buddy, alleged double murderer OJ Simpson each week on "SNL."
Ohlmeyer also made some idiotic comments in 1997 concerning the World Series which NBC was covering that particular year. Ohlmeyer said something along the lines of him wanting the World Series to end in a four game sweep so that it wouldn't interfer w/ the Fall Schedule like "Friends" and "Seinfeld." Unfortuntely for Ohlmeyer the World Series between the Florida Marlins & Cleveland Indians went the full seven games.
But Ohlmeyer wasn't through w/ making an absoulte rear-end out of himself. In the year 2000, Ohlmeyer was brought in the executive produce "Monday Night Football." Don Ohlmeyer by the way, got his start as a director for "MNF" back when Howard Cosell was on the show. It was Ohlmeyer who came up w/ the brought idea to add comedian Dennis Miller to the booth. Unfortuntately, Miller would be gone after two seasons, and "MNF" is still trying to reclaim some of its credibility.
-Geraldine Laybourne: Gearldine Laybourne was the President of Nickelodeon from much of the 1990s. The story behind her is kind of hard for me to explain in proper detail. The bottom-line is that many die-hard fans of "Ren & Stimpy" hold her responsible for getting rid of John Kricfalusi (the brain-child of "Ren & Stimpy" as well as the original voice of Ren the dog) and thus damaging the quality of the program:
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/russell/105/partthree.htm
http://www.jumptheshark.com/r/renandstimpy.htm
-David Peckinpah: The name that causes a universal groan for fans of the TV show "Sliders."
-Jamie Kellner: Jamie Kellner ran the WB when it started out back in 1995. When Time Warner merged w/ AOL in 2001, Kellner was brought in by Brad Siegel to over-see the programming at TBS/TNT. So what was Kellner's first duty of business, well he straight up canceled all of WCW's programming like "Nitro" and "Thunder." Why is this of any significance, because if it wasn't Kellner not giving a crap about what pro wrestling fans thought, then Eric Bischoff & his financial backers would've saved the company and thus, prevented Vince McMahon from ultimately buying WCW.
-Peggy Charon: Peggy Charon founded a now defunct watch-dog group called Action for Children's Television or ACT for short. Basically, Charon pledged that stuff that was going on Saturday mornings be more "politically-correct", preachy, and less fixicated on acton & violence. Partically because of the efforts of Charon, that Saturday morning television is no longer an "event." It's instead a grave-yard for repeats of fluffy cable shows like Nickelodeon (CBS), the Disney Channel (ABC), and the Discovery Channel (NBC).
It was Charon who lobbied hard for the famous "Children's Television Act of 1990" which was beefed up in 1996 (just in time for the debut of the V-chip). At this particular point, over the air networks like ABC, NBC, who at that point, gave up on animation altogether in favor of live-action sitcoms produced by Peter Engel of "Saved by the Bell" notority, and CBS were forced/required to broadcast at least three hours of educational content. Here's some more information about the guidelines:
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1996/fcc96335.htm
-Judy McGrath: Whoever wrote the following comments at the Jump the Shark website pretty much explained it for me:
http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/mtv.htm
Everything wrong with MTV can be summed up in two words: Judy McGrath. Everyone's is talking about how the "network suits" have ruined MTV. What they don't know is that she is the network suit that has done so! She was with MTV from 1981, and the higher she went in the organization, the worse things got for MTV. Somebody mention the "1992 Choose or Lose" series? She was in charge of that and considered it a jumping-off point in her career. She's the one who took off the music and filled air time with puerile reality shows, soft-core skin flics and celebrity garbage. And whatever music was left, she took it away from the great rock groups and gave it to Spears, Aguilara, Timberlake, and the rest of the nursury school. Goodbye Headbangers' Ball, hello Total Request Live. As for the horrible Video Music Award shows and the Super Bowl halftime show: all Judy McGrath. After the Super Bowl, she said she thought he show was great, gave excuses even more half-assed than the ones Timberlake gave, and wondered what the big deal was. This woman should be strangled with piano wire for what she's done to a great institution like MTV. Judy McGrath: Wanted for the Murder of Music.
-Don Ohlmeyer: Don Ohlmeyer was a top NBC executive on the West Coast, who helped get Norm McDonald removed from Weekend Update (which lead to the god-awful run w/ Colin Quinn as the anchor) on . Apparently, Ohlmeyer was not too happy about McDonald cracking jokes about his buddy, alleged double murderer OJ Simpson each week on "SNL."
Ohlmeyer also made some idiotic comments in 1997 concerning the World Series which NBC was covering that particular year. Ohlmeyer said something along the lines of him wanting the World Series to end in a four game sweep so that it wouldn't interfer w/ the Fall Schedule like "Friends" and "Seinfeld." Unfortuntely for Ohlmeyer the World Series between the Florida Marlins & Cleveland Indians went the full seven games.
But Ohlmeyer wasn't through w/ making an absoulte rear-end out of himself. In the year 2000, Ohlmeyer was brought in the executive produce "Monday Night Football." Don Ohlmeyer by the way, got his start as a director for "MNF" back when Howard Cosell was on the show. It was Ohlmeyer who came up w/ the brought idea to add comedian Dennis Miller to the booth. Unfortuntately, Miller would be gone after two seasons, and "MNF" is still trying to reclaim some of its credibility.
-Geraldine Laybourne: Gearldine Laybourne was the President of Nickelodeon from much of the 1990s. The story behind her is kind of hard for me to explain in proper detail. The bottom-line is that many die-hard fans of "Ren & Stimpy" hold her responsible for getting rid of John Kricfalusi (the brain-child of "Ren & Stimpy" as well as the original voice of Ren the dog) and thus damaging the quality of the program:
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/russell/105/partthree.htm
http://www.jumptheshark.com/r/renandstimpy.htm
-David Peckinpah: The name that causes a universal groan for fans of the TV show "Sliders."