Mostly agree with you but ONE night on TCM and one day on Movies! is okay and Bah Humbug to anyone against that! BUT I am just kidding ---- Christmas In July has been around for decades
Remember the days when they released dvds under the TCM label from Universal and Sony and Bob Osborne had the product in his hands and showed it on camera? How about rare films that the studios have not released make a deal to brand them TCM only releases
Some of the biggest titles like The Godfather would be great on TCM but AMC has them locked up with tons of commercials has Jaws ever been shown on TCM? Amazed they cannot even air White Christmas as AMC has that one too
TCM was a BIG goof by him he could have easily offered maybe 20 of the 90 staff to buyouts based on some were retirement age - still think he might not last in the job - if you listen to Mr F podcasts his division is profitable and we know TCM is- he could lower WB debt by selling off CNN etc...
Yep they were - love how Bob Osborne would say they wanted to hire him for midday at AMC then he got the call from the man who offered him that job and said to him do not sign if u haven't I am going to Atlanta for Ted Turner to start a new channel and then Debbie Reynolds told him to take the...
My friends Sister was a big shot at WE at the time and said AMC was sued many times because they sold the channel as classic films no commercials to get carried on cable carriers then they switched
Bob Osborne was TCM - in the few short years since we lost him TCM had to hire 4 or more hosts to take his place - they could easily make it with Ben and Eddie Mueller - I suggested to Mr Tabesh they run more of Bob's Private Screenings which would be more valuable since most of those...
Nah after Zalavs goofs things will now be secure TCM turned off a lot of viewers too with trying to apologize for films made 80 years ago - my Grandfather who passed in 1971 turned me onto films telling me about seeing Phantom Of The Opera King Kong etc in the movies he loved epics too like Ben...
Cable and Fios are all no good I would love to dump MSNBC FOX NEWS CNN and lower my bill TLC too just let me keep TCM Antenna TV ME YV etc they would retain a lot more customers if they did
Shows you how Great Mr Tabesh is I had messaged him last year asking about doing a Christmas In July movie night and he replied they were thinking about it as it was a good idea WELL he followed thru and they are doing it this year! 25 TUESDAY DAYTIME THEME: I ACCUSE! PRIMETIME THEME...
Update Scorsese and Spielberg to assist in curating TCM https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/tcm-spielberg-scorsese-paul-thomas-anderson-partnership-charlie-tabesh-1235656973/?fbclid=IwAR1troO5Jm9Y_K_n-KDy-_-QhPhwvyvhPt8ayPfh3i1KfwBtcQ3ijaxNze8
When you read the article you see Zazlav has been chipping away since before Christmas - Zazlav wants more appearances by big name Hollywood royalty he needs to play nice ------ But he seems to be coming around GOOD ON HIM!
From todays article === I was not wishing Zazlav ill will but this bit shows Hollywood was not happy with Zazlav but with Tabesh coming back Zazlav might be getting it work to build not ruin
"According to this source, Changnon called Lourd, who responded that he was going to see Zaslav the...
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GREAT NEWS! THANKS FOR SHARING now read this shocking article that details how bad thing had gotten since last year https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/zaslav-reverses-tcm-changes-1235525256/
Agree I wish him no ill will just wish he would start creating not tearing down Step one greenlight Lethal Weapon 5 then rehire Charles Tabesh at TCM By the way a great interview with Mr Tabesh from 2015...
"By studio metrics, that’s a modest investment: I’m told the annual budget averages out to less than $45 million to cover everything from licensing fees to the festival and the salaries of the team. That’s a fraction of the production and marketing budget for “The Flash,” only this product...
Brutal article about Zazlav https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/why-turner-classic-movies-being-gutted-matters/ar-AA1cWT07?cvid=3e0849a4b4c74ed7a35fbc522c2999f4&ei=13
He refuses to make the hard choices cutting 70 staffers was desperation - buy selling CNN they will pay down debt by 5 billion but thats too smart ----- FOX stiffed us too by selling their film division to Disney and locking all those films up
Zazlav will be ousted soon and TCM will be around for many more years
Zazlav loses the big guns in movieland they will not support him they were too cryptic though with their pr - cable fios has a lot to blame too here 197.00 a month for net phone and tv in our situation thats a no go pretty...
SPOT ON - I am friends with his life partner on fb and he would be a great addition to the channel in fact he goes to a lot of the events - the best thing today about the channel is Eddie Mueller yet Eddie is not to optimistic about the shake-up
Yes but add in the WIne Club the Cruises the books the festival too but the channel has sunk with the loss of Bob Osborne too most of the films in the library are all owned by WB - but again Zazlav will not last too much longer if Hollywood turns against him they all gave him a chance and so far...