"Any Given Wednesday," the misguided attempt to make Bill Simmons the Bill Maher of sports, will have its last episode next Wednesday--Bill Simmons Media Group and its Ringer web site will continue to develop projects for HBO:
http://www.thewrap.com/bill-simmons-hbo-talk-show-given-wednesday-canceled/ Meanwhile, I haven't heard much about "Vice News Tonight," HBO's 7:30 newscast from Vice Media, which I assume will appeal to the millennials while grandma watches "Wheel of Fortune." I watched an episode last week and find out a decent newsmagazine, but it's very light on breaking news. I will given them points for trying to do stories the network newscasts don't do and generally, despite the use of background music and flashy graphics, being essentially more serious than the commercial dinner hour newscasts. Supposedly, HBO's given it a three-year commitment and I hope they can do well with it. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
