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So I guess Weird Al stunk. Emmys musical number and not a peep from ST? -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 21:36 1
- the madmen part was good GoT meh -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 25, 21:45
Jimmy Fallon's about to toss his ball at Julia Roberts's face. "I can't believe you're going to do this, you people are twisted." - Max Aug 25, 21:09 1
- "You know this is like the comedy version of Fifty Shades of Grey." -- nm - Max Aug 25, 21:10
Shaun, Nuditarian, amoxy -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 25, 21:06 1
- MFK (am I right?) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 25, 21:43
Cubs prospect Jorge Soler was called up from Iowa and will join the big league club Wednesday. -- nm - budice Aug 25, 21:01 1
- Cubs gonna be Soler Powered -- nm - Beryllium Aug 25, 21:02
Of course. TV Producer In Beverly Hills For Pre-Emmys Event Arrested For Being Tall, Bald And Black -- (link) - con_carne Aug 25, 20:51
Masterchef spoils - Reagen Aug 25, 20:47
Vamps: Baron, Bacon, kelly, JD -- nm - budice Aug 25, 20:44
Kaiser Medical has suffered from a lot of negativity over the years. Stopped by urgi-care this afternoon and was told there was - Meg Aug 25, 20:41
Levi Stadium turf is in a world of hurt -- (link) - amoxy Aug 25, 20:34 1
- Wrestlemania is still ruined! -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 20:36
Coming up: another of the worst episodes ever created: - Reagen Aug 25, 20:30
On to Shay again in Vampirates. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 25, 20:27
I've learned to tolerate my cross-driveway neighbors parking across their garage door, but that's - Meg Aug 25, 20:25
is BOP having issues. Trying to send my draft card to David and it's timing out. Both IE and Chrome won't send it -- nm - Bacon Aug 25, 20:10 1
- Still won't work so I sent you a message via FB -- nm - Bacon Aug 25, 20:17
*waves to everyone from LAX* Hi CY! I'll waive on my 5 hour layover home too. -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 20:08 4
- on route to where -- nm - Karl_S Aug 25, 20:09 3
  - Sydney. -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 20:12 2
    - Watch out for cone snails -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 25, 21:34
    - have fun! (so many good restaurants) -- nm - mafic Aug 25, 20:19
Hey everybody, look at all these shows we have besides The Voice! -- nm - NBC Aug 25, 20:00 1
- you cancelled Star Trek -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 25, 20:09
Holy shit, tomorrow's Tuesday! -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 19:59 2
- And the day after that is Wednesday! -- nm - David Aug 25, 20:01 1
  - looking forward to the weekend? -- nm - mafic Aug 25, 20:07
Best part of the show was Bareilles's singing -- nm - prayformojo Aug 25, 19:59 1
- Kimmel messing with McCaunaghey -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 20:23
Did Julie Bowen clutch her chest because she was out of breath, or just got motorboated? -- nm - Max Aug 25, 19:52 5
- Ariel Winter envy -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 19:56
- spoilers - ty97 Aug 25, 19:54 3
  - Comedy -- nm - Volnelk Aug 25, 19:56 1
    - spoilers! - ty97 Aug 25, 21:14
  - That just makes me want to motorboat her in anger. -- nm - Max Aug 25, 19:55
OITNB ep 9 spoils - Reagen Aug 25, 19:51 1
- I liked it when spoils - Epiphany Aug 25, 19:58
That category had as much star power as I can recall ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 19:49 4
- yes (spoilers) - ty97 Aug 25, 19:52 3
  - I was just telling Kelly that this is even in question is a testament to how good True Detective is - Will Hunting Aug 25, 19:56 2
    - We should watch True Detective one of these days. -- nm - kelly Aug 25, 21:02 1
      - Sure -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 21:07
If I ever grow a mustache I hope I look like that. -- nm - Max Aug 25, 19:47 2
- agreed -- nm - Chris Hansen Aug 25, 19:48 1
  - No way, man, it's debonair! -- nm - Max Aug 25, 19:55
Julia Roberts's knees can barely hold her up - no, wait, those are the drugs. -- nm - Max Aug 25, 19:46
Julia! -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 19:45
Vamps: shay, the baron, Walt, shay -- nm - budice Aug 25, 19:43 1
- I'm done. On to round 4! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 25, 20:07
jebus, what year is it anyway?! -- nm - mud Aug 25, 19:39
So in an ongoing disagreement with my wife, we don't see eye to eye on it's awesomeness. - IrishStephen Aug 25, 19:33 8
- She is right on. -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 20:57
- Definitely crazy talk. It's got a really nice balance of goofy and serious. - TWuG Aug 25, 20:04
- there's an interesting bit of world-building that went on with it, but I find it suffers as many network shows do from having too many episodes per - mafic Aug 25, 19:57 1
  - Yup -- nm - Epiphany Aug 25, 19:58
- Well no, when your show has two brothers and their relationship to their father and beaucoup hot babes, it's for men too -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 19:49
- Yes completely insane. You must salt her bones immediately. - Epiphany Aug 25, 19:43 1
  - heh I told her I was going to have to do this, she said "what does that even mean?" - IrishStephen Aug 25, 20:40
- err seems I left "Supernatural" out of my subject line up there. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 25, 19:41
Billy Crystal's speech was sublime. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 19:29 1
- I would love to know how long he worked on that. Very smooth and genuine. -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 21:35
Does anybody watch this Chrisley guy? - Tim Aug 25, 19:24 4
- I've accidenatlly watched parts of it. -- nm - znufrii Aug 25, 20:30
- I still don't know if the Chrisley person is real and the show is reality or of Christley is a character and the show - TWuG Aug 25, 20:06
- I watched 10 minutes of one show, once. I wept for humanity. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 25, 19:34
- I keep thinking Christian got fat. -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:26
Well done, Billy Crystal. Well done. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 25, 19:20
Who's this singing for the memorial segment? -- nm - Max Aug 25, 19:14 1
- Sara Bareilles -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 19:14
Homer to the Max: B+ -- nm - rollo Aug 25, 19:09 13
- That is in my bottom 25. -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:15 12
  - Though nothing throws under the jockey episode. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 25, 19:17 11
    - Also, Lastest Gun in the West is almost entirely without jokes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 25, 19:38
    - Fuck you Ian Maxtone-Graham! -- nm - Reagen Aug 25, 19:31
    - My least favourite is the one where Bleeding Gums Murphy dies -- nm - Roger More Aug 25, 19:26 1
      - Oh, and the kidney transplant episode -- nm - Roger More Aug 25, 19:28
    - Did you ever watch the whale episode? -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:24 4
      - Man, I had totally expunged that one from memory. -- nm - Reagen Aug 25, 19:30 1
        
        I have the whale in Tapped Out so I think about it exploding. -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:32
      - Looking at the synopsis, I seem to have managed to miss that one. Thank God. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 25, 19:26 1
        
        It...gets dark. -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:29
    - nobody snuggles with Max Power! you strap in and feel the Gs! -- nm - mafic Aug 25, 19:24 1
      - (but otherwise yes) -- nm - mafic Aug 25, 19:24
Woot! -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 19:09
Royal Caribbean has a bunch of new upgrades for passangers -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 25, 19:07 3
- Yeah, but you have to sail on the Quantum to get them. A lot of what they mention is already available online. -- nm - Meg Aug 25, 19:10 2
  - Will we have to wear those wristbands 24/7 just like the kids do now? And what will that increased bandwidth cost? - Meg Aug 25, 19:14 1
    - there is always the: staple to forehead, option -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 25, 19:17
GENIUS!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 19:05
Amazon buying Twitch out of nowhere was a surprise. I think everyone thought Google was a done deal. This is big. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 19:05 15
- Exactly. ... What is Twitch? -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 19:06 14
  - a platform on which 32 million visitors watched a league of legends final last spring....nm - x Aug 25, 19:11
  - Basically, we could let the world watch us all quarrel while we play Halo. -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:09 11
    - and witness my tactical mastery! -- nm - Reagen Aug 25, 19:32 1
      - We would have gotten 33 million viewers for your ultra-betrayal. - David Aug 25, 19:33
    - oh, sure, but you never let BOPcast happen. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 19:13 1
      - I am terrible at everything. -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:16
    - you *could* have, but then you let the world pass you by....nm - x Aug 25, 19:12
    - Well shit then, make it so. -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 19:10 5
      - and make money doing so. -- nm - Remlik Aug 25, 19:10 4
        
        I wish I had the money for a computer capable of streaming (it requires something fairly beefy to have a good picture.) -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 19:11 3
        
        XBone and PS4 don't do it well? -- nm - David Aug 25, 19:16 2
        
        Xbox does it well though there have random drops lately, which may be the app, maybe be Twitch backend -- nm - Max Aug 25, 20:04
        
        I presume so, but my preferred game to stream right now would be Hearthstone. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 19:17
  - livestreaming service for (mostly) gaming. 20 years after I wanted it to happen, playing games for a living is now a viable career choice. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 19:08
Do you have to have a super hi-def curved screen to read that commercial?? -- nm - Meg Aug 25, 19:03
Cobalt Repair -- nm - Max Aug 25, 18:58 2
- Borpo Corbo -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 18:59 1
  - NARF!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 19:02
Gwen is... not smart. -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 18:57 3
- Neither is a network who would cast her in a live reality series, am I right? -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 18:58 1
  - She's replacing Xtina....it's a mighty low bar to overcome. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 19:14
- Awesome riff on it, though. -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 18:58
Sunday Cruddy Sunday: C+ -- nm - rollo Aug 25, 18:43 1
- "STOP EATING THE TICKETS!" -- nm - David Aug 25, 18:45
2008 me would soooooooooooooo confused by a reality that involved superstar acclaimed actors Woody Harrelson & Matthew McConaghey. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 18:43
Budice, Shay, Baron Wasteland, Walt Disney -- nm - Bacon Aug 25, 18:42
so Tru...how close are you to Stull Kansas? Apparently the cemetary is a gateway to hell.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 25, 18:41
Julianna Margulies always has such harsh hair at ceremonies, she should go with her Good Wife look. -- nm - Max Aug 25, 18:41
I'm confused by the definition of miniseries -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 18:38 5
- "Only on the #Emmys are individual #Sherlock episodes movies, 10 eps of #Fargo is a miniseries, and 8 eps of #TrueDetective a series." -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 18:50 2
  - I somewhat disagree on Sherlock. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 25, 19:02 1
    - Yeah, TD was a lock to win miniseries..they aimed higher. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 19:13
- It might have something to do with the charter of the production corporation, perhaps? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 25, 18:45
- So are most of the nomination panels - Will Hunting Aug 25, 18:44
Reagen, if you're around, you're up in QV. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 25, 18:28
"Dear America, Have you considered hosting the #Emmys here? Might make it easier for all the winners to attend. Regards, The United Kingdom" -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 18:28 1
- spoiler - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 25, 18:50
Okay, ia m watching for a second and in time to say... WOOT!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 18:20
Wild Barts Can't Be Broken: B -- nm - Rollo Aug 25, 18:20
Just catching up on Emmys...what role is Cranston wearing that mustache? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 18:15 3
- It looks perfectly suited for the Clark Gable era. -- nm - Max Aug 25, 19:12
- It's not for a role -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 18:33
- Someone mysterious. Someone dangerous. Someone bad beyond words. - Beryllium Aug 25, 18:17
That was Harry Knowles. Unexpected -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 18:05
WTH happened to angela Bassett's face? -- nm - JenBro Aug 25, 18:05
The Musketeers really turned into a fine show. -- nm - Spawn Aug 25, 17:58
look at photo #40 of the Scott brothers at the Emmy's -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 25, 17:48 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 17:54
Taylor Schilling looks like a young Jessica Lang -- nm - JenBro Aug 25, 17:46
Rogers and Shaw will be announcing a Netflix competitor tomorrow -- (link) - Reagen Aug 25, 17:44 6
- The bad news is that it's all Canadian content. -- nm - spamlet Aug 25, 17:55 4
  - so'k, almost all movies are made in canada anyway -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 25, 18:02
  - Awwww, crap...Very Long Wait for The Red Green Show! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 25, 18:00 1
    - And Even Longer Wait for Trailer Park Boys -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 25, 18:02
  - It's All Gone Pete Tong! -- nm - Dano Aug 25, 17:58
- Rogers is amassing more enemies as allies than Michael Corleone. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 25, 17:47
She's 53? -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 17:37 2
- and slightly richer than I am -- nm - prayformojo Aug 25, 17:38
- whom? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 25, 17:38

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