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Heroes should have been like 24: every season a new bad guy etc. It would've at least been on the air -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 13:13 8
- Heroes should have been new charaters (heroes *and* villains) every season. - musubi Jan 14, 13:15 3
  - They went for the big conspiracy rather than "ordinary people find out they have powers" -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 13:16
  - Really, the problem with Heroes is that it's not The X-Men :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:16 1
    - Pretty much. Heroes IMO might be the quickest downfall and biggest FAIL of tv this decade (besides Nip/Tuck) -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 13:17
- Exactly (spoilers) - Guigue Jan 14, 13:15
- that was the original idea but they wussed out. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:14 2
  - yep, it was an epic fail -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:14 1
    - (I blame the casting for Sylar ... they did their job too well, and as a result, it killed the show. :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:15
Speaking of Chuck, after the first episode, I'm impressed how they managed to get us back exactly where we were last year - Guigue Jan 14, 13:09 1
- NBC's attempts to appease the nerds by revitalizing Chuck have failed. We can hold two thoughts in our head, and Conan is our other love. -- nm - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 13:11
Yesss!! I *can* use AA miles for a direct flight on Alaskan from Seattle to LAX. Everything I found online would route me through Dallas.....but - MojaveMeg Jan 14, 13:06
NBC's new 10 o'clock schedule (post Olympics) has been announced. -- (link) - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 13:03 24
- Parenthood from 10-11? No real clue but that really seems like an earlier in the evening show to me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 14, 13:15 1
  - Also, Modern Family kind of drank their milkshake. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:18
- This is what we're going to do. We're going to put Leno on at 11:35 and kick out O'Brien. And we're going to put my show on Fridays for 2 hours. -- nm - Donald Trump Jan 14, 13:08 2
  - Speaking of reality shows that are long-in-tooth. *vomit* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:09
  - well you're gonna save the network! -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 13:09
- So Heroes is dumped? I know it did horribly in its premiere this week. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 13:07 7
  - Apparently Grunberg guaranteed it another season...? Yay Trauma! -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 13:08 6
    - That's unfortunate - had under 5M viewers this week I think. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 13:08 5
      - Simply stated: Heroes got too complicated without the payoff of Lost. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 13:09 4
        
        The problem with Heroes is that it doesn't *have* any fucking heroes. Blatant false advertising. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:11 3
        
        Actually, this is true. I bet you could get that choade who spent half his life tearing up TPM to do a number on Heroes. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 13:12 1
        
        Yep. I'm pretty sure a chimpanzee could vivisect the problems with Heroes. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:13
        
        It should be called Whiners - Guigue Jan 14, 13:12
- Um Trauma is staying at 9pm. Haha NBC literallt just looked at Wednesday and said "F*ck It" -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 13:07 2
  - *winces at use of "literally"* Oh sh** duck, here comes Reagen. (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 13:09 1
    - In my mind, it's possible they really did say it. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 13:10
- NBC: Now Boned Completely -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:04 7
  - David Wolf is gonna be a big winner out of this. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 13:05 6
    - NBC - now with twice as much Mariska -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 13:06 5
      - ^-- proof that Crash Davis would be a better CEO/President of NBC than Zucker -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:07 4
        
        You can't go wrong with more Mariska. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 13:07 3
        
        This just gave me a great idea. Let's force feed Mariska and make her really really fat. Guaranteed ratings bonanza. (nm) - Jeff Zucker Jan 14, 13:10 2
        
        The Biggest Special Victim -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:10 1
        
        well Law and Order: LA is in the works. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 13:16
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- I don't live in MA, and have only seen a few little snippets, but Coakley comes off as somewhat of a moron to me. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 13:04 1
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I don't particularly want to take the time to learn Six Sigma, but I will admit that the job title of "Black Belt" holds some appeal. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 12:59 5
- have you sat and talked to a Six Sigma Blackbelt??? - groiny Jan 14, 13:18
- Six Sigma is where I'm a Viking. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 13:02 2
  - My company has swallowed the Six Sigma Kool-aid hard. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 13:05 1
    - yup, did my former company well...... - groiny Jan 14, 13:14
- yeah it's not a real black belt. You're not gonna be Iron Fist. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 13:02
TMZ saying NBC and Jay Leno have struck a deal and he gets Tonight Show back.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 14, 12:59 20
- This is what I thought would happen. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 13:11
- Conan is going to kick *ass* tonight. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 13:07 2
  - I just hope he doesn't resort to his leprechaun-like penchant for massive arson. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:08 1
    - His "burning down the whole world" will be metaphorical, but brutally thorough. -- nm - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 13:09
- I find it hard to believe Leno would take this from Conan. He will be universally hated. -- nm - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 13:05 1
  - Yup, I'd boycott the network if I didn't love 30 Rock and Chuck. -- nm - Krusty Jan 14, 13:10
- nmbFTS - nubby Jan 14, 13:00
- Something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime is the death of The Tonight Show. -- nm - David Jan 14, 13:00 12
  - Something I never expected to see is the death of NBC. - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:03 10
    - At this point, it would be like boycotting Leap Year. -- nm - David Jan 14, 13:05 9
      - there's still Chuck and The Office that I watch on the Peacocksucker network ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 13:07
      - There's still the Thursday night lineup (which I know you don't care about) and FNL. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:06 7
        
        *headsmack* and Chuck. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:07
        
        This FNL season has been great so far. A couple major suprises, some great new characters -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 13:07 4
        
        love the new characters. They've done an excellent job in casting. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 13:09
        
        *grumble grumble* -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:08 2
        
        DirecTV my friend, DirecTV -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 13:09 1
        
        ne pas exist dans Canada. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:10
        
        That's why I didn't say X-Games 3D. -- nm - David Jan 14, 13:06
  - Yeah, this is such a weird situation. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 13:01
Huh. I'm not the only one thinking Haiti should become a protectorate. -- (link) - mara Jan 14, 12:43 25
- Something I didn't know until recently is that Haiti was still paying a "freedom debt" of hundreds of millions of dollars/yr to France until 1949. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:58 5
  - If there was ever a country that Canada should adopt and make it a national effort to assist and help get developed, it's Haiti. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 13:06 3
    - I can see Jean making a big push on this. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:07 2
      - Yeah....She's not really going to have the stroke to pull that off. Gone in five months. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 13:10
      - i would be okay with this. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 13:08
  - Quelle oxymoron! -- nm - nubby Jan 14, 13:00
- The State Department has explicitly said we are not taking over. Also, their president is around - he's just rather ineffectual -- (link) - decline Jan 14, 12:53 1
  - ...at the moment. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 12:54
- There are plenty of people who aren't sure we should rebuild New Orleans, and New Orleans isn't close to Haiti. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 12:51
- It should likely be completely evacuted, people settled elsewhere as refugees and then rebuilt from scratch. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 12:48 9
  - maybe the people being displaced wouldn't want to be? - Andie Jan 14, 12:55 8
    - "It may not be worth a hill of beans, but this is our hill! And these are our beans!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:56 7
      - it's true. it may not be logical, but that doesn't make it wrong. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 12:56 6
        
        No denying that would upset many of the nine million, but let's not kid ourselves that the country is very fixable as it stands. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 13:00 5
        
        I don't think the UN would ever stand for re-colonization (which is what this would amount to). Sets too much of a bad precedent. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 13:09
        
        but, again, it's not really our choice to make FOR them. we can give them options, that's all. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 13:08 3
        
        It's the debate about injection clinics on a mass scale. A situation hurts the person. They cannot escape. We feel better thanks to margianal help. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 13:15 2
        
        but, what you suggest is horribly over-stepping bounds. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 13:16 1
        
        In the realm of today's standards, sure. Again, I do not deny it could happen in today's environment. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 13:22
- we should just take it over now, and use it to house all our prisoners. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 14, 12:47 2
  - The Condemend! -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 12:49 1
    - see, you are coming around! nm -- nm - groiny Jan 14, 12:51
- no dice, buddy. -- nm - The Devil Jan 14, 12:47
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- That first comment is . . . something. -- nm - pmb Jan 14, 12:46
since we are talking about football. what conferences did the last 10 superbowl winning QBs come from? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 12:40 19
- the Mid America Conference, SEC, Missouri Valley, Big 10 -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:45 18
  - I can barely remember who won last year's Super Bowl, much less that. - musubi Jan 14, 12:49 10
    - it took me a second to remember Big Ben, Reagen gave me the Missouri Valley, Brady and the brothers Manning were obvious though -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:51 9
      - The approximate chain of thought for me was, "Brady, Peyton, Penton's brother.....uhm, who won last year? Wait. Who played last year?" - musubi Jan 14, 12:53 8
        
        Brad Johnson was the toughest guy to come up with. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:54 7
        
        Wait. Who did he win a SB with? - musubi Jan 14, 12:57 5
        
        Probably. We should have warned you about that maybe. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:58 2
        
        Why is my ear bleeding? (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 13:01 1
        
        Is that normal? For the machine? No. for people? -- nm - Dano Jan 14, 13:11
        
        Nevermind, I remember now. (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 12:58
        
        when Tampa Bay beat Oakland, remember Al Davis had let Gruden go the year before? -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:58
        
        I'll agree with that -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:55
  - ACC, WAC. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:47 1
    - I feel bad for forgetting the WAC -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:49
  - I'm sure that isn't all of them though -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:45 4
    - oh and the WAC, how could I forget the WAC? -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:48 3
      - For shame. You are their (our?) biggest booster on TT. (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 12:50 1
        
        I am shamed for forgetting the glory of Trent Dilfer -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:52
      - I never forget the WAC - groiny Jan 14, 12:49
Chinese Warren Buffett' arrested in $30M Ponzi case - he came back? - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 14, 12:35 2
- Mmmm, Chinese buffet. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 14, 12:48
- The chinese authorities might have been contacted and they refused to allow him entrance, so he would have had to return into the arms of the law -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 14, 12:37
We lead to SuperBowl winning QBs too! -- nm - Missouri Valley Conference Jan 14, 12:30 4
- "name a famous instance of a USC alum losing his job to a guy from Northern Iowa" -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:36 3
  - Are you suggesting that you're angling for my job? - musubi Jan 14, 12:45 2
    - and whats even more cold? - crash davis Jan 14, 12:46 1
      - Are you suggesting there *is* a difference? (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 13:03
I got all my trivia questions from this article and the stat box beside it. I found it somewhat fascinating. -- (link) - crash davis Jan 14, 12:29
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- We've spent waaaay too much arguing the subject of QBs based on a comment made by a guy who was saying 4 completions in a playoff game is good. -- nm - David Jan 14, 12:59 1
  - I just think it's interesting trivia. - Reagen Jan 14, 13:04
- I am not ready to write him off just yet. - groiny Jan 14, 12:36 19
  - He started 17 out of 18 straight games and sucked. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:38 18
    - and how where his wideouts during that time, hmm? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 12:39 16
      - two nobodies named Fitzgerald and Boldin. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:43 1
        
        tis what I thought, they totally suck at catching passes right? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 12:45
      - actually, I would be more interested in how his RB's were. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 14, 12:42 13
        
        Edge. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:44 12
        
        on the downside of his career, and did he not get benched most of his time there? - groiny Jan 14, 12:45 11
        
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        I'm not saying he's certain to bomb out of the league, but there are so many questions about his work ethic. - David Jan 14, 12:52 6
        
        At this point, isn't he effectively out of the league already? (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 12:55 5
        
        Caroll immediately let it be known he would make every attempt to trade for Leinart. So, he's going to be a hot topic the next few months. -- nm - David Jan 14, 12:58 2
        
        trade what? what is fair value there? -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 12:59 1
        
        If Warner retires, his value goes up, oddly enough. -- nm - David Jan 14, 13:00
        
        His hope has to be Caroll wanting to get the band back together in Seattle. Reggie Bush could be had as well. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 12:56 1
        
        I'm heard that surmised, but I think Pete likes winning too much. (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 13:00
        
        I stand corrected. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 14, 12:50
        
        His YPC weren't great, but he averaged 1175 yards per season in those two years. - Reagen Jan 14, 12:49
        
        Not that year. He had 337 carries; no one else had even 20. -- nm - David Jan 14, 12:48
    - hmmmmm.... - groiny Jan 14, 12:39
- That would mean pixie is wrong about something. I'm not prepared to live in such a world. -- nm - David Jan 14, 12:30
- Paris, Tara, ... -- nm - Dano Jan 14, 12:29
Happy Birthday, Steven Soderbergh -- nm - Dano Jan 14, 12:27 6
- i still champion the solaris remake as one of the underrated hollywood movies from the aughts....nm - x Jan 14, 12:41 1
  - I love it. - Reagen Jan 14, 12:44
- In celebration, he made three new films. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:29 3
  - I'm still waiting for Schizopolis 2 -- nm - Dano Jan 14, 12:31 2
    - Enthusiastic statement of agreement. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 12:32 1
      - The Girlfriend Experience - part two - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 14, 12:35

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