TV Barntag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1922472009-06-30T19:00:23ZBy Aaron Barnhart, TV critic for the Kansas City Star.TypePad
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Prepare your dialing digit ... and your digital camcorder ... for the primetime "Millionaire" qualifierstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157192e9e1970b2009-06-30T14:00:23-05:002009-06-30T19:00:23Z2009-06-30T19:00:23ZAll right, the road show component of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is over. Producers were in KC Monday to hold tryouts for the 10th anniversary return of "Millionaire" (and Regis) to prime time in August. Now comes the...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnJamie Quirk's MLB Network debuttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011571912ba5970b2009-06-30T11:37:24-05:002009-06-30T16:39:39Z2009-06-30T16:37:24ZDuring the Royals' last home stand I reported a feature that will be appearing sometime this month about Fox Sports Kansas City's baseball coverage. So I got a chance to talk a bit with Jamie Quirk, the new cohost of...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnFrank Boal takes the buyout as Fox 4 gets thinnertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115709445cc970c2009-06-29T16:59:13-05:002009-06-30T01:46:14Z2009-06-29T21:59:13ZThings have been awfully quiet over at Fox 4 lately. In part that's because Kansas City's oldest TV station, started 60 years ago by The Star, is now held by private equity, which doesn't have to say a thing to...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnDiscovery blowing out Wednesday sked for Billy Maystag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115709416f5970c2009-06-29T15:45:54-05:002009-06-29T20:45:54Z2009-06-29T20:45:54ZSo you may recall I wasn't too impressed with Discovery's very generic reaction to the loss of Billy Mays, who, whatever you thought of his yelling-is-the-new-talking approach to TV salesmanship, was anything but a generic personality. Well, now they've made...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnHow they remembered Michael Jackson in New Orleanstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011571873eee970b2009-06-29T10:04:35-05:002009-06-29T15:04:35Z2009-06-29T15:04:35ZI'll be honest with you: I shut off the Michael Jackson coverage after Friday night. There was no reason for me to continue with it. My needs were met, and then some, by the overamped coverage of CNN and tabloid...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnThe home theater that shakes your bootytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011571866ad8970b2009-06-29T08:15:46-05:002009-06-29T13:28:11Z2009-06-29T13:15:46ZAs a high-energy guy, I don't think I really need something like the ButtKicker. This home-theater addition basically provides a rumble seat while you watch your big screen. It's the living-room version of Sensurround sound, which anyone over the age...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnRelentless Billy Mays dies after head traumatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157180eef1970b2009-06-28T21:07:13-05:002009-06-29T04:18:41Z2009-06-29T02:07:13ZYou may have heard during the endless Michael Jackson tribute coverage that the TV pitchman Billy Mays died after he was struck on the head following a rough flight home. An early LA Times headline announced it this way: *But...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnSeven TV picks for this week (June 28-July 4)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115706cd73c970c2009-06-28T08:38:00-05:002009-06-28T13:38:00Z2009-06-28T13:38:00ZRemember, all times Central, all stations local, so if you're reading this in Aruba, Zimbabwe, or anyplace else not in the KC metro area, check your local listings. MONDAY “Shouting Fire” (8 p.m. HBO) pairs noted hard-news documentarian Liz Garbus...Aaron BarnhartBarnhartReality TV to watch while waiting for Jon to move out of Kate's housetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157171ad1f970b2009-06-27T13:28:51-05:002009-06-27T18:32:14Z2009-06-27T18:28:51ZAs of Tuesday morning this week, the official website for Jon and Kate Gosselin still greets visitors with these words on the home page written by Kate: "It all started when Jon and I met October 5, 1997 at a...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnTV One to re-air 2001 Jacko special that featured Jacksons reuniontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157072f005970c2009-06-26T15:19:58-05:002009-06-26T20:22:05Z2009-06-26T20:19:58ZRemember this? The last really big Michael Jackson TV special that didn't feature the Neverland Ranch? Taped over two nights -- including September 10, 2001 -- the "Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Celebration" aired in November of that year and, as...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnDTV update: All aboard! Pity those dish users, though...and will cable users now get 4 and 5 ON 4 and 5?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115706cc868970c2009-06-26T08:32:16-05:002009-06-26T13:34:06Z2009-06-26T13:32:16ZAt right: The Eye-Full Tower of Channel 5 (courtesy Scott Fybush), which will be getting a new stick stuck to it this summer. Now that it doesn't have to support the KCTV analog antenna, the free-standing Midtown tower will take...Aaron BarnhartBarnhartMax Weinberg leaves for Springsteen tour IMMEDIAMENTEtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115706c8616970c2009-06-26T06:52:53-05:002009-06-26T11:52:53Z2009-06-26T11:52:53ZI'd like to think that in the special waiting lounge for skeptics in the Great Beyond, the late great Steve Allen, author of so many of the great live visual stunts in late-night television history, was watching when this tremendous...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnSorry, but Jacko, Farrah and Ed McMahon never appeared together on "The Tonight Show"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115715dba09970b2009-06-25T22:32:09-05:002009-06-26T03:37:02Z2009-06-26T03:32:09ZBoy, here is a great lesson of "if it seems too good to be true ... look it up!" Fellow Twitter nut Troy Diggs at KMBC-9 passed along this tweet this evening as we were all remembering the late King...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnIt's a new day in late night, as Dave tops Conan in ratings; is it better to be the King or the Prince?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-684901812009-06-25T12:25:16-05:002009-06-26T12:25:01Z2009-06-25T17:25:16ZThose of us monitoring the night-to-night ratings knew this was coming, and now Nielsen has just made it official: **For the first time in nearly four years, "Late Show with David Letterman" beat "The Tonight Show" in the weekly household...Aaron BarnhartTV BarnAUDIO: My fearless "Jon + Kate + 8" prediction!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-683633452009-06-22T09:11:35-05:002009-06-22T14:11:35Z2009-06-22T14:11:35ZOn San Diego's KOGO Radio this morning, Chip Franklin and I talked about baseball, then golf, then something that mattered to the female half of our audience: the very special episode tonight of "Jon and Kate Plus 8" airing on...Aaron BarnhartPodcastsTV Barn