Cheers & Jeers Takes on ‘Kimmy Schmidt’, Kelly Ripa, ‘Nashville’s Brat and That ‘Castle’ Mess
Cheers to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for bringing real diversity to the table.
Let’s give a hand to the Netflix comedy’s second season for looking beyond color, age, race, gender and any actual human traits to cast Pupazza, the decrepit and, if we’re being honest, terrifying granny of Tituss’ human beau, Mikey (Mike Carlsen). She looks like Easter Island’s Estelle Getty and we want a spin-off immediately!
“Is that a person?”
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Cheers to Kelly Ripa for being a real Live! wire.
Instead of acting like she’s fine with the sudden new that Michael Strahan was ditching her for GMA, the allegedly infuriated morning-show vet took off on an equally unexpected “family vacation” to simmer down a bit. Some say it’s a “diva act.” We say that someone who’s been doing that job for 15 years deserved better from her bosses and co-host.
“Hey you, up there…want to co-host a show with me?”
Cheers to MTV for giving Prince the royal treatment.
In the wake of the Purple One’s death at 57 on Thursday, the network formerly known as Music Television bumped its regularly scheduled programming—including episodes of Ridiculousness and The Real World: Shame Your Family or whatever it is this year—to air a career-spanning marathon of his videos. Filled with his trademark Minnesota funk, androgynous fashion and unrivaled genius, the salute was a beautiful one, indeed, and a reminder that no one could ever take the place of this Rain man.
We wish you heaven.
Cheers to ESPN for cutting Curt Schilling for their roster.
It’s so fitting that the analyst’s choice to post an anti-transgender meme about who should be allowed to use what bathroom on Facebook got him sent to the showers by his bosses at the sports net. Although they could have saved themselves this scandal by permanently pulling the ex-MLB pitcher last year after he tweeted a pic of Hitler comparing all Muslims to Nazis.
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Curt people hurt people
Jeers to a Castle without two of its queens.
Blaming budget cuts, the powers-that-be at ABC’s crime dramedy have decided they don’t need Stana Katic’s Kate Beckett and Tamala Jones’ Lanie Parish should the show be renewed for a ninth season. Funny enough, we just decided that investing in the Beckett-Castle romance all these years was as stupid a move as this one.
Stana Katie, Tamala Jones
Jeers to Nashville’s Maddie for wearing out her welcome. And us.
Ugh, We get it, you’re an angsty, over-indulged rich-kid country singer who’s upset that your superstar mommy and daddy won’t let you tart up to play at adult bars. And you know what, hon? They’re right. That act only leads to Kardashianism. But if you must have your way, please emancipate yourself from Rayna and Deacon. Then leave town. Take Scarlett with you!
Maddie (Lennon Stella) needs to grow up.
Jeers to a Three’s Company movie.
Proof #20979 that Hollywood has given up: New Line Cinema wants to make a big-screen version of the sexist, homophobic sitcom that gave us John Ritter pretending to be gay so he could live in a rattan-laden Santa Monica apartment with an idiot blonde who was worshipped for her looks (Suzanne Somers) and her smart but widely ignored brunette bestie (Joyce DeWitt). Please, do not come knock on our door selling this crap, OK?
“Wait…they want to do what?”
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I'm a big Nathan Fillion fan but I don't want to watch Castle without Beckett. Is ABC crazy; no one watched Castle for the case-of-the-week. This is a show about the romance and oh, by the way, some crime took place. What a mistake.
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Yes! I love Nathan Fillion but the show is about them as a couple not just him. She's his muse, the reason he writes, how do they go from there? I'm not interested in seeing it. End the show and let them both move on to something new and just as great.
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If Castle is so strapped for cash, then just scrap it altogether.
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Yes, lots of jeers to ABC for the Castle MESS! My favorite show, the only ABC show I watch, and now it's only going to be depressing, so why should I watch?
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Seems like ABC should be getting the biggest JEERS of all, considering they are just terrible decision makers who created so much of this mess, and have been for the past several YEARS.
Kudos to MTV for great decision making!
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While I disagree with Curt Schilling's crude post, I do not give a "Cheer" to ESPN for firing him. All they proved is that diversity is championed in behavior but all must think like ultra-liberal ESPN. Had Schilling said those views while on Baseball Tonight, I would support his firing but this was on his personal site.
Like most "Big Brothers", ESPN knows what is good for you and the country and you better not deviate from the approved thinking or you are gone. Again, I do not support Schilling's method of expressing his views but I support diversity in thinking and free speech.
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I can see both sides of this argument. In ordinary jobs, a person's personal posts probably wouldn't matter so long as they didn't effect their performance at work, but TV networks have to answer to advertisers who threaten to pull their ads rather than be associated with the person's questionable opinions. All it would take is one big advertiser to threaten to pull their ads from the show, and the network would feel forced to act.
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Schilling should have learned what it means to be in the new/sports/reporting industry. Personal opinions should remain personal. Roxanne Jones, a former VP at ESPN and a co-founder of their magazine, laid it all out in an article. "The day he walked off the mound and decided to collect a paycheck as a baseball analyst, he gave up his right to publicly rant about just any subject that popped into his head." In other words, he may be an expert on baseball (especially pitching) but he can't use his public forum to tout personal views and not expect consequences.
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I no longer support ESPN cause I cut the cord year ago. So ESPN has once again proved the wisdom of my decision. You don't like a different view then you must really do care about true diversity i thought.
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Gee, Facebook is his PERSONAL space to say whatever he wants. Sorry liberal morons insist we cater to the 3.8% of the US population that is, BY DEFINITION, abnormal.
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Sorry, you need to learn about PROFESSIONAL behavior by people who work in the TV/journalism business. Both on and OFF-camera, you are a representative of the entity for whom you work, and you are expected to act (and express yourself) accordingly.
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Uh huh. Funny how those "ethics" only apply sporadically to those in the TV/Journalism business? Especially when your views aren't considered PC? Like when George Stephanopoulos can contribute money toward a politician, but not lose his job? Of course, since it was Hillary, who I personally believe should be pilloried for espousing communist gun control measures, liberal idiots are just fine with that?
Guess it all depends on whose ox is being gored?
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I so agree with the Three's Company, Castle and Nashville Jeers. Can't stand the spoiled teenager; without Beckett, there is NO Castle, and Three's Company was dumb as a TV show, let alone a movie. But, yeay, to MTV!
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I agree Nashville should lose Maddie. I don't agree they could/should do without Scarlet.
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If I'd known that MTV was actually playing music videos during the day, I might have watched or recorded it. It was a nice gesture, but with no advance notice, I doubt many people tuned in to see it. It would be nice if they repeated it over the weekend, but it's not on their schedule. However, both MTV and VH1 will be showing Purple Rain at various times all weekend if anyone is interested.
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Maddie is a rude disrespectful BRAT. Ditch her but keep Scarlet.
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There's a "Cheer" for Kelly Ripa? A grown woman having a temper tantrum and refusing to come out and meet company. Whether she "deserved better" is NOT the issue.
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I never liked her to begin with.
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I don't watch Live, although the few times I've seen snippets of it she's always so... perky. I do remember her as Hayley Vaughn, on All My Children. But that's going waaaaay back. She probably wouldn't like to be reminded how many years ago that was. 😉
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Besides the perkiness, I can't stand her voice. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.
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If her "vacation" protest is meant to send the message that she deserves to be treated better, as all sources seem to be indicating, then yeah, whether she deserves to be treated better becomes the issue. According to a few of the reports, Robin Roberts was given a heads up quite a while ago that the suits were starting negotiations with Strahan to come on GMA full time. Her show's not affected by the change anywhere near as much as Live will be. Michael's been a part-time contributor at GMA for a couple of years, so adding him full-time is no big deal. And yet, the suits still felt that Roberts deserved the courtesy of being kept in the loop about something that does affect her show a bit. On the flip side, we've got Kelly who's about to find her show in upheaval as the guy with his name in the title and a solid fan base that keeps this one of the highest rated shows in daytime TV is leaving. She's going to once again be required to step up and train yet another new co-host, and try to maintain the ratings when viewers are being given an inconsistent product while the search for a replacement goes on. But, for some reason, the suits saw absolutely no reason to show her the same courtesy they showed Roberts by simply letting her know change was possible and promising to keep her in the loop as negotiations continued. If all of that's true, I'd say that she has a legitimate complaint and is completely justified in taking these steps and sending this message.
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I still maintain that whether she "deserved better" is not the issue. How many times have we heard--how many times have we told our kids--"it's not what happens to us that defines us, it's how we deal with it." Somehow I don't think 'running away' was a mature way to deal with the situation. What about the show's fans? Don't they deserve better? How much more would they admire her if she'd been able to return to the show (after a day or so) and face the situation head-on? I bet that Kelly herself has said (at some point over the years) that how we handle problems is what shows what we're made of. I'm sure most of us would encourage our kids to "face the situation" if something unpleasant happened to them, and we certainly wouldn't condone them abandoning their jobs.
I think everyone is so busy seeing "poor Kelly" as the victim of poor treatment (which I don't dispute) that they're giving her a huge pass on something that wouldn't fly for other people.
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In this case, I don't think she's running away. I think what she's doing is more properly described as striking. It seems she's reminding key people how important she is to the show by not being there. From the comment sections I've been reading, most of her fans seem to be standing with her, saying that she's absolutely right. She should be informed of major changes well before it becomes national news, not as the ink was drying on the press release, as happened here. Those are the fans that also seem to remember the network dropped the bomb that Regis was retiring on her a few minutes before they were going to tape the episode in which Regis was going to make the announcement. (She also responded to that news with a vacation, however, that was after the initial announcement so we didn't have this brouhaha then.) This is now a pattern of the people running things over there treating her like crap and this time, the studio treated her show like crap too by destroying the partnership that was working so well. She has a right to stand up for herself and demand better.
Given that the studio isn't crying about breach of contract, she must have the right to this time off. If she's smart, she's using all the time off she can possibly muster to force them to renegotiate her contract and add a clause requiring them to notify her in the future as soon as the network becomes aware of the possibility of major change. Sweeps are coming up. The studio's going to be looking at a loss of revenue if a big chunk of Kelly's fans don't tune in and keep those ratings up, so this is really the perfect time for her to use the leverage she's got in this way. I'd say that is facing the situation, just in a quiet, behind-the scenes, kind of way.
I suppose that she could have returned to work and taken a stand, as you suggest, but I think that also is likely to backfire on her. Live is a light, fluffy show. People don't watch the show to see the hosts get up on their soapboxes. Even the fans who support her may have thought, "Kelly, I just want to hear talk about your life and thoughts on news from the A&E and Lifestyle sections. Keep your complaints about your job backstage." If my suspicions here are correct, and things are being renegotiated, then it's even possible that her reps have told her to keep her mouth shut so she doesn't screw things up for them.
As far as condoning our kids abandoning their jobs, I absolutely would encourage mine to do that if they had the leverage to force renegotiation of the terms of their employment contract by doing so, the way Kelly does. Yes, this behavior wouldn't fly for other people because the vast majority of people aren't fortunate enough to have their employment rights protected by a contract. Not to mention, the majority of people don't have any leverage to use in bargaining with their employers to change those terms, even if they do have a contract. They either accept the terms and try to fight for change quietly from the inside, or they find themselves a new job. Kelly's fortunate that the high profile nature of her job and the perks in her contract allow her more bargaining power and options to address these situations. It seems to me that she's opting to use that power at this time, and I say good for her.
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Jeers to MTV for their so called salute to Prince. They played commercials all day with a little bit of Prince mixed in.
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On the "Three's Company" movie-So are they gonna have The Ropers or Mr. Furley be the landlords?
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Your dead wrong Kelly Ripa was being a total ass she got her panties in a knot and acted like a little baby Seems to me she might be a tad Jealous that Mike is going nation wide in a good time slot and getting his wallet fattened up a bit She is so being a total Diva and should be fired to WTG Mike
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