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April 23, 2008
TV Junkie: Wednesday -- Radiohead on Conan Tonight
New York City may be all the way across the country, but if Rupert Murdoch gets his way there you can bet he will cast his gaze upon all other major metropolitan areas: the New York Times reports that Murdoch wants to obtain a permanent FCC waiver to acquire two TV NYC stations in addition to his three newspapers and radio assets. Will this be a last hurrah while the friendly Bush Administration still controls the FCC or will a waiver set a new standard for consolidation (and thus, more limited choice)? While Murdoch's News Corp. is based in NYC, it doesn't mean that he doesn't exert considerable influence in the West. Can you imagine LA as an "all FOX all the time" market?
7:45pm Roger Dodger IFC - (2002) A chauvinistic copywriter (Campbell Scott) takes his teenage nephew out womanizing in Manhattan and crashes his boss's (Isabella Rossellini) party.
8:00pm Big Brother 9 CBS - This is for Tony: hey, a houseguest has gotta go - what've we got, 3 left??
9:00pm National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth: Dangerous Catch, Dirty Secrets PBS/KCET - Reports indicate that 90 percent of important commercial fish are gone, and the world's fisheries are declining; oh and we're running out of water - hosted Edward Norton. OK, 2 questions: a) why isn't this on the National Geographic Channel? and b) Why Edward Norton?
10:00pm South Park COMEDYCENTRAL - Season Finale.
10:00pm Top Chef BRAVO - The chefs must create the most incredible dessert ever ...and improv troupe Second City appears to give the them some lessons
10:30pm Lewis Black's Root of All Evil COMEDYCENTRAL - Kim Jong Il vs. Tila Tequila
11:30pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Tina Fey!!, Russell Brand, Tokyo Police Club performs
12:35am Late Night Conan O'Brien NBC - Seth Green!!, Peter Greenberg, Radiohead performs!!!!!
Radiohead pic off of Radiohead's MySpace
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OK, 2 answers:
Nat'l Geographic have produced a number of programs for PBS over the years. Not that uncommon for production companies associated with one particular station to create programming for others. Happens all the time with the broadcast networks.
Edward Norton, in addition to be a fine actor, is deeply involved in environmental issues.
That was easy.
It should be noted that Radiohead's performance on Late Night isn't technically going to be live:
via Pitchfork.thanks registeredcommentor for answering that one. I've been watching National Geographic specials on PBS for 35 years or so, I just figured that since they have their own cable network they'd ease up on the cross branding a bit. Also, good for Edward Norton, maybe he could use his mug to do some fundraising rather than distract from the issues.
dear thecoloured, you really know how to rain on a parade - and here was the rest of America thinking they were going to see Radiohead performing live, something that I don't think I claimed in the post, but it's best to be really really clear on this.
What makes you think he's not involved in fundraising? He is.
I also don't understand why you imply he's distracting from the issues by narrating/hosting a series of PBS specials about the environment. He's been an activist for social & environmental concerns for longer than you've been blogging. Give him some credit.
If you want to dismiss something/someone, that's fine. Just make sure you really know the subject first. Otherwise, you lose credibility for any other topic you choose to write about.
Some reading material:
http://www.therenewableplanet.com/green/celebs/edward-norton.aspx
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24257539/
http://www.slate.com/id/2189691/
"Norton is also a committed social and environmental activist as well as being a major financial supporter of the Nature Conservancy's Yunnan Great Rivers conservation project, the Grand Canyon Trust, EarthJustice, the Wilderness Society, the Southern Center for Human Rights, American Museum of Natural History, Credit Where Credit is Due, the American Visionary Arts Museum and the Johns Hopkins Neuro-oncology Research Lab.
He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Enterprise Foundation, which works to move families up and out of poverty and transform low-income communities through the development of decent affordable housing and social service networks. In addition, he recently conceived and negotiated a groundbreaking arrangement with a solar energy company to provide solar power technology to low-income homeowners in Los Angeles. Through the Solar Neighbors program, each time a celebrity or public figure buys a home solar system, the solar energy company will donate a full system to a low-income family, eliminating most or all of their electricity costs for as long as they own their home. The energy company has already committed to donate 25 systems and has plans to significantly expand the program.
Another of Norton's recent projects is the Peacemakers Fund at Yale University. As a response to the events of September 11th and the increasing conflict in the Middle East, Norton contributed to establish a fund that will provide travel study grants that give college undergraduates opportunities to study in the Middle East."