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Article #63548Re: Bravo, the Politically Correct Network
From: Don Marks
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 21:59
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 21:59
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a04369@giant.rsoft.bc.ca (Mike Quigley#2) writes: >I'm sure I can find something to complain about Bravo, though ... >like the commercial breaks in Twin Peaks with an obnoxious single >commercial for Sprint featuring the obnoxious Candice Bergen. No kidding. Doesn't Bergen advertise for AT&T in the states? Does Sprint think Canadians don't see those commercials? Do they expect her to have any credibility? Does any advertiser expect any spokesman to have any credibility? Excuse me, I'm ranting ... >(Obligatory smokescreen: Isn't Bravo or Showcase supposed to be >totally commercial free?) Bravo is mostly commercial free. I don't think they've been interrupting their movies with commercials, but I haven't watched one all the way through yet to know for sure. But since _Twin Peaks_ was made for TV, they show commercials, but less than you'd get on normal TV. So far I've been really impressed with the selection of movies on both Bravo and Showcase. Now, if only Showcase would show them earlier instead of those Street Legal reruns ... ========================================================================== Don Marks "Watching Romeo dissolve I was tempted to join him" dmarks@tsegw.tse.com --- Robyn Hitchcock
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f504b,28f504742b1ecbdb X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,28f504742b1ecbdb X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: 114d61,28f504742b1ecbdb X-Google-Attributes: gid114d61,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-07 13:59:54 PST Newsgroups: bc.general,can.general,rec.arts.tv Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!rutgers!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!uunet!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!tsegw!dmarks From: dmarks@tsegw.tse.com (Don Marks) Subject: Re: Bravo, the Politically Correct Network Message-ID: <D222Fw.E5J@tsegw.tse.com> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 21:59:54 GMT References: <a02632.789192581@giant> <D1yBFq.L2q@tsegw.tse.com> <a04369.789400592@giant> Organization: Toronto Stock Exchange Lines: 26