Was I the only one watching Making News: Texas Style? [Archive]

Jun 14th 2007, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by Red5:
I found it entertaining. The focused a bit to much on the female reporter wanting to lose weight. The storyline of the main male anchor being replaced by the guy from across town was dead on though. We mostly saw what's happening in the newsroom. I'd like to see more of what's going on in the field, but the tease for episode 2 looks like that will be coming.Confirms what I learned on my stint in Texas: It's full of fat white girls, fat mexican girls, and mexican girls. Now THAT'S a border in need of closing! smile.gif

Produce man

Jun 14th 2007, 02:31 PM

Originally posted by DW:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Red5:
I found it entertaining. The focused a bit to much on the female reporter wanting to lose weight. The storyline of the main male anchor being replaced by the guy from across town was dead on though. We mostly saw what's happening in the newsroom. I'd like to see more of what's going on in the field, but the tease for episode 2 looks like that will be coming.Confirms what I learned on my stint in Texas: It's full of fat white girls, fat mexican girls, and mexican girls. Now THAT'S a border in need of closing! smile.gif [/QUOTE]Spoken like a true racist.

Pregnant Reporter

Jun 14th 2007, 05:17 PM

oh gosh, where is the laughing fit smilie when you need him??? you gotta check this out! it reads like a cross between a promo for the TV series "Dallas," the "Coyote Ugly Search" and freaking the Dr. Phil House!!! {insert the smilie again!}

http://www.tvguide.com/Channel/makingnews_landing.aspx

since TV barely exists in that market, I'm entertained they actually signed on for the reality show. I can't wait to see it.

So, when you watch a reality show on the TV guide channel, do you have to watch it in a squeezed back box while the program guide scrolls by in most of the screen?

We have Dish- can I still see it?

Oh gosh I just looked again and I'm still laughing. I have to agree with the racist poster- this is a combo of white trash and extreme small market hoopla!!! hahahahahhahahhahahahahahah

Can't wait!

Produce man

Jun 14th 2007, 06:38 PM

Pregnant Reporter, I worked there years ago. If you like drug raids and murder, this is the market for you. Odessa used to be known as a stop on the "Great heroin Trail of Texas". They also held the distinguished honor of having the highest murder rate in the USA. (per capita)

Edit: Oh, BTW, I played the game on the website. I crashed their live truck six times!

[ June 14, 2007, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: Produce man ]

Ranger Bob

Jun 16th 2007, 07:19 PM

I liked it! It reminded me of my early days in small market tv, so I got a few chuckles out of it! God bless em.....

hoosiergirl

Jun 19th 2007, 01:27 AM

I think we can all look back to our small market days where we always thought, "Damn, this would make a good reality show." Later markets, "Damn, this would make a good sitcom." smile.gif

I watched it, I do agree that "Breaking News" was better. I wonder if the reporter, Kara, regrets some of the things she said on camera. Basically admitting she acts phony to get stories, putting down people in small towns, coming across like she believes she's "too good" for those people. That kind of rubbed me the wrong way and I wonder if she regrets saying those things on camera. Her photog seemed to be smarter about what he said.

I just hope this show doesn't perpetuate the stereotype that tv reporters are just after a story and don't give *(( about the people we're covering.

I also don't know if a horn being honked in a live shot warrants such a flip out. Everyone has had that happen, you laugh and get on with it.

Clever Login Name

Jun 19th 2007, 05:38 AM

Agreed. What a self-obsessed little twit. I watched about three minutes of it last night and flipped it when every other word out of her mouth had to be bleeped ... all because somebody beeped their horn as she was going live. I'm the last person you'd call a prude, but watching a woman curse like a sailor over something so stupid is really unappealing. She better hope any future employers don't see or remember her 'performance' on this show.

newz2me

Jun 19th 2007, 06:34 AM

It seems that no matter what market you start out in you have the same type of reporters, just different faces and names. Every station has:

1.The reporter who thinks they are greater than they are.
2.The one who should be in a bigger market
3.The serious one.
4.The worrier.
5.The funny one.
6.The annoying one.
7.The funny, annoying one.
8.The one everyone dreads working with.
9.The one with the attitude.
10.The perpetual screw-up.

Some actually possess several characteristics in one complete package.

Tv Renee

Jun 20th 2007, 03:26 PM

Wow!! it's really interesting to see what people are saying about the show. I was part of the original group at KWES before the station pulled the plug and the producers went to Channel 7. Luckily, I was able to leave there within a year and make my way to a really good market, but it was a wild ride there!!!!! (trust me there can be some wild news in West Texas, when it rains it pours) I think there will definately be things said by people that they wished they could take back. But, I also have to say I hope that after all of the dust settles some of the people there can somehow make this a springboard of somekind for their careers, because being after being exposed like that that's all you can hope for. Maybe future bosses will just remember the good things.

hoosiergirl

Jun 21st 2007, 01:48 AM

Unfortunately I don't think future bosses would just remember "the good things". This show gives an impression of people and that, to me, would be difficult to shake. The good news is that I don't think a lot of NDs hang out watching the TV Guide channel.

Tv Renee

Jun 21st 2007, 04:13 AM

I agree!!! smile.gif

ISTHISTHINGON?

Jun 23rd 2007, 05:42 PM

I'm wondering how Kara's ND digs her comments on the show. She downright admits to being fake to get interviews! graemlins/face_banghead.gif

SpxGrunt

Jun 26th 2007, 10:04 AM

So, just so I understand this (I know it's a crappy reality show...but...) the reporter begins shooting a month-long piece. Teases the story and then shows up late for a dance session and decides to cancel the whole thing?!? She then starts talking about being frustrated with the job and the story. I really hope that was some poor editing/storytelling.

Produce man

Jun 26th 2007, 01:08 PM

No, that appears to be what happened. She also called a passing motorist a "hick country bumpkin".

If I'm a viewer in that market, I don't ever watch them again.

They hoped it would it would improve ratings.

It backfired on them.

Bravesgirl

Jun 27th 2007, 05:11 AM

Like a ND would ever tell a reporter that has been working on a story FOR A MONTH and has used up her work time and the photogs work time FOR A MONTH, well if you dont feel comfortable, I wont make you.
Yeah Right.

On another note, someone told me these people had to audition to be on the show. Has anyone heard anything like that?

Produce man

Jun 27th 2007, 03:02 PM

Originally posted by Bravesgirl:
Like a ND would ever tell a reporter that has been working on a story FOR A MONTH and has used up her work time and the photogs work time FOR A MONTH, well if you dont feel comfortable, I wont make you.
Yeah Right.

On another note, someone told me these people had to audition to be on the show. Has anyone heard anything like that?No. I know three of the "characters" on the show, and there were no auditions.

Plus, it looks like she was only 1 or 2 pkgs. into the dance series before she called it quits.

hoosiergirl

Jun 28th 2007, 02:29 AM

I think it was probably more embarrassing to quit and everyone see it on this reality show than it would have been to just finish what you started and air the packages.

I don't think this show is doing any of these reporters any favors. Maybe the male main anchor and former main anchor will come out unscathed, the rest....yikes. Being on that show has to be embarrassing based on what comes out of their mouths.

Produce man

Jun 28th 2007, 11:51 AM

Bill Warren says his contract is out in July. He hates reporting, so my guess is that he will probably retire after that.

And no, the show is not working out as they had hoped. They got pwned.

hoosiergirl

Jun 29th 2007, 01:54 AM

Produce Man, do you have some inside knowledge? What are people at the station saying about the way the show has turned out? Are those reporters still there?

soonershooter

Jun 29th 2007, 03:30 PM

I've seen 3 episodes.
It's 15 minutes of content stretched over and hour. Yuck.
Kara is a self-obsessed twit, and she's the GOOD reporter I've seen.

What REALLY BUGS me though, is the image of the reporters being "chaffeured" (sp?) by the photogs. I believe the producers of "MN: TS" asked them to sit this way so it would be easier to get sots from the reporters, but sheesh.....

Roy Hobbs

Jul 15th 2007, 10:04 PM

I just saw about 8 episodes strung together over the weekend before they show the new ones Monday night.

Awesome!

1. Yes, it is every station you've ever worked at or will work at (Personality A + Personality B + etc. etc.)

2. That theme music...TexMex twang interspersed with 70s news teletype/piano key plunking--hilarious!

3. Now the rest of world will understand how a TV station owned by a car dealership can run short of working vehicles.

SpxGrunt

Jul 16th 2007, 09:15 AM

Roy, what were you smoking? Only 3 or 4 episodes aired so far! tongue.gif
Of course, it probably seems to be 8 episodes after you watch the same video 15 different times in the bump-in and bump-outs. It's like they shot enough video for an hour show and have to stretch it into a series.

[ July 16, 2007, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: SpxGrunt ]

Produce man

Jul 16th 2007, 12:46 PM

Originally posted by hoosiergirl:
Produce Man, do you have some inside knowledge? What are people at the station saying about the way the show has turned out? Are those reporters still there?Yeah, I worked in that market, (and that station years ago). I recently spoke with one of the people you've seen making comments on the show. They were a bit apprehensive on talking about it, as it's still airing. They might have had to sign a gag order until the season is up. From what I understand, the young reporters still work there, and Bill's contract runs out after this month.
The person I talked to got a big laugh over my comments.

Produce man

Jul 16th 2007, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by soonershooter:
I've seen 3 episodes.
It's 15 minutes of content stretched over and hour. Yuck.
Kara is a self-obsessed twit, and she's the GOOD reporter I've seen.

What REALLY BUGS me though, is the image of the reporters being "chaffeured" (sp?) by the photogs. I believe the producers of "MN: TS" asked them to sit this way so it would be easier to get sots from the reporters, but sheesh.....Yeah, that's exactly why they did it that way. The reporter is usually up fron, and many times they will take turns driving. It was nice to see a station that still uses 2 man crews.

bw3508

Sep 16th 2007, 04:41 PM

Just watched the last episode of Season One.
Any thoughts?
Personally, I became addicted to the show, hope theres another season.

Roy Hobbs

Sep 16th 2007, 06:57 PM

I resent that it ended with Bill Warren reading off a post about the show from probably TV Spy.

Medialine threads are much more quotable!

goodfoot

Sep 16th 2007, 11:03 PM

Love this show, it really takes you back to the smaller mkt days with the enthusiasm for this job and the competition to get THE story for your escape tape. The production values are pretty weak, but they did a good job of developing the characters. I'm not sure how much of Bill getting taken of the anchor desk the production company knew about before the show started up but it really added some emotion and realism to what people face in this profession. I am also surprised about the access that the production crew had to channel 9 during that whole process.

Produce Man, I'd like to know more about what the "cast" thinks about how they were portrayed in the series...maybe there will be a wrap up show but in the meantime I hope you will keep us posted...

[ September 17, 2007, 12:13 AM: Message edited by: goodfoot ]

The Fedora

Sep 17th 2007, 08:20 AM

Hilarious show...

Plus I just saw the chase vehicle I was driving during that storm. I did a doubletake.

Produce man

Sep 17th 2007, 01:02 PM

Update! I talked to friend from KOSA again. They were much more open this time. They told me that the producers ask very pointed questions , aimed at pitting people against each other. If you've watched the show you've seen this. I assked the person why I hadn't seen much of them on the show, they said everytime they asked them a question, the response aws always "We're a team". The producers knew this person wasn't going to play ball, and was pretty much dropped from the show. This person also told me that what they did to Bill Warren was despicable. "They made him look like a pathetic old man, and he's not". (And I worked with Bill for awhile across the street about 10 years ago. He was a drama queen, but a pretty good guy)

But here's what got me...nobody got paid! Not the "characters" or the station. They were told that the publicity would be payment enough.

Finally, he told me that if they ever approached my station to keep the hell away from them. What they did to moral at KOSA may be impossible to repair.

If I hear more, I'll post it!

Produce man

Sep 17th 2007, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by bw3508:
Just watched the last episode of Season One.
Any thoughts?
Personally, I became addicted to the show, hope theres another season.Not at KOSA.

Mom

Sep 17th 2007, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by Produce man:
What they did to moral at KOSA may be impossible to repair.
Was it the newsroom's morals that took a beating or the morale?

Produce man

Sep 17th 2007, 03:16 PM

My bad. Morale. From what I hear they didn't create an ethics or morals problem. It's just that they set them all against each other. When they left, and the shows started airing, they realized what others had said about them behind their backs.

[ September 17, 2007, 04:17 PM: Message edited by: Produce man ]

bw3508

Sep 17th 2007, 03:17 PM

Making News: Texas Style didn't portray everyone like they probably would’ve preferred, but I was impressed with the show myself. In all honesty, the show left off on a great note about the small, local TV station that cared about news and ended up in first place. I can obviously see that KOSA will not be welcoming back that crew with open arms, but will there be another Making News;________________?

Produce man

Sep 17th 2007, 03:22 PM

Oh yes. They're currently contacting other news departments, one of which I'm familiar with. They seem to be hitting small markets in the south. They're looking for the "tornado-victim" type of markets. You know, the ones where every time a tornado hits town, they get the guy in the wife-beater on and the warm beer in his hand. They want to not only set up the newsies, but belittle the local gentry.

Head Janitor

Sep 17th 2007, 04:49 PM

Originally posted by Roy Hobbs:
I resent that it ended with Bill Warren reading off a post about the show from probably TV Spy.

Medialine threads are much more quotable!From what I saw, he was looking at Medialine. I was amused that a stand-off turned Warren away from applying to the other station. Sure...more like he remembered that female anchors are almost always replaced by female anchors, not the guy from across the street who couldn't get the ratings to jump that last hurdle.

LittleBabyPuppy

Sep 18th 2007, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by Produce man:
They're looking for the "tornado-victim" type of markets. You know, the ones where every time a tornado hits town, they get the guy in the wife-beater on and the warm beer in his hand. This is sad, funny and so true. The guy with the warm beer is usually the one with the torn down house who wants to talk.

Roy G. Biv

Sep 18th 2007, 01:00 PM

Originally posted by Head Janitor:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Roy Hobbs:
I resent that it ended with Bill Warren reading off a post about the show from probably TV Spy.

Medialine threads are much more quotable!From what I saw, he was looking at Medialine. I was amused that a stand-off turned Warren away from applying to the other station. Sure...more like he remembered that female anchors are almost always replaced by female anchors, not the guy from across the street who couldn't get the ratings to jump that last hurdle.[/QUOTE]I saw it too. It was clearly Medialine.....

Hi Bill!!!

Roy Hobbs

Sep 18th 2007, 06:47 PM

Can somebody find that thread?

The quote was something like "This is Odessa not the O.C."

Produce man

Sep 18th 2007, 07:03 PM

I searched Roy, but the topic got deleted.

The Fedora

Sep 21st 2007, 12:53 PM

I just watched the Finalé... Man that show has some poor producing and editing. I hate the way they keep recapping and re-using soundbites, it drove me nuts.

Produce man

Sep 21st 2007, 01:21 PM

Originally posted by The Fedora:
I just watched the Finalé... Man that show has some poor producing and editing. I hate the way they keep recapping and re-using soundbites, it drove me nuts.I agree, as I stated in the first page of this thread. I mean, they were there from Feb. to July. In all that time, they couldn't get enough video to fill an hour each week?

I think the kid producer could have done a better job. (Then again, his sports show didn't quite work out, did it? :D )

[ September 21, 2007, 02:22 PM: Message edited by: Produce man ]

bw3508

Sep 21st 2007, 01:55 PM

Any idea where the crew will be shooting the second season of Making News:______________??

NDP

Sep 24th 2007, 05:52 AM

Greetings, MediaLine. It's a real treat to see the spirited discussions our show has generated. I'd like to take this opportunity to answer some of the questions posted here, and maybe clear up some misunderstandings.

First, yes, there will be a second season of the show. Second, yes, we are currently looking for the station; we don't know where we'll end up and welcome all suggestions. Third, the station had a contract and will get paid - a nominal fee to be sure, but it is money.

Fourth, a word about the re-caps: the TV Guide Network insisted upon them, because their hours consist of such lengthy commercial breaks - we were able to make them somewhat shorter by the end of the year and expect the recaps to be shorter still next year, but in this age of TiVo and dvr, I hope it's not such a hardship to have to fast-forward through the breaks.

Most important, I am distressed if not completely surprised to hear that anyone at the station has bad feelings about their experience or our time there. In any long-term working relationship - and we were at KOSA for 6 months - there are bound to be frictions and problems, but on the whole, we had an unequivocally positive time at KOSA, and I believe the station employees did too. The show was seen nationally, and people from around the country saw how a station operates and works on a daily basis. What's more, those producers and reporters and anchors who are trying to advance their careers did themselves a world of good by getting the exposure. As for 'conflict' - the heart of drama - while we did look for it in our filming, it was not paramount in our mind to 'stir things up.' (I do know that one of our field producers may have pushed a little hard in interviews to stir up conflict until he was told, by us, in no uncertain terms, to scale back.) But at no time did any of the participants in the show express reservations to us that were not immediately acted upon. In other words, if they asked us to stop filming something, we did; if they asked us not to use something we had filmed, we did not use it.

And finally - Bill Warren. I would disagree with anyone who characterized our portrait of him as a 'pathetic old man'. In fact, we considered him the soul of the show, and many viewers felt the same way. His story may have seemed a sad one at first, but ultimately it was very inspiring. We should all handle our adversities with such dignity, class, and good humor.

Nick Davis
Executive Producer, 'Making News'

thenewsleader12345

Sep 24th 2007, 08:00 AM

Nick..I for one...loved the show. It showed these people as the humans they are...and showed the real politics and ups and downs we face in tv news. Good and bad..and how we bounce back from them.

On a side note..for the second season...Id like to see you guys go to a big market newsroom. It would be fun to show how competitive and cutthroat it is in the big leagues as well, and the challenges they face. Also..there is more NEWS going on...I think the show would have a faster pace and more compelling footage and storylines in a bigger city newsroom.

DoneThatToo

Sep 24th 2007, 08:59 AM

Originally posted by NDP:
Greetings, MediaLine. . . but in this age of TiVo and dvr, I hope it's not such a hardship to have to fast-forward through the breaks. . .

Nick Davis
Executive Producer, 'Making News'I'm sure future networks looking to air your shows will be excited to know that you encourage people to skip the commercial breaks.
graemlins/icon_kidra.gif

bw3508

Sep 24th 2007, 09:54 AM

I got hooked on Making News after the first episode, along with a few friends who aren’t in the business. The shorter recaps were bearable and I’m definitely looking forward to the second season. I’ve heard other wise, but I really hope that you consider a market in upstate New York, or at least somewhere that gets a considerable amount of snow. Centralizing around a runner-up station that made it to the top was great, but it would be nice to see a station with more than one live truck, since there’s always something that goes on when you go live.

Other than that, it’s a great show. Can’t wait for season two.

Produce man

Sep 24th 2007, 12:16 PM

Nick,

Glad to hear from you, but I've no reason to believe the person I talked to at KOSA would lie about the experience. People there feel they were manipulated, and that they were being set up. Granted, those involved should know how to act when on camera and mic'd up. But these kids are young, and have probably watched too much "Real World" type programming, and don't know better.

As to Bill Warren, yes, you made him look good on the last show, but you can't deny that you put him in a bad light in every other episode until then.

Also, I find your choice of camera shots interesting regarding the Correra girl, especially the shot on her apartment couch. The low angle seemed to bring attention to he legs, which was not a flattering shot. Plus, she's eating. In other words, "look at the unhappy fat girl".

In my opinion, nobody really came out looking good. Jay and Tatum seemed to skate by, but the others did not fare as well.

And from otheres I have talked to, you are targetting similar parts of the country for your next season.

Just some thoughts.

NDP

Sep 24th 2007, 06:01 PM

Hello All,

I'm so glad to have found such a core of impassioned viewers!

I love the idea of upstate New York -- rest assured, whereever we end up in Season 2, I really want to cover the whole country with this show before we're done. (May we be lucky enough to have so many seasons...!) -- In part because I genuinely feel that local news is such a fascinating lens through which to look at America, and I really have no idea how different, if at all, the news will look in, say, Schenectady from Odessa. Is it different? How different? And in what ways is it fundamentally the same? And if it is the same, has something been lost if we're all just becoming so homogenized? (Granted, not all of this would be covered by a TV show on cable TV, but they're questions I would definitely want to ask as we set out....)

As for Bill Warren - what can I say? We may just have to agree to disagree on this one, Produce Man. I definitely thought he came through somewhat heroically, not just in episode 13 where he did such a fantastic job in the stand-up, but in many other episodes, like the one where he told the story about hearing the oil pumps when he was a young boy, or when he went out to cover T. Boone Pickens, or even the one where he did the charity race. I wouldn't say we put him 'in a bad light' in these episodes, and though our intention probably shouldn't enter into it, we certainly didn't intend to make him look bad. I am sorry for his sake if you felt we were trying to do so.

But that raises an interesting point. We definitely were conscious of 'protecting people from themselves' -- ie, keeping people from looking bad, physically or any other way... (I'm curious about that interview shot you noticed of Melissa Correa; we actually ended up blowing up quite a few of those shots for just that reason!) But how much is it our responsibility to do so? I don't really know the answer to that question, but it's something we grapple with all the time (and something that obviously news directors deal with as well - maybe that's why we were drawn to the subject).

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts -- I find them all really interesting, and food for thought as we scout for season #2.

JoinUsForCake

Sep 24th 2007, 07:23 PM

I finally got to watch this show... Ummm. Maybe it's just me but I couldn't find a bunch of Market-159'ers chasing crime stories compelling. Maybe I was just in a bad mood. I will try to watch it again. The full-figured reporter chick was completely and entirely annoying, though.

SpxGrunt

Sep 24th 2007, 08:10 PM

Originally posted by Produce man:
Nick,

Glad to hear from you, but I've no reason to believe the person I talked to at KOSA would lie about the experience. People there feel they were manipulated, and that they were being set up. Granted, those involved should know how to act when on camera and mic'd up. But these kids are young, and have probably watched too much "Real World" type programming, and don't know better.

As to Bill Warren, yes, you made him look good on the last show, but you can't deny that you put him in a bad light in every other episode until then.

Also, I find your choice of camera shots interesting regarding the Correra girl, especially the shot on her apartment couch. The low angle seemed to bring attention to he legs, which was not a flattering shot. Plus, she's eating. In other words, "look at the unhappy fat girl".

In my opinion, nobody really came out looking good. Jay and Tatum seemed to skate by, but the others did not fare as well.

And from otheres I have talked to, you are targetting similar parts of the country for your next season.

Just some thoughts.Thanks for checking in, Gary!

Produce man

Sep 25th 2007, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by SpxGrunt:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Produce man:
Nick,

Glad to hear from you, but I've no reason to believe the person I talked to at KOSA would lie about the experience. People there feel they were manipulated, and that they were being set up. Granted, those involved should know how to act when on camera and mic'd up. But these kids are young, and have probably watched too much "Real World" type programming, and don't know better.

As to Bill Warren, yes, you made him look good on the last show, but you can't deny that you put him in a bad light in every other episode until then.

Also, I find your choice of camera shots interesting regarding the Correra girl, especially the shot on her apartment couch. The low angle seemed to bring attention to he legs, which was not a flattering shot. Plus, she's eating. In other words, "look at the unhappy fat girl".

In my opinion, nobody really came out looking good. Jay and Tatum seemed to skate by, but the others did not fare as well.

And from otheres I have talked to, you are targetting similar parts of the country for your next season.

Just some thoughts.Thanks for checking in, Gary![/QUOTE]:confused: Gary? Is that the kid producer? He didn't come off looking very well, either. They did the whole setup for the new sports show, only to show him fail and get hiss ass chewed out. I saw it coming, though. He bit off more than he could chew.

newz2me

Sep 25th 2007, 01:49 PM

Yeah, the producer kid didn't come off looking good, but that's the way it is sometimes. He screwed up, made rookie mistakes and that's how he was shown. It happens all the time when you're learning the ropes. While embarrassing, that's the way it happened and that's how it should be portrayed.
It made me kringe a little because I could see the way he was going there was going to be a train wreck. We've all been there at some point. Bad flashbacks graemlins/eusa_doh.gif

[ September 25, 2007, 02:53 PM: Message edited by: newz2me ]

elllsss82

Sep 25th 2007, 01:49 PM

Originally posted by bw3508:
Making News: Texas Style didn't portray everyone like they probably would’ve preferred, but I was impressed with the show myself. In all honesty, the show left off on a great note about the small, local TV station that cared about news and ended up in first place. I can obviously see that KOSA will not be welcoming back that crew with open arms, but will there be another Making News;________________?Sorry this happens at a big market station in cleveland that makes this show look tame & professional by any standards: 19 Action News

chickensalad

Sep 27th 2007, 12:40 PM

Nick thanks for comming to Medialine and chatting with us. I did find the recaps, re-hashing of sound bites annoying. I did like Bill's personality. But you did paint him in a somewhat bad light with the music slection when you would cut to him. The relationship between the full figured reporter and the first year reporter was a bit baited it seemed. I am pretty sure that the male reporter has bigger ones than he was made out to have. But over all I liked it and look foward to the next one. thanks

Head Janitor

Sep 27th 2007, 04:36 PM

Originally posted by newz2me:
Yeah, the producer kid didn't come off looking good, but that's the way it is sometimes. He screwed up, made rookie mistakes and that's how he was shown. It happens all the time when you're learning the ropes. While embarrassing, that's the way it happened and that's how it should be portrayed.
It made me kringe a little because I could see the way he was going there was going to be a train wreck. We've all been there at some point. Bad flashbacks graemlins/eusa_doh.gif I blame the News Director for this. No Manager worth his weight in salt would let a relatively new producer take on such a big project and not be there when it airs. What's the matter Jose, couldn't spend one evening at the station to watch A BRAND NEW SHOW hit your air?

Produce man

Sep 27th 2007, 06:08 PM

Originally posted by Head Janitor:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by newz2me:
Yeah, the producer kid didn't come off looking good, but that's the way it is sometimes. He screwed up, made rookie mistakes and that's how he was shown. It happens all the time when you're learning the ropes. While embarrassing, that's the way it happened and that's how it should be portrayed.
It made me kringe a little because I could see the way he was going there was going to be a train wreck. We've all been there at some point. Bad flashbacks graemlins/eusa_doh.gif I blame the News Director for this. No Manager worth his weight in salt would let a relatively new producer take on such a big project and not be there when it airs. What's the matter Jose, couldn't spend one evening at the station to watch A BRAND NEW SHOW hit your air?[/QUOTE]The way he came off during the season, he may have been stuffing Jacksons into g-strings.

NDP

Sep 29th 2007, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by chickensalad:
Nick thanks for comming to Medialine and chatting with us. I did find the recaps, re-hashing of sound bites annoying. I did like Bill's personality. But you did paint him in a somewhat bad light with the music slection when you would cut to him. The relationship between the full figured reporter and the first year reporter was a bit baited it seemed. I am pretty sure that the male reporter has bigger ones than he was made out to have. But over all I liked it and look foward to the next one. thanksThanks chickensalad. Happy to be here.

It's funny - I did hear other comments like yours about Bill's music, but our intention was really to have fun with Bill, in the way he deprecated himself - not to make fun of him from the outside. He was really a fun person to work with, and like I said, we considered him the soul of the show.

Thanks for watching, and I hope you like next year!

Roy Hobbs

Oct 5th 2007, 04:32 PM

The theme song had a good Moo, but it needed more cowbell.
http://www.avawine.com/uploaded_images/Christopher-Walken-714725.jpg

ISTHISTHINGON?

Oct 5th 2007, 04:56 PM

The producers called my station and asked if we were interested in being the next season. They asked questions that were soooooo looking for controversy.

bw3508

Oct 5th 2007, 06:37 PM

What station/region are you at?
I'm guessing your station turned them down?

we'reinblack

Oct 6th 2007, 12:50 PM

I liked the show, but some sub-plots I just tivo'd through. Say the charity basketball game.
My suggestion...Alaska...who doesn't want to know what it's like to do the news in Alaska! Or maybe Hawaii?
My other idea, go to a market big enough to have an I-team or at least a consumer reporter. One issue was the stories they were working were kinda dull...except the confession guy.
Also the battle between two competitive stations is more exciting than the "live truck's in the shop" stuff.
All in all, I liked the show overall..I thought Melissa was the most compelling character. I look forward to the next.