  KarrideSlower Traffic Keep RightPremium
join:2000-04-17
Germantown, TN | Maybe its time to switch... CBS is making me want to tear down my SageTV environment and switch to the hopper, just to support Dish's device. | |
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 |  george357ius ad arma spondent libertasPremium
join:2009-09-18
Candler, NC
kudos:1 | Re: Maybe its time to switch... I was thinking along similar lines myself! | |
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| | | said by Karride:CBS is making me want to tear down my SageTV environment and switch to the hopper, just to support Dish's device.
Greetings fellow SageTV owner 
I actually have both SageTV (and multiple clients) and the Gen-1 Hopper. | |
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| | This may be a little different.. If she is employed directly by CBS and she has a contract that forbids her from being paid to endorse products then they have the right to do this. IF there is no contract that forbids this then it's complete bullshit.
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|  LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by battleop:has a contract that forbids her from being paid to endorse products
Or the contract allows her to endorse products - but giving CBS refusal rights for products that they don't approve of. For example: she could not endorse a prostitution ranch in Nevada or even worse - anything pushed by a competitor like Dish.
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| | LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by Linklist:Or the contract allows her to endorse products - but giving CBS refusal rights for products that they don't approve of.
Dish certainly isn't the only company Cuoco shills for. She appeared in a Super Bowl ad for Toyota, and has also endorsed Priceline in ads alongside William Shatner
So she can do ads unless CBS says no.
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| | | | You're comparing a whore house to the Hopper?
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| | | LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by jjeffeory:You're comparing a whore house to the Hopper?
LOL
I bet from CBS's point of view the equivalence would be accurate.
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| | | | | | Re: This may be a little different.. The Hopper is far far worse from the viewpoint of CBS. | |
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| | | If she is employed directly by CBS and she has a contract that forbids her from being paid to endorse products then they have the right to do this. IF there is no contract that forbids this then it's complete bullshit. | |
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|  Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | said by battleop:If she is employed directly by CBS and she has a contract that forbids her from being paid to endorse products then they have the right to do this. IF there is no contract that forbids this then it's complete bullshit.
I love the Big Bang Theory, and the Penny character. But contract provisions or not, she knows her character is one pissed off exec away from being in a fatal car accident. Given her career outside of the show, she isn't going to risk that. | |
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| |  cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by Camelot One:I love the Big Bang Theory, and the Penny character. But contract provisions or not, she knows her character is one pissed off exec away from being in a fatal car accident. Given her career outside of the show, she isn't going to risk that. There is zero chance Kelly ends up in a fatal car crash. Her character is too integral to the series. It would be like killing off Kiefer Sutherland in 24, James Gandolfini in Sopranos, or Mary Louise Parker in Weeds.
This is also reflected in her salary, the same as Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons at $350k per episode. If her character were to be killed off, it would be a fatal blow to the show. | |
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| | | Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by cdru:There is zero chance Kelly ends up in a fatal car crash. Her character is too integral to the series. It would be like killing off Kiefer Sutherland in 24, James Gandolfini in Sopranos, or Mary Louise Parker in Weeds.
This is also reflected in her salary, the same as Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons at $350k per episode. If her character were to be killed off, it would be a fatal blow to the show.
You are assuming the execs at CBS have common sense. They have proven they do not. Additionally, $350k per episode for 3 actors in the #1 rated comedy really isn't that much when you consider what every member of Friends was making. (and The Big Bang Theory is actually funny) | |
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| | | | cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by Camelot One:You are assuming the execs at CBS have common sense. They have proven they do not. They have routinely proven they have no common sense. However it doesn't take common sense to not destroy your #1 comedy. It takes ridiculous circumstances to voluntarily tweak major roles of a show.
Additionally, $350k per episode for 3 actors in the #1 rated comedy really isn't that much when you consider what every member of Friends was making. (and The Big Bang Theory is actually funny) | |
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| | |  AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | said by cdru:said by Camelot One:I love the Big Bang Theory, and the Penny character. But contract provisions or not, she knows her character is one pissed off exec away from being in a fatal car accident. Given her career outside of the show, she isn't going to risk that. There is zero chance Kelly ends up in a fatal car crash. Her character is too integral to the series. It would be like killing off Kiefer Sutherland in 24, James Gandolfini in Sopranos, or Mary Louise Parker in Weeds. This is also reflected in her salary, the same as Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons at $350k per episode. If her character were to be killed off, it would be a fatal blow to the show. or Charlie Sheen in Three and 1/2 men
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| | | | cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by AVD:or Charlie Sheen in Three and 1/2 men
I did think about that. And it is a good counterargument. That's why my last reply said "ridiculous circumstances". Sheen had already caused harm to the show with 3 trips to rehab in a year's time, caused the cancellation of 4 episodes, and still demanded a raise. He was a cancer to the show. He might not have killed the show immediately if he remained, but if left alone it would have eventually. It was only a matter of time.
So in other words, a product plug tweet isn't quite on the same level as Sheen's antics. | |
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| | | | | AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | Re: This may be a little different.. said by cdru:So in other words, a product plug tweet isn't quite on the same level as Sheen's antics.
and yet, in CBS' eyes it is probably worse.
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join:2012-01-26
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kudos:2 | CBS is doing her a favor... Frankly the tweet makes her look bad IMO. Who wants to follow someone to just get a bunch of "ads"? Does she really need the money? | |
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| | | Re: CBS is doing her a favor... She was probably paid thousands and took 2 seconds to post something that someone else wrote for her. Or more likely, some other schlub just logs in as "her" and does it and she collects. Oh well, at least she is hot. | |
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| | skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
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kudos:2 | Re: CBS is doing her a favor... She was reported to make $200K after the 2010 contract negotiations and now she is reported to be making $300K per episode. Is she really willing to sell herself off that cheap? Evidently so and in my opinion is really cheapens her brand. | |
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| | | rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | Re: CBS is doing her a favor... Read this in Krusty the Clown's voice:
Endorsements are the sweetest plumb!
Dish might have paid her much more than thousands. Didn't the USPS spend many millions to use Lance Armstrong's character? Granted, the Penny character might not be as famous as Lance in his Tour de Faux days but now that she's appearing with Captain Shatner in Priceline commercials, her face time beyond the popularity of the show is gaining momentum. Chuck might have paid a pretty Penny! (yeah, I did just say that...) | |
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| | ??? I don't have a problem with preventing ads from showing. Used to be we got TV for FREE with advertising, and now they got us paying to watch them, when the marketing should pay the whole thing and we would still get free TV.
I think Hopper is the right way for consumers to go to stick it back to television companies for making us pay for advertising. | |
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| | | Re: A trashy CBS policy vs a bullshit Kaley Cuoco said by Snowy:""Amazing! Watching live TV anywhere on the #Hopper looks pretty awesome! Now where can I find a tiny beer?"
CBS had every right, even an obligation to demand the ADVERTISEMENT be pulled for a lack of proper disclosure.
What are they going to do? Fire her from "Big Bang Theory"? Unlike "Two and a Half Men", they can't replace her and their number one comedy will go down in flames. | |
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| | | | | Re: A trashy CBS policy vs a bullshit Kaley Cuoco It's still doing pretty well despite Charlie Sheen leaving. | |
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| | | | said by moonpuppy:said by Snowy:""Amazing! Watching live TV anywhere on the #Hopper looks pretty awesome! Now where can I find a tiny beer?"
CBS had every right, even an obligation to demand the ADVERTISEMENT be pulled for a lack of proper disclosure.
What are they going to do? Fire her from "Big Bang Theory"? Unlike "Two and a Half Men", they can't replace her and their number one comedy will go down in flames. Pretty much; and, in all honesty, Two and a half HAS gone down. | |
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| | |  TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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| Re: A trashy CBS policy vs a bullshit Kaley Cuoco All of these shows I have never watched, and don't intend to watch. I have been gone from network TV for so long that when I do happen to watch something on it, mainly NFL games and not many of them what I see revolts me. Just finished BBC-2's 4th season of Great British Railway Journeys, continuing with season 20 of Time Team. TV really is better across the pond, don't need a Hopper over there, at least for the BBC, yes you pay a yearly fee but it is about +/- 200 dollars which makes it a whole lot cheaper then the almost 90 dollars a month I pay to Dish Network.
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EARTH | Nice Glad DISH is getting more publicity. I want to see them do commercial skip on cable channels though... then I'll pay more attention to the Hopper. | |
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