Comments on: Bootleg City: Ozzy Osbourne in Tokyo, June ‘84 http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/ your daily dose of pop culture Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:37:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rwcass http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-40516 rwcass Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:02:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-40516 I heard that HBO only sent out the pilot for "Eastbound & Down" earlier this year even though only six episodes were shot. It seems to have a healthy "cult" buzz about it, so I wonder why HBO didn't want critics to see more than one episode before they reviewed it. I doubt "Osbournes: Reloaded" will have any healthy buzz, cult or otherwise, but you never know. I don't want Jack Osbourne acting ever again, though. To be fair, he looked more bored than any potential audience member. I heard that HBO only sent out the pilot for “Eastbound & Down” earlier this year even though only six episodes were shot. It seems to have a healthy “cult” buzz about it, so I wonder why HBO didn't want critics to see more than one episode before they reviewed it. I doubt “Osbournes: Reloaded” will have any healthy buzz, cult or otherwise, but you never know. I don't want Jack Osbourne acting ever again, though. To be fair, he looked more bored than any potential audience member.

]]> By: rwcass http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-27151 rwcass Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:02:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-27151 I heard that HBO only sent out the pilot for "Eastbound & Down" earlier this year even though only six episodes were shot. It seems to have a healthy "cult" buzz about it, so I wonder why HBO didn't want critics to see more than one episode before they reviewed it. I doubt "Osbournes: Reloaded" will have any healthy buzz, cult or otherwise, but you never know. I don't want Jack Osbourne acting ever again, though. To be fair, he looked more bored than any potential audience member. I heard that HBO only sent out the pilot for “Eastbound & Down” earlier this year even though only six episodes were shot. It seems to have a healthy “cult” buzz about it, so I wonder why HBO didn't want critics to see more than one episode before they reviewed it. I doubt “Osbournes: Reloaded” will have any healthy buzz, cult or otherwise, but you never know. I don't want Jack Osbourne acting ever again, though. To be fair, he looked more bored than any potential audience member.

]]> By: rwcass http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-39026 rwcass Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:02:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-39026 I heard that HBO only sent out the pilot for "Eastbound & Down" earlier this year even though only six episodes were shot. It seems to have a healthy "cult" buzz about it, so I wonder why HBO didn't want critics to see more than one episode before they reviewed it. I doubt "Osbournes: Reloaded" will have any healthy buzz, cult or otherwise, but you never know. I don't want Jack Osbourne acting ever again, though. To be fair, he looked more bored than any potential audience member. I heard that HBO only sent out the pilot for “Eastbound & Down” earlier this year even though only six episodes were shot. It seems to have a healthy “cult” buzz about it, so I wonder why HBO didn't want critics to see more than one episode before they reviewed it. I doubt “Osbournes: Reloaded” will have any healthy buzz, cult or otherwise, but you never know. I don't want Jack Osbourne acting ever again, though. To be fair, he looked more bored than any potential audience member.

]]> By: WHarrisBullzEye http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-27084 WHarrisBullzEye Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:32:33 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-27084 I checked in with my buddy Brent Furdyk, the editor of TV Week, and he confirmed my sanity:<br><br>"You're absolutely right. Didn't they say they shot six of them? And I love how they're only going to air the first one as a one-off 40-minute episode (because Idol runs 20 minutes long), with the remaining episodes to air at some nebulous point in the future. My guess is that it was supposed to be a series until they actually saw it. And that batch of candy they sent didn't have a full episode, right, just that same clip they showed at TCA? Anyhow, what we've seen so far looks awful."<br><br>BTW, the "batch of candy" he refers to is the gift box of snacks that Fox sent the critics, along with a DVD...but when we turned it on and expected to see the first episode, instead we just got the clip that we'd already seen during the TCA tour in January.<br><br>Now THAT is a classic "this bodes ill" situation. I checked in with my buddy Brent Furdyk, the editor of TV Week, and he confirmed my sanity:

“You're absolutely right. Didn't they say they shot six of them? And I love how they're only going to air the first one as a one-off 40-minute episode (because Idol runs 20 minutes long), with the remaining episodes to air at some nebulous point in the future. My guess is that it was supposed to be a series until they actually saw it. And that batch of candy they sent didn't have a full episode, right, just that same clip they showed at TCA? Anyhow, what we've seen so far looks awful.”

BTW, the “batch of candy” he refers to is the gift box of snacks that Fox sent the critics, along with a DVD…but when we turned it on and expected to see the first episode, instead we just got the clip that we'd already seen during the TCA tour in January.

Now THAT is a classic “this bodes ill” situation.

]]> By: WHarrisBullzEye http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-39008 WHarrisBullzEye Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:32:33 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-39008 I checked in with my buddy Brent Furdyk, the editor of TV Week, and he confirmed my sanity:<br><br>"You're absolutely right. Didn't they say they shot six of them? And I love how they're only going to air the first one as a one-off 40-minute episode (because Idol runs 20 minutes long), with the remaining episodes to air at some nebulous point in the future. My guess is that it was supposed to be a series until they actually saw it. And that batch of candy they sent didn't have a full episode, right, just that same clip they showed at TCA? Anyhow, what we've seen so far looks awful."<br><br>BTW, the "batch of candy" he refers to is the gift box of snacks that Fox sent the critics, along with a DVD...but when we turned it on and expected to see the first episode, instead we just got the clip that we'd already seen during the TCA tour in January.<br><br>Now THAT is a classic "this bodes ill" situation. I checked in with my buddy Brent Furdyk, the editor of TV Week, and he confirmed my sanity:

“You're absolutely right. Didn't they say they shot six of them? And I love how they're only going to air the first one as a one-off 40-minute episode (because Idol runs 20 minutes long), with the remaining episodes to air at some nebulous point in the future. My guess is that it was supposed to be a series until they actually saw it. And that batch of candy they sent didn't have a full episode, right, just that same clip they showed at TCA? Anyhow, what we've seen so far looks awful.”

BTW, the “batch of candy” he refers to is the gift box of snacks that Fox sent the critics, along with a DVD…but when we turned it on and expected to see the first episode, instead we just got the clip that we'd already seen during the TCA tour in January.

Now THAT is a classic “this bodes ill” situation.

]]> By: rwcass http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-27081 rwcass Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:34:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-27081 Fox's page for the show says, "Following the premiere, OSBOURNES: RELOADED will return to the FOX schedule as a series of one-hour specials to air later in the season," and an article on <a href="http://Canada.com" rel="nofollow">Canada.com</a> says, "'Osbournes: Reloaded' bows Tuesday, following 'American Idol' on the Fox network. It will then disappear until the fall, when it will return with 'at least' five new shows, and possibly a full-blown series."<br><br>It sounds like you're on to something -- maybe Fox saw the footage and decided to scale back. Fox's page for the show says, “Following the premiere, OSBOURNES: RELOADED will return to the FOX schedule as a series of one-hour specials to air later in the season,” and an article on Canada.com says, “'Osbournes: Reloaded' bows Tuesday, following 'American Idol' on the Fox network. It will then disappear until the fall, when it will return with 'at least' five new shows, and possibly a full-blown series.”

It sounds like you're on to something — maybe Fox saw the footage and decided to scale back.

]]> By: rwcass http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-38987 rwcass Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:34:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-38987 Fox's page for the show says, "Following the premiere, OSBOURNES: RELOADED will return to the FOX schedule as a series of one-hour specials to air later in the season," and an article on <a href="http://Canada.com" rel="nofollow">Canada.com</a> says, "'Osbournes: Reloaded' bows Tuesday, following 'American Idol' on the Fox network. It will then disappear until the fall, when it will return with 'at least' five new shows, and possibly a full-blown series."<br><br>It sounds like you're on to something -- maybe Fox saw the footage and decided to scale back. Fox's page for the show says, “Following the premiere, OSBOURNES: RELOADED will return to the FOX schedule as a series of one-hour specials to air later in the season,” and an article on Canada.com says, “'Osbournes: Reloaded' bows Tuesday, following 'American Idol' on the Fox network. It will then disappear until the fall, when it will return with 'at least' five new shows, and possibly a full-blown series.”

It sounds like you're on to something — maybe Fox saw the footage and decided to scale back.

]]> By: WHarrisBullzEye http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-27080 WHarrisBullzEye Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:25:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-27080 To be fair, I have not followed it in great detail since January, when Fox trotted out the Osbournes for the TCA tour, but at the time, it was very much being treated as a proper series. Maybe the resounding thud that met the footage they showed us resulted in a change of plans...? To be fair, I have not followed it in great detail since January, when Fox trotted out the Osbournes for the TCA tour, but at the time, it was very much being treated as a proper series. Maybe the resounding thud that met the footage they showed us resulted in a change of plans…?

]]> By: WHarrisBullzEye http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-38968 WHarrisBullzEye Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:25:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-38968 To be fair, I have not followed it in great detail since January, when Fox trotted out the Osbournes for the TCA tour, but at the time, it was very much being treated as a proper series. Maybe the resounding thud that met the footage they showed us resulted in a change of plans...? To be fair, I have not followed it in great detail since January, when Fox trotted out the Osbournes for the TCA tour, but at the time, it was very much being treated as a proper series. Maybe the resounding thud that met the footage they showed us resulted in a change of plans…?

]]> By: rwcass http://popdose.com/bootleg-city-ozzy-osbourne-in-tokyo-june-84/comment-page-1/#comment-27078 rwcass Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:01:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=14965#comment-27078 I read that it's only airing once or twice this season, followed by five installments next season if the initial ones do well. Not true? I read that it's only airing once or twice this season, followed by five installments next season if the initial ones do well. Not true?

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