Guest bob_barron Report post Posted August 3, 2003 Fans of Newsradio have been waiting for an announcement ever since the show was declared one of the "winners" of the online poll conducted by Columbia TriStar. Well, the show doesn't have a firm date, but seasons 1 and 2 will be released in early 2004. The 3 disc set will contain all 28 episodes of the short first season (7 episodes) and second season (22 episodes). With the discs being packed full of episodes it's unlikely the set will contain any bonus materials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Spaceman Spiff Report post Posted August 4, 2003 Can't wait. And I don't care about the lack of extras. As long as it's the originally aired episodes, I'll be happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
areacode212 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 Now you (or your girlfriend) can dress like Beth! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted November 28, 2003 Hey, awesome, the "Stargate Defender" episode is on TV right now. Awesome episode, and Maura looks smokin' hot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted November 28, 2003 How are you getting NewsRadio reruns?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted November 29, 2003 A small local Philly-area TV station (WGTW, channel 48) shows NewsRadio at 10:00 PM weekdays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2004 The "bitchcakes" episode is on right now. This must be Edge's favorite episode, seeing as he must have gotten the inspiration for "Billy Bitchcakes" from this episode. Also, Lisa refers to Dave as her "lover", prompting Beth to ask "how often do you make love to your lovah?" Pretty damn similar to the Will Ferrell/Rachel Dratch characters on SNL. Did either one get the idea from this episode? Hmm..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 I figured I'd bump this thread because... I MET DAVE FOLEY!!!! He was taping an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly so I went to meet him. He was being rushed in and was meeting other people but he was very nice. He said he doesn't know when the DVDs are coming out and said 'Smoking' is his favourite episode but he is a big fan of The Public Domain. (When I told him that was my favourite) Just thought you guys would like to know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 Hey, "Bill Moves On" is on right now. I flipped over while watching South Park when I saw this thread. I missed all but the last few minutes, where they're taking stuff off Bill's desk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 Oh yeah- you get NewsRadio on your local affiliate. I really wanted to ask Dave who wrote the letters Bill wrote and what crow flies at midnight means but I didn't want to bother him too much Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 "The crow flies at midnight" is just generic/jokey "spy lingo". It doesn't have any special hidden meaning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 I asked Andy Dick about it and he said it was an inside joke among the cast and crew. I'm just curious. It was one of my high school yearbook quotes. They wouldn't let me use Bill's quote of: When I was a child I spoke as a child and thought as a child. But when I became a man I took that child out back and had it shot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T®ITEC Report post Posted April 29, 2004 Oh, damn, that quote makes me wish I was still in school. I'd use it. ...So isn't NewsRadio on the Biography channel? I saw ads on A&E a month or so ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 NewsRadio on Biography... (All times EST) 1:00 - 1:30 PM 7:00 - 7:30 PM 11:00 - 11:30 PM 3:00 - 3:30 AM ::crosses fingers while flipping through the stations:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 Yea it is. I didn't know that since I don't get the Bio Channel but now that I'm back in the states I'll see if I have it. There were so many Bill quotes I wanted to use. Damn space constraints Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2004 I meant to bump this thread a few weeks ago, because I heard the DVDs were delayed so Paul Simms could add comentaries and extras from his personal collection. And, for once, I'm jealous of bob_barron. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
areacode212 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2004 Maybe I'll pull out "Smoking" and watch it in honor of Bob meeting Dave. You should've asked if he knew anything about the cast recording commentaries for the DVDs or something. Also, I heard that Maura will be appearing on that Celebrity Poker show...which will be hosted by Dave! Think she'll give him one of her sex looks? Anyway, I've been too NewsRadio'd out to post about it lately (Freaks and Geeks is my new obsession), but if anyone's interested, there's another good NR thread over here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2004 Bumped for the tidbit in Bruiser's DVD column: - After being delayed more times than a wedding with a reluctant groom, season sets of Newsradio are said to be coming along nicely and will include a ton of extras, such as 20 audio commentaries. No tentative date has been given for the sets, though. I would have been happy w/ a bare-bones release. 20 comentaries? Awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2004 DAMN! That ain't crizzappy~! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2004 That's awesome! I met Lauren Graham a few weeks ago. I didn't ask her if she was wearing an atomically correct bra though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2004 NewsRadio - DVD Progress! Posted by Gord Lacey 6/25/2004 We're received a number of emails from fans asking what's going on with Newsradio. The set was originally scheduled for earlier this year, but was delayed because the show's creator, Paul Simms, wanted to be involved in adding special features to the set. We haven't heard a word more since late last year when we posted about the delay. Today we received the following email from Tom Berg: I do traffic reports and am a morning sidekick for a local radio show in Indianapolis, IN. The other morning we had Stephen Root on as a guest and he mentioned that he had just finished recording commentaries for the first 2 seasons of "Newsradio". You can take that for what it's worth, but hopefully that means that season sets of the show aren't too far away! That's the best news we've heard in a long time because it lets us know there's some progress being made on the set. A big thanks to Tom for sending us the information. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2004 Maura Tierney won last Thursday's "Celebrity Poker Showdown", looking pretty hot while doing so. Dave Foley hosts the show, so it was nice seeing the two of them side-by-side again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
areacode212 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 Also, Lauren won last week's episode, so next week's finale will have all three of them on camera together. I hope one of the NewsRadio Girls wins it all. It just might be time to bust out the Boba Fett action figure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2004 And the beautiful Maura Tierney takes down Lauren Graham to win the championship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2004 Apparently CFMT here in Ontario shows NewsRadio at 11pm at night... or was this week, anyway. Last week it was something else entirely different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 NEWSRADIO IS BACK AGAIN Tuesday. Entertainment Weekly gave the set an A and revealed that the Cast and Crew commentaries feature the epic tale of why they were banned from awards shows and an NBC suit admitting they were wrong for cancelling the show. I can't wait for Tuesday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 I ordered it awhile ago and Amazon will be shipping it with Seinfeld S4 on Tuesday so hooray. Here is an editorial review from Amazon about the set: With its shaky five-season tenure (1995-99) including a dozen different time slots and only one major Emmy nomination, the outstanding NewsRadio is the atypical sitcom of its age. While most of the '90s sitcoms were based around a single big name talent (Jerry Seinfeld, Candice Bergen, Drew Carrey), NewsRadio came from the same stock from earlier shows Taxi and Cheers: a relatively unknown cast that rarely ventured away from the place of business. These first 29 episodes (7 as a mid-season replacement the first year), deliver a consistently hilarious show about the day-to-day life with the eccentric staff of New York radio station WNYX. Creator Paul Simms (The Larry Sanders Show) built a talented cast relying on expert delivery and character traits instead of goofy situations. The most famous cast member, Saturday Night Live's Phil Hartman, went against the grain of most SNL veterans and gleefully took a supporting role, the pompous, silver-tongued anchor Bill McNeal. The lead--the glue--of the series is Kids in the Hall member Dave Foley as the earnest new station manager, Dave Nelson. Soft but eager, Nelson plays lion-tamer delicately maneuvering around staff to keep the station humming along. This is complicated from the get-go when he falls into a secret, but very cute affair with Lisa (Maura Tierney), the ace reporter. The station, like Mary Tyler Moore's TV crew two decades earlier, has a good balance between funny folks and just plain whackos. The former includes Stephen Root as the rich yet time-crunched owner, Joe Rogan as the fix-it man, and Khandi Alexander as Bill's tart co-anchor. The latter is embodied in Andy Dick as the helpless Matthew, a sublime airhead whose comic highjinks are often the show's hardest laughs, and Vicki Lewis, continuing the famous TV tradition of the lovable ditzy secretary that knows all. But the legacy of the show belongs to Hartman who tragically died after the fourth season. His comic bravura is balanced with the ability to play the fool. In one perfect scene, Lisa walks by with only a bra on (don't ask) and Bill doesn't move, reading his newspaper. Lisa returns to slap him anyway, shocking him. "I didn't say anything." Lisa retorts, "You were thinking it" and walks away. Hartman eases into a juicy, soft smile and returns to reading, "Well, that's fair." If you're not a fan of commentary tracks, you won't find the love and care that went into this DVD set. There are commentaries on 20 of the 27 episodes with the cast and crew rotating duties. The nice thing about a cast full of comics is that the commentaries are very funny and rewarding for fans. We hear about the casting of the show, Foley's uncanny ability to memorize a script, the art of the archaic reference, and how the fix-it man was--for the half the pilot--Ray Romano. But if you don't have time for the commentaries, watch and laugh hard at the 10-minute (!) gag reel. --Doug Thomas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 You, guys, I think there does come a point when you're allowed to start a NEW thread about something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 So, are there any Box Seasons of Newsradio for sale? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 You, guys, I think there does come a point when you're allowed to start a NEW thread about something. This one works fine. It's our tradition. Plus it won an award once, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
