TOTALLY GEEKED!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

What are you watching?

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

More X-Files on the Firestick.

Vikings is going to record on the DVR for Wayne, tonight.

He'll watch it tomorrow. (Gosh...I hate that show. I leave the house when he watches it. It grosses me out.) cry

I record old Law&Order shows, to watch when nothing else that I like, is on. (And, I mean OLD, I love Sam Waterston.) smile

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

The clock, which is not moving very fast.

flan

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

flan327 wrote:
The clock, which is not moving very fast.

flan

How much longer until you can head home, flan?

Tinydancer · Guru

Six Feet Under. I never saw it when it came out but I'm really enjoying the dark aspect. It doesn't hurt that Peter Kraus is very hot.

weltschmerz · Guru

New episodes of Schitt's Creek and mr.d.
Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Doc Zone, The Nature of Things and the Fifth Estate.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The clock, which is not moving very fast.

flan
How much longer until you can head home, flan?

I'm here until 9:00. Luckily, I only have one late night a week. I don't mind working until 8:00, but that last hour is SLOW...

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

weltschmerz wrote:
New episodes of Schitt's Creek and mr.d.
Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Doc Zone, The Nature of Things and the Fifth Estate.

Schitt's Creek? Is that really the name of a show?

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

I am playing Skyrim!!

Ohfour · Hooker

The Americans. We love it! That and Vinyl...G knows most of the characters in that show.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Tinydancer wrote:
Six Feet Under. I never saw it when it came out but I'm really enjoying the dark aspect. It doesn't hurt that Peter Kraus is very hot.

Loved that show! We own the whole series. So good! Dark indeed.

-- Edited by Southern_Belle on Thursday 31st of March 2016 08:07:38 PM

Tinydancer · Guru

Southern_Belle wrote:
Tinydancer wrote:
Six Feet Under. I never saw it when it came out but I'm really enjoying the dark aspect. It doesn't hurt that Peter Kraus is very hot.
Loved that show! We own the whole series. So good! Dark indeed.

-- Edited by Southern_Belle on Thursday 31st of March 2016 08:07:38 PM

I didn't think I'd like it but when one episode is over I want to see what happens next. We watch it on girls night with wine and snacks. I have to finish it soon because when the weathers warmer we watch the firepit...lol

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
I am playing Skyrim!!

What game system is that?

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I'm on Season 9 of NCIS.

NAOW · Vette's SS

Orphan Black. Its on Amazon. Anyone seen it? The main actress is incredible. She is playing several different characters and I have to keep reminding myself it's the same girl.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

NAOW wrote:
Orphan Black. Its on Amazon. Anyone seen it? The main actress is incredible. She is playing several different characters and I have to keep reminding myself it's the same girl.

Oh my goodness...YES! I love her as the soccer mom, she's so different from the others.

That show is amazing. I'm trying to remember what season I've finished.

flan

NAOW · Vette's SS

flan327 wrote:
NAOW wrote:
Orphan Black. Its on Amazon. Anyone seen it? The main actress is incredible. She is playing several different characters and I have to keep reminding myself it's the same girl.
Oh my goodness...YES! I love her as the soccer mom, she's so different from the others.
That show is amazing. I'm trying to remember what season I've finished.
flan

I do too! And Helena.

Season 3 just got added to Prime, but season 4 is loaded if you want to pay for them. I started over at the beginning before moving on to season 3.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I think the actress should be nominated for an Emmy. She is THAT good.

flan

Lindley · Guru

The Americans, The Colony, Hawaii Five O, Turn, and I'm a little embarrassed but the real housewives of Orange County because I'm from Orange County.

NAOW · Vette's SS

flan327 wrote:
I think the actress should be nominated for an Emmy. She is THAT good.

flan

Yes, she has definitely been snubbed.

weltschmerz · Guru

It's a real show. Insanely funny.

It dominated the Canadian Screen Awards.

weltschmerz · Guru

When filthy-rich video store magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his soap star wife Moira (Catherine O'Hara) and their two kids, über-hipster son David (Dan Levy) and socialite daughter Alexis suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to leave their pampered lives to regroup and rebuild their empire from within the rural city limits of their only remaining asset - Schitt's Creek, an arm pit of a town they once bought as a joke.

www.imdb.com/title/tt3526078/

weltschmerz · Guru

I used to watch Jeopardy.
Since they banned Canadians from participating, I won't watch it.
Isn't Alex Trebek Canadian?
Maybe they should replace him with an august and sagacious pundit, like Sarah Palin.
"King Lear was written by Queen Latifa? Close enough, you betcha!"

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/21/467569135/canadians-left-with-questions-after-being-barred-from-jeopardy

Empyreal · Senior Member

College basketball. Hubby has the remote.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Dateline.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

weltschmerz wrote:
I used to watch Jeopardy.
Since they banned Canadians from participating, I won't watch it.
Isn't Alex Trebek Canadian?
Maybe they should replace him with an august and sagacious pundit, like Sarah Palin.
"King Lear was written by Queen Latifa? Close enough, you betcha!"

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/21/467569135/canadians-left-with-questions-after-being-barred-from-jeopardy

Yeah - it looks like that is the fault of your government's new laws and penalties that affects their online registration process. You should take that up with your government. There is absolutely no reason a show in America should have to change their long standing systems or subject themselves to a potential penalty of up to $10 million dollars just so Canadians can compete.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

TEST Morning. Furniture Delivery day! DD wants to have friends over for the unveiling LOL. I do have to caulk the new wood trim prior to the delivery. Luckily I am off today, although I do have some work to do. Oh and snow in the forecast for the weekend. Yay

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Ok then, the Friday thread is non postable.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

weltschmerz wrote:
I used to watch Jeopardy.
Since they banned Canadians from participating, I won't watch it.
Isn't Alex Trebek Canadian?
Maybe they should replace him with an august and sagacious pundit, like Sarah Palin.
"King Lear was written by Queen Latifa? Close enough, you betcha!"

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/21/467569135/canadians-left-with-questions-after-being-barred-from-jeopardy

Seriously.

Have you ever seen the SNL Jeopardy skits?

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

My usual:

Dr. Phil
Nancy Grace
My 600lb life - Actually, that show is quite interesting to see their journey as it is filmed over a year or several years.
Hell's Kitchen
Martha Bakes
Lydia's Kitchen
Women's basketball - Uconn. And, waiting for the WNBA to start so i can watch Chicago Sky.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
My usual:

Dr. Phil
Nancy Grace
My 600lb life - Actually, that show is quite interesting to see their journey as it is filmed over a year or several years.
Hell's Kitchen
Martha Bakes
Lydia's Kitchen
Women's basketball - Uconn. And, waiting for the WNBA to start so i can watch Chicago Sky.

The first time I heard this, I thought the person was saying "Yukon," and wondered why they were going to college so far away...

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Breanna Stewart. This girl is Beast.

-- Edited by Lady Gaga Snerd on Friday 1st of April 2016 07:34:42 AM

-- Edited by Lady Gaga Snerd on Friday 1st of April 2016 07:35:47 AM

msrock · Guru

We just finished House of Cards on Netflix. I'm sad that I have to wait so long for another season.
Top Chef also ended a couple weeks ago and I miss it already. lol!

Right now I'm currently DVR'ing and watching:

The Walking Dead!
Survivor
Project Runway Allstars
All Star Academy on Food Network
The People Vs OJ Simpson (I'm pleasantly surprised about how entertaining this one is.)
Better Call Saul
Evil Stepmothers on ID Channel (LOVE the ID Channel!)

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

msrock wrote:
We just finished House of Cards on Netflix. I'm sad that I have to wait so long for another season.
Top Chef also ended a couple weeks ago and I miss it already. lol!

Right now I'm currently DVR'ing and watching:

The Walking Dead!
Survivor
Project Runway Allstars
All Star Academy on Food Network
The People Vs OJ Simpson (I'm pleasantly surprised about how entertaining this one is.)
Better Call Saul
Evil Stepmothers on ID Channel (LOVE the ID Channel!)

Me too!

Now that we dropped cable, I can no longer watch Top Chef live, so I'll have to wait.

flan

msrock · Guru

I thought this last season of Top Chef was really good! There were a great group of chefs and they really got along well together for the most part.

msrock · Guru

I forget to mention that we also DVR Talking Dead but that pretty much goes hand in hand with The Walking Dead. aww

-- Edited by msrock on Friday 1st of April 2016 03:37:47 PM

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

msrock wrote:
I thought this last season of Top Chef was really good! There were a great group of chefs and they really got along well together for the most part.

I'll catch it when it comes out on DVD, probably!

flan

weltschmerz · Guru

flan327 wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
I used to watch Jeopardy.
Since they banned Canadians from participating, I won't watch it.
Isn't Alex Trebek Canadian?
Maybe they should replace him with an august and sagacious pundit, like Sarah Palin.
"King Lear was written by Queen Latifa? Close enough, you betcha!"

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/21/467569135/canadians-left-with-questions-after-being-barred-from-jeopardy
Seriously.
Have you ever seen the SNL Jeopardy skits?
flan

I love SNL's Jeopardy skits. Hysterical!

Banning Canadians makes no sense. We're allowed to participate in every other American game show.

We've just been banned from Jeopardy. Nobody can understand why.

Tinydancer · Guru

LL explained up thread it's your own government that changed their rules causing the Jeopardy snafu for Canadians.

weltschmerz · Guru

It's a mystery. If it was government privacy rules, we'd be banned from all game shows. It's JUST Jeopardy.

Legal experts are stumped as to why Canadian contestants can no longer bask in the studio lights and relish the famed game show's theme music.

Like one of the show's toughest questions, no one really has an answer.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lawyers-stumped-canadians-cant-compete-on-jeopardy-1.3458903

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
It's a mystery. If it was government privacy rules, we'd be banned from all game shows. It's JUST Jeopardy.

Legal experts are stumped as to why Canadian contestants can no longer bask in the studio lights and relish the famed game show's theme music.

Like one of the show's toughest questions, no one really has an answer.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lawyers-stumped-canadians-cant-compete-on-jeopardy-1.3458903

Not true. With Jeopardy, you MUST take an online quiz and submit your information. Not true with other game shows. Canada has laws against that so Canadians are not eligible. Meh, it's not that important...

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Walking Dead
The Family
all 3 NCIS
all 3 Chicago franchise
Criminal Minds & Beyond Borders
The Americans
Survivor
Rosewood
Shades of Blue
Castle when it airs
Hawaii 5-0
SVU
I've recorded Blindspot but they are all backed up on the DVR. I'm just not into this season.

Tinydancer · Guru

Boycotting a show you like will really show them what's what...lol

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

weltschmerz wrote:
It's a mystery. If it was government privacy rules, we'd be banned from all game shows. It's JUST Jeopardy.

Legal experts are stumped as to why Canadian contestants can no longer bask in the studio lights and relish the famed game show's theme music.

Like one of the show's toughest questions, no one really has an answer.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lawyers-stumped-canadians-cant-compete-on-jeopardy-1.3458903

The article you posted upthread explained very clearly that it was new Canadian regulations that did it. Did you read the article you linked to?

weltschmerz · Guru

Our own entertainment lawyers say it makes no sense,

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

weltschmerz wrote:
Our own entertainment lawyers say it makes no sense,

Well, it sounds like Canadian lawyers didn't write the law too well. And private businesses would be stupid to take a chance on breaking your laws with such a harsh penalty in place.

weltschmerz · Guru

The show did not specify what Canadian law it was concerned about breaking. While Canada passed anti-spam legislation in 2014 and a new digital privacy law in 2015, it was unclear whether either would prevent a Canadian from using "Jeopardy!"'s online system for competing on the show.

A spokeswoman for Canada's Privacy Commissioner said their office had not been involved in the matter and it was "not at all clear what legal requirements are being referred to."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-television-jeopardy-idUSKCN0VV2D4

Ohfour · Hooker

Lawyerlady wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
Our own entertainment lawyers say it makes no sense,
Well, it sounds like Canadian lawyers didn't write the law too well. And private businesses would be stupid to take a chance on breaking your laws with such a harsh penalty in place.

Absolutely. The restrictions are ridiculous. That's on Canada...

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Jeopardy publicists responded as follows:

"As international laws governing how information is shared over the internet are ever-changing and complex, we are currently investigating how we can accept registrations from potential Canadian contestants. The Jeopardy Adult, Teen and College tests have already taken place this year, and we are making every effort to find a solution before the next round of testing is available."

And the article you posted -

he Digital Privacy Act and our anti-spam legislation — were last updated in June 2015 and July 2014 respectively.

There doesn't seem to be anything specific in those laws that could account for the reason Canadians can't participate.

"It's very weird," said Éloïse Gratton, a lawyer specializing in privacy law who also teaches it at the University of Montreal. "Our privacy laws are consent-based so usually people who would apply and enter into a contest — all they would need to do is to agree to the terms. So I'm not sure."

Another lawyer, McMillan LLP's Ryan Black, said it's possible that whatever the game show was previously doing did not fully comply with Canadian laws.

He noted that Canada's anti-spam law carries an "inordinately" high penalty — up to $10 million for businesses.

He said the show might have recently made changes to their internal policies or updated their website, which could have affected the legality for Canadians.

"As opposed to getting it wrong, they're just saying, 'let's just figure it out first,'" Black said. "Why take the risk that you're going to be in penalties for $10 million?"

Even though the laws in Canada haven't changed in a while, he said it's possible they're just catching up now.

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
The show did not specify what Canadian law it was concerned about breaking. While Canada passed anti-spam legislation in 2014 and a new digital privacy law in 2015, it was unclear whether either would prevent a Canadian from using "Jeopardy!"'s online system for competing on the show.

A spokeswoman for Canada's Privacy Commissioner said their office had not been involved in the matter and it was "not at all clear what legal requirements are being referred to."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-television-jeopardy-idUSKCN0VV2D4

Hmmm...oh well. Im sure Jeopardy is not really worried aboot it...