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Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Fri May 27, 2005 at 09:13:56 AM EST
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Who knew Dick Wolf had such a sense of humor? Tom DeLay fumes at a Law and Order episode

According to a transcript excerpt supplied to the magazine Broadcasting & Cable by Delay's office, the show's finale features a white supremacist who kills a judge's family, and the killing of an appellate judge. As the detectives hunt for the judge killer, Detective Alex Eames, played by Kathryn Erbe, said "Maybe we should put out an APB for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-Shirt."

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    Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC | 16 comments (16 topical)
    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    "The maddened dog bays at the moon, and the cornered rat will snap at shadows..." Need we say more than, "Ladies and Gentleman, I bring you the unravelling of Tom Delay..." Holy shades of Murphy Brown, Batman...

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#2)
    by Mreddieb on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    Let's put Law & Order CI on a T-Shirt and send it to Delay!

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    Compliments of TL- Blagh's in...

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#4)
    by Mreddieb on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    Guess the Hammer is not much of a heavy tool if a TV Producers isn't afraid of getting his thumb nailed by him is it? This a sign of a corrupt foundation crumbling in the house built by a very Crooked Ball Pean Hammer? Pretty Punny, Huh.

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#5)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    He went from the exterminating biz to politics without missing a beat. Mercy is not something he would ever show, so he shouldn't expect it from others. Time to stomp on that crooked cockroach until he's good and flat.

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#6)
    by glanton on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    To expand on Ernesto's analogy, Delay must have developed an empathetic link with the roaches he exterminated. Like them, his worst enemy is light. Show him in the open for what he is and watch him squirm. But in this he's like most Repugs these days.

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    Quoting a fellow commenter on TL: "Don't let the fly swatter hit you on the way out, Tom"

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#8)
    by ppjakajim on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    et al - You may think this was a funny remark. I myself don't care. But, with it they ran off "X" amount of viewers, of which "y" percent won't be back. If I was paying NBC advertising dollars, I'd be on the phone yelling for a partial refund and/or comp time on another show. It never fails to amaze me that people who call themselves an actor/actress and who make their living "entertaining" people seem to have this innate desire to want to offend those they need so very much. The paying customer. In the meantime, ratings and market share for TV continue to go down.

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#9)
    by Dark Avenger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:25 PM EST
    PPJ, recent studies have shown that there is no longer a correlation between long-term company performance and executive salaries, especially those on the high end of such pay packets. Why so much fuss about the show? with it they ran off "X" amount of viewers, of which "y" percent won't be back But at the same time, they have attracted "A" amount of views, "b' of which will be back. Now, the question is what the values for all our formulas our, but I'm willing to bet garbage to doornails that it'll probably even out. A slightly higher rating in the wilds of Malibu, a slightly lower one amoungst those living in a red state, like North Carolina. So it goes. It is interesting to note that recent late-night ads for CD compliations of 'protest' songs from the 60s' had graphics that included signs with slogans like "No Blood for Oil", which were obviously meant to invoke the current dissent re Iraq, not the original Vietnam war that gave rise to the protest songs in the first place. When you have what are usually the dullest kind of ads("remember when you were 19 and you could still see your own feet? We have the music you used to listen to!") with political content, paid for by the advertisers for the ad itself, and they think it'll make money for them, then the whole question of what is or isn't popular on "TV" has to be asked in a very careful way. Oh, and I saw them on late night cable networks, only thing I can tell you is that it wasn't CNN or Faux, might've been CNBC I saw them on.

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#14)
    by Dark Avenger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:25 PM EST
    Seeing as how L&O is promoted with the tagline, "Ripped from the headlines", it would seem to me curious to think that 'contraversy' would lead to the show having problems at this stage in the game, ratings wise. If the remark had been made on a 'family-friendly' drama, comedy, movie, etc. and was made out of the blue, then your theory of what should happen would be closer to the mark. But if you think that a show where grand theft, attempted murder, extortion, 1st degree murder, and other major crimes are raison d'etre for its' existance will lose rating shares because of one remark made about one Republican politician, that's 'contraversy', well I have some new Internet stocks that I just got today, I'll let you have them at a 5% markup, you won't be sorry, I tell you.......

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#15)
    by ppjakajim on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:25 PM EST
    Adept - And I wouild add, "Dear Mr. Wolf. Yes he did. And you gave him the means. Congratulations." DA - Thank you for the stock offer. I bought Microsoft, Worldcom, Cisco and Nortel at their lows and sold at around 10% off their highs, so you can trust me when I tell you to NOT hold those Internet stocks. As I commented, the real issue is loss of TOTAL viewers. All Wolf and company are doing is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titantic.

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#16)
    by Dark Avenger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:25 PM EST
    According to the latest Nielsens, 2 L&O franchises were in the top 20 in terms of ratings, and I really doubt that they lost viewers over the DeLay mention, and won't be surprised if they actually have a little spike that stays with them for a while. You still haven't demostrated anything outside of your unsupported rhetoric that the broadcast networks are going the way of the dinosaurs because they're offending their viewers. Just because you find something offensive doesn't spell doom for the show, as much as you seem to think so in this case. You remind me of the popular cartoon image of the fellow walking around city streets with a sign proclaiming the end of the world. LOL!

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:26 PM EST
    A keen and clever observation on the nature of some crimes in our society and their motivation. The neocons have stated that we should all be careful what we say unless we are railing against activist judges, liberal media, blah, blah, blah. The simple fact is that this crime show noted the impact of DeLay's rants on some unhinged right wing lunatics (I mean the ones who haven't received an appointment or ambassadorship or something.)

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:26 PM EST
    (cough) do you gents really think it's ok to paint someone as murderous without cause?? Really now, I mean deep down in your very gauche hearts, right at the bottom where you hide qualities like honesty and decency, do you really think that's a good thing? Then again, comparing someone to a cockroach is hardly an example of skilled or rational discourse...are you capable of analyzing an issue objectively?

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#12)
    by ppjakajim on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:26 PM EST
    DA - The problem is that base viewer numbers are declining, and anything that deccrease the gross numbers also decreases ad revenue. So you may pick up some new program viewers, but the real loss is the loss in TV viewers. Trust me. People buying ads worry about things like that and demand lower prices. If I had any NBC stock I would be zipping off an email to the in charge person, if one actually exists. So it puzzles me that NBC would let such a comment stand, not that the show didn't have the right to do it, just as DeLay every right to protest it. CA - Actually I think the caution is that it would be helpful if you didn't make comments that encourage the terrorists in Iraq and other parts of the world. No one to my knowledge is telling you to not lay a good'un on Georgie and Tom whenever you feel like it.

    Re: Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC (none / 0) (#13)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:26 PM EST
    I loved Dick Wolfe's statement:
    After pointing out his show is fictional, he stated "but I do congratulate Congressman Delay for switching the spotlight from his own problems, to an episode of a TV show."
    And that says it all.....

    Tom DeLay Fumes at NBC | 16 comments (16 topical)