TNN Spiked by Spike
TNN Spiked by Spike
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/03
TNN Spiked by Spike#0
Posted: 6/20/03 at 2:51pm
Anyone else read about this.
All I can say is how stupid this is. Please....TNN wants to name their network after him????? What kind of drugs is he on. Considering no one goes to see his films, why would anyone want to name a whole network after him. Unless their is some documentation that says "Hey..we'll names Spike TV after Spike Lee",then I can't believe that it's got this far.
I think Mr. Lee (from past appearees) has quite an ego and thinks too highly of himself. Get over it Spike. The world, or at least tv, doesn't revolve around you!
re: TNN Spiked by Spike#1
Posted: 6/20/03 at 2:55pm
I think they want to rename the network "Spike TV" to appeal to the young male demographic. Go figure as to why. Spike Lee didn't like this idea and sued to stop it, saying that it infringed on his name somehow. So now there's a temporary injunction stopping the name change pending a trial or full hearing or something.
Your main point, about Mr Lee's ego, may be true. I thought that he was pretty egotistical to think that it was about him in the first place.
~D
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#2
Posted: 6/20/03 at 5:09pmI will never watch that network. Did you see tha ads for 'Striperella'?????? Disgusting. A stripping super hero voiced by Pamela Anderson. ewww. Updated On: 6/20/03 at 05:09 PM
re: TNN Spiked by Spike#3
Posted: 6/20/03 at 5:12pmBesides, most men I know watch LIFETIME!!! (And they are not all gay, either.) Wooah!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
re: re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#4
Posted: 6/20/03 at 5:22pmwhy don't they just cut the pretention and call it Prick TV.
re: re: re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#5
Posted: 6/20/03 at 5:40pm
I don't watch it either. The only reason I knew all that was because my partner is a TV audience researcher -- you know, Neilsen ratings and all that. So things TV are items for conversation in our house. :)
~D
Updated On: 6/20/03 at 05:40 PM
Chorus Member Joined: 5/31/03
re: re: re: re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#6
Posted: 6/20/03 at 8:49pm
So nice to see that after a day insulting board members here, some people still have high morals.
I don't think the fact that you would watch TNN is the question here. I think it's more that one person thinks the world (i.e horney macho men) is so enamored with him that they would actually think someone would name something after them beacuse they are so admired. Cinderella, time to get out of the castle!
Get off it Lee. Do we see the relatives of Spike Jones suing TNN? How about Gary Marshall who had on Fonzie's cousin "Spike"? What about bandleader Spike Mulligan? What about the Ameicam Volleyball Association who could claim that TNN is stealing their term "Spike" because horny men love volleyball?
"That's not the point" you say.
Oh really?
Featured Actor Joined: 5/11/03
re: TNN Spiked by Spike#7
Posted: 6/20/03 at 10:24pm
I've read about it, but still can't take it seriously. It reads more like a story from the Onion than real news. Get real Spike!
Will he sue us for starting a thread with his name?
KB
re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#8
Posted: 6/21/03 at 3:07pmLOL! Nice to get some humor over a stupid network!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
re: re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#9
Posted: 6/22/03 at 3:16pmI wonder how much of the whole thing is "spin" to call attention to the name change. Spike Lee could have been joking about it (he used to be known for outrageous statements, before he settled down a bit) and they could have turned that into a "suit" as sensationalist reporters often do.
TNN Spiked by Spike#10
Posted: 6/22/03 at 5:45pm
I personally don't care what that egomaniac Spike Lee thinks, I don't care if he and this moronic network battle it out in court. W@hat bothers me is that the "women's" networks on tv usually have health related shows, badly written but sometimes interesting movies, shows that educational, etc. When they develop a network for men it's going to be filled with cartoon strippers, movies about macho guys blowing things up and killing people and a show where women who are referred to as The Juggies jump up and down on trampolines.
Thanks TNN but I'll stick to cartoon network, hgtv, travel channel and hbo
re: TNN Spiked by Spike#11
Posted: 6/22/03 at 6:47pmBRAVO, Orion! BRAVO!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#12
Posted: 6/22/03 at 6:58pm
I second that AMEN!
See why I enjoy gay men so much more than breeder boys??
re: TNN Spiked by Spike#13
Posted: 6/22/03 at 7:02pmIt is just refreshing to hear a guy say that he wants more substantial television than just the usual barrage of crap that is connected to the male sex.
re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#14
Posted: 6/22/03 at 7:05pm
Hey some of us breeding straight guys like quality TV too. 
Rob
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
re: re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#15
Posted: 6/22/03 at 7:14pmYou don't count Rob. You are an honorary member of the club.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
re: re: re: re: TNN Spiked by Spike#16
Posted: 6/22/03 at 7:21pmvariety is the spice of life. The fallacy might be that a particular demographic would watch one channel predominantly, or that one channel would attract only one demographic. In truth, people follow the shows, not the network brand. That's why all those NBC crime shows repeat all over syndication and make money everywhere they are placed.
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