Hey, look! There are giant breasts on NBC.com (and here)! - VIDEO
If you didn’t see it the other night, a woman with gigantic breasts/jugs/hooters appeared on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. I’m not sure what they showed and didn’t show on the broadcast, but the Peacock Network’s site has the complete uncensored version of her, um, “act.”
A woman named Busty Heart (I’m sure that’s her birth name) came on the show and crushed things with her giant breasts. The three judges seem shocked and amazed, as does most of the audience. Wow, America does have talent! Now I know why Jerry Springer hosts this season.
The video of Busty’s bust busting is after the jump. Needless to say, it’s probably NSFW (though she thankfully remains covered with her shiny top). Next week: a man with a giant penis lassos Sharon Osbourne as she tries to flee the theater.
Update: Here’s what aired.
ABC Family doesn’t want you to watch The Middleman
At least that’s the somewhat sarcastic conclusion I’m jumping to. As I started watching the east coast feed, an email bounced into the TV inbox from reader ’Jay.’ He noted that when he tried to record The Middleman on his PC, he was greeted with an error message. I had to wait three hours for the regular airing on the left coast, but I dusted off an old Media Center PC and got that very same error, as you see in the picture. I like to think that Wendy is showing her shock and outrage at the snafu in that shot. But wait, there’s more … after the jump.
This isn’t anything new. A similar thing happened in May where a number of users found themselves unable to record American Gladiators and Medium on NBC one night. The difference is that, on that occasion, it seemed to be exclusive to Vista users. Jay didn’t leave his system details, but my Media Center is running the earlier MC 2005. With that last go ’round, NBC eventually copped to inadvertently flagging the content. Microsoft claimed innocence, saying that they were just adhering to flags used by broadcasters. The sticky wicket being, of course, that there is nothing that actually compels them to do that.
For what it’s worth, I’m leaning toward this being a Microsoft problem. I was able to record both the HD feed and the normal broadcast on my CableCo DVR. There is no reason for the Media Center software to even be looking at broadcast flags, let alone adhering to them. It’s not a Microsoft problem.
Perhaps, if there are enough of these incidents, and the resulting uproars on the internet, the networks will turn some of their influence back on the Borg and help to bring about change. It doesn’t seem that listening to their customers is high on the list of priorities. On a side note, with Microsoft in mind, I’d like to point out that while my Media Center wasn’t recording The Middleman, it was more than happy to record All About Dung. Thanks Microsoft!
The other bit of this, the part that ABC Family plays in the headline, is the new time slot. Were you, like me, caught off guard when you went to watch The Middleman and found Mean Girls? I mean, it’s one thing to get bumped to a different time slot by another original show, but for a tired old movie? Maybe I’m just not in touch with my inner PTC, but is there one thing about The Middleman that makes it a 10PM show? Furry reference? The Booty Chest? That’s not the stuff of 10PM. It’s goofy comic book action. It has 8PM written all over it.
Am I over reacting? Possibly. I just get a little antsy when red flags like later time-slots and recording shenanigans start popping up for a show that I really want to find success.
Which shows do young and old viewers watch?
Variety has an interesting article up about the age demographics of certain TV shows. It seems that the average age of the television viewer has risen to the age of 50, outside of the key demographic of 18 to 49.
The oldest-skewing shows are NBC’s Monk and ABC’s Women’s Murder Club. Interestingly, the ages on ABC, Fox, and NBC have been rising while CBS, which promotes to an older demographic to begin with, remains steady.
The study was released by Magna Global’s Steve Sternberg. “The median ages of the broadcast networks keep rising, as traditional television is no longer necessarily the first screen for the younger set,” Sternberg wrote.
The CW, whose viewership tends to skew younger, insists that the average age of the television viewer is 38, the median age of the United States populace.
In short, if you’re older and you want to seem younger than you are, be sure to watch The CW (average age: 34) or American Dad and Family Guy (average age: 29).
NBC shows confidence in Kath & Kim
It looks like NBC thinks they have something worth giving a little more love to. Already airing in the cushy post-The Office slot when it premieres October 9th, now NBC has upped the order to thirteen on Molly Shannon and Selma Blair’s Kath & Kim. In an era where shows can be yanked after one airing and episode commitments can never grow beyond six, this is a good sign for a new series.
K&K just finished filming their first episode, which tells me that someone must have liked what they saw. Personally, I think Molly Shannon is incredibly funny, in the right situation. Some of her bits on Saturday Night Live were classically brilliant while others were not so much. But her turn on Pushing Daisies last season was nothing short of brilliant. Blair, however, has a more limited TV resume, though she’s done some awesome work in film. I’m guessing, based on her more dramatic background, that she’s being set up as the straight (wo)man to Shannon’s wackiness.
Still loving that the 36-year old Blair will be playing the daughter of 43-year old Shannon’s character. Maybe with enough hormone injections a seven-year old could give birth, but I guess it’s better than the Aussie version, wherein the actresses in both roles were actually the exact same age. The question is did it come down to Blair being told she looks so young or Shannon being told she’s looking old?
Agent: “Molly, they want you for this new role.”
Shannon: “Really, that’s great!”
Agent: “You’ll be playing this older lady who bickers with her daughter.”
Shannon: “Oh how fun. Who’s playing the girl. Hillary Duff? Lohan?
Agent: “Selma Blair.”
Shannon: “What? Isn’t she older than me?”
Agent: “Well yes, but she looks much youn–”
Shannon: “Don’t you finish that thought.”
Agent: “I’m just saying–”
Shannon: “Zip it or lose it … every bit of it!”
(phone rings)
Secretary: “I have Selma Blair on the phone for Ms. Shannon.”
Shannon: “Tell that old bitch I’m busy.”
Agent: “Look, I can just call back the studio and tell them you’re not–”
Shannon: “Don’t you dare. I’ll take the job. And I’ll show that old biddy that I can still kick! stretch! and kick! … and apparently play fifty.”