Comments on: TOLDJA! Carolyn Strauss Officially Exits As Prez Of Troubled HBO Entertainment

By: David Mallett

David Mallett — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:26:31 +0000

I too, saw all 6 episodes of ” Twelve Miles of Bad Road” at a friend’s house. For a series they’re not going to air, HBO is apparently pretty loose with the DVD copies. Anyway,it wasn’t just good, it was F***ING Brilliant, hilarious, sweet,sad,sentimental,all the things really great story telling can be. Rolling laughing on the floor one minute and tears of sentiment the next. That ” Designing Women” lady can write comedy.
Are the pin heads at HBO out-of their- F***ING-minds, this show would have saved their collective butts after the drivel they’ve been presenting and pretending was worth watching. I might be stupid but I think “Tell Me You Love Me” is just plain poor quality pornography. I saw the sodomy episode and I have to tell you I am grateful my children were not in the room. It was not entertaining,just totally disgusting at the 14 yr old boy level of sniggering fascination.
The two disasters in the making should be fired immediately and someone from HBO should beg the “12 Miles” producers,cast,etc for forgiveness. And on bended knee plead with them to make more episodes not to mention start airing the ones they have already made.
How can Time/Warner afford to place so loose with investor cash, making multi-million dollar decisions based on the total lack of acumen of the two dopes in charge? Where is Chis Albrecht when we need him?

By: Zacquisha

Zacquisha — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:39:55 +0000

HBO is headed for the downfall it deserves. Chris Albrecht was the only good thing it ever had in a top post. It’s all bean counters and severely challenged egomaniacs now. To hell with them.

By: Da

Da — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:18:51 +0000

Any network that would cancel Inside the NFL has proven it lacks management skills. Good Bye HBO

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:14:11 +0000

I have had it with all the repeats. How many times do I have to watch old Real Sex shows.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:54:07 +0000

All I want to know is, who nixed Mad Men? After all Matt Weiner did for you guys? AIEEEEEE!

By: Max Thrax

Max Thrax — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:13:02 +0000

Missed CactusJim’s comment:

Uh, wingnut America already has 99% of the television programming out there dude. Let us high-falutin’ book learnin’ types have ours mmmmmkaaaay.

By: Max Thrax

Max Thrax — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:08:47 +0000

‘Rome’ was a marketing failure and nothing more. It was as quality a show that has ever been on television and had everything in it to win the ratings gold…graphic sex, graphic violence and great craftsmanship. Go to any site where ‘Rome’ is being discussed(including Pirate Bay) and you will find people are essentially blown away by the quality of it. HBO didn’t bring the audience to it, and the audience would have LOVED it if they did.

Don’t get me started on Deadwood…what HBO did was a travesty. Big Love though, is reaching Sopranos quality IMO.

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:29:37 +0000

For you guys that don’t know much about the show 12 Miles of Bad Road, here is a link to a trailer done by some guys at HBO that loved the show - of course that would cover all but about 3 people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPtTjn5z_o

Still Disgusted in NY

By: blurred

blurred — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:39:47 +0000

“It’s interesting that the new HBO team let Strauss’ departure get out of the bag before they had a replacement lined up.”

I heard she quit in anger on Fri. People were talking. Lombardo likely worked Saturday to bury the hatchet/stanch bad publicity by convincing her to “transition” into that fat production deal.

By: Jenn M.

Jenn M. — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:18:40 +0000

Jeez, “Mark Jefferies,” calm down. Step outside your PC hothouse and read the comments with an open mind. You might learn something about the general audience beyond Los Angeles.

“Scurmudgeon” wants movies from HBO. As a slang term, a lot of people use the word “gay” to denote something overly precious or, well, “artsy fartsy.” I didn’t read their comment as homophobic.

“Cactus Jim” seems to have no problem with the First Amendment. He just doesn’t want to give any money to Bill Maher. I’m a Democrat and I don’t want to give any money to Bill Maher, either.

And as for “All Aboard! Rosie’s Family Cruise,” did anybody sign up for HBO so they could watch someone else’s f’ing Bahaman vacation video, gay or straight? It’s a symptom of how boring HBO has become.

By: greetings from la

greetings from la — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:58 +0000

I, too have seen all the 12 Miles episodes. A friend let me borrow them and I was in love! I am shocked that these two idiots would not put this show on the air with all of the crap HBO currently has playing. I have gone from watching everything HBO produced to not being able to get through two episodes of any of their new shows. I had been telling people that HBO FINALLY had a new hit show that was about to air. Silly rabbit…
These guys are obviously morons! Bring Chris”Boom-Boom” Albrecht back as he obviously knew what he was doing. I hope 12 Miles finds a new home. It’s too good not to. Tell them to call Showtime!

By: INterested Observer

INterested Observer — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:27:35 +0000

Yeah, Colin Calender is not getting this job. The word on the street is that folks along the lines of Katherine Pope, T. Sherman, Dede Gardner are in the running. It’s interesting that the new HBO team let Strauss’ departure get out of the bag before they had a replacement lined up. They’ve barely interviewed anyone for the job.

By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:40:04 +0000

Truth be told, Chris Albrecht is very missed at HBO. Carolyn was used as the fall person. HBO had a very good run at the top, and they forget who got them there. Shame on Plepler and Lombardo!

By: zippo

zippo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:23:45 +0000

Bob Greenblatt is the most underrated exec in the business, and has beat HBO at their (in their minds, at least) own game. HBO is utterly bereft of quality, interesting programming (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, mentioned in a post above, is inane and I can’t see how anyone beyond stoned college freshmen get a thing from it) and has been for a while. I agree that Colin is very overrated, the movies have been weak and they drive the creative people insane with their hovering, destructive interference.

By: Also Disgusted

Also Disgusted — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:43:19 +0000

“I work at HBO in NYC and we are sick. The problem is not CS, it is the two idiot bosses who took over after CA left.

Everybody in this company thought we had a hit with 12 Miles of Bad Road except cretins Lombardo and Plepler who for reasons no one that actually works here can fathom, decided it was too funny to be on their network! That after having been a suckup PR guy and a lawyer - yeah, their instincts are good!

We are left with a friggin’ bare cupboard and nobody at Time Warner is paying attention.

The word is getting around and we don’t expect anyone with any real ability to show up here anytime soon and take notes from these imbecils.

Dig around and you will find that this email represents almost everyone on both coasts.”

THIS IS THE TRUTH!!!!!