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Smoking Gun TV debuts August 20 at 8 PM
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Posted by: Mike20878

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/tsgtvshow1.html

Posted by: grecorj

Probably worth a look.

Posted by: Mike20878

Doh! I forgot to TiVo this myself! Did anyone see it?

Posted by: sieglinde

It was pretty bad. It had some good stuff but there was a lot of "filler". For example, the host said they had a lab testing something (it was pretty forgettable) and it was all just a big joke. Other filler included dwelling too long on a stupid criminal segment where a guy tried to rob a convenience store with an ice chest on his head.

It seemed like they had a small amount of good material which only consisted of about 10 minutes and they had to fill in the rest of the time with stupid stuff.

Posted by: ClutchBrake

Boring and lame.

Posted by: tanstaafl

Yeah, it wasn't very well done. I didn't think the stupid criminal segment was too bad but really agree with you on the "lab test"; what a waste of time.

Of course, not as big of a waste as the "makeover" segment.

I agree about having too much filler too. The majority of the show consisted of the host (Mo Rocca) trying to be cute or funny and usually failing at both. I found him annoying.

Isn't he one of the cast on The Daily Show?

Anyway, the show was originally an hour long and they cut it down to 30 minutes. They should have cut it to 15.

I may give it a second shot but unless they improve drastically I'll drop it. Too bad, I had hopes for this one.

Posted by: EchoBravo

It looked like one of those Celebrities Uncensored shows on E!

Nexxxxxxxt!

Posted by: rich

Yep, it really had maybe five minutes' worth of material, all of which I'd read on their web site months ago.

Doing it as a comedy is probably a mistake. I'd like to see this as a weekly "expose" show where they reveal what they've found out this week and then post the full details on their web site.

Posted by: choccy

Watching it now.. LAME.

Posted by: Mike20878

I finally saw some of the repeat of this. I agree...Mo Rocca is extremely annoying. I can't stand the way he speaks.

Posted by: choccy

I deleted the season pass after half of the first show. Hopefully this POS will be canceled and the slot giving to something worth watching.

Posted by: Mike20878

I didn't even bother with a SP. Just recorded the one ep on a trial run...:)

Posted by: choccy

Its a shame, he was funny on TDS. I've yet to see anyone leave TDS and do something independently funny (that includes those damn fedex commercials, or was it UPS. I dunno.. shows how good they were though.)