Category: Television and Media
Spike TV Plans Golf Comedy Series
Spike TV apparently has ordered the pilot for a golf comedy called “The Back Nine,” which may turn out to be a television monument to bad taste. The show is about a a washed up former US Open champion who’s competing in mini tours around the country, accompanied by Tiger, his sex-addicted caddy.
No. Really.
John Schneider, of Dukes of Hazzard Fame, will play golfer Ronnie Barnes. Tiger may be played by Miguel Nunez.
It seems like an absolute slam on Mr. Woods, but apparently the script is more than a year old, and the Tiger character has been a sex addict from the start.
Did the writers know something? In a way this reminds me of the movie “Wag The Dog,” in which a President caught in a in a relationship with a young girl stages a military action to distract the public. In a case of life imitating art, less than a month after the film’s release, the Clinton-Lewinsky relationship became public knowledge. Weirdly, the girl in Wag the Dog bears an eerie similarity to Monica Lewinsky, right down to the beret. Then, just as the movie predicted, Clinton launched not one, but three military actions (Desert Fox, Infinite Reach, Allied Force) in the wake of the scandal.
February 23, 2010 |
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Ray Romano Takes Barkley’s Place On Haney Project
The Golf Channel has announced that Ray Romano will be featured in the new season of The Haney Project. In the previous season, viewers were introduced to the World’s Worst Golf Swing, as displayed by Charles Barkley. Romano’s swing can’t possibly be as cringe-inducing, but he’s sure to be more humorous.
I’m hoping that Romano’s experience in real television rubs off on The Golf Channel and that he insists they upgrade their production values.
September 15, 2009 |
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Directv Moves The Golf Channel
I don’t know when this happened, but I just discovered that Directv has moved The Golf Channel from the wilderness at channel 605 to better real estate at 218.
January 10, 2009 |
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Charles Barkley To Be Featured In Golf Reality Show
Charles Barkley, the man with the worst golf swing in America, is looking for a few tips. He’ll get them from Hank Haney in a new reality show being developed for the Golf Channel.
Given the generally poor quality of Golf Channel reality shows, I don’t have a lot of hope for this one.
August 19, 2008 |
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Spike TV apparently has ordered the pilot for a golf comedy called “The Back Nine,” which may turn out to be a television monument to bad taste. The show is about a a washed up former US Open champion who’s competing in mini tours around the country, accompanied by Tiger, his sex-addicted caddy.
No. Really.
John Schneider, of Dukes of Hazzard Fame, will play golfer Ronnie Barnes. Tiger may be played by Miguel Nunez.
It seems like an absolute slam on Mr. Woods, but apparently the script is more than a year old, and the Tiger character has been a sex addict from the start.
Did the writers know something? In a way this reminds me of the movie “Wag The Dog,” in which a President caught in a in a relationship with a young girl stages a military action to distract the public. In a case of life imitating art, less than a month after the film’s release, the Clinton-Lewinsky relationship became public knowledge. Weirdly, the girl in Wag the Dog bears an eerie similarity to Monica Lewinsky, right down to the beret. Then, just as the movie predicted, Clinton launched not one, but three military actions (Desert Fox, Infinite Reach, Allied Force) in the wake of the scandal.
Posted By The Golf Blogger
The Golf Channel has announced that Ray Romano will be featured in the new season of The Haney Project. In the previous season, viewers were introduced to the World’s Worst Golf Swing, as displayed by Charles Barkley. Romano’s swing can’t possibly be as cringe-inducing, but he’s sure to be more humorous.
I’m hoping that Romano’s experience in real television rubs off on The Golf Channel and that he insists they upgrade their production values.
Posted By The Golf Blogger
I don’t know when this happened, but I just discovered that Directv has moved The Golf Channel from the wilderness at channel 605 to better real estate at 218.
Posted By The Golf Blogger
Charles Barkley, the man with the worst golf swing in America, is looking for a few tips. He’ll get them from Hank Haney in a new reality show being developed for the Golf Channel.
Given the generally poor quality of Golf Channel reality shows, I don’t have a lot of hope for this one.
Posted By The Golf Blogger
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