Max Robins Monday April 9, 2012 - Wicked Tuna and Alcatraz

Joining us now on the on the line is Max -- he is a veteran. Journalists covering the broadcast TV industry and -- security answer any of your questions. About the TV industry you're on a college store this week backs. I am I'm with I'm with my eldest daughter how are you in. We're wonderful Middletown Connecticut today. Well you know I'm where bill telecheck is of problems. He is indeed he has indeed and well at Wembley and and I you know a tell you -- you know what I'm seeing what. I've seen I've seen myself going bankrupt. Of. Yes. Yes tell me about it yes you're you're a new in New Haven earlier might -- as are selling Cindy might my daughter went to Yale for -- For summer -- She's -- she's not a -- and yes yes export summer camp. She knows her way around the campus. A site seemed to -- to the statue of Eli Yale. I did and I there was somebody who says some statute some -- issue erupted for gridlock. That would open it was so horses coming in. Did you did you win the did you learn flights on. The fight that -- below bullets one Bundesliga. I don't blog know I thought wow what how wow. Year old guy you fail. And government I got to say though I mean. It is the campuses. In beautiful. Book like -- But we. And you -- you go to two blocks over and that's the South Bronx. -- They don't they did they -- in the order they they had strict orders for everybody at the Kia. Do not go beyond. X you know Checkpoint Charlie. Or you know -- terrible things might happen. But I'm sure -- I know -- I'm a you know what smacks a -- you'd prefer was Middletown as a nicer now the new. It's the local economy or in that were having a great time it's it's lesbian on the road it's lesbians. In New England in this. All right Max I got a I got a I got to me a fax here I know you don't have the numbers in front of you today solved just I'll just thrown out though how the premiere of -- magic city this is from officer marks on the stars network there which set a Miami 1959. Offers full entertainment value for your dollar. Sounds like a good show. That's what I said I don't -- that before this magic city you're talking about. Yes I've seen that yet. Said in Miami you know kind of Miami in the in like -- kind of commitment in the six early sixties -- the -- -- questions I -- I'm look at -- It's got some good reviews. But you know they're not a concern about the ratings have been built to justify got some very critical -- -- -- and that's what that's what the -- -- You have the you don't have the cable ratings overnight anyway good -- that takes like a week or so. No you know you don't to justice especially after the premium channels. And because there. I mean there right the other metric for success -- -- different looking to get some brought some attention some new subscribers. And in the are also more insisted in the country overnight ratings in how many people watch an episode on demand over the course. Max -- went to the sale of a doctor mark based upon always the guy who return meat to hairy mess on the top of my head. Still. You know I have dyslexia market is a little oil in the brought my belt. Indeed thank you Monica Max I listen you guys all the time and you European after Beckham plus. I know well -- site I know you're you're the reason now know how I heard was after after the work to do it out of my hurt he's threatening to grow dreadlocks. I don't over a short time. I did -- The Herald excellence I'm sick and tired your run in that picture me with glasses and -- I finally went in yesterday on the Easter Sunday I women and got a new pictures taken of my soul. So our -- -- Really have -- You have you have what can you a the Kennedy esque head of here now. But wouldn't go that far and a bit eclectic and hip but on the other hand it's not Biden asked if that's what I was afraid of -- I also have a match I had -- I -- -- I mean you can do something and another New England guys are vice president yeah I better and better. I had a hold back on and that want to come back. For another procedure. -- -- It's a whole different world now Macs or literally as I mean those of those -- what would he have done those plugs state of the art. And it -- that way and it would only get better redone he had to make his excuse for it to that he he never would have done it had -- -- it on the personal. -- -- sure I don't claim that I'm -- OK I thought I admitted that to The Herald on Friday I said look I'm -- -- right. I want a new picture okay. 18774694. Throughout. Your handsome -- c'mon it's a. I looked better than new picture you'll see it soon is Doctor Who coming back to BBC. Yes okay. Let's see is as down in -- now becoming backward down now however it's pronounced of course I don't get up. That there was like kind of with net short mean it's you know it's produces in the UK -- deep seeded. PBS here in the states side you know lightning in the bottle that's the first water cooler show it's been PDF the I don't know how long. Maybe since -- whom -- Ken Burns did civil war. It's -- You know by the way Macs you probably being on the road today you writing a chance to see the daily news. Hour after. They have a report on Whitney Houston's autopsy. I hit it in the show that. No she she had a hole in her nose. That's the and the false -- eleven faults he in the front in the front. I mean I don't know I don't know I know I beach and were doctored that based upon me that -- fall down after she was drawn to each ethnic map. -- somebody hitter in the mouth I mean how do you lose 1111. -- in front it's pretty it's bad -- and obviously but Macs I have a new show for the monkey business scandal. Celebrity autopsy -- I you know the -- that. Where is -- quote when it went quickly. Mike your next with how we guard Max -- go ahead Mike. Yeah act -- show wanted to but he needs to. About what's on the set I was talking about merit medical marijuana it's just it's they didn't based site Gallup organic big. They get these guys that they run just. We -- music Sweden worse. People knew what -- guys that are displaced -- self medicate themselves. It's it's -- Larry. I mean. Never nobody here and mess in Massachusetts Mike if we legalized pot whenever everything under control government. Yeah yeah it's. Well I mean I don't know how blog I was I was in the I was in California was in Venice Beach in in. You just walk along in the speech in there every. You know by about every. Twenty feet you can go someplace and it is you know prescription power have trouble sleeping the local. Oh. Then you're hooked up -- -- good to go. Dominant. But -- that's what they say -- it's for it's for cancer glaucoma aids. And other assorted maladies. Now I haven't -- -- can I get a prescription -- Thanks for the call in my email out and well. I know it's I think it's I think it's we'd worked somebody wrote in about it on the somebody text that in about it actually that's the name of the show. 187. Yeah I you know I I every -- and had the pleasure seeing that show it to. It's up to me like real like Beavis and Butthead. The but the. The ratings just weren't there. Let's see. I'm just oh how we smoking crack cocaine is known to -- the enamel on T okay I thought it was a math thing. But I didn't think she was in the map. I I let let's let's put it this way -- That could be all of the neither neither one neither one can do wonders for dental work. Neither one gonna lead to a billion dollars while. And it. Shot and your next with how we -- Max Robbins go ahead John. Hey guys I -- one. A -- it cracked in about Stewart award not -- view and beauty -- it but actually it's not yet. But it by the now. Where I'm the I don't believe they get paid -- forces real well. And and -- is doing extremely well in the ratings and its sister channel History Channel it's like. One of the real success stories the last couple years. Also known as a Nazi channel. Right. But -- -- shift know that particularly even more up market now. I mentioned earlier today today's the seventieth anniversary of the Bataan death march beginning so I wonder but the history -- got a special show on that tonight. It can only build your next with how we car Max -- go ahead bill. I don't -- go right. To question number one person of interest don't want. OK okay you got choked on the bubble. It's on the -- -- don't know power couple weeks whether it's gonna get copies into. All I know that's not good that the bridge you know. Got a question it I don't -- you know a lot of experience to this radio just reassure our work our radio program like that -- You know sometimes bad things separate worthy chose. Yeah it jet jet -- Chicago code and all that exactly. The other question that's how well alt probably. Being able to buy dvds of the show what they call on the air. That's a good question. That's a really good question I mean. I think we got a little ways to go but I think what's gonna happen is we're increasingly moving to an on demand world we're. Depending on the level convenient -- what you're willing to -- targeted you're gonna be able to stream or download just about any. And and I mean that's one way -- DV also they'll go in that networks. -- combat the piracy that's what they'll do. Max Howard or dvds Obama put a model they are. TV and visit the bottom of the bottom has fallen out. Really the bottom has fallen out. You'd ever see any ads on TV anymore dvd coming hosted on you know such and such today. -- -- -- -- Do I mean it's it's it's it's looked -- the business is a completely out but it's definitely -- Go in the way of the eight track. They don't -- says Max my eight year old just heard your name and he wants and what's known non then -- ago masters of spin jets and coming back on Cartoon Network. One can only hope -- -- I know Max is in Max is a Wesleyan College on a college tour today so he doesn't have the numbers right in front of them. Right in my fingertips will go check on that for. Someone once -- finding bigfoot is coming back. I never know these are joke -- to determine but look at the watch. That -- and welcome to the squats bench you've -- The only -- do better. Little slots to watch so -- -- -- That would. I think we should do our own -- spin off on the Monte distance how it'll call. That's that's true yeah we just have people dressed. We -- have likes us watch getting onto this getting onto subways in various large cities so that's gonna and it takes him to be beaten within an inch of his life. -- -- Jaw a Joey you're next with how we -- Max -- or had Joseph. Gentlemen. No way -- -- -- big -- this question. Look at that without the threat. That CIA asked that question every week Joseph. Yeah again I think it's got a really good shot of the second season but it's not a lot -- -- it -- come back. There -- a lot of unanswered questions aren't -- ago. Plus the chalk talk kid hasn't come back to try to bust -- out of Plymouth Ratner yeah that's I wanna -- It does make of the TV movie or something you know and that's all I need to see what the chalk talk to one another season. I wanna see chalk talk kid coming out of that -- I'll come back. Thanks for the call Joseph thanks for the question 187746. -- in -- episodes of that was there like five whereas I did their running episodes of Perry Mason from the fifties like 3540. Episodes for season and. I know not -- the in the good old days I mean they use to describe these episodes are now. The quality and equip a correct. I mean what appeared basically exactly the same reached -- Yeah well you know Max Cabrera -- of -- I realize I've read a lot of I got into -- Perry Mason they're they're not bad novels just for you know which chewing gum for the guys. It's like a bottom on the on the TV series in India yup they they did you're right that's exactly the way -- -- And back in 67 or something near the end. You know they ordered 11. Color episode you know why they did it. Because I you're your employer whose name your employer institution is named after bill paley he wanted to see color episode of Perry makes. That was up. What -- -- -- just 11 episode. That's what this -- you know it's could go in the candy store. You know that's his you know -- the paley center you know we have. We have what you -- uses it to ask really the next time you come down to new -- Sharia and it's. It's and it's a poker table from the eighteenth century. You know local weather -- The other was a car salesman or something wasn't he. Yeah and is any sign in his son Bailey junior. Is the Laporte what was the label and. Also went into -- -- normal after a general Richard away they went back into the cigar business that's I didn't know that there. 1877. But you know the thing about Alcatraz though is they didn't wanna -- up against Monday Night Football right -- -- that's what it boiled. Yes so they. Yeah yeah I think it's a little too risky. Skew male and and and and quite frankly money and it's a tough nights CBS's got a real strong lineup but it's. It's all about because you see and he's right I mean it came want like December January and then it was gone in March. That. Yeah I I gotta think they're gonna -- another tribe is good child choked they would have anything we can make you watch that was made after 1967. The guy you're you're actually correct. I like the fugitive in the last year when it was in color. 1877. To 469 if that's what you watch and over and over again Paul your next with how we card Max Robbins web pol. I had before I get the Max. -- cocaine. Holden knows that he's doing too much. We knew that we knew Paul we wanted to teach it at Orlando Florida -- -- called. It. I am a man of action open number one that would get -- Excuse me wicked. -- -- and that's the show that that we had one of the captains on the air it's a show about the fishing cap to the tuna fish don't I don't want. It is gut guy that's sort okay. You're not paying him any money we -- -- how much money they were paying committee he's gonna see I mean he's hoping to make the money just on you know lot of memorabilia stolen merchandise you -- merchandising -- -- T shirts and stuff like that. A wonderful. Easy. That would is that what -- is that -- pay in these guys their there are high seas they're paying them scale ha -- the oil fire signed an idiot out. But. It's something like that -- immunity the era. And that's that's something mythic figure some notoriety years they've they've they -- they -- don't Hastert's you know it's like there's is no money in the record business any awards on emerge. Any chance of Charlie Sheen returning a Two and a Half Men. No none whatsoever. -- -- About Sons of Anarchy season four on dvd again who know -- I would look for I would look for -- for the premiere the next season season five which. To tie with -- sometime this summer. Dave your next with how we -- Max -- go ahead day of. -- -- -- -- start in traffic on the ball and public. And if so what are we. I'm sorry day by I feel your pain go ahead. It's important relaxed. And actually. Start -- Pretty soon right you can I think you see that this summer coming back this summer. Does that cheer you up a series about a serial killers come on back is this what it -- it comes down to Davis but no McCain wears off. You just started. Totally kill guys like white. Helen your next with how we are in Max -- go ahead -- Hi I just wanted to know about Scott -- and they evening news is there any change in the ratings. Since he took over. I'm a little bit a little bit of Bob. But. I'll tell you how bad it is -- I watch it I watch it here in the studio and I get a fan letter from every week. I'm kidding but he yeah it's pretty small audience compares -- event. Rear are are they're pretty lackluster our Brian Williams and embassy continues Saddam many. -- is -- -- solid -- this and I think it's better show with Katie -- How many just -- -- run out climax but how many people watch Scott Kelly is opposed how many people at the -- watching Walter Cronkite thirty years ago. -- election less than half I mean he's probably getting 45 million viewers tonight. Cronkite at the end of his career was probably giving 1213 fort. Sorts -- about a third that. Bottom third. Yeah yeah it's it doesn't even seem like the third and doesn't. -- happen across support its regularly on -- and it's a dreary old audience that we could see that from the end it's. Oh yeah we know we -- ever lot of pharmaceuticals. And -- Yeah picnic at and other products and won't get into at the dinner. Max -- as they -- out of Nokia but it didn't in the autopsy did they come up with some order. With -- Max good luck good luck with the college tour card.