2012-05-18
Your April 30 QOD response mentioning "Casino Diaries" got me thinking about Las Vegas-based reality shows. For a while there, it seemed that every cable and network channel had a show ("Las Vegas," "The Defenders," "American Casino," etc.), but now, except for the show about the Las Vegas jail and "CSI," they have all but disappeared. I doubt it's due to a lack of stories available, so was it just overload?
2011-10-28
Fezzik Friday: Nationally syndicated (ESPN) sports-talk radio and TV personality Colin Cowherd has been hot with his football picks thus far this season, and he's made several references to moving the lines in Vegas when he gives out his picks on the air. While I didn't hear it first-hand, I'm told bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro addressed that, saying something to the effect of "Not only does Cowherd not move the line in Vegas, he doesn't even move it in Bristol" (ESPN is headquartered in Bristol, CT). Cowherd has a big audience. Is his media clout strong enough to have an effect, or is Vaccaro right in suggesting he's full of it?