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Trump Transition Team: We Won for 3rd Time

john.eggerton@futurenet.com (John Eggerton) — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:27:00 +0000

On a press call with reporters, spokesmen for President-elect Donald Trump's transition team talked about the candidate's Electoral College win Monday. According to the New York Times, the total was 304 electors for Trump and 227 for Clinton, with two Trump electors switching to other Republicans and five Clinton electors breaking ranks (see below).

After reading Trump's statement, including the observation that he had "exceeded the 270 required to secure the presidency by a very large margin, far greater than ever anticipated by the media," they noted that Hillary Clinton had lost five electors in the process, three to Republican Colin Powell, former secretary of state and father of NCTA: The Internet & Television Association president Michael Powell, one to Independent Bernie Sanders, who was Clinton's only challenger on the Democratic

side to go the distance, and one to Faith Spotted Eagle (an Indian activist).

They did not mention Trump's two defectors, who went to Ron Paul and John Kasich.

Spokesman Sean Spicer called it "the third defeat in a row for the Democrats," citing the first on election night (though Clinton did win the popular vote by several million), the second with their failed recount effort, in which Trump actually gained votes in Wisconsin, and now with the Electoral College win and despite "an effort by the left" to get electors to switch to Clinton--there were protests and a YouTube video from various TV stars and others asking electors to switch votes--they said, which wound up going "the exact opposite way."

Those TV stars, including Martin Sheen and Richard Schiff (West Wing), Debra Messing, Mike Farrell and Moby, suggested Trump lacked the stability and judgment to be President.

Smithsonian Channel, MLB Pitch Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth Specials

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:45:00 +0000

The Smithsonian Channel will team up with Major League Baseball to develop profiles for four of the sport’s biggest names beginning in February with Hank Aaron.

The series, Major League Legends, will launch Feb. 29 with a profile of Aaron, the first player ever to hit more than 714 home runs, and will run consecutive Monday nights, said network officials.

Other players to be profiled as part of the series include Babe Ruth (March 7); Lou Gehrig (March 14) and Ted Williams (March 21), said the network.

Each of the specials will be narrated by Martin Sheen and will take an in-depth look at the history, psychology and mythology of each of the Baseball Hall of Famers, said Smithsonian.

Netflix Renews ‘Grace and Frankie’

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Wed, 27 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Netflix has renewed its original comedy series Grace and Frankie for a second season.

The series, which stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as reluctant friends who bond after their husbands leave them to get married as a gay couple, will return in 2016.

The announcement was made Tuesday night during a West Hollywood-based event that featured Fonda and Tomlin along with co-creators and executive producers Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris.

The 13-episode series, which also stars Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston, launched on Netflix May 8.