[Jeffster]

I found this OC Register story that says Cannabis Planet starts back up Aug 13 at 11:30 PM on KJLA/LATV:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/l...1535-plant-ads

I have Cox Irvine Cable, and do not see either KJLA or LATV as offered in my area. I'm hopeful that Cannabis Planet keeps posting video of each episode on their cannabisplanet.tv website after it airs, since that is how I got to see episode 1. Also, since I can't find the show listed on the LATV website, I can't tell if the Aug 13 show will be Episode 1 again, since they're on a new station, or if they'll go on with Ep 2 since 1 already aired on KDOC. But at least I'm thrilled to know they got on another station that will allow the ads to air and bring us more episodes!

[Badmf]

Thanks for the heads up! Jeffster strikes again!!!

[Jeffster]

You're welcome Badmf, and everyone else who can find it! I know I'll be trying to track down a copy of episode 2 once it has aired.

EDIT: Hey guys, I just checked the cannabisplanet.tv website and found this info:

Cannabis Planet premiers tonight - August 13th on KJLA with Episode #1.
Episode #2 debuts on Friday 8/14 and replays Saturday 8/15

[BabyBoomer]

Originally Posted by Jeffster

I found this OC Register story that says Cannabis Planet starts back up Aug 13 at 11:30 PM on KJLA/LATV:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/l...1535-plant-ads

I have Cox Irvine Cable, and do not see either KJLA or LATV as offered in my area. I'm hopeful that Cannabis Planet keeps posting video of each episode on their cannabisplanet.tv website after it airs, since that is how I got to see episode 1. Also, since I can't find the show listed on the LATV website, I can't tell if the Aug 13 show will be Episode 1 again, since they're on a new station, or if they'll go on with Ep 2 since 1 already aired on KDOC. But at least I'm thrilled to know they got on another station that will allow the ads to air and bring us more episodes!

Thank you Sweetie.

I haven't been able to locate it on Time Warner.

Great heads up.

Hugs to you and the family.



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[rollee]

For Direct TV users that is on channel 57 tonight

[silvercloud]

Originally Posted by BabyBoomer

Thank you Sweetie.

I haven't been able to locate it on Time Warner.

Great heads up.

Hugs to you and the family.



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Looks like we'll hav to giv Ch #19 another try tonite on TW ,eh BB ~

hugz ,girl

[BabyBoomer]

Originally Posted by silvercloud

Looks like we'll hav to giv Ch #19 another try tonite on TW ,eh BB ~

hugz ,girl

Aha, Channel 19, midnight, paid program. Got it Tivo'd.

Thank you Earth Brother.

Hugs to you and yours.




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[silvercloud]

Originally Posted by BabyBoomer

Aha, Channel 19, midnight, paid program. Got it Tivo'd.

Thank you Earth Brother.

Hugs to you and yours.




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Hey now my 3rd_rock sister ,last min 'TW' changeup from Ch 19 > Ch 26 (KJLA) ~ the sponsors prolly having a ball tossing the programming around ~ get your bowl ready ,lol

[Jeffster]

Originally Posted by BabyBoomer

Aha, Channel 19, midnight, paid program. Got it Tivo'd.

Thank you Earth Brother.

Hugs to you and yours.




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I think I read somewhere that it's on at 11:30 PM now, not midnight anymore?

[silvercloud]

After viewing the first few episodes ,am personally disappointed in program content / repetition (adv) ~ IOW ,CannabisPlanet could use an upgrade *makeover ~ that is all

psst* however ,last nite'e small piece on history of hemp was of interest

[red_eye_ked]

Bah,

What I see is TV stations refusing to air anything (most anyway not all) that could be pro marijuana. They put up infomercials all the time. They will put up a disclaimer about how the views presented here are not the views of the station. When it comes to Marijuana they are afraid to even air it. You can not PAY them to air them with any amount of money. This limits the freedom of speech they so preciously say they want protected as journalists.I find this double standard sickening, and morally wrong. If they are truly not afraid or want to protect or be protected by their constitutional rights they need to air others sides too. Even if the opposing view is against their own. Shoot mmj users are the only citizens in the USA that are already guilty before they are proved innocent. They are the only patients that while legal are not protected by any laws or afforded any patient rights.

Sorry if I am going on and on but this issue really twists at my short hairs...

[Jeffster]

Originally Posted by silvercloud

After viewing the first few episodes ,am personally disappointed in program content / repetition (adv) ~ IOW ,CannabisPlanet could use an upgrade *makeover ~ that is all

psst* however ,last nite'e small piece on history of hemp was of interest

I think program 4 seemed to have more content to me than the previous 3 (and I liked all the content in all 4 so far) so I hope that is a sign that they are putting more effort into writing more segments for the show, and less total time to advertising.

All in all, though, I am still in awe that this show is being aired, and think that the MMJ cause is much helped by its existence. I'm looking forward to episode 5, and can only hope they keep posting the shows to the cannabisplanet.tv website since I don't get the broadcast on my cable here in Irvine (at least i haven't found it, and I'd much prefer to watch it in my own time frame anyway, so an flv file works great for me :-).

Thank you, and long live, Cannabis Planet!

[sco_pet]

Sounds like a tight thing. I wanna see it

[Jeffster]

Originally Posted by sco_pet

Sounds like a tight thing. I wanna see it

It's getting tighter as it goes I think. It's just so awesome to me that we have folks on TV presenting information on the benefits of MMJ and developments in the field. I think they could jazz it up with more things in studio, more interviews with MMJ folks, something that let's us see our hosts in different setups in studio. I'm just brainstorming here, sorry not much detail, so if anyone else has some suggestions, let's add them here, and maybe CP staff will see them and try them out.

[EyeConeO]

Dude, I saw the ad for this in GROW or West Coast Cannabis magazine and have been watching it ever since. Love this show!

[EDUBLE]

the movement has began, we gotta stand strong and be one...

[MadRiverTurtle]

Here's a recent article on it from the NY Times

A Popular Plant Is Quietly Spreading Across TV Screens

By BRIAN STELTER
Published: September 14, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Tips for cultivating marijuana. Testimonials by patients about its medical benefits. Cannabis cooking lessons. Even citations for award-winning strains of pot. Viewers here can now watch, every week, what amounts to a pro-weed news program.

Booted off one skittish TV station but quickly picked up by another, the low-budget “Cannabis Planet” show is televised evidence of how entrenched marijuana has become in California’s cultural firmament and a potent example of the way the pot subculture has been edging into the national mainstream.

“We’re trying to show the legitimacy of this plant,” said Brad Lane, the executive producer of the half-hour program.

Mr. Lane pays for the twice-weekly air time on the independent station KJLA — Thursday and Saturday nights at 11:30, sandwiched between “Bikini Beach” and “Jewelry Central” — and says he is now breaking even, almost two months after the show’s premiere. “Cannabis Planet” focuses on medical, agricultural and industrial uses of the hemp plant, purposely ignoring marijuana’s recreational aspects. Viewers, for instance, see very little actual smoking, even though the hosts and producers are known to inhale between takes. “We’re walking on eggshells here, to be honest,” Mr. Lane said.

Still, “Cannabis Planet” remains on the air — with not a single complaint from viewers, according to the station.

Marijuana use has been depicted in the media for decades, though its presence has waxed and waned over the decades, from Cheech & Chong’s comedy albums and films in the late 1970s and early ’80s through more recent pot-centric efforts like Dave Chappelle’s “Half-Baked” and Seth Rogen’s “Pineapple Express.” On television, though, it has rarely risen above the level of a plot device or punch line — until recently.

Medical marijuana is now legal in 14 states, and the lobbying organization Norml says efforts to legalize it are under way in 15 other states. Marijuana use remains illegal under federal law, but in a break from prior policies, the Obama administration said in February that federal officials would stop raiding dispensaries of medical marijuana authorized under state law.

Since then the number of dispensaries in California has surged in what some call a “green rush.”

“It’s really blown up,” said Jay Peterson, a production executive at Original Productions, which is working with Blue Dream Media to create a reality show set at a pot collective, or distribution center, in Hollywood. The show, “Top Bud,” is envisioned as a cross between “LA Ink,” the TLC show produced by Original about a lively tattoo parlor, and “Weeds,” the Showtime hit drama about a dope-dealing mother of two.

“While the drug is illegal in most states, the idea is to show that there’s a world somewhere where it’s legal, and where people are doing this,” Mr. Peterson said.

The producers are now trying to sell “Top Bud” to networks. Mr. Peterson acknowledged there was some hesitancy at first but said his company already had “solid interest.”

There are similar stirrings in the scripted TV world. On “Glee,” Fox’s new high school musical, one of the characters is a medical marijuana dealer. At the New York Television Festival next week one of the competing pilot projects seeking a TV network home will be “Rx,” a drama set in the medical marijuana world.

A rash of recent news reports have documented the mainstreaming of pot, citing among other examples frequent drug references in the media and endorsements by a growing list of celebrities. This month Fortune magazine’s cover asks: “Is Pot Already Legal?” CNBC repeats its eight-month-old documentary about the pot business, “Marijuana Inc.,” at least once a week; it continues to be rated one of the channel’s most popular documentaries.

Mr. Lane’s inspiration for “Cannabis Planet” came from a more practical place: he noticed an increasing number of ads in local newspapers for medical cannabis. “It was the only market segment that I saw growing,” he said during dinner at a faded Chinese restaurant on Pico Boulevard.

Mr. Lane has produced on-demand TV shows about snowboarding and surfing for several years. Tired of what he called “the demonization of the cannabis plant,” he wanted to highlight pot’s uses as “fuel, fiber, food and medicine,” as he and his co-hosts often say. He first bought air time on KDOC, an independent station in Orange County, Calif., but in late July station officials apparently grew antsy about the subject matter. He recalled one employee telling him, “We’re a little concerned that the topic is too controversial,” and he was instructed to pull the advertising he had bought for the show. KDOC declined to comment.

Mr. Lane promptly moved “Cannabis Planet” to KJLA, another independent station that reaches an estimated five million households in Southern California, which said it was happy to run the show, with a disclaimer about the content.

A native Californian prone to statements like, "Did you know the War of 1812 was over hemp?," Mr. Lane said he had smoked pot since his sophomore year of college. He is now a medical marijuana user, he said, relying on the drug to curb attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

“Cannabis Planet” is beginning to turn a profit, Mr. Lane said, because of a growing list of advertisers, including companies that sell nutritional supplements for growers and recommend doctors. Now he wants to syndicate the series, he said, and is in talks with stations in San Diego and Denver.

Mr. Lane’s show joins “Cannabis Common Sense,” a weekly cable program in Oregon that started in the late 1990s and is produced by a hemp advocacy group.

Calvina Fay, the executive director of Drug Free America Foundation, said a weekly TV show extolling marijuana as harmless contributes to inappropriate public perceptions of the drug. “They are putting people’s lives in danger as they promote a toxic, harmful weed to sick people and intentionally ignore the harms of it," she said, adding that the drug had been “linked to a plethora of health problems."

Mr. Lane, strenuously disagreeing with the antidrug groups, says his show exists to spread facts about cannabis. That is why he will not present information about recreational uses of marijuana for now.

“Unfortunately, it is still perceived as offensive by too many people,” he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/ar...1&pagewanted=2

[Jeffster]

Very cool article, MRT, thanks for sharing.

That one negative quote towards the end though seemed out of place, the one from that person at DFA. I mean, I'm reading this lovely article about MMJ on TV, and then, WHAM!, I get struck in the face by something I didn't see coming, no specific mention of what harms, and then no counterpoint position.

So to me, that was some sloppy writing, maybe just stuck in there to appease some editor or something like that who wanted a more "balanced" article. But obviously I took pleasure from that article as it got me to do all this thinking and typing, oh and maybe the salad mix I had in my pipe bowl a little while ago helped too!

[Influence]

WeedTRACKER TV is coming soon.. I will keep everyone posted

[Jeffster]

Originally Posted by Influence

WeedTRACKER TV is coming soon.. I will keep everyone posted

Please do! Sounds very interesting!

[Mpcarl49]

Originally Posted by Influence

WeedTRACKER TV is coming soon.. I will keep everyone posted

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!! GOT A ETA?

[moriym]

Anyone watch episode 9?
Cannabis Planet, medical marijuana, medicinal marijuana, medical use of marijuana

[Jeffster]

Originally Posted by moriym

Anyone watch episode 9?
Cannabis Planet, medical marijuana, medicinal marijuana, medical use of marijuana

I watched 8 and 9 today. I'd been checking for 8 for a while and, poof, they were both there today. I enjoyed them both, from the hemp crop stories, to Jack Herer interview, to "the news covering the news." I think Ngaio looks good without the mustache. I'm thinking he should take the beard off, too (but keep the long hair, of course)! LOL Sarah seems to be loosening up nicely in her role.

[Bodhisativa]

I like what they are doing or trying to do. but really wish if they use my pics on the air that they would ummm ask me first;)

[iron_maiden]

ive only seen one episode, its good, they just need to get more professional talk hosts. p.s for those of you who have verizon fios cable, its on channel 17 at 11 or 1130