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Eli Cleveland · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 8:14 am

Over the weekend all of the contracts were signed and GBH gave it the green light. It is a 3 year deal with a possible extension. We start filming on Monday! The goal is to have it on air in October, but definitely sometime this fall. Hurray! And congratulations to Tommy!

Eli

FLWoodRat · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 9:19 am

Woohooo. Looking forward to seeing some wicked sharrrp segments. Yes. Congratulations to Tommy and to you Eli. Have fun.

Rat.

barrydaniel · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 10:53 am

Nice job Tommy! Now you need to sign up for some lessons from a vocal coach to get rid of that accent.

rwyoung · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 11:47 am

Congratulations! So now that the contract is signed, what is the show name?

TOMMY MAC · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 12:24 pm

thanks guys

ROUGH CUT woodworking with tommy mac

farms100 · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 12:32 pm

congrats to to everyone involved.

joez71 · **Joined:** Thu Oct 15, 09 6:29 pm **Posts:** 12

Awesome, cant wait to see it...

Al Navas · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 9:14 pm

CONGRATULATIONS, TOMMY!

How cool is THAT??? I look forward to it. But I just *now* I won't be able to watch it, because no satellite programming is allowed to carry the local channels here... <sigh...> :cry:

Al
Sandal Woods - Fine Woodworking

tiny · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 9:15 pm

WAHOO!!!

RAISE THE FLAG AND BAKE A SPONGE CAKE!

Congratulations!

Now, how about some inside info on content?

Paul
the little nosy guy

swedishiron · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 10 9:59 pm

Tommy,
Great news... no one deserves this better than you do! you da man

Eli,
So I would imagine you are one busy guy right about now

rwyoung · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 10 8:49 am

Al Navas wrote:

CONGRATULATIONS, TOMMY!

How cool is THAT??? I look forward to it. But I just *now* I won't be able to watch it, because no satellite programming is allowed to carry the local channels here... <sigh...> :cry:

Al
Sandal Woods - Fine Woodworking

Time to set up a DVD sharing ring I think.

Or maybe they will podcast them at the end of the season the way the WoodWright Shop is done over and UNC's PBS station.

PeteMoss · **Joined:** Mon Mar 08, 10 11:22 am **Posts:** 8

That's great guys. Congrats.

Al Navas · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 10 10:38 am

rwyoung wrote:

...Time to set up a DVD sharing ring I think.

Or maybe they will podcast them at the end of the season the way the WoodWright Shop is done over and UNC's PBS station.

Perfect! - will that be legal??? Nothing else would work, as NO local channels are allowed in NW Missouri by the powers...

Sure don't want to wait till season's end to watch the podcasts, though

Al
Sandal Woods-Fine Woodworking

Eli Cleveland · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 10 11:13 am

I'm looking into whether they'll be streaming episodes online. Fingers crossed.

RaDioAcTivE · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 10 12:01 pm

Awesome news!!!! At least one good thing has come from the big dig!!

Brice · **Joined:** Thu May 20, 10 12:59 pm **Posts:** 1

Perfect. I can finally uncross my fingers and get back to woodworking... Do you know if WGBH plans to syndicate the show? If not, tell us what we need to do to petition our local PBS stations to run it!

Woo Hoo!!!

cmiddleton · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 10 2:09 pm

Tommy congrats of finally getting the money in the door...you and Eli have worked hard for this moment.

Mashburn · **Posted:** Fri May 21, 10 7:38 pm

Eli Cleveland wrote:

I'm looking into whether they'll be streaming episodes online. Fingers crossed.

Hope they do. Streaming TV is the way to go.

Congrats T!

Al Navas · **Posted:** Fri May 21, 10 8:56 pm

Eli Cleveland wrote:

I'm looking into whether they'll be streaming episodes online. Fingers crossed.

Cool! I will be willing pay if they stream it, too. PLEASE let the powers that be know this, and feel free to give them my name and phone number, too, in case they wish to confirm.

Al

TOMMY MAC · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 10 5:31 am

well...time to put up or shut up....we shoot at 9am ..the plan is to shoot all the field trips for the first month and all the studio stuff through the summer ..

man ..i cant believe we did it!! thanks to all who kept believing in me...207 baby

ITS ON :!:

chaycox · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 10 7:10 am

Good things come to good people! Stop for a moment and think of all the good you have done for us. Your gift of knowledge has been and continues to come from your heart. You created what we have here and never once asked for anything in return. I am fortunate to be able to call you a friend.
The word "thanks" cannot begin to express my appreciation.
Can't wait to see you on the boob tube,
Chris

Duff · **Joined:** Thu Oct 02, 08 8:59 pm **Posts:** 2

Tommy, will it help for us to contact local pBS and ask for then to carry the show?

Congrats BTW

Eli Cleveland · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 10 2:08 pm

I'm told that, at the moment, they are planning to stream the show online. They don't know whether it will be permanent or just the most recent episodes, but it should be there. I'll let you know if things change.

Eli

timmah · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 10 9:40 pm

Congratulations! I like the name...try and sneak in the occasional 'who's better than me!' :lol:

paulcomi · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 10 10:38 am

Amazing...Couldn't happen to a bunch of nicer guys. Now, go build something!

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