The much-anticipated 4Q22 earnings call for Netflix, the first quarter that would encompass the initial results of its revised strategy embracing advertising, yielded the more startling news that its chairman and founder Reed Hastings was stepping aside, seguing to an “executive chairman” role after a quarter-century of building perhaps the most disruptive and transformational video … Read more
For as much as I like to toot my own horn when I’m right (spoiler alert: the ratings on MILF MANOR were indeed lousy; please check the update for yesterday’s entry for those details), I will always freely admit when I’m dead wrong. As Cynopsis is reporting this morning, despite the somewhat tepid reviews and … Read more
It’s rare when I hear from one particular friend of mine who keeps an extremely busy schedule, what with nonstop travel, an upcoming book and personal obligations including caretaking for her ailing mom. So when she asks me to check out an upcoming reality show, of all things, for my nuanced take, and perhaps some … Read more
After more than 30 years since it last aired an original episode, and more than two years after NBC and Warner Brothers announced their intention to revive it, tonight NIGHT COURT is back in session on NBC. To their credit, both entities have gone out of their way to promote it during their more popular … Read more
Today is Martin Luther King Day, and even though we’re now approaching four decades of its being celebrated on the third Monday in January to commemorate the birth of the famed civil rights leader, a lot of people in my orbit are still surprised when they realize it’s a holiday. Some even snark–Lord, it’s been … Read more
*–Or, you can call him Bubba. Or Adriano. Or Mr. Almony. Or even Sir. Frankly, my advice would be to call him whatever he’d prefer to call be called. However, if you happen to be the President of the United States, you’d call him a Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and bestow that honor upon him. … Read more
Bob Iger’s honeymoon return to the CEO helm at Disney became a nightmare for many of its previously overjoyed employees earlier this week when this little missive wound up in inboxes (as reported by Alex Sherman and Sarah Whitten of CNBC.com): Bob Iger told hybrid employees on Monday they must return to corporate offices four … Read more
Now I’m gonna probably piss off a few people who think I’m yet again shooting myself in the groin by calling out someone who once used to return my calls. Let me state upfront that anything written from this point forward has absolutely nothing to do with any personal history. I’ve long since resolved that … Read more
I admit I’m a creature of habit when it comes to certain consumption patterns, and my occasional thirst for local Los Angeles news has been typically quenched with a dose of KCBS-TV’s newscasts, typically middays following THE PRICE IS RIGHT, which I’ve invariably had on for comfort food and background noise even when I worked … Read more
The Golden Globes, which for decades has been the kickoff to an awards season that often championed the more elitist and niche works via a small and easily swayable group of mostly non-American entertainment reporters, returned to NBC and a well-dressed capacity crowd at the Century Plaza hotel last night, Or, as host Jerrold Carmichael … Read more