It’s been a bad week for HBO in some ways. Logan Roy is no longer with us and, soon, neither will the HBO name that had been affixed to the streaming service his old show SUCCESSION airs on. As J. Clara Chan of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER reported this morning: The wait is over. Warner Bros. … Read more
Depending upon where you’re reading this, you either already know or can assume that I’m an exceptionally passionate sports fan. The very fact that I write and operate two blogs, one specific to sports, should identify me as someone who lives vicariously through sports. Because of my employment history, and the friends I’ve made along … Read more
SPOILER ALERT: This contains details about the events that occurred in the SUCCESSION episode S4/E3 that premiered last night on HBO and is now available to stream on HBO Max. If you’re among the millions who haven’t seen it yet, booknote this. I’ll take the delayed viewing just as happily as will HBO, and we … Read more
I still love going to the movies, though I’m well aware I’m part of a generation that is rapidly becoming a minority in that opinion. There’s a threefold assault on the future of actually putting butts in the theatres: the cost of the experience, the availability of home theatre systems that are often nearly as … Read more
Politics and Hollywood have always had a symbiotic relationship. Studios and their leaders have often provided opportunities for fund-raisers during crucial campaigns, and depending upon particular circumstances both parties could take full advantage of it. The one significant political event I was able to afford to attend was a fund-raiser for Al Gore at the … Read more
Yes, I’m enough of a Luddite to still believe there is a legitimate business in first-run TV syndication. I admit I’m biased, having personally benefitted from it for decades, both as a strategist abetting sellers and as a discerning buyer who often frustrated those trying to make deals with me. I’m sure I didn’t make … Read more
As many of you know, I am a passionate believer of face-to-face, actual human contact. I freely admit the pandemic was disarming to me, and its timing and the destruction of what I thrived on for decades–a work family to make up for my lack of anything concrete or supportive elsewhere, opportunities for chance encounters … Read more
I suppose there are a lot of expectations that people have when one’s last name is Green or Greene. After all, green is one of the most descriptive adjectives and theoretically positive words in the English language. Green means go. There is usually an association with movement. Green is the color of money. There is … Read more
The story you are about to read is true. No names have been changed to protect the innocent. since no one named is. Monday, April 3rd, 4:27 a.m. It was unseasonably cool in Los Angeles. As I tend to do at that time of the day, I was doomscrolling through my overnight e-mails and alerts … Read more
The news wasn’t unexpected, given that it was teased relentlessly by media “leaks” over the weekend, while thousands of enthusiasts and media execs convened at SoFi Stadium in finally sunny Los Angeles for one of the preeminent live events of the year. But the impact of the story that broke just a few minutes ago … Read more