I’ve been spending way too much time recently debating randomly with staunch defenders of work-from-home policies and social distancing, Even entrepreneurs and CEOs, using images where they defiantly stare into a selfie camera in front of a computer in what is obviously a comfortable workspace ALONE, are determined to defend their belief to someone as … Read more
I’m consistently perplexed at the gravitas that certain media companies seem to have with an investment community that appears disproportionately inclined to believe they have upside. The reaction to Netflix’s earnings reports where they “overachieved expectations” by merely losing 970,000 (heaven forbid, NOT the “roughly 1 million” subscribers in 2Q22, versus the 2 million that … Read more
With every passing Monday night this summer, an era of quality television for basic cable may be winding down for good with a victory lap that continues to improve with each new episode. The final six episodes of BETTER CALL SAUL are being unveiled in the good old fashioned way of one episode a week … Read more
Who’s the most famous graduate of your alma mater? No matter what school gave you your diploma, if you’re one of my readers you’re probably not an immediately recognized public figure. My high school, John Bowne of Flushing,New York, has produced a number of noted TV executives over its 58-year history, some of whom I’ve … Read more
While the TV show of that name has gone away yet again, the desire, I believe, remains consistent with anyone who isn’t already one. And when it comes to businesses connected to cannabis, the opportunities to become one are growing as quickly as the number of legal states and the quality and breadth of those … Read more
So you remember this week began with a call to action about an NFT conference? (Feel free to refresh your memory via the link at the bottom if you’ve already forgotten). Well, everything I rattled off about the opportunties and benefits of NFTs are true, but let’s just say for a variety of reasons not … Read more
Oh, my darling quaran-tine Barbara Ferrer. You sure picked the wrong day to have yet another press conference drumrolling what YOU now see is the inevitable return to indoor mask mandates in Los Angeles County, which you currently serve as an overpaid, underqualfiied regurgitator of goosed-up statistics relating to percentages of new reported cases of … Read more
KCBS-TV/Los Angeles’ early morning news has often been fifth in a four-horse race, due in part to the fact that the network morning show that it leads into, CBS MORNINGS, still lags behind both THE TODAY SHOW and GOOD MORNING, AMERICA in popularity. What also hurts network morning news in Los Angeles and elsewhere in … Read more
Nominations for the 74th annual Emmy Awards were announced yesterday morning, the culmination of a six-week barrage of FYC events and a slew of e-mails to voters with literally thousands of hours of truly excellent television accompanied by heartfelt pleas to watch and, of course, vote. Thankfully, technology has eliminated the inevitable stuffing of mailboxes … Read more
I have spent a lot of time and typed a lot of words of late looking backwards and pontificating about what used to be. Fact is, time is moving forward, and it’s all the more essential for those of us who have relied upon legacy behaviornfor our livelihoods to embrace both the complexity and the … Read more