As I’ve shared before, I attended college in the small town of Oswego, New York. For a city boy like moi, for me the experience was as much sociological infusion as it was coming of age. I learned first -hand what it was like to consider the Ponderosa Steakhouse gourmet dining, how to dust off … Read more
Dear Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, First of all, let me thank you for running the state that provided me with some of the most entertaining moments of the past 12 months, as well as a beautiful living environment for numerous relatives and two of the most attractive and influential female friends I’ve ever had, as … Read more
ABOUT LAST NIGHT recently premiered on HBO Max, yet another deliciously addictive reality half-hour where an entire season can be binged in one evening. Hosted by Ayesha Curry and her NBA superstar hubby Steph, the show features three celebrity couples attempting to match answers to intimate questions about their relationships and, in the end game, … Read more
President Biden gave a speech last night. I watched some of it. Based on current viewership trends versus pre-COVID, pre-streaming worlds that are now beginning to emerge as a new media normal takes root, probably 40 million or so other Americans will have joined me in that choice last night in some sort of consumption … Read more
MEMO TO: CHRIS LICHT, INCOMING CHAIRMAN AND CEO, CNN GLOBAL FR: STEVE LEBLANG. MEDIA CONSULTANT RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEW Dear Chris, First of all, may I be the millionth or so person in the last 72 hours to congratulate you on your appointment to this prestigious position. Based on your accomplishments of the past … Read more
For the first time in far too long the entertainment industry held a good old fashioned fancy awards ceremony. The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out last night in Santa Monica, with actual human beings wearing actual dress clothes on an actual red carpet and eating actual food which almost looked a … Read more
Last night I spent sunset reconnecting with long-lost friends and business colleagues at the foot of the Pacific Ocean, thankfully in person and most without masks. Tragically, it took yet another premature death to make that happen. Unless you lived the lives of the beautiful people in these photos, you likely never heard of Tim … Read more
Perhaps the most surprising success story of this fractionalized television season has been ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, a mid-season ABC sitcom that quietly launched with its pilot as a lead-0ut from the LIVE WITH A STUDIO AUDIENCE special in early December which then migrated to Hulu over the Christmas holidays. Airing on the half-hour, the show got … Read more
I just got back from a wonderful and much needed respite away from the torture chamber I call Los Angeles. While the temperature was far colder, the reception was warmer. Dear friends became closer, a beautiful special friend in particular, and I learned I should never, ever allow myself to be talked into Little Caesar’s … Read more
I’ve never spent a minute serving my country and given my artillery skills we’re all probably better off for that. I’m hardly an expert at what the impact on war can be on a family or an individual. But I do believe I know what war can do for a media entity. Which is why … Read more