Good Lord, 2022. Does every weekend of yours HAVE to start out with multiple deaths that dominate my social media timelines???! Yesterday I woke up to the news that both Meat Loaf and Louie Anderson had both left this world, both sizable talents who didn’t quite make three-quarters of a century. Like so many of my … Read more
I’ve previously written about what it was like to spend Christmas 2019 recovering from a cholecystectomy (gall bladder surgery, to those who may be polysyllyabically challenged), My liver had been damaged by the sepsis attack that I had, and post surgery, I had to have a drainage bag attached to my right side in order … Read more
Yesterday I very briefly caught a display ad on a trade site that signaled that my former colleagues at Sony were very quietly making available weekly episodes of THE GOOD DOCTOR and S.W.A.T. to local television stations in the fall of 2022. These days, the repeats of any television program being made available to over-the-air … Read more
Life has gotten so disparate and desperate that the mere idea of having lunch with friends has become worrisome and complicated. With the recent onslaught of longtime friends departing this world before I got the chance to see them in person again, I felt particularly eager to keep a standing date my BFF and I … Read more
When the viewership figures for this past weekend’s NFL wild card games are released later today you will note all the sizzle points will reference “total audience”. Although each licensee directs viewers to a primary linear network, each of them used additional networks or platforms to augment their total reach. Some media pundits call this … Read more
“North, East, South or West?” That’s how I answered the gentleman who manages the local California Pizza Kitchen near my apartment who last week informed me, after a nearly four month process of applications, video uploads, reference checks and interviews they were “going in a different direction” to give someone else a steady, paying job … Read more
Ten years ago this month I was hired for what some accurately called an inevitability. I was given the chance to head programming and scheduling for GSN, otherwise known as Game Show Network. In the impeccable words of yet another prematurely departed colleague, the eloquent David Lyle, it was akin to putting Dracula in charge … Read more
No one close to me died yesterday, thank G-d, so I could move on to something else. And, thankfully, JEOPARDY! has moved on from its troubled 2021 to a stellar start in 2022 both ratings and zeitgeist-wise. Now under the supervision of Michael Davies, who moonlights as a very passionate soccer (ahem , “football”) fan … Read more
I always thought Groundhog Day was a welcome winter event. not to mention a hilarious movie. When it normally arrives on February 2nd, it typically signals that winter has reached its apex, with Punxsatawney Phil, everybody’s favorite rodent who has never earned a dime from Disney, either seeing its shadow and signaling winter has six … Read more
I try to avoid the news cycles these days when it comes to Omicron updates. Yesterday’s “request” from Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer that we “are being urged to postpone nonessential gatherings and avoid some activities”, coupled with her previous “recommendation” to upgrade our masks to “well-fitting, higher quality medical quality, … Read more