My mother died again. Let me explain. I lost my own mother far too prematurely, 30 years ago this June. Look no further than her psyche for the cause of death. My mother was well-intentioned but self-loathing, addicted to food, high-tar cigarettes and a codependent relationship with my equally well-intentioned but otherwise flawed father. She … Read more
HULU: WHO KNEW? As the streaming service war of attrition begins to ramp up with the recent moves surrounding the now-Warner Discovery brands (HBO Max and Discovery Plus) and Amazon (MGM)’s arms race for content, there is increasing ambiguity and uncertainty among one of the more mature players in the space, Hulu. At first blush … Read more
One of the most laugh-out loud scenes of Animal House is when Dean Wormer hands out grades to students and Bluto Blutarsky proudly revels in his “zero point zero” GPA. On more than a few occasions last year many shows on the CW and on dozens of cable networks got the exact same overnight rating … Read more
Those of you who follow my social media know I’ve recently started to “break out of my COVID isolation” by getting out and about and having new experiences, which are all the more special to me given what I’ve survived in the past 18 months. The necessity of condensing everything to cute photos, ambiguous captions … Read more
This week’s media bombshell was clearly Amazon swallowing MGM—for perspective, the price was roughly two-thirds of what they paid for Whole Foods, meaning an iconic Hollywood brand is inferior to organic cranberry tuna salad. There’s a lot already written about how once again an arrogant tech company wants to impose its size and will on … Read more
Tonight marks the delayed fifth season premiere of the current iteration of THE $100,000 PYRAMID, my all-time favorite game show and one I had the pleasure of working on three different versions of, (I should have been involved with a fourth, but as a teenaged game show geek I was deemed “too good for TV” … Read more
As a society, we’ve learned how to multitask and co-exist in environments that are now both work and personal. This site will be no exception to this “new norm”. We will frequently pivot from media musings to personal stories. You will learn of my own journey, particularly since December 2019, when my life was changed … Read more
The 2021-22 broadcast network schedule (save for the CW at this writing) is out, and yet again just when we thought there could be a bottoming out of playing it safe we have reached new nadirs of complacency. For fall 2021 there will be exactly four completely new series on the “Big 4”. that will be … Read more