The last time anyone was capable of having a normal Christmas Day (let alone a fourth day of Chanukah), this is how I spent it. Lying with tubes stuck in me, an ugly white beard making me itch and grateful I had bid farewell to my diseased gall bladder less than 24 hours earlier. As … Read more
Twas the morn before Christmas, when all through my ‘hood Not a creature was stirring, ah, the silence was good The CDs are stacked by our chimney with care My roommate’s an atheist; there’s no room to spare His child isn’t here, so I sprung from my bed, While visions of this post danced in … Read more
Last week was the final Thursday Night Football game for FOX, a significant event if only because it was the first time in FOX’s 27-year association with the league that it let a package of games they acquired go. One could have also watched that game on Prime Video. Since I’m a person who prefers … Read more
Two years ago today may have been the shortest day of 2019 for the world at large, but for me it turned out to be the longest day of my life. And almost my last. Two days previously, as I was packing up my office at Sony for a holiday move down the hall, I … Read more
MEMO TO: WENDY MC MAHON, PRESIDENT AND CO-HEAD, CBS NEWS AND STATIONS CC: JOHN BUDKINS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMMING AND SCHEDULING FR: STEVE LEBLANG, MEDIA CONSULTANT RE: JEOPARDY!/WHEEL NEGOTIATIONS Dear Wendy, Belated congratulations on your recent appointment to these two crucial positions. I am writing you to help you justify what I believe could be … Read more
Yesterday Sony Pictures TV (in full disclosure, the source of my health insurance for another 15 days) announced that actor Jeff Garlin will be leaving THE GOLDBERGS, its ABC network sitcom. Garlin had been accused on multiple occasions of inappropriate language and personal conduct with colleagues and staffers. Several quotes from an article earlier this … Read more
If Le Blog can be classified as anything it is best described as an opinion page. When you are in between gigs (a euphamism for not working) and strongly encouraged to never leave your home, let alone spend a great deal of time only with your thoughts, one develops a lot of opinions that result … Read more
Yesterday’s announcement by FOX News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace that he was leaving the organization to join the fledgling CNN+ streaming service may have been shocking, but those familiar with the history of how an unencumbered Rupert Murdoch values traditional journalism would likely have deemed it inevitable. Wallace, the son of legendary CBS News and … Read more
As 2021 starts to wind down, I’ve got what will likely be my final in-person sporting event on tap today when I attempt to watch my beloved but depleted New York Football Giants attempt to take on the Los Angeles Chargers at still-spanking new SoFi Stadium. ‘ When I purchased the tickets last spring, I … Read more
I actually looked forward to the reboot of SEX AND THE CITY that debuted this week on HBO Max. As someone who watched a lot of TV with my wife, this show became a staple of our binges and often one of the few escapes from the misery I endured. The show took on a … Read more