Time For This Toxic Relationship To End Once And For All

Time For This Toxic Relationship To End Once And For All

I’ve never quite grasped the appeal of the BACHELOR-verse, THE BACHELORETTE in particular.  I’m clearly not in the sweet spot of their target audience, the reality-obsessed female 18-49 who was ostensibly being appealed to at the outset with the promise of turning the tables on the male fantasy that the original iteration of the series … Read more

Maybe It Just Wasn’t Meant Tubi

Maybe It Just Wasn’t Meant Tubi

Because I’m both a slave to data and a cockeyed realist, I’m painfully aware of where I actually rank in the pecking order of media pundits.   Somewhere between pawn and minnow, based upon the statistics I have at my disposal.  And that’s in spite of the obsessive attention to the size of images that may … Read more

Was The Price Ever Really Right?

Was The Price Ever Really Right?

There’s actually an original program premiering on E! tonight.  Sort of. If you know anything about my fan base and followers, any time anything involving a game show is given attention it’s breaking news.  And tonight they get yet another fix invoving perhaps their most enduring and prolific guilty pleasure, THE PRICE IS RIGHT.  It’s … Read more

Who Got Slayed And Who Got Played?

Who Got Slayed And Who Got Played?

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially when that woman is capable of slaying vampires.  The perpetually intrepid queen of DEADLINE Nellie Andreeva took to her soapbox on Saturday morning to urgently amplify the latest proof of that parable to her readers: Hulu has opted not to proceed with its Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, starring and … Read more

Oscars ’26: One Winner After Another

Oscars ’26: One Winner After Another

It’s easy to find fault with just about everything these days, and Lord knows I tend to go out of my way to do that more often than not.  That’s especially true with awards shows, which tend to lean towards biased, elitist and overly political.  And certain there’s been more than a few recent Oscars … Read more

I’ve Outlived A Studio.   Am I Gonna Outlive An Industry?

I’ve Outlived A Studio. Am I Gonna Outlive An Industry?

Not gotta lie, this one hurt. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’s Alex Weprin was among the more sanguine conveyors of what eventually dominated my personal algorithm yesterday afternoon: NBCUniversal will no longer produce first-run syndicated TV programming, ending production of shows like Access Hollywood, Access Live, Karamo and The Steve Wilkos Show in a major strategic shift for the company. “NBCUniversal is making changes … Read more

Some Fans Know Nothing

Some Fans Know Nothing

It’s Friday the 13th, but to a certain number of highly dedicated and vocal fans of classic television the scariest thing about the day won’t have any connection to Jason Voorhees.   Instead, they will be mourning what they consider the “death” of  a television show that hasn’t produced an original episode in 55 years.  Regular … Read more