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
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
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
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
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 spent a disproportionate amount of last night with Michelle Pfeiffer, which at one point in my life would have been a fantasy come true. Ever since she slithered her way across a piano in THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS, one of many breakout roles that complimented her striking beauty anmd ultimately defined her as one … Read more
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
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
You want to know how I’m cocksure I’m no longer one of the “cool kids”? I’m not gonna be setting foot in Austin, Texas over the next few days. I can’t begin to tell you how many folks who historically chose to go to markets like NATPE, MIP and CES eschewed this year’s iterations for … Read more
Like millions of other otherwise normal men of a certain age, I’ve dreamed about Valerie Bertinelli for decades. No, I’ve never met her, though we clearly have a number of things in common. We’re mere months apart in age. We both were fortunate enough to work with (and, in her case, for) Norman Lear. We … Read more