This weekend is yet another personal milestone for me, one I honestly never thought I would reach and of late prayed nearly every chance I got that it would not come to pass. It’s the 40th anniversary of my relocation to Los Angeles. Whee. I’ll confess that the last weekend of 1985 was perhaps the … Read more
If you’re looking for positivity and good cheer this morning, I’d suggest you stop reading right now. Having an overdrawn bank account and being threatened with losing the one job you’ve been able to have gotten, and one of the few I was even allowed the chance to interview for, in what is now more … Read more
Like so many who have spent their lives around creatives, especially those of us fortunate enough to have actually been employed by a few, I looked forward to Wednesday’s dropping of the first two episodes of THE STUDIO, a spot-on satire from the fertile minds of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. I’m an unapologetic fan … Read more
The news that CBS’ AFTER MIDNIGHT was coming to an abrupt end in June after a mere two years took me and others by surprise; after all, we had heard little about any disenchantment with ratings or cost from either the network or its affiliates. It was especially surprising to moi considering when it was … Read more
Credit where credit is due: I’m at least aware that THE CONNERS are back for what they’re claiming to be their final six episodes beginning tonight on ABC. The Disney marketing monolith had the spot running ubiquitously across their gamut of properties this past weekend, sometimes with multiple spots in a single extended SPORTSCENTER break. … Read more
When Nielsen began to compile its monthly report called THE GAUGE it was done as a marketing move to give the company increased visibility and theoretical currency in a streaming world they haven’t quite fully figured out. As I’ve mused on numerous previous occasions, Nielsen still has only a partial lens on who watches non-linear … Read more
Optimism isn’t easy to come by these days, especially when even what one might assume to be upstanding, responsible and auspiced institutions reveal themselves to be little more than merely as minimally principled as anyone they might otherwise come out against. We thought we had a fighter in Maine governor Janet Mills, who even THE … Read more
I don’t have any kids, which I’m told both by folks who have them and especially those who knew my ex-wives I should consider to be a blessing. More often than not, I’ve questioned if their counsel was merely apolegetic or perhaps far more of a reflection that they thank the stars that I didn’t … Read more
It wasn’t a physical hurricane that hit South Florida this week for a change, but in the media world, particularly those with any vested interest in broadcast television, it was the equivalent. The newspapers that still remain part of that ecosystem certainly covered it that way. The MIAMI HERALD’s Devoun Cetoute, for one: WPLG-TV, known … Read more
I’ll qualify this musing by admitting I’m more than a tad biased towards the good folk at Apple TV+. I worked with many of them for years and I have immense respect for their taste and talents. And if one were to look at the data from the smart TV in my living room you’d … Read more