The Four-Month Pregame Show Has Begun

The Four-Month Pregame Show Has Begun

NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site The Double Overtime.  Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sports plus occasional essays on business and technology. Well, NOW you can consider upfront week closed.  No matter how much or little detail was offered by the various companies that trotted out … Read more

I’m Just Not Down With Upfronts Any More

I’m Just Not Down With Upfronts Any More

There was a time when upfront week was practically Christmas in May.  I didn’t get to attend many of them, but considering how much work and overtime I put into even the ones I supported the week was a continuous array of catered meetings and persistent updates as networks announced their fall lineups and series … Read more

A Bittersweet Day In The Neighborhood

A Bittersweet Day In The Neighborhood

Another show bites the dust tonight, which I realize on the surface is as dog-bites-man a story as is capable of being produced nowadays.  I wasn’t a regular viewer of THE NEIGHBORHOOD, which sunsets CBS tonight after an impressive eight seasons and 156 episodes.  Those are the kind of numbers that old school situation comedies … Read more

Not Your Father’s FOX.  More Like The Fathers’ FOX?

Not Your Father’s FOX. More Like The Fathers’ FOX?

Depending upon what generation you fall into your Pavolvian reaction to what kind of shows you’d associate with FOX is likely to vary.  Certainly, if you’re a child of the 90s you’ll immediately pivot to one of the tentpoles of ANIMATION DOMINATION–THE SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD et al if you’re male, and the Spelling … Read more

We Loved OUR TED Talks

We Loved OUR TED Talks

The world lost yet another legend yesterday when Ted Turner finally succumbed to the Lewy body dementia that had valiantly fought for years.  He made it to 87 and change, which is a decent enough lifespan in itself, and he crammed enough vision, swashbuckling, success and philanthropy into it that would have taken mere mortals … Read more

If You Don’t Laugh, You Cry.

If You Don’t Laugh, You Cry.

I’ve always had a symbiotic relationship with comedy both personally and professionally.   I shared some of those formative experiences in one of the first musings on this site, which as it turned out was one of the most widely viewed and shared ones I’ve produced before or since.   Now that Copilot is part of my … Read more