I admit I’ve got a shorter than usual fuse these days. I have barely seen the sun in perhaps the gloomiest June I’ve endured in Los Angeles since I relocated, and I don’t need to bore any of you yet again that my quest for something resembling a decent level of living has hit more … Read more
Pat Robertson’s mission on Earth ended yesterday, passing at the age of 93, a significant enough event to trigger multiple alerts from both mainstream news and media-specific sites. As Deadline’s Ted Johnson dutifully reported, his legacy organization issued this succinct release: The Christian Broadcasting Network, the enterprise he created from a Virginia TV station, announced … Read more
I should let you know I love me some Chick-Fil-A when I do have both the money and mindset to grab a fast-food meal. I was first introduced to them when I worked for Turner and when I’d visit their headquarters at CNN Center–the building they vacated for good earlier this week–the locals would revel … Read more
So in a week where numerous beloved series reached their endings (a week that just happened to coincide with the end of the Emmy eligibility period), it appears from all credible sources that Apple TV+’s TED LASSO is also on that list, ending a three-season run that despite what many of its fans contended was … Read more
It’s the end of yet another month where I’m still looking for something resembling a break, so forgive me if I’m in a bit darker mindset than usual (or, some of you may believe, this may be more the norm than not). It seems almost every place I turn for advice or help, I’m consistently … Read more
The SUCCESSION finale has been dropped, and if you’re someone that has other things going on in your life right now of higher priority, I’m gonna put a massive SPOILER ALERT on the balance of this musing. I’ll say this much before you go if you choose: if you haven’t yet discovered this gem of … Read more
I typically write these musings when it’s quiet and dark in my room, often with little more than a desk lamp illuminating my screen and my mind. Like anyone who would like to consider themselves a decent writer, I do this alone. Which is fine. Except lately I seem to do virtually EVERYTHING alone. Most … Read more
There’s an awful lot of game show content debuting in all forms of media–TV, online, print–of late, many of which directly involve people I’d like to think are personal friends. I realize I’m in a very small minority of those who consume this eagerly and avidly because, hey, I admit I love the genre, and … Read more
There’s an awful lot happening in our world of musings that I could focus on today. The spectacle of unbridled cultism that CNN offered up in prime time last night. Bob Iger’s earnings call where he teed up the possibilities of Hulu being eliminated, moving the company out of Florida and joining the growing ranks … Read more
Well, it’s a new month, and for many of us, it’s not off to a good start. Take the hard-working members of the WGA, who awaken today with the knowledge that by day’s end, they may be returning to the picket lines for the first time since 2008. As The LOS ANGELES TIMES’ Anousha Sakoui … Read more