There seems to be an awful lot being written of late by just about everyone who even thinks about Netflix. There is an overriding reason for all of that, as THE MOTLEY FOOL’s Daniel Sparks pointed out when the stories began to crop up last week: Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reports second-quarter results on July 16, and … Read more
Happy Golden Birthday to FAMILY FEUD. It was exactly fifty years ago on a humid Monday that ABC’s struggling 1:30 PM time slot infused with what was initially dismissed as a way to take elements from the then top-rated afternoon staple MATCH GAME dressed up in a corny Whitman Sampler package and topped off with … Read more
We are squarely into the summer season; the fact I haven’t experienced a sleeve of any kind on my arms for more than a month are all the receipts you need to prove that point. Or you could look at your television and see what constitutes as newsworthy. And yes, in this case I do … Read more
A highly auspiced and exceptionally well compensated competitor of mine who was the first of us “research gurus” to earn the title of president used to troll those of us who weren’t quite blessed with a strong portfolio of networks by mocking our attempts to show we were much more competitive with his by referencing … Read more
I’ve long had a love-hate relationship with the Emmy Awards. As someone who intersected and answered into both the business and creative sectors of television studios and networks I’ve been part of both liberally funded campaigns to cajole nominations out of industry peer groups and internal case studies that would inevitably come to the conclusion … Read more
It’s been nearly four decades since I was fortunate enough to have visited my ancestral homeland of England yet I still regret falling for the tourist trap recommendations of local cuisine which the Fodor’s guides recommended I try. The fish and chips I sampled at a pub adjacent to Piccadilly Circus was no better in … Read more
Whenever anyone gets a glimpse at my phone the first reaction tends to be “Holy crap, how many freaking apps do you have??!”. Truth be told, for as much as I have learned how not to hoard physical possessions any more I still tend to hoard digital ones I’ve amassed over time. I could arguably … Read more
In entertainment much as in life, more often than not timing is everything. Had the DESPICABLE ME-verse arisen a few years before it actually did at the outset of the 2010s I might been in a position to have the desire to go to a theatre on my own and watch what I otherwise dismissed … Read more
This was supposed to be yet another slow day lament about something that was once was that didn’t quite last. In this particular case, today is the anniversary of my first wedding, one I don’t often reference since it was far shorter and ultimately less lethal than my second was–or at least could have been. … Read more
I may be older–er, seasoned–but I’m not dead. And I also have a few guilty pleasures that might surprise you. One just happens to LEGALLY BLONDE, a now 25-year-old movie that was a hit with pretty much every other demographic quadrant other than the one I actually fell into. It was a great date movie … Read more