I once worked for The Family Channel, and as many already know I was involved in several attempts to rename it, for a variety of business and personally motivated reasons when my management took control. At the time, despite those wishes results consistently emerged that indicated a halo effect between the channel’s name and its … Read more
I’m sometimes amused by the degree of imagination and energy trade organizations like the Television Bureau of Advertising put into some of the analyses they do. Defending legacy broadcast television, particularly local television, in a landscape where media and tech companies continue to pour billions of dollars into growing streaming services, often at the expense … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day to those of you fortunate enough to have someone in your life who loves you and who allow you to love them back who may be close by, if not right next to you. Since the closest example I have to that these days is more than a thousand miles away, and … Read more
Seems like every time the Super Bowl is held in Glendale, Arizona a really amazing afternoon unfolds. Certainly, the football and the drama that unfolded last night during the Kansas City Chiefs’ thrilling 38-35 comeback victory against the Philadelphia Eagles–only the second time in the game’s 57-year history where a team trailing at halftime came … Read more
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and that always means a day devoted slavishly to watching TV. And for many of my onetime friends and colleagues at FOX Sports, who are carrying today’s event, they are especially eager to see this day come. It’s the first-ever post-season matchup of Philadelphia and Kansas City, two teams with only … Read more
So Roseanne Barr’s on the comeback trail, and she’s making the rounds to promote her first stand-up special in 17 years. But because her special will debut on FOX Nation, her “making the rounds” includes interviews with the likes of Tucker Carlson, and she’s frankly sounding a tad embittered. Even to an outlet more left-of-center … Read more
In the aftermath of the still puzzling decision for Paramount+ and SHOWTIME to come together and for all intents and purposes diminish a brand synoymous with quality pay scripted television to an afterthought, the news that cooler heads have seemed to prevail in the Warner Discovery camp was a needed positive sign that even in … Read more
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So the successor to James Corden as the face of the second portion of CBS’ late night lineup has been announced. And the winner is…to be determined. Rather than try to find a breakout personality to attempt to gain traction in a daypart where the majority of its actual viewership doesn’t occur within it, CBS … Read more
I couldn’t be happier for the few remaining ex-colleagues and friends of mine who remain in charge of Sony TV, and I’m actually quite thrilled for many of the newbies that are just joining. Nothing makes a new gig in the entertainment industry more enjoyable that the upbeat mood that the beginning of a phenomenon … Read more