It’s Back On A Lot Of Dance Cards

It’s Back On A Lot Of Dance Cards

If you were laying out prop “bets” on your favorite social gambling site before the 2025-26 TV season technically began on which show would be showing the greatest degree of improvement you would have been hard-pressed to convince me to even drop four bits on Kalshi on DANCING WITH THE STARS. I’ll admit Ive been … Read more

A “Thirty” Show In Every Sense Of The Word

A “Thirty” Show In Every Sense Of The Word

It’s CBS PREMIERE WEEK, a fact you might have been aware of had you watched a moment of any Paramount Global media entity since, oh, July.  The most-watched and most traditionally programmed broadcast network has made a VERY big deal about how they were rolling back the clock and clustering their season premieres predominantly over … Read more

I’m Glad He Held My Hand

I’m Glad He Held My Hand

When a  passion project defies the odds of even being made let alone being released on a global streaming platform that’s reason enough for celebration in my book.  When said project is one that a longtime colleague and friend gets to see to fruition it’s all the more worthy.  And when it’s unabashedly upbeat as … Read more

If You Really Want To Trap A Bunny, Think Like A Fox

If You Really Want To Trap A Bunny, Think Like A Fox

MEMO TO: ERICA KIRK, CEO/CHAIR OF THE BOARD, TURNING POINT USA FR: STEVE LEBLANG, NON-PARTISAN MEDIA CONSULTANT RE: ALL AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW 2026   Hello, Mrs. Kirk.  I trust you are faring somewhat better than the most recent time we saw your organization referenced publicly.  I joined the millions of your ardent members and I … Read more

Gaming The System?  Be Prepared To Lose.

Gaming The System? Be Prepared To Lose.

Of all of the complaints that I attempt to tolerate from so many of our less frequent readers, which seems to include just about anyone else who even has a hot take let alone attempt a similar venture to this, perhaps the one that I’ll allow is more than justified is my attention to small … Read more

A VERY Swift Kick For Theatres

A VERY Swift Kick For Theatres

Not much was going on entertainment-wise this past weekend.  We’re most definitely not in summer any more–heck, it freaking RAINED in SoCal Friday morning and we’re actually needing long sleeves for our morning constitutionals.  But we also had no new series, linear or streaming, of consequence that launched aside from the lukewarm start to the … Read more