I’m loyal and old school, at least I try to be to entities that won’t turn on me because of circumstances beyond my control. So despite the frequent lambasting and disappointments that this season’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE episodes have received from both vox populi and critics, not to mention lower ratings than in recent years … Read more
Like the majority of people who view what is still archaically referred to as “late night” television, I now consume that content almost exclusively online and at odd hours. Some days, depending upon how much else was going on, I wouldn’t even watch the YouTube uploads of the likes of Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, the … Read more
If you’ve picked up anything in recent weeks from these entries, you may have surmised that I’m anything but a fan of practices involving isolation. Aside from the personal triggers it provokes, it is my distinct belief that it has contributed strongly to business decisions and pivots that overemphasized technology as a life determinant, created … Read more
So I actually began therapy this week, which I am sure won’t come as a surprise to any of you, and perhaps a relief to those who still give a damn. With all of the losses I’ve experienced of late, and with absolutely no hope of changing anyone else’s deadset opinions about how (or if) … Read more
If you don’t know the name Marshall Cohen, but you’ve ever loved anything to come out of anything related to MTV, you should. Marshall was one of the unsung heroes of the now 40-year-old pop culture institution and was one of the many outstanding research executives who gave credence, insight and monetization to some of … Read more
The answer, of course, is no. With hundreds of networks and dozens of streaming services to choose from, even when factoring in the staggering reality that approximately 330 million of us lived in the US today the odds of anyone sharing a viewing experience at the same time on the same channel is really, really … Read more
When I was fortunate enough to be amidst the most beautiful and creative people I had ever known at a time when they actually sort of liked me, I marveled at the dedication and diligence they put into producing audition videos. A group of professional actors who had been friends for years, sometimes even more … Read more
When virtually every other media story these days seems to be about people losing their livelihoods and institutional businesses being reimagined by economic necessity (farewell, Headline News) , any sort of story that doesn’t yet involve either is one that catches my attention. So when several celebrity news sites and, of course, Page Six devoted … Read more
We learned earlier this week what else hundreds of millions of people were doing over the Thanksgiving weekend when they weren’t watching sports or finding new ways to stretch a costly turkey into a record number of leftover meals. They were reconnecting with a little girl that they first met generations ago who has apparently … Read more
Yet another announcement of a CEO leaving a media company and a series of impending layoffs dominated my entertainment news media feed yesterday, and this one was deemed by many observers to be particularly surprising. AMC Networks CEO Christina Spade is leaving her post effective immediately, and chairman James Dolan accompanied this news in an … Read more