I’m consistently perplexed at the gravitas that certain media companies seem to have with an investment community that appears disproportionately inclined to believe they have upside. The reaction to Netflix’s earnings reports where they “overachieved expectations” by merely losing 970,000 (heaven forbid, NOT the “roughly 1 million” subscribers in 2Q22, versus the 2 million that … Read more
With every passing Monday night this summer, an era of quality television for basic cable may be winding down for good with a victory lap that continues to improve with each new episode. The final six episodes of BETTER CALL SAUL are being unveiled in the good old fashioned way of one episode a week … Read more
Who’s the most famous graduate of your alma mater? No matter what school gave you your diploma, if you’re one of my readers you’re probably not an immediately recognized public figure. My high school, John Bowne of Flushing,New York, has produced a number of noted TV executives over its 58-year history, some of whom I’ve … Read more
KCBS-TV/Los Angeles’ early morning news has often been fifth in a four-horse race, due in part to the fact that the network morning show that it leads into, CBS MORNINGS, still lags behind both THE TODAY SHOW and GOOD MORNING, AMERICA in popularity. What also hurts network morning news in Los Angeles and elsewhere in … Read more
Nominations for the 74th annual Emmy Awards were announced yesterday morning, the culmination of a six-week barrage of FYC events and a slew of e-mails to voters with literally thousands of hours of truly excellent television accompanied by heartfelt pleas to watch and, of course, vote. Thankfully, technology has eliminated the inevitable stuffing of mailboxes … Read more
I have spent a lot of time and typed a lot of words of late looking backwards and pontificating about what used to be. Fact is, time is moving forward, and it’s all the more essential for those of us who have relied upon legacy behaviornfor our livelihoods to embrace both the complexity and the … Read more
Adam Wade died earlier this week. There’s been way too many deaths lately from all walks of life, so it’s understandable if you missed it. And unless you fall into one of two categories, you may never have heard of him at all. One would be a game show geek. Wade was the first African-American … Read more
I’m not going to use the name of the subject of today’s Leblanguage. Suffice to say you know who he is and you know what he did yesterday, indeed what he’s done for the past decade. So when said individual announced that he intended to purchase a struggling social media platform with what amounted to … Read more
So Boris Johnson won’t make it through his term as British Prime Minister after all. After a tumultuous week where half his cabinet resigned in disgust after it was learned that he promoted Chris Pincher to a position in his government despite knowing about numerous sexual assault allegations against him, Johnson announced he was stepping … Read more
I’ve documented ad nauseum my complicated history with John Landgraf, the FX Networks czar who I worked for during the first five years of his now two decade run. John is a remarkably intelligent, passionate and successful leader and visionary, who has the tenacity of a pit bull when he believes he is accurate in … Read more