You want to know how I’m cocksure I’m no longer one of the “cool kids”? I’m not gonna be setting foot in Austin, Texas over the next few days. I can’t begin to tell you how many folks who historically chose to go to markets like NATPE, MIP and CES eschewed this year’s iterations for … Read more
Like millions of other otherwise normal men of a certain age, I’ve dreamed about Valerie Bertinelli for decades. No, I’ve never met her, though we clearly have a number of things in common. We’re mere months apart in age. We both were fortunate enough to work with (and, in her case, for) Norman Lear. We … Read more
With a scant few exceptions, at the top of such a small list being my bestie (BTW: it’s her birthday today; if you know her, send her at least your regards; if you don’t you should), people in power have more often than not let me down. Think I’m exaggerating? Last week yet again I … Read more
I probably should be a bigger fan of Steve Carell’s that I’ve been up till now. I’ve already been crystal clear that I wasn’t a huge fan of THE OFFICE and I can’t say I fall into the demo that anointed Judd Apatow as the definer of Gen X comedy with THE 40 YEAR OLD … Read more
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As I so often do in these musings, I confess that I have more than a few guilty pleasures when it comes to everything from media to cuisine. In the immortal words of the esteemed Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy, “I’m a man, I’m 40”. Well, way more than that these days. And I’ll … Read more
I’m having yet another frustrating and exhausting week so far, and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna improve any time soon. So I definitely wasn’t paying attention to what in the world of fast food lovers was a seminal moment earlier this week when McDonald’s technically introduced what had supposedly been a huge European hit, … Read more
Time once again for moi to fit in a little crow with my increasingly selective diet. In hindsight, we’ve probably been a little harsh on the Artists Formerly Known As NBC Cable, a.k.a. Versant. In the first days of their technical self-existence we were admittedly more than a tad bearish on how they were faring. … Read more
There couldn’t be two less likely candidates to have overlapping audiences than the respective series launches that occurred in prime time last night. On the ancient-skewing CBS, with the compromised 60 MINUTES as a lead-in, was the latest entry into the YELLOWSTONE-verse–and the first that actually was premiering on what used to be called a … Read more
It was anything but a bellweather week for TV journalists, and I’m not merely referencing the shell-shocked and panicked employees at CBS NEWS and CNN. While their worlds may be crashing down in their minds, as THE GUARDIAN’s Jeremy Barr conveyed yesterday, at least for the moment they’re still employed. That’s more than can be … Read more