Thirty years is a long time in any business; a virtual eternity in the world of TV sitcoms. So is 29, the actual number that have elapsed since CBS debuted a show from a group of newcomers that were professionally connected to David Letterman’s production company, a reward and perk that helped them secure his … Read more
After a week of lousy weather across most of the country and lousy news for all but the most brainwashed and misoygnistic among us, we needed an event like the HIGHLY anticipated debut of WICKED: FOR GOOD in theatres that officially began last night but offered a number of preview opportunities for those uberfans who … Read more
Whenever I come across the increasingly rare public touting of small screen “ratings” success I probably pay a lot more attention to the details than most. When you spend as long as I have concopting similar fodder, one can’t help but be curious if the same level of sophisticated storytelling creativity that I and my … Read more
We’re expecting another stormy day in So Cal today, and if you happen to be one of the survivors who’s made it this far into Warner Brothers’ second century of existence that fact is true about more than merely the weather. Because when the skies are scheduled to open up this afternoon while nothing definitive … Read more
If you ever deal with insomnia as I do, you’d note that a lot of these musings drop at times when many of you are fast asleep. Those of you who are awake are probably using ambient white noise along with a hot beverage for sustinence, and in my case that often means playing back … Read more
I’m not a huge beer connisseur so I never really bought into the myth that was perpetuated upon us by the team at Dos Equis that their product was endorsed by “The World’s Most Interesting Man”. Even the most casual observer and laziest internet researcher knows that was a marketing ploy that gave Jonathan Goldsmith … Read more
I fall into the demographic category where I arguably not only should be watching more PBS, I actually know what PBS is. I actually remember when it was first created, when the upbeat classic music of New York’s (well, at the time, Newark’s) Channel 13 was replaced by the synthesized tones that identified the network, … Read more
A lot’s changed on the lot that at least for the moment is still known as the Paramount headquarters in just a year. The ownership, for one. The measurement service of record, for those like me to whom that small detail matters. And, most def, what gets priority consideration in an ever-evolving landscape. When Taylor … Read more
I can’t say I’m either a connoisseur or a huge fan of country music. My first exposure to it was when the struggling New York City radio station that was home to the Mets made an ill-fated decision to introduce the genre into the country’s largest market, somehow believing there were enough people who had … Read more
When the OG version of THE RUNNING MAN hit the theatres 38 years ago I was among the first in line to see it. It pretty much hit all the tick marks my younger self needed at the time–an action thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (who I had just met at 20th Century FOX’s New York … Read more