Mention The WB or The CW to a more casual millennial fan and you’ll immediately be regaled with warm fuzzies of shows like DAWSON’S CREEK, THE GILMORE GIRLS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, SUPERNATURAL and just about every classic DC comic book character you could remember. By the mid-2010s that particular niche had mushroomed to include … Read more
We are all acutely aware that the leader of the free world spends a lot of time lying awake in the wee small hours of the morning thinking about the state of the world–at least the version that perhaps the most celebrated malignant narcissist to ever occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is capable of comprehending. Well, … Read more
You likely know I’m a game show junkie; I’ve probably mused at least a hundred times since we started this about the genre. And even as recently as yesterday, in the wake of yet another seeming attempted assassination attempt on our administration, I couldn’t go without making a reference to an obscure failed series from … Read more
I have an admittedly schizophrenic reaction when it comes to critiquing. I acknowledge that I often do muse about media in a way that I would suppose could classify me as one, but I’m far too devoid of self-worth and keenly aware of the size of my footprint to even think that what I opine … Read more
I can’t say Jane Fonda and I have anything even remotely close to a “relationship”. But she does have this uncanny knack of making guest appearances in my life. My cousin was fremeies with her second husband, activist Tom Hayden, who besides being her plus-one came to national attention as what the late and thoroughly … Read more
I never did go to the NAB Show when I was a position to do so. Many of my peers at more liberally budgeted companies would get to go to the mid-spring confab in Las Vegas for “support”–which was at the time code for “you’re doing a bang-up job, take your significant other and enjoy … Read more
I have a special place in my heart for the Studio City-based facility now known as the Radford Studio Center. It was historically known as the CBS Studio Center, and at least for today is the home of CBS LA’s duopoly and the offices of many network executives who cheered their relocations from the far … Read more
Whenever someone takes the time to forward me something that they think might make for a decent musing, I’m genuinely appreciative. When it happens to deal with some aspect of research, I’m all the more thankful–it means that at least on the surface they appreciate what has gotten me out of bed for the better … Read more
I’m late to a lot of parties–assuming I get invited to them at all. When I did my usual overnight research for last week’s musing on A24, I paid particular note to the premium placement BEEF had on its humble brag list–not to mention the fact that a highly anticipated new season after a significant … Read more
I pride myself on at least trying to be aware of much going on in the world as possible, but when it comes to various aspects of pop culture that often proves to be more difficult. That’s no truer than when it comes to contemporary music. At least when I worked in an office and/or … Read more