While I’ve never not minded being seen as the answer man in many a conference or break room, I’ve always looked forward to the opportunity to learn from others in the process. Knowing what one doesn’t know is to me as much of a hallmark of a successful executive as any other quality. Judging by … Read more
I was once as much of an unapologetic Aaron Sorkin supporter as anyone. Between the riveting dialogue and seminal casting of A FEW GOOD MEN, the hypnotic walk-and-talk and almost idyllic version of the White House captured in THE WEST WING and the brilliantly sardonic and spot-on lens on TV journalism that was offered in … Read more
I actually don’t envy people who feel the need to get so worked up over something as relatively inconsequential as a television show. I grew up a game show geek myself/ I spent decades working with exceptionally talented people who create and produce them, and I will readily admit I’m still a viewer and a … Read more
Another day, another outrageously incendiary idea from our current administration. Apparently, our looksmaxxing Secretary of De–er, War–may have seen our recent music on the struggles his boss’ eponymous “network” has been having and seized the opportunity to sell him on a special that would seem to have at least have the potential to break triple … Read more
Next weekend at an overly priced neighborhood restaurant in Bayside, Queens a few dozen folks from my high school will reconvene for a milestone reunion. It was supposed to be a mashup of my graduating class and the one preceding it, but as it turned out it became heavily skewed toward the latter and the … Read more
I’ve held off on adding my own cent and a quarter on –not to mention LMFAOing at– the ludicrously minute audience that Trump TV has generated since it burst on the media landscape late last month as the way that its namesake could stick yet another mangled finger in the eye of all of those–ahem–fake … Read more
I’ve tried to do a lot of different things in recent years that I hadn’t even dared to attempt, some of them willingly. For a very brief period of time I was coerced into taking salsa lessons from a friend who seemed to get a lot of personal pleasure from it and thought it could … Read more
Regular readers might already be aware that I am a slave to numbers. Decades of working with them in companies that claim to use them for accountability and decision-making sort of ingrained that in my psyche for perpetuity. There was once a time when the media that covered and promoted them would regularly use them … Read more
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, there was a seminal event as crucial as the autumnal equinox itself called Fall Premiere Week. Three networks that accounted for more than three-quarters of all television viewing would cobble together a carefully crafted and debated schedule chock full of newly debuting comedies and dramas and … Read more
The Portland Trail Blazers will open their 2026-27 pre-season Wednesday night at the Moda Center in downtown “Rip City” against the Golden State Warriors. That much is certain. Beyond that, not much is –and that lengthy list of ifs grew by one last Thursday when THE ASSOCIATED PRESS elevated what began earlier in the day … Read more