Yes, I’ve been devoting a sizable portion of my Saturday nights to watching SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE for now more than a half-century. That alone should sum up my dating and marriage history. That lamentable fact aside, last season was a celebration–a time to fondly look back at the breadth and depth of talent and pop … Read more
As if the news itself hasn’t been all that easy to digest lately, even for people who have way better stomachs than moi, the news about reporting the news just got a bit more DiGel-inducing yesterday when an update to a story that began to percolate weeks ago rebubbled. And in certain circles, it was … Read more
I’ve just come from 25 hours of reflection, repentence and starvation where, among other things, I at least offered to try and resolve to be less judgmental and more forgiving of those who is some way cross or disturb us with their behavior. Were this musing to occur on another day, I might be much … Read more
I appear to be an outlier in paying more than a sliver of attention to NBC’s sole new fall series, ON BRAND WITH JIMMY FALLON, which was at least given the benefit of launching with an original episode of one of their most reliable and venerable shows, THE VOICE, as its lead-in. As of this … Read more
For as overjoyed as my parents were when I’d return home from college for a holiday weekend or summer break they actually weren’t the happiest people in my ‘hood. That distinction went to Mr. and Mrs. Lee, the longtime owners of the Chinese restaurant within walking distance who made a killing servicing a dedicated Jewish-centric … Read more
This week was the unofficial kickoff to the 2025-26 primetime television season, not that you likely noticed. For one thing, the current champion of what’s left of linear TV, CBS, has chosen to wait until the middle of next month to officially kickstart their schedule, though they have snuck in an original SURVIVOR just for … Read more
I’m particularly sensitive when I see newer media entities and the fresh-faced superstars of whatever “40 Under 40” survey may still exist at their helms doing their darndest to reinvent the wheel and show disdain for anything or anyone from what they consider to be an out-of-touch and irrelevant generation. A while back I shared … Read more
Whenever I muse about a book that is commanding enough attention and/or sales–or comes from someone I know personally–that I deem it worthy for your attention I actually buy a copy (well, ok, sometimes the friends do gift me one). Which may not mean a lot to you, but if your net worth were like … Read more
I have a complicated relationship with a lot of television, particularly shows that are set in the behind-the-scenes world of the industry. By definition, I’m a target audience, since it’s a world that I’ve lived in for most of my adult life. But with that perspective, I’m likely to be far more judgmental on attention … Read more
The story that simply won’t go away reached a new level of staredown last night as America–well, at least approximately 76 per cent of it–celebrated the return of Jimmy Kimmel to the late night television “wars”. In a much-anticipated hour that was alternately emotional and snarky, Kimmel did not disappoint either his fans or his … Read more