No, I haven’t actually met Arsenio Hall–not even professionally. It’s kind of a shame considering we’ve essentially had parallel lives–though he’s undoubtedly been a lot smarter about what he’s done with his success than I’ve been with mine. We both arguably peaked in the late ’80s and early ’90s; me rising to head up programming … Read more
It was all the more serendipitous that during a week where the world celebrates resurrection baseball fans were able to celebrate one of their own. We got our first whiff of it on Wednesday courtesy of AWFUL ANNOUNCING’s Sam Neumann: This Week in Baseball is coming back. MLB announced Wednesday that it’s reviving the iconic TWIB franchise as … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site TheDoubleOvertime. Please visit regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. For as much progress as women’s basketball has made in finding its way into the zeitgeist and recorded viewing behaviors of sports fans they had sort of … Read more
I frequently get accused of rarely paying compliments, and I suspect of late that’s true. When you muse as much as I do about political news items that immediately cuts drastically into the potential of positivity at one’s disposal. And since media is still ostensibly my true area of focus and expertise what has transpired … Read more
I’m doing my best to try and avoid most of the news cycle of late, especially on days when the leader of the free world is omnipresent enough to the point where he’s literally getting in the way of escapist reality television. Honestly, I can’t stand the man as far I can’t throw him, and … Read more
It may be April Fool’s Day, but I’m in anything but a laughing mood today. That’s because I received this sobering story via THE WRAP’s Tess Patton yesterday afternoon: Brunico Communications will shutter its U.S. television events business in 2027, including its NATPE conventions as well as its Kidscreen and Reelscreen Summits…The events organizer cited … Read more
Ever since the early ’80s the over-the-top spectacle that is the game show PRESS YOUR LUCK taped its Whammy-laden episodes in Southern California; all but recently from, as announcer Rod Roddy would intone with his voice cracking like a pubescent fanboy FROM TELEVISION CITY IN HAAAHLLY-WOOD!! Later next month a new prime time season will … Read more
At one particular stop on my career jitney I spent a disproportionate amount of time and an atypically large chunk of other people’s money on the late and thoroughly forgettable mashup known as FOX Family. I’ve previously mused about how we got stuck with the name despite the lame efforts of many to find a … Read more
It occasionally still freaks me out that for as minor a footprint as I concede that I have I do indeed have a “gold card” fan base. On days when I struggle to find a topic worth musing about, I’m usually prompted by private messages from a couple of the more proactive ones to consider … Read more
If you ever needed proof positive that we live in a world where what matters most is the ability to create something out of nothing one only need look at HARRY POTTER. And no, I’m not referring to the skill sets they teach to him and his classmates at Hogwarts. I’m referring to the fact … Read more