I’ll start out by saying that I’m anything but a fan of Tim Allen’s. I never did get his standup act and I was not a viewer of HOME IMPROVEMENT, his breakthrough sitcom that eclipsed even ROSEANNE as the number one half-hour on network television for a good part of the early ’90s. And the … Read more
Seems that no matter how much or how little they may be pursuing it, the kind folks at Comcast can’t keep their media properties out of the news cycle. Just this week alone two of the problem children that were recently lumped into their stock play pursuit know for the time being as SpinCo have … Read more
Two struggling news entities made headlines yesterday. One’s struggling with ratings among old men in general as well as credibility, one with challenges to their credibility and a couple of lawsuits from one particularly thin-skinned old man. While you may not remember Mighty Mouse, I’m pretty sure they do. Maybe you saw his most recent … Read more
I sometimes wonder if the struggles that so many streaming services seem to have in gaining traction may be due in no small part to a seeming obsession with the generation in charge to do things differently than the dinosaurs who have linear services did–or even do. These companies wouldn’t be in the position to … Read more
It may have first appeared to be a surprisingly timed announcement when it was dropped into trade and general media yesterday that VENU Sports, after a tumultuous and legal battle-filled several months of supposed startup, dropped this social media salvo: Considering less than 24 hours earlier the duo at SPORTS AND MEDIA PODCAST who were … Read more
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Things were a lot different back in 1965, let me assure you. There were only three commercial broadcast TV networks, cable was something you sent ahead of arriving in a port city and satellite was something that the Russians were sending into orbit faster than we were. And THE PRICE IS RIGHT had deteriorated in … Read more
I regularly post these musings to several social media platforms each day, if for no other reason than to optimize reach. Methinks maybe aggregate enough followers by being shared by some who are moved enough to do so for potential advertisers to take notice. When I was first exposed to third party website measurement via … Read more
I used to know someone very well whose solution to any family crisis was to open their checkbook. That’s especially easy to do when the majority of their net worth was either inherited or controlled through marriage. Show up in person to watch a child receive an honor from a national organization when it happened … Read more
Long before it became a date shrouded in a history of infamy, January 6th was always a fondly remembered date among the legions of true game show lovers. With today being the golden anniversary of when it was established, it’s especially celebratory. Fifty years ago today, a twice-failed game show pilot combining elements of hangman, … Read more