To many of my more impassioned followers, today is Way Better Than Good Friday. Because at long last a particular independent movie that’s been on their radar since last fall’s Toronto Independent Film Festival finally hits the theaters and they’ve already secured tickets to a showing this weekend–not that it would have been impossible to … Read more
Yet another old-fashioned media bacchanal is going on this week in Las Vegas, in this case the gathering of the National Association of Theatre Owners, pretty much the only worthwhile use of the acronym NATO these days. To say that there’s more than a little concern that their fate may be headed in the same … Read more
I needed some warmth last night and I was fresh out of chicken broth. So I binged a few episodes of what was getting an awful lot of positive critical reviews, the just-dropped MID-CENTURY MODERN on Hulu. It’s gotten quite a bit of attention from folks like me that lament the near-passing of the traditional … Read more
I’ve always been far more fascinated with the “whys” of research versus the “whats”. While I fully concede that in an industry where the bottom line IS the one with the “$” sign, the value of knowing what the underlying reasons for those results more likely are is eminently greater than merely being able to … Read more
This weekend is yet another personal milestone for me, one I honestly never thought I would reach and of late prayed nearly every chance I got that it would not come to pass. It’s the 40th anniversary of my relocation to Los Angeles. Whee. I’ll confess that the last weekend of 1985 was perhaps the … Read more
If you’re looking for positivity and good cheer this morning, I’d suggest you stop reading right now. Having an overdrawn bank account and being threatened with losing the one job you’ve been able to have gotten, and one of the few I was even allowed the chance to interview for, in what is now more … Read more
Like so many who have spent their lives around creatives, especially those of us fortunate enough to have actually been employed by a few, I looked forward to Wednesday’s dropping of the first two episodes of THE STUDIO, a spot-on satire from the fertile minds of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. I’m an unapologetic fan … Read more
The news that CBS’ AFTER MIDNIGHT was coming to an abrupt end in June after a mere two years took me and others by surprise; after all, we had heard little about any disenchantment with ratings or cost from either the network or its affiliates. It was especially surprising to moi considering when it was … Read more
Credit where credit is due: I’m at least aware that THE CONNERS are back for what they’re claiming to be their final six episodes beginning tonight on ABC. The Disney marketing monolith had the spot running ubiquitously across their gamut of properties this past weekend, sometimes with multiple spots in a single extended SPORTSCENTER break. … Read more
When Nielsen began to compile its monthly report called THE GAUGE it was done as a marketing move to give the company increased visibility and theoretical currency in a streaming world they haven’t quite fully figured out. As I’ve mused on numerous previous occasions, Nielsen still has only a partial lens on who watches non-linear … Read more