Media Musings

Snark if you choose, but my passion for game shows is justified every time someone takes a hard look at the economic realities of entertainment these days.  In a world of seemingly endless choices of expensive scripted content, the fact that few can now actually reach the level of popularity to justify their production is … Read more

While most of us were otherwise preoccupied with our mundane day-to-day lives and having to endure endless and increasingly desperate-sounding political ads and texts, the lucky few who still have tentacles to international television got to escape to the spectacular environs of Cannes this past week, for what was perhaps the final incarnation of the … Read more

I’m not all that great with guessing ages, and I’m usually too courteous to attempt a guess of a woman’s unless invited to.   Based on what little I know about Lisa Hamilton Daly, I don’t think I’m ever getting the gravitas from her to do so. But she has somehow become a trending item over … Read more

I get that it’s sort of a slow news cycle in the silly little world of media.  The fall TV premieres have pretty much all gone down, the handful of significant holiday theatrical releases (thanks again, AMPTP) are still a way’s off, the dealmakers are partying it up on the Croissette at MIPCOM this week … Read more

In a minefield where multiple struggling streamers are rolling out expensive and buzzy “prestige” series as the window for Golden Globes nominations is fast closing, it’s easy to overlook the fact that over the course of five October days three examples of what fall premieres used to be are in the midst of being rolled … Read more

The intrepid Nellie Andreeva of DEADLINE struck yet another nerve yesterday when she dropped an intriguing observation about how an unsung entity has–eponymously–used some old fashioned 20th century strategy and tenacity to produce atypically strong results in an otherwise downturning 21st century: In 2008, a comedy about the behind-the-scenes of the TV industry, Back To You, … Read more

I’m as guilty as anyone in making snap judgements or even prejudgements, especially when the concept of monetization is involved.  I freely admit it’s a trigger point for me, if for no other reason than I live with the omnipresence of others judging me for even thinking of paying to read someone else’s insights and … Read more

Well, the public has spoken.  And the track record of content called THE APPRENTICE continues to be somewhere between underwhelming and pathetic. This past weekend, the movie of that name finally opened after months of behind-the-scenes lobbying, buyouts, politically incentivized rhetoric and outright campaigning for the world at large to have the chance to see … Read more