I frequently cite, and sometimes am forced to chide, a prolific and detailed observer of data from the streaming world who goes by the psuedonym THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGY GUY. What I know about him is that he was a veteran of a couple of platforms and spent an awful lot of time parsing data from … Read more
When alert after alert show up on my device that click through to yet another doomscrollable story on how media companies are choosing to solve their problems in ways that impress few and piss off many, I’m honestly overwhelmed with frustration. If these knee-jerk reactions weren’t throwing still more logs on the fire that is … Read more
Sure, plenty of TV shows have gotten cancelled in 2024, and many more arguably deserved to be. But to me, there were few that will–or should–be as fondly remembered as BLUE BLOODS. If you’re not of a certain vintage or have an appreciation for good old-fashioned procedural cop dramas, you’re probably not someone who’s all … Read more
Depending upon what side of the political aisle you may be on, you either cheered or threw up in your mouth when you may have come across the image and story that the world first learned of Wednesday morning, via such sources as POLITICO’s Meredith McGraw: Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine’s … Read more
MEMO TO: ELON MUSK, Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc. Owner, CTO and executive chairman of X (formerly Twitter) President of the Musk Foundation Founder of The Boring Company, X Corp., and xAI Co-founder of Neuralink, OpenAI, Zip2, and X.com (part of PayPal) Co-Chair of the Department of Government Efficiency FR: STEVE LEBLANG, MEDIA CONSULTANT, SL MEDIA ENTERPRISES RE: POTENTIAL “TRADITIONAL … Read more
Two nights in a row where I actually had both the resources and invitations to get out on the town. If you’re surprised. you’re not alone. The rate things have gone for me of late, I’m actually in a bit of a state of shock. Then again, it’s not every day when the most popular … Read more
When a friend who just happens to be a genius schleps across the country to buy you a drink, you drop what you’re doing and make sure you take them up on it. At least that’s my mindset these days. Once we get ten days into a month, I’ll take any offer for any sustinence … Read more
I’m particularly gratified these days when people are genuinely surprised when they find out my actual age. I take particular pride in how I’ve been able to physically retool myself enough that the photograph on my driver’s license, now nearly a decade old, looks absolutely nothing like how I do now and people–even the most … Read more
I’m at a life stage where unfortunately when I get private outreaches from friends/fans it often isn’t good news. It’s not that we necessarily obsess about death per se; it’s just the reality that many of the folks who helped shaped our career paths and in many cases were directly responsible for the quality of … Read more
It hasn’t exactly been a bellweather season so far for ABC, even by the minimalist standards one needs to apply to broadcast television in this day and age. A quick glance at a season-to-date ranker dropped last month by TV LINE’s Matt Webb Mitovich reveals that the Alphabet network (there’s your token reference worthy of … Read more