Media Musings

I’m as guilty as anyone when it comes to paying disproportionate attention to hype.  Partially because of the way I’ve prioritized my alerts, which means I get an awful lot of invites for stories on what the latest big gambles from streamers and studios are.  With the glut of summer releases, festivals, upfronts and award … Read more

At last count, I’ve violated eight of the Ten Commandements and am guilty of violating every single one of The Seven Deadly Sins.  Since I’m not writing you from jail, you can rest assured I’ve yet to murder anyone, temptation notwithtanding.  I’ll let you guess which of the other nine is still not yet crossed … Read more

I’m still enough of a glutton for punishment to play fantasy baseball and football, and I’ve been doing so for decades.  Don’t worry, the stakes are far more minimal than they used to be, so even when the inevitable happens and something that some pundits saw as unpredictable occurs, it doesn’t do damage to me … Read more

Father’s Days aren’t easy for guys like moi.  No kids of my own, and this is the tenth that mine hasn’t been around to even try to wish those greetings to.  Truth be told, in practicality it’s been even longer.  My dad suffered what turned out to a be a fatal episode in a short-staffed … Read more

I probably should be a bigger fan of the ANKLER’s mysterious Entertainment Strategy Guy than I am.  He’s the de facto research guru of the snarky, smarmy, elitist counter to everything Penske, and he regularly drops literally tons of data points to make his cases for what and why decisions are made by streaming services … Read more

We are just about halfway through the month that will end at just about the halfway point of the year that will just about end the first quarter of the 21st century.  I realize there’s an awful lot of hedging in that statement, but I know my readership well enough to know that if there’s … Read more

I’m fairly sure Joan Vassos is a pretty decent woman.  For the uninitated, PEOPLE’s Skyler Caruso profiled her last month: Meet The Golden Bachelorette’s leading lady!  Joan Vassos has been named the star of the inaugural season of ABC’s female-led version of the senior dating show, exciting news that was revealed at the Disney Upfronts presentation in N.Y.C. … Read more