Imagine if you were coaching a football team that was dominating its opponent in time of possession, yardage and even interceptions but you somehow only had a 10-point lead deep into the game. YOU know you’re truly great, but the scoreboard isn’t responding in concert. In football, you can’t suddenly decide that that silly yardstick … Read more
I’ve always had a soft spot for National Public Radio, even though I admit I rarely listen to it these days. But long before cable and satellite options proliferated NPR, much like its television counterpart PBS, provided a welcome alternative voice and a listening environment that I often equated to a zen garden. My small … Read more
There’s ample evidence that the biggest current hit on television anywhere on this planet is 3 BODY PROBLEM. Since the platform dropped it on the first day of spring, it has dominated its global Top 10 lists; data released yesterday showed it just completed its third consecutive week at the top, with a cumulative reach … Read more
So yours truly actually got a chance to be a guest on a national platform yesterday, a return visit to Simon Applebaum’s TOMORROW WILL BE TELEVISED program on BlogTalk Radio. My last appearance was smack in the middle of the pandemic in October 2020, so you’re forgiven if you missed it or, at best, forgotten … Read more
The bar for the term “trial of the century” is indeed a high one. Prior to January, 1995, historians could debate whether that title was reserved for the ones involving Adolf Eichmann, the kidnappers of Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, or even the one involving one Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, which prior to this one was perhaps … Read more
I trudged home yesterday exhausted from a full day of work, exacerbated by slogging through downtown LA traffic in the midst of a downpour, ready to plop down and find some distraction. Said downpour was actually delaying the Dodger game, so as I was fumbling through the channels and streaming GUIs Roomie noticed I had … Read more
If you’re to believe the majority of “reviews” that have emerged in the last couple of days on Netflix’s animated version of the beloved 70s sitcom GOOD TIMES, one would think that the forces behind it took a collective dump on the memories of Norman Lear, Esther Rolle and James Evans. That onsalught of negative … Read more
I am immensely proud of the results I was able to deliver during my time at Sony. Under the management team in place at the time, the company earned a reputation for finding ways to save more than its fair share of shows that were teetering on the verge of cancellation, time and again displaying … Read more
I’m honestly stunned by some of what some content factories think are ideas that are worthy of time and money these days, neither of which most of us seem to have an abundance of any more. At a time when there is overwhelming evidence that audiences are clamoring for original, relatable concepts, either broad enough … Read more
It’s apparently become de rigeur for one-time late night hosts to grace their successors with triumphant returns. Just before last Thanksgiving, David Letterman returned to the Ed Sullivan Theatre stage he held court on for more than two decades to spend a memorable hour with current LATE SHOW host Stephen Colbert, and naturally yours truly … Read more