I’ve arguably been more naughty than nice to Netflix since these musings began. Why, just about a year ago a holiday “best of” harkened back to the spring of ’22, when then-chairman Reed Hastings announced their intentions to start cracking down on password sharing as their way to stop what was then a relative trickle … Read more
While I admit I’m at times a bit less reverent to corporate executives who I truly wish would somehow find a way to accept me into their inner circles as many once did, when I choose to point out what they do that grinds my gears it’s not without good reason. Arguably, WBD chairman David … Read more
While the rest of the world slips into holiday mode, we’re devoting some of the final days of 2023 to revisiting some of what we would hope you would agree were some of the more on point musings we’ve done, particularly if something may be currently going on that in hindsight reinforced how on point … Read more
Adrian Monk knows exactly where we’ve been and what we’ve done. And he may just be where we’re all gonna go again. Say this much for NBC Universal. They may be not be winning any streaming wars in terms of subscribers (they literally took a victory lap when they recently announced that Peacock hit 30 … Read more
In the middle of Chanukah, and just 12 days before the 12 days of Christmas, research geeks and media pundits around the world were given a big, shiny data dump as a holiday gift, courtesy of Netflix. Why thank you, Teddy. How thoughtful of you. And only in a world where the mystique and aura … Read more
If there was any sure sign that, at least on some levels, things were returning to “normal” around Hollywood, yesterday morning we had yet another pre-dawn press conference timed for the East Coast-based morning news shows to breathlessly announce the nominees for an upcoming awards show. Because of the truncation of these events that were … Read more
I have a friend, or at least I’d still like to think that person would say so, that frequently reacts to these musings, good and bad. Since I know a thing or two about the value of engagement and loyalty, I suppose I should be grateful that this person feels compelled to react at all. … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, THEDOUBLEOVERTIME.COM, which regularly publishes timely opinions on all sports as well as how media is influencing and is influenced by them. If you’re a fan, or would like to be more of one, please visit. There’s a temptation among an awful lot of basketball fans … Read more
At least in the world we knew before COVID and entitlement forever changed the concept of an office holiday party, this used to be a week when teams would celebrate on someone else’s dime the accomplishments of a year soon to end, the relief that they made it through healthy, and the anticipation of spending … Read more
The saddest words anyone who ever worked in television, or at least was entertained by it, scrolled across my timelines early yesterday morning: BREAKING NEWS: Norman Lear Dead At 101. For most of yesterday, the reaction to those words was omnipresent; virtually every industry and world publication devoted some sort of story to him. Norman’s … Read more