THE RINGER provides me with countless hours of audio entertainment and information. so much so that I often forget its roots are in good old-fashioned writing; as its leader and founder Bill Simmons is prone to say, “ya know, my fingers used to work”. These days, he has some pretty good colleagues doing that, two … Read more
I’m accused of being a little over the top when it comes to attempting to assess how well (or poorly) Warner Brothers Discovery CEO is faring at being a Hollywood mogul after many decades of East Coast-based work in a much lesser limelight, and perhaps that’s justified. After all, he’s doing way better than me … Read more
My best friend’s grandmother is celebrating a milestone birthday today. OK, I don’t think she’d mind if I share with you that today she’s turning 90 —though I defy you to demonstrate how exactly she looks it. From what I know, she owes her good fortune to pretty good genes, the support of family and … Read more
BIG BROTHER’s silver anniversary season kicks off tonight, which I suppose I should be at least a little excited about. Not a lot of anything is premiering these days on broadcast television, or anytime soon, for that matter, that will be immediately capable of getting somewhere close to one percent of adults 18-49 with a … Read more
Yep. My Great White Whale is at it again, and the fact that a headline in yesterday’s THE WRAP was devoted to it in a manner that gave it any air whatsoever ticks me off bigly. Regular readers know I’m relentless against Parrot Analytics, and I won’t burden you with any regurgitating as to why. … Read more
I’m not the biggest soap opera buff, but I do have a special place in my heart for DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Airing adjacent to many of my favorite NBC game shows growing up, I’d often watch at least a few scenes. Years later, when a friend shared an apartment with an uber fan who … Read more
If you were hoping for something light and upbeat today from these musings, I’m sorry to inform you upfront today’s wont be one of those. Feel free to move on from this if you were hoping for something more educational and informative and slightly more optimistic. I try and maintain something resembling blue sky optimism … Read more
A couple of weeks back, on a similarly slow summer Saturday, I took a few moments to not lament about what it wrong or praise what little is right about my primary industry of choice and spent a few moments lamenting about the challenges of navigating the one that a sequence of unfortunate events have … Read more
My roommate does spend a fair amount of time with his TV, though his choices, especially in entertainment, are typically not those of the masses. He is at best a moderate sports fan, so, unlike me, he doesn’t contribute to the records that the NFL and even women’s soccer set on a regular basis. Often, … Read more
My absolute favorite podcast, THE REWATCHABLES, is doing a live staging tonight in Los Angeles. If you’re not familiar with it, it combines the two passions of its creator and founder Bill Simmons and his minions–sports and movies–and revisits classic movies through the lens of a fresh look and a series of category ratings much … Read more