Who To Praise Or Blame?  It Might As Well Be Springer

Who To Praise Or Blame? It Might As Well Be Springer

Jerry Springer died yesterday, and I was honestly stunned at to how many people in my professional and personal worlds were touched and impacted by this loss.  While Springer was 79, few knew how severe the battle with pancreatic cancer that would claim his life was; as late as last week, he was actively giving … Read more

Signing Off Earlier Is Now The Norm

Signing Off Earlier Is Now The Norm

James Corden signs off tonight as the fourth and final host of CBS’ LATE, LATE SHOW, and in many circles it’s being lamented as all too quick a run.  Corden only started in 2015, yet another out-of-the-box choice of former CBS czar Les Moonves, and was not among the 19 guest hosts that were given … Read more

Opposites Retract

Opposites Retract

Perhaps T.S. Eliot said it best.  And he wasn’t even an anchorman. In a dizzying sequence of several minutes yesterday, one that despite any claims by either entity were not related to each other, two onetime rivals for primetime vierwership and parochial loyalty, FOX News’ Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon, both joined the unemployment … Read more

You Think Tik Tok’s Our Biggest Problem?  Don’t Be A Jerk!

You Think Tik Tok’s Our Biggest Problem? Don’t Be A Jerk!

I adore my best friend–seriously.  Without this person, I wouldn’t be able to function or speak as honestly as I do nowadays.  But sometimes, on occasion, I’m surprised by the degree of passion expressed when they opine about topics that most of the self-described “normies” that have populated my world would consider off-limits, and certainly … Read more

America’s Most Watched Network?  For Now.

America’s Most Watched Network? For Now.

Media researchers, particularly those of us that were fortunate enough to steer networks and studios, used to be called “spin doctors”–people who could use creatively use data to paint a reasonably credible picture of dominance or momentum for an eager trade press and investment community.  But in a world where increasingly the number of outlets … Read more

It’s High Time We Reconsider Who Sponsors Sports

It’s High Time We Reconsider Who Sponsors Sports

NOTE:  This piece also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com.   Happy 4/20 Day to those who celebrate.  From the looks of things from my perspective, that’s a more significant sector of my world than, say, those that celebrated last month on 3/17, and those who will celebrate next month on 5/5, (Though plenty, of … Read more