I’m a passionate advocate of research, and I’ve spent decades running staffs, negotiating literally billions of dollars of business with providers and clients, and garnering relationships and even some friendships with many I’ve dealt with. But being that I’ve spent most of that time outside of New York, and largely less involved in day-to-day negotiations … Read more
Just because I defended, apparently with a lot of blowback from Coastal Elites (of which I suppose I at least once qualified as), WBD’s informed decision to remove the letters HBO from MAX as of this summer doesn’t mean I don’t understand what and why shows worthy of being on it are so beloved. In … Read more
Of all of my career accomplishments, I relished my time as head of strategy and acquisitions for Game Show Network perhaps as much as any. While the network wasn’t as popular or as significant as some of my other stops were, I was being handsomely paid to indulge in a passion, rubbed shoulders with talent … Read more
I needed a drink and an escape last night. It’s that time of the month, so to speak. If you scroll down to the bottom of this entry, you’ll have an idea where my head, and my net worth, are at this writing. But at the advice of someone I respect, I’m trying to call … Read more
Of course I’m a fan of THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL. I was born into a world at a time where the series has been lovingly and meticulously set in, recreated in the few New York City neighborhoods that still resemble the early 60s time period that we have found our provocateur and her family and … Read more
For all the critical hype (and my hard-earned dollars) AIR received last weekend, the theatrical box office was overwhelmingly titled toward a film not featuring a single three-dimensional human actor, essentially retold a story that began 40 years ago with a 16-bit monkey rolling barrels and seemed to shock the world. As THE WRAP.com’s Jeremy … Read more
It’s been a bad week for HBO in some ways. Logan Roy is no longer with us and, soon, neither will the HBO name that had been affixed to the streaming service his old show SUCCESSION airs on. As J. Clara Chan of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER reported this morning: The wait is over. Warner Bros. … Read more
Depending upon where you’re reading this, you either already know or can assume that I’m an exceptionally passionate sports fan. The very fact that I write and operate two blogs, one specific to sports, should identify me as someone who lives vicariously through sports. Because of my employment history, and the friends I’ve made along … Read more
SPOILER ALERT: This contains details about the events that occurred in the SUCCESSION episode S4/E3 that premiered last night on HBO and is now available to stream on HBO Max. If you’re among the millions who haven’t seen it yet, booknote this. I’ll take the delayed viewing just as happily as will HBO, and we … Read more
I still love going to the movies, though I’m well aware I’m part of a generation that is rapidly becoming a minority in that opinion. There’s a threefold assault on the future of actually putting butts in the theatres: the cost of the experience, the availability of home theatre systems that are often nearly as … Read more