Not all that long ago, the media world revolved around upfront week, the official kickoff just before Memorial Day to a spirited series of glitzy presentations, lavish parties lasting deep in the newly balmly New York nights, numerous June late nights where negotiations for the upcoming season would accelerate in the hopes of getting it … Read more
Bob Iger updated the media community on all things Disney last week, revealing his plans for how to deal with some existential crises he is facing as his second tour of duty as King Mouse unfolds. We learned how he is planning to deal with the writers’ strike (far less collegially than he did with … Read more
Very briefly early in my career, my eye was caught was a bright, attractive young intern (if memory serves me right) at the last job I had in New York , a smart, savvy research analyst with an odd last name. She was introduced to me as Linda Yaccarino, which my warped young mind immediately … Read more
From the way so many people in my social media feed, as well as so many others’, reacted to the folly that CNN telecast Wednesday night in the 8 PM hour, you’d think CEO Chris Licht was as guilty of treasonous behavior as the obese orange “Cyrus” he gave a forum to. He also delivered … Read more
Note to self: do what is possible to avoid taking impromptu naps. Before yesterday afternoon, the last time I was jarred awake by a text message alert that my best friend had been an unwitting victim of a crime (it wasn’t physical; said friend is fine, albeif emotionally jarred). Yesterday, another good friend texted me … Read more
Closure. Many of us want it. Sometimes we want it as much, or perhaps more, than an opening. Being denied it can trugger emotional reactions that elicit degrees of passion rarely evoked by other passages of time or life. In my case, I have cried literally for years almost nightly in the pious hope that … Read more
Even though I’ve yet to work in the Las Vegas local TV market, I know quite a bit about it. Ever since it started producing metered overnight ratings in the early 90s we noticed that the unique combination of a 24-hour lifestyle, extensive penetration of local cable via one dominant provider (Cox) and the exponential … Read more
The surprising news that went down late Friday that S.W.A.T., a show that lasted a season and half in its first iteration but had enough success tp have a run four times as long in this century, would not be returning to CBS did not sit well with the show’s appealing and outspoken star Shemar … Read more
Since I’m technically a descendant of Brits, I’ve had more than a passing interest in all things that have their roots there. What we call soccer, bangers and mash (heck, that’s my nickname), and everything that has aired on the BBC or ITV in the last few years, especially in daytime. And yes, the royal … Read more
All indications are the hatches are indeed being battened down as the WGA strike ends its first week. The striking writers were emoboldened and energized by an unprecedented show of solidarity from sister unions at an event attended by an estimated 1800 members Wednesday night at the Shrine Auditorium. As THE WRAP’s Ross A. Lincoln … Read more