Et Tu, Rupert?

Et Tu, Rupert?

Still more shocking revelations emerged from yesterday’s release of Rupert Murdoch’s testimony in the case that Dominion Voting Systems is mounting against his FOX News organization.  As Katie Robertson and Jeremy W. Peters reported in The New York Times: Murdoch, chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News, acknowledged in a deposition that … Read more

Why Is America So Hard On Woody?

Why Is America So Hard On Woody?

It’s been three decades since Woody Harrelson last tended bar at Cheers, where his character evolved from a country bumpkin cast in direct conflict with that of the veteran actor Nicholas Colasanto who he replaced upon that actor’s untimely death into a more nuanced, mature dispenser of advice and reason.  And since then, Harrleson as … Read more

A Few More Lists Get Shorter

A Few More Lists Get Shorter

It’s clearly an era of transition for my former colleagues at Sony.  Earlier this week it was learned that THE GOLDBERGS was sunsetting after a 10-season run, and tonight THE BLACKLIST will begin its tenth and final season on NBC.  The show’s tenure has outlasted those of quite a number of its cast members, one … Read more

The ’80s May Be Finally Over

The ’80s May Be Finally Over

ABC announced earlier this week that THE GOLDBERGS, its longest-running situation comedy, will end this spring, news that honestly didn’t take me much by surprise.  Its ratings this year have been modest and flatlined (essentially a 0.4 key demo rating and rarely the level of its lead-in THE CONNERS or its lead-out ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, not … Read more

The Hollywood Disconnection

The Hollywood Disconnection

I tend to get inspired for these daily musings when I sift through the alerts I get overnight (or, on many occasions, in real time as I battle insomnia).  The three that stood out today pretty much sum up how creatives and business people are operating in parallel universes: — Our old friend Yosemite Zas … Read more

We Don’t Need Another Hero

We Don’t Need Another Hero

I’m far from the target audience for the MCU.  The Marvel titles were a clear third on my pecking order of spending my allowance, with the DC Universe first and foremost in my heart (blame the campy 60s TV version of BATMAN, the first show I was allowed to stay up past 7:30 for), with … Read more

Precedence Day?

Precedence Day?

As an elementary school kid, I looked forward to February more than many other kids did.  I wasn’t a huge fan of school during those earlier years, what with not being challenged by the watered-down curriculum my deportment and my draconian principal relegated me to. as well as regularly getting beaten up and ridiculed for … Read more

Judgment Day Is Fast Approaching

Judgment Day Is Fast Approaching

The beginning of the 1980s was considered a desert for fans of  unscripted daytime television,  After a decade where game show production, both for broadcast networks and first-run syndication, reached an all-time high, the success of only a scant few, coupled with many of the 70s hits running their course, resulted in pivots on the … Read more