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We Both Already Know Where We Were On 9/11. But 9/17 Scared Me Just As Much.
It’s not just 9/11 again, but it’s a milestone one at that. The silver anniversary of one of the most horrific days in American history, and arguably my generation’s Pearl Harbor Day. If you’re old enough to have lived through it, you no doubt have your own personal memories etched in stone of where you
Do You Believe In Magic? Mike And Pam Sure Hope So.
It’s not all that often when a post-Labor Day theatrical release carries as much potential impact as does PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, which makes its debut today to take advantage of those still sweltering from near-record heat (hand raised, limply) as well as to try and offset the expected Sunday decline that the first NFL weekend
Jimmy Kimmel’s Back. For Now?
How desperate are media reporters who believe they “know how their audience thinks” for clicks and engagement these days? The return from scheduled summer vacations for two late night TV hosts both warranted breaking news coverage. For Jimmy Kimmel, who has turned his annual summer respite into an homage to the days where Johnny Carson
An Affair To Remember
40 years ago today my life changed forever. And, ultimately, so did a lot of yours, too. I had just taken the reins of the research department of 20th Century FOX Television, and I was beginning to devote my days (and nights) to copiously tracking our syndicated sitcoms, including the reboot of 9 TO 5
It’s Festival Season For ALL.
The thermometer says otherwise, and Starbucks and Home Depot declared Halloween season open during August, but Labor Day weekend is to me still the actual end of the summer season. For creatives–especially moviemakers–it’s the beginning of the long and arduous road to more significant seasons than fall–the next summer box office, to be sure, but
One More Order Of Crow. This Time, With A Side Of My Words.
If I had a nickel for every outreach I’ve gotten from a one-time “feudal media” journalist now aligned with a digital platform asking for my “mere pennies a day” to support their continuing endeavors I might actually be able to afford more than a handful of them. Between consolidation, AI and downright cheapness there are
Lack Of Closure Is The Biggest Mis(s) Of Any Trial
In calmer and simpler times the only trials I paid attention to were the ones that took place in Bedrock. The Flintstones did spend a disportionate amount of time in courtrooms considering they were a) cavemen and b) supposedly existing in a time long before even The Code of Hammurabi was written. But the show
Zero Tolerance?
My FX career was in hindsight shorter than a lot of others’ but it could have been way shorter than that had the kind of human resources policies that seem to be in vogue today been in place then. Shortly into my tenure, I was hauled into a daunting conference room where a prissy outside
Sure Helps To Have Friends In High Places
Regular readers would be correct to observe that I’ve dedicated a disproportinate amount of musings to the foibles of S.W.A.T. Guilty as charged. It was a priority project when I was settling into my gig at Sony and getting it successfully renewed and sold was an ongoing battle pretty much through the end–and beyond. It’s