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She Tugged On Her Ear. And She’s Still Tugging On Our Hearts.
You better believe I’m gonna watch a good old fashioned network tonight that celebrates the life and legacy of a good old fashioned variety show performer and host. Carol Burnett turns 90 today, and NBC will show the party she recently produced and taped that will remind those of those who made her Saturday night
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
A Shell Game Always Produces Victims. In This Case, Well Beyond Just The Participants
Yesterday’s news of the shocking departure of NBCU’s top dog Jeff Shell hit me especially hard. I’ve made no secret of my deep admiration and respect for Shell, who ran the FOX Cable Network group during my period of ascent at FX, and who endorsed and embraced my ability to expand my purview and involvement
Love Is Blind. Apparently Its Hosts Are Deaf. But Its Fans Sure Aren’t Dumb.
I intensely respect a dear friend who once headed marketing for networks and world class apparel companies. We don’t share a lot in common except our first names; these days, from what I can tell he’s far happier than I am. He lives overseas with the love of his life, runs a world class destination
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
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
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
Throwing Money At A Problem May Not Solve It. Then Again…
I can’t begin to tell you how many so-called friends begged, screamed, cajoled, pleaded and spent countless hours trying to sell me on the concept of settling disputes by spending money . Whether it was in the form of a legal settlement, or simply to buy someone a meal or a coffee to make amends
Sons (And Daughters) Of Lethargy?
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