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They Re-Drew The Picture. It’s An Improvement. Or Is It?
Before anyone accuses me of being overly negative yet again, let me reinforce: I LIKE The Drew Barrymore Show. I was ecstatic when CBS Media Ventures actually went ahead and launched the show on schedule in the height of the earlier days of the pandemic in September 2020, one of the few newly produced programs
The Story You Are About To Read Is True
If you’re of a certain age, you probably have never heard of DRAGNET–at best, you might have seen the theatrical spoof that helped propel Tom Hanks’ career that’s now 35 years old. But waaay back in TV and radio history, the phrase that adorns the top of today’s entry was right up there with “you
Now Playing On A Platform Near You
About a month ago, I had the chance to be an invited guest on an honest-to-goodness podcast with actual audience and traction. I know I’ve got a lot of smart and worthwhile things to say about what I’ve done and what others are doing, and I know if you’re reading this you’re part of my
Lopez Vs. Lopez Vs. Logic
I’m sure George Lopez has some very redeeming qualities. Sandra Bullock, known as one of the sweetest and most accessible “big name” stars around, saw enough in his potential to build a sitcom around his stand-up act with him as it’s lead. She and Warner Brothers took full advantage of a struggling and castigated ABC
It’s Not Netflix. It’s TV and Movies.
It hssn’t been all that newsworthy a fall for Netflix. While their chief competitors dominate both zeitgeist and news cycles with battles for major sports packages and large chunks of video consumption with nine-figure multipart series based on epic mythological IP with large global fan bases, they have been laying off hundreds of excess employees
Where Are The Adults In The Room?
While I don’t like admitting it, occasionally a milestone occurs that will give away my actual age. Today’s one such example. Exactly fifty years ago today I put on a tight polyester suit and stood before a Torah in the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills and was Bar Mitzvahed. I don’t remember too many
The Bonus Episode Finally Drops
When Andy Cohen was first beginning to make his mark on Bravo as executive, on-air talent and exuberant fan, he correctly surmised that when something clicked, one would be wise to seize the zeitgeist moment and find a way to extend a hit show’s order with additional episodes. The beauty of reality television is that
It’s Not You, Sir. It’s Us.
I had the good fortune to meet some incredibly talented people when I briefly had what at the time was an idyllic living situation. Turns out people who follow their passions are far more intriguing to even speak with, let alone hang out and watch football with, especially during the earliest days of the pandemic
Defending The Right To Be Wrong
Here we go again. Yet another headline-grabbing revelation of someone’s past racist remarks being caught on a hot mic, a flurry of calls for said person to be excommunicated, and a doubling down of that desire for blood even when that person voluntarily steps down from their appointed position of entitlement but seeks to remain