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Poller Vortex?
Today seems to be the opening of two distinct seasons besides autumn. Both the Hallmark Channel and its new arch-rival Great American Family are beginning their two month-plus maartahons of virtually non-stop Christmas programming, and like ir or not earlier this morning on my pre-dawn walk I saw the same home that waited until mid-June
It’s 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Viewers Are?
When it was reported yesterday that Hearst Television president Jordan Wertlieb boldly predicted that network television in the 10 PM hour would cease to exist by next fall, I could only think — “he must have grown up like I did, watching something other than that more nights than not”. In my house, we were
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