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Last week yet another favorably reviewed limited series debuted on FX and Hulu.  FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE, which has already earned plaudits both for the talents of its leads, especially Jesse Eisenberg as the eponymous newly divorced Manhattan doctor navigating dating opportunities while grappling with the disturbing disappearance of his ex-wife.  It is yet another

31 years ago, Disney produced a cute little comedy called WHAT ABOUT BOB?, which starred the reliable Bill Murray as someone who simply wouldn’t go away, even when his analyst (the sardonic Richard Dreyfuss) tried to go on a family vacation.  Ever popular among everyone else in his analyst’s circle of friends and family, Bob

Nearly half a century ago, the first concert I was ever allowed to attend was Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour at the then spanking new Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.  One of the few friends I had at the time (male, of course) took two buses, transferring and waiting in a drug den

In a week that was filled yet again with a lot of bad news in media and tech, one particularly positive story was the renewal of HBO’s smart comedy WHITE LOTUS for a third season.  The fact that it was even renewed for a second season was a surprise given its initial premise and raison

Of all the examples of recent hits that my expertise played a role in establishing, there are few I’m prouder to have been associated with than THE GOOD DOCTOR.  In its sixth season, a milestone which most streaming dramas never achieve, the show continues to win a highly competitive time slot with seven-day extended viewing

Whenever I’d see Kelly Kahl at an industry event or a focus group I’d immediately go for the low-hanging fruit of connecting with what I knew what one of his greatest passions beyond his family and his career–his deep love for his native Wisconsin’s college football team, known as the Badgers.  Immediately, I’d somehow try

CBS quietly announced yesterday their mid-season schedule, with the even more muted announcement that LINGO, the latest incarnation of a game show with a modest history in the US but a strong international acceptance spanning several decades, will round out a short-term Wednesday night schedule sandwiched between nighttime episodes of THE PRICE IS RIGHT and

Taylor Sheridan has arguably become to Paramount what Ryan Murphy is to Netflix, what Greg Berlanti has been to Warner Brothers and what Seth Macfarlane once was to FOX.  Defy the odds, make a breakthrough hit, use a similar marketing and casting recipe for any idea that comes to mind on a Pelaton and be