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When SQUID GAME burst into the Western Hemisphere via Netflix almost four years ago, I’d contend it was as seminal a moment in the history of streaming television as we’ve seen before or since.  Sure, virtually unlimited catalogues of content has been the promise of platform distribution, and being able to more easily make available

I’ve been to and through enough media rodeos to know that just when so-called experts are ready to completely write off something that used to be commonplace as extinct, something unexpected occurs to debunk such a verdict.  Sitcoms were dead; then along came THE COSBY SHOW. Big-money quiz shows were unnecessarily pricey and outdated; then

For anyone who merely knows Mariska Hargitay through the lens of the tough-as-nails and resilient detective Olivia Benson she has portrayed on LAW AND ORDER: SVU for more than a quarter-century, the self-reflective journey she takes us on in the documentary MY MOM JAYNE, released this weekend on(HBO!) MAX, can be a bit jarring.  With

There’s a really good reason even for binge-averse folks like moi to carve out approximately six hours and fifteen minutes of time over the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer that are now unfolding.  A new season of THE BEAR has dropped on Hulu courtesy of FX and the unquestionably brilliant team of Christopher Storer

Gotta hand it to the marketing mavens at what’s left of Paramount Global.  When they make a mistake, they admit it.  Well, eventually. Pretty much every site dedicated to streamers was abuzz earlier this week with the news of yet another rebranding, including the relatively respectful Charles Pulliam-Moore of THE VERGE: This week Paramount informed

It’s already been a hellish summer in New York City by any standard.  They’ve been in the middle of an oppressive heat wave that has temperatures and humidity well into the nineties, and both the Mets and Yankees have been in extended slumps; the Mets’ already costing them first place.  And that’s on top of

I’m in the demographic sweet spot that was undoubtedly going to click on TELL ME EVERYTHING, the Hulu documentary about the life and career of Barbara Walters that the platform dropped yesterday.   You’ve undoubtedly heard of her given the breadth of her storied career, a six decade juggernaut where she was ever-present in both daytime

Maybe it was the fact that tens of thousands of really cool and smart people were conducting business meetings at poolside cabanas at Cannes Lions wearing beachwear and flip flops.  Maybe it was the fact that open bars and late night stops at Le Pizza were creating a vibe that put just about anything in