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This week was the unofficial kickoff to the 2025-26 primetime television season, not that you likely noticed.  For one thing, the current champion of what’s left of linear TV, CBS, has chosen to wait until the middle of next month to officially kickstart their schedule, though they have snuck in an original SURVIVOR just for

I’m particularly sensitive when I see newer media entities and the fresh-faced superstars of whatever “40 Under 40” survey may still exist at their helms doing their darndest to reinvent the wheel and show disdain for anything or anyone from what they consider to be an out-of-touch and irrelevant generation.  A while back I shared

I have a complicated relationship with a lot of television, particularly shows that are set in the behind-the-scenes world of the industry.  By definition, I’m a target audience, since it’s a world that I’ve lived in for most of my adult life.  But with that perspective, I’m likely to be far more judgmental on attention

The story that simply won’t go away reached a new level of staredown last night as America–well, at least approximately 76 per cent of it–celebrated the return of Jimmy Kimmel to the late night television “wars”.  In a much-anticipated hour that was alternately emotional and snarky, Kimmel did not disappoint either his fans or his

Since we seem to be in times where history books are being rewritten constantly, we might as well update the definition of V-J Day.  Because based upon the level of self-congratulatory stories and posts that literally exploded across the internet yesterday afternoon that outdated definition clearly not to the victory over Japan, it’s the victory

It seems to be a time of year where a bunch of people are making resolutions.  If you’re Jewish, tomorrow night will mark the beginning of the year 5786, which will begin a stretch of High Holidays which culminates in effectively praying your way into another year inscribed in the Book of Life.  So a