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Not So Fast, My Friends
NOTE: This also appears today on our sister site, Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for musings on sports, technology, and business. I’ve never had any illusions that I could have ever had enough athletic prowess to justify my presence on a field, rink or pitch. And I’m far too old and inept to harbor
Time To Go Barack To The Future?
My stomach has been hurting a lot more than usual lately, and I’m pretty sure it’s not totally due to my multiple surgeries. Whatever algorithms my media usage has triggered almost consistently results in my being greeted on landing pages with yet another lengthy, impassioned essay about how something that our current administration, often more
You May Not Love Game Shows. But You Likely Loved Wink.
Yes, I know that I likely spend a lot more time covering the world of game shows than many of you might think is warranted (although, as I noted as late as yesterday, there’s also more than a few to whom whatever happens in that world is of paramount importance). I usually have little desire
A Few Xs And A Lot More Os. It’s A Playbook That Works, Like It Or Not.
I’m a student of data and at times almost too honest for my own good, so trust me, I know what a significant portion of my “massive” audience cares about. So while I can devote as much deserved attention as possible to shows jockeying for Emmy awards and looking to reach millions of people no
They Haven’t Seen The Last Of Us, Either. At Least For Now.
In today’s ever-fractionalizing world, there are perhaps only two thing harder than being a hit out of the box. Improve upon your rookie performance as well as at least maintain where your platform is if it happens to be going well. In HBO/Max’s case, the challenge for the second season of THE LAST OF US,
I Know All Too Well How It Feels To Be Passed Over
Passover began last night for those who celebrate with a festive meal of storytelling and imbibing called a Seder. For decades, the list of those celebrated included me. That wasn’t the case last night, nor has it been since this decade began. You see, a Passover Seder is traditionally a ceremony celebrated in a family
It’s Never Too Late To Discover Great Comedy
I’m kicking myself yet again this morning, a choice I’m well aware an awful lot of people would cheer. Suffice to say that I’m guilty of a lot of behavior that I’ve later learned to regret, often driven by spur-of-the-moment choices that are driven by triggerings from past situations where I probably should have taken
This Game Just Got A Lot More Interesting
In a year where perhaps the busiest and least vulnerable CBS employees are lawyers, the news that came down yesterday pretty much assured their job security for a while longer. DEADLINE’s Peter White succinctly reported the baseline facts: The thorny legal issue over who gets to distribute long-running game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune has an update. A
Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics. Truer Than Ever.
You’ve probably heard the phrase that serves as the title of today’s musing at some point, whether or not you’ve actually worked in a field that emphasizes its utility and understanding. None other than Mark Twain is credited at least with the introduction of it into mainstream America, at least per Wikipedia: Twain popularized the