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For A Desperate Disney+ Seeking Traction And Relevance, Andor Has No Choice But To Provide Both.
I’m usually not someone who draws much from one-person focus groups that happen to be occurring inside my home. I’ve personally encountered far too many executives that have used those situations as what they perceived was actual research and made million-dollar decisions based primarily on them. My own career opportunities have been directly impacted by
Has Time Run Out On CBS Needing 60 MINUTES?
The news from CBS NEWS that came down yesterday produced many tears in that iconic Eye. DEADLINE’s Ted Johnson was among the many that broke the story: Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, said Tuesday that he is resigning from the venerable CBS newsmagazine, telling staffers he had lost his ability to make independent
Pope. Rhymes With Hope.
I’m hardly the most distraught person on Earth today in the wake of yesterday’s death of Pope Francis. I never saw the man in person; in fact, I’ve never seen any leader of the Church in person to date. When John Paul II embarked on his groundbreaking U.S. tour shortly after he ascended to what
THE SINNERS Are Much More Fun. You Know That Only The Good Die Young.
How fitting that on the very day that folks of a certain faith celebrate Resurrection the concept of a good creative idea rising above the morass of corporate sludge enough to make an impact on consumers and their pocketbooks was celebrated. Well, at least by the creatives. UPI’s Karen Butler succinctly reported the bottom-line results
Rookie Of The Year?
It’s been a while since I caught up with MATLOCK, and considering the season finale aired Thursday night on CBS I felt I was running out of time to be justified in giving it any attention at all. Maybe it’s because I’m actually a tad too young to be one of its devoted fans, a
How Clean Did Prime Video’s Slate Really Need To Be?
Whenever the name Norman Lear is invoked, one way or the other, I get downright evangelical. As I’ve mused on numerous other occasions, getting the chance to rub shoulders and actually collaborate with him was one of the highlights and bucket list items of my career, and I dare say of numerous others’ far more
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