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We’re Forever Searching For Something.
By definition, we’re a species forever seeking something that we either used to have and loved or never haved and craved. That’s especially true when it comes to television, and if you happened to be one of the unfortunate ones who were hoping to see the end of yesterday’s PRICE IS RIGHT showcase only to

U Can Go Home Again. But So Did I.
Just about everything was set up for the homecoming game of all time last time at Hard Rock Stadium in beautiful downtown Miami Gardens. The conquering hero Hurricanes, the #10 and the lowest Power Four seed in the College Football Playoffs, had rolled through a juggernaut of three consecutive high-pressure games in College Station, Texas,

For Me, #2026IsTheNew1968
Happy MLK Day to those who celebrate–if you don’t, you’re probably not someone who’d be inclined to be one of my readers anyway. And no, it’s not about whether you might have racist tendencies or not–most of my loyal readers are anything but averse to a paid day off, or at bare minimum less traffic

It’s Now Apparently OK For Elected Officials To Say It. Thanks A Lot, George Carlin.
I’m still somewhat moral enough where more often than not I can’t quite bring myself to fully spell out the word f-ck, though you certainly won’t catch me refraining from using it. I typically draw the line in public settings, which if you’ve been following anything that’s going on in Minneapolis or Dearborn lately makes

Back In The Cockpit Again?
You may have noticed that a disproportionate number of musings of late have tended to be on the negative side, and you’re not wrong to criticize me for it. But facts are what facts are and when one sees an industry that continues to be defined by audience erosion, fractionalization and corporate contraction it’s hard

TCA Or Not, John Landgraf’s Again A January Headline.
Once upon a time in Hollywood there was a winter ritual that was way more predictive of a robust summer than even Punxsutawney Phil would offer a coupla thousand miles to the East–the Television Critics Association winter tour. It would be roughly around this time of year where TV critics, especially those from far more

Maybe To You It’s Not Quite TV. But There Are Clearly More Of Them That Think It Is.
Back when I was a youth we took our lead from Britain for pretty much everything artistic. Were it not for them, I wouldn’t have had the privilege of experiencing The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the mini-skirt (well, looking at it). For that matter, go back a generation and you wouldn’t have had the

Here’s At Least One Voice Worth Amplifying. Your Turn Now.
Whenever these musings turn political I know I’m veering into territory that makes many of my existing and aspirational readers uncomfortable. And while I confess there’s a lot I still don’t know about this so-called “content creation” world I do know enough that being authentic and true to your beliefs is critical to making any

Ain’t No Shiny Floor In Sight
For the past several years, save for that COVID thingy, my longest-tenured friend and I have had a standing lunch date with a far more seasoned one to celebrate the “anniversary” of when we all met. That happened to be at a taping of a network game show he was executive producing, a tale we