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When You Care Just Enough To Send Your Merely Adequate
Let me say from the get go I have no qualms with the Hallmark original holiday movie HANUKKAH ON THE ROCKS, which they premiered last week as one of the scatedy-eight components of their ongoing and nonstop slew of such that they’ve been offering since just before Halloween. I have minimal expectations for the quality
At Last, Data That’s Both Right And Accurate
I frequently cite, and sometimes am forced to chide, a prolific and detailed observer of data from the streaming world who goes by the psuedonym THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGY GUY. What I know about him is that he was a veteran of a couple of platforms and spent an awful lot of time parsing data from
If Vinyl Can Make A Comeback, Can Cable And Quibi Be Far Behind?
When alert after alert show up on my device that click through to yet another doomscrollable story on how media companies are choosing to solve their problems in ways that impress few and piss off many, I’m honestly overwhelmed with frustration. If these knee-jerk reactions weren’t throwing still more logs on the fire that is
The Last Of Its Kind?
Sure, plenty of TV shows have gotten cancelled in 2024, and many more arguably deserved to be. But to me, there were few that will–or should–be as fondly remembered as BLUE BLOODS. If you’re not of a certain vintage or have an appreciation for good old-fashioned procedural cop dramas, you’re probably not someone who’s all
An Alternative Universe Choice For Person Of The Year?
Depending upon what side of the political aisle you may be on, you either cheered or threw up in your mouth when you may have come across the image and story that the world first learned of Wednesday morning, via such sources as POLITICO’s Meredith McGraw: Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine’s
Hey, First Buddy. Here’s A Far Better Tire For You To Kick
MEMO TO: ELON MUSK, Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc. Owner, CTO and executive chairman of X (formerly Twitter) President of the Musk Foundation Founder of The Boring Company, X Corp., and xAI Co-founder of Neuralink, OpenAI, Zip2, and X.com (part of PayPal) Co-Chair of the Department of Government Efficiency FR: STEVE LEBLANG, MEDIA CONSULTANT, SL MEDIA ENTERPRISES RE: POTENTIAL “TRADITIONAL
It’s R & D & Q & A. Why Wouldn’t I Be There?
Two nights in a row where I actually had both the resources and invitations to get out on the town. If you’re surprised. you’re not alone. The rate things have gone for me of late, I’m actually in a bit of a state of shock. Then again, it’s not every day when the most popular
Sklarvelous!
When a friend who just happens to be a genius schleps across the country to buy you a drink, you drop what you’re doing and make sure you take them up on it. At least that’s my mindset these days. Once we get ten days into a month, I’ll take any offer for any sustinence
Looking For Answers, UHC? Start With Three Words.
One of the more colorful–literally–peddlers of content I’ve ever dealt with was a glib silver-maned salesman who insisted his “friends” refer to him as “The Colonel”. He supposedly was a war veteran, but you wouldn’t know it from his garish fashion choices–almost always preferring light-colored sweater vests to dark suit jackets. Among the titles he