UncategorizedIt’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Meets Ron Howard - What Could Go Wrong?It’s a barometer of changes in the TV business that when the movie Parenthood was last turned into a TV show, it was a half-hour...
UncategorizedWhat a Creative Consultant DoesYes, I’m linking to Earl Pomerantz again, because in his latest "Story of a Writer" post he explains something I’ve been wondering...
UncategorizedMUSIC: Dudley Moore Was The Greatest Classical-Music Parodist Of All TimeI haven’t done a music post in a while, but I don’t have time to write a long post, so as always in a pinch, I’ll rely on YouTube...
UncategorizedCommercials, Commercials, CommercialsPublic TV in France, in a very un-CBC-like move, is going to eliminate all commercials by 2011 (so they won’t have anything...
UncategorizedHey, It’s That Guy, Sam Anderson!It’s not often that a network sends a guest star out to do media for a single episode, particularly when the guest is a character...
UncategorizedTheme Song X 2I was waiting for this one to turn up on YouTube: this is one of my favourite theme songs for a flop show, and one of my favourite...
UncategorizedL’Affaire Arpin, Or the Case of the TV Czar Who Doesn’t Watch TVThere’s been quite a controversy a-brewing recently over some comments made by Michel Arpin , vice-chairman of the CRTC and...
UncategorizedTween Steam, Or Wilder TimesShelley Youngblut has an interesting and long piece in the Calgary Herald about the onslaught of Canadian ’Tween TV (most of it on...
UncategorizedOne of the Best Re-Created TV Intros: "Ricky, Ou La Belle Vie"It’s been a long time since I posted one of those videos where people re-create the TV openings of their...