UncategorizedBut Is He Wrong?Nikki Finke obtained a memo from an ABC executive , Howard Davine, urging producers to think twice about buying foreign shows when...
UncategorizedBat-StuffComing up on next week’s Bat-premiere, I have a couple of Batman-related pieces floating around: - This article from the print...
UncategorizedDidn’t This Already Happen in 2001?More nostalgia for the early part of this century: remember when web-only cartoons were going to be the big thing? When writers...
UncategorizedDeals, Deals, DealsSome entertainment-related labour news: 1. The Writers’ Guild of Canada will vote on July 17 on whether to extend its contract...
UncategorizedDick Tracy, He’s a Good CopI usually try not to have two "obscure YouTube clips" posts in one day, but I just found this one and couldn’t resist talking...
UncategorizedCast DownsizingWhen an "on the bubble" show gets renewed, one condition for its renewal is usually that it will have a lower budget. (In case...
UncategorizedI Go Flying So High, When I’m StonedI love William Shatner’s "musical" performances. I was happy to see him devote some pages in his autobiography to his famous...
UncategorizedThe Big BadBefore writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis struck out with Bionic Woman , she’d already struck out with another much-hyped but...
UncategorizedTheme Songs With Built-In CommercialsIn my "theme songs that explain the premise" post a few days ago, I forgot to mention that the theme song of The Beverly...
UncategorizedWeekend Viewing: Lenny!If Toscanini was broadcasting’s first superstar conductor, then Leonard Bernstein may have been the last. His "Young People’s...