UncategorizedThursday, ThursdayWhen I talked in an earlier post about basic cable shows that are "cheaper, nich-ier versions of broadcast shows," I left out the...
UncategorizedWhere You Winning? BarcelonaToday the first rumours started to float that CBS boss Les Moonves still hopes to get Charlie Sheen back . (Sheen met with...
UncategorizedNBC: Winning Through FailingI forgot to mention the third reason NBC renewed Community (which, I am now given to understand, is revolutionary because it uses...
UncategorizedBig Love, American StyleTonight is the series finale of Big Love , one of the key shows of what we might call the HBO interregnum -- the period after the...
UncategorizedThe Most Damning Promo of All TimeI was looking for one of the Two and a Half Men syndication promos that have reportedly incorporated the Sheentroversy into their...
CultureHow do you replace the show’s star?Three of the biggest hits on network TV are dealing with disappearing lead actors
UncategorizedNBC Renews All The Stuff People Still LikeThis was not unexpected given that Parks & Recreation does okay after The Office and Community has become The Show in its second...
UncategorizedHow To Save Canadian Film and TV (Still)Thanks for Will Dixon for pointing to this 1995 article by the late John Harkness , where he suggests three things that might help...
UncategorizedThe Traditional St. Patrick’s Day CartoonIt’s kind of strange that Porky Pig’s last theatrical film as a solo star (after this he would only appear as sidekick to Daffy...
UncategorizedThe Online TV Future Is Now! Or Next YearThis has to be considered worth a link: Netflix is outbidding HBO and AMC for David Fincher and Kevin Spacey’s remake of the...