I just caught up with comedian Michelle Wolf’s HBO special, “Nice Lady.” I wasn’t familiar with her before — not being a regular viewer of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” — but she had me laughing out loud several times. She’s going to be the entertainment at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this […]
I bet the people at Mid-America Airport aren’t happy about last night’s “60 Minutes” piece on Allegiant Air’s long list of safety problems — and the FAA’s shameful failure to do anything about it. The story (which took up two segments) should have been called “An Accident Waiting To Happen.” Mid-America, in Belleville, Illinois, was […]
In the last week, a couple of conservative loudmouths have gotten some backlash after making comments about David Hogg, one of the survivors of the Parkland high school shooting who has become an outspoken advocate for gun law reform. First it was Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham who mocked Hogg for “whining” about not […]
This month, Showtime is airing a documentary about Johnny Thompson, one of the most famous magicians of his time. He performed (with wife Pam) as The Great Tomsoni for many years, and then became a mentor for other magicians who needed help devising illusions, figuring out how to make a trick better, or merely sharing […]
Steven Bochco, who died this weekend at 74, had an amazing run of primetime success, creating three of television’s greatest hour-long dramas (“Hill Street Blues,” “LA Law,” and “NYPD Blue”) that stayed on the air a combined 25 seasons (1981-2005). I can’t think of another TV producer who comes close. Norman Lear may have ruled […]
I just read a piece in The Hollywood Reporter about how the Time’s Up movement has impacted the hiring and paying of talent during television pilot season. At least one of the casting executives interviewed says that there are a large number of dramas in the pipeline starring women in their mid-to-late thirties. I […]