New CBS Reality Show “Hunted”
I was going to write something about last night's first episode of the new CBS reality series, "Hunted," but after tweeting back and forth with Andy Dehnart of Reality Blurred during the show, I knew he'd have it covered. And he does, saying pretty much...
Andy Dehnart on New Reality Shows
Now that we have a reality show star as President, it seems like a good time to check in with Andy Dehnart of Reality Blurred to talk about some new reality shows coming soon to a TV near you. Among them: "Hunted," "The Partner," and MTV's "Stranded With A Million...
Showbiz Show 1/20/17
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed two new movies: Michael Keaton in "The Founder" and M. Night Shyamalan's "Split." We also discussed: new Netflix deals with Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, and Phil Rosenthal; a new TBS animated...
Seinfeld On The Move
I'm not surprised that Netflix has picked up Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee." Reports say he'll do 24 new episodes for them starting this fall, and Netflix also gets the rights to stream the previous 59 he did for Crackle. Sony has tried to create...
Worth A Link
Lenore Skenazy on a dad given unduly harsh punishment for making his 8-year-old son walk home. RFK Jr. is not a "vaccine skeptic." It's worse -- like Trump, he's anti-vaccine. Appropriate for our times: these professors want to teach college students about...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Farhad Manjoo says Netflix has deepened our cultural echo chambers, that there are no longer TV shows that have broad cultural reach, and that with our ability to binge-watch streaming shows whenever we want, we've lost the commonality that used to come with a...
Showbiz Show 1/13/17
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed two new movies: "Paterson" and "Live By Night." We also offered some streaming suggestions you can binge-watch during the ice storm this weekend. Listen to our conversation here.
Picture Of The Day
When I heard of the death of "The Exorcist" author William Peter Blatty, I didn't think about the overrated movie version of his novel, but of this sketch from the first season of "Saturday Night Live" with Richard Pryor (and Laraine Newman in the Linda Blair role)...