Showbiz Show 12/9/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "Office Christmas Party" and "Miss Sloane." I also explained why you shouldn't fall for the TV commercials for "Nocturnal Animals," which I have called one of the worst movies of the year....
Adam Renewed Everything
Glad to hear that TruTV has renewed "Adam Ruins Everything" for another 16 episodes in 2017. It's one of the best shows on television, particularly at a time when we (sadly) need more proof that facts matter. If you missed my conversation with host Adam Conover a few...
Showbiz Show 12/2/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "Manchester By The Sea," "Bad Santa 2," "Moana," "Rules Don't Apply," and "Nocturnal Animals." We also talked about an upcoming CBS reality show, "Hunted," some streaming suggestions, and more....
Streaming Suggestions
I have two shows to recommend you watch if you have an Amazon Prime account: "Goliath," starring Billy Bob Thornton as a formerly-great lawyer who drank his way to the bottom, but gets a chance at redemption in a case against the big law firm run by his ex-partner...
Grant Tinker
Legendary television executive Grant Tinker, who has died at 90, may have been responsible for ushering more great shows onto the air than anyone else. In the 1970s, he ran MTM Enterprises, which produced "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (and its spinoffs, "Rhoda,"...
Joe Buck, “Lucky Bastard”
Joe Buck has done play-by-play for 19 World Series, several Super Bowls, and NFL games every Sunday, winning multiple Sports Emmy awards along the way. Now he's written about his life in "Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, And The Things I'm Not Allowed To Say On TV."...
Picture Of The Day
Jon Stewart with Charlie Rose on "CBS This Morning" today, discussing the state of America now that it has elected Donald Trump as our 45th President...
Dave Chappelle Follow-Up
Yesterday, in my post about Dave Chappelle's "SNL" monologue, I predicted that NBC would edit out certain words before it was broadcast on the West Coast. I haven't seen confirmation of that anywhere, but at least one affiliate in the Eastern time zone censored...