Showbiz Show 6/3/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" and discussed the failure of the Maya Rudolph/Martin Short variety show. We also talked about whether Amber Heard's allegations of domestic abuse by husband...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
On his 20th anniversary as a TV critic, Alan Sepinwall remembers not only how different the content was two decades ago, but how we consumed it: The recordability of VHS tapes did allow for the kind of DIY programming and binges we take for granted now, but it was an...
The Trump-Addicted Media, continued
After the debacle of Donald Trump's press conference yesterday, in which he berated the media repeatedly, I flashed back to something I wrote three months ago today: I have never seen a political candidate so publicly disgusted by, yet so totally dependent on, the...
Maya and Marty
Watching the debut of "Maya and Marty" on NBC was like watching the last half-hour of any SNL -- the part with the sketches that barely deserve to be televised in the first place. By including "guest stars" from elsewhere in Lorne Michaels' empire like Jimmy Fallon,...
Showbiz Show 5/27/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "X-Men: Apocalypse," "The Nice Guys," and the documentary "Weiner." We also discussed the new season of "Bloodline" (which debuts on Netflix today) and more movie/showbiz news. Listen to our...
All The Way
I saw Bryan Cranston as LBJ on "All The Way" on Broadway a couple of years ago and walked out astounded at his talent. Here's what I wrote at the time: Cranston plays Lyndon Johnson from shortly after he became president in November, 1963, until he was elected to his...
Kevin Nealon
Here's my conversation with comedian-actor Kevin Nealon, who spent almost a decade on "Saturday Night Live," co-starred on Showtime's “Weeds” for 8 seasons, and appeared in more than two dozen movie comedies, including "The Wedding Singer," "Anger Management," "Daddy...
Showbiz Show 5/6/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "Captain America: Civil War" and discussed the new Han Solo, the "Match Game" revival," and Louis CK's candid stories about "Horace and Pete." Listen to our conversation here.