Mad Men Finale
I didn't find last night's "Mad Men" finale very satisfying on the Don Draper front, but I loved the way the stories moved for Peggy, Joan, and Sally -- three very impressive characters and performances, all of whom (unlike Don) grew tremendously over the show's run....
The Williams-Stephanopoulos Problem
I haven't had much to say about Brian Williams (who I doubt very much will be returning to the anchor chair of "NBC Nightly News") or George Stephanopoulos (who it seems will retain his stature at ABC News despite his donation of $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation),...
The Couple That Changed Late Night TV
Not only has David Letterman given a few interviews as his final "Late Show" approaches, but so has Merrill Markoe, who deserves at least as much credit as he gets for changing the late night TV paradigm in the 1980s. In an extended interview with Mike Sacks, she...
The History of “Mad Men”
Time magazine's TV critic James Poniewozik has an epic history of "Mad Men" in the current issue, so I invited him to talk about the show and its impact. Among the questions I asked: Was the show about Don Draper falling through his life, as he does in the title...
Carl Reiner, “What I Forgot To Remember”
Comedy legend Carl Reiner returned to my show to talk about his new autobiography, "What I Forgot To Remember," in which he shares memories he didn't include in his two previous autobiographies. After I opened with "The Dick Van Dyke Show" theme, Carl revealed that...
Showbiz Show 5/8/15
On this week's edition of the showbiz segment I do each Friday on my KTRS show with Colin Jeffrey, we reviewed "Hot Pursuit" and "Lambert and Stamp," discussed why "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" underperformed in its opening weekend, and praised Amy Schumer's Comedy...
Amy Schumer
I wasn't much of an Amy Schumer fan until last fall, when I was visiting my daughter in New York and we went to the Comedy Cellar (the club seen in the opening credits of Louis CK's FX show "Louie") for a Saturday night show. There were five performers scheduled, and...
“The Price Is Right” Didn’t Fail
"The Price Is Right" received some criticism yesterday when a contestant in a wheelchair won a game and was rewarded with a treadmill and a sauna. The video went viral, often with the word "fail" attached. The criticism is completely wrong. The producers of the show...