Best Thing I’ve Read Today
There have been a lot of articles written recently to mark the 25th anniversary of the debut of "Seinfeld" (technically, it was called "The Seinfeld Chronicles" that first summer), but here's the story of an episode you've never seen -- because no one has -- as told...
War Words
This morning, I heard a reporter say, over video of Israel launching missiles, "Israel is on the brink of war." Correction: anytime a nation launches missiles at another, it is already at war.
Remembering Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon died five years ago today. Here are two of my favorite appearances by Ed on my radio show: An extended conversation about being Johnny Carson's second banana, how he taught fighter pilots to land on aircraft carriers as a Marine Colonel, and his days as a...
John Oliver on Dr. Oz
Major kudos to John Oliver for this piece on his HBO "Last Week Tonight" show about Dr. Oz, the weight-loss scams he promotes, and the government's lack of interest in regulating the dangerous dietary supplement industry (despite a lack of evidence that most of these...
Stanley Nelson, “Freedom Summer”
"Freedom Summer" is a documentary (airing Tuesday night on PBS) about efforts to get African-Americans in Mississippi registered to vote in 1964, a time when they made up half of the state's population, but fewer than 8% were permitted to exercise their constitutional...
Christopher Meloni
Christopher Meloni spent 12 years playing Detective Elliott Stabler on "Law and Order SVU," preceded by several seasons as sociopath Chris Keller on "Oz." Now he's co-starring with Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd in the movie, "They Came Together," from the people who...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
The story of how the yellow first-down line in football telecasts was conceived in 1998 and almost immediately became an essential part of the viewing experience... While the line looks simple on TV, the technology behind it is very complex. Sensors were placed on the...
Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling has just begun the fourth season of her series, "Our America with Lisa Ling," which airs Thursday nights on OWN. On my America Weekend show, she explained why this will be the last season on Oprah's network before Lisa moves to CNN and why she thinks the...