A reader asked for some Emmy stories. Here's what happened when I was fortunate enough to win one. And it puts winning in perspecti...

Glad to see there was such a positive reaction to THE ODD COUPLE. My first staff job was on THE TONY RANDALL SHOW, done for ABC in 1976. ...

The first season of THE ODD COUPLE is now out on DVD. Included is a bonus track from series creators Garry Marshall & Jerry Belson. ...

Now that the networks have announced their fall schedules and have done their dog and pony shows for disinterested advertisers who are only ...

No spoiler alert necessary! I saw SPIDERMAN 3 recently. Okay, I hated it but that’s not the point of this post. Fifteen drawn out subplo...

It’s now day three of Paris Hilton’s incarceration. She turned herself in after attending the MTV awards. How bad were the afterparties ...

I had been locked out of my blog for four days because robots looking for spam erroneously flagged this blog. And there was no tech suppo...

I just can’t seem to get into BINGO NIGHT IN AMERICA. Why is that? Maybe because I’m NOT 90 YEARS OLD!!! Is there any game more closely ...

The current TV season is over and viewership is down, even for hit shows. Needless to say the networks are concerned. A lot of theories ...

Okay, I know I'm a tad late but I was out of town and didn't get to the finale till just now. Vacations are a bitch! I’ve seen eve...

Back from the land where tattoos are not just a fad, reggae music fills the air, and you never see out of state plates – Hawaii. Armed with ...

Happy Memorial Day. This is the time of the year when writing staffs go back to work. If you’re an aspiring TV scribe, I hope someday th...

Less than two months after being given a new contract, Kevin Reilly is out at NBC according to Deadline Hollywood . When it was first repo...

A reader asked whether write-in campaigns to keep your favorite show on the air has any impact. The answer is definitely YES. But here’s ...

Thanks so much to everyone for responding to yesterday's post. If I had your email addresses I'd thank each one of you individually...

Haven’t done this in awhile but it’s kind of fun. This is my 600th post since starting this folly a year and a half ago. (I know. Big de...

At least this year’s AMERICAN IDOL FINALE featured music numbers and actual entertainment. Sure, there was as much suspense as watching th...

Aloha, Since I prefer to spend only one night of my Hawaiian vacation in a hotel room instead of two, reviewing this final week of AMERI C...

I’m often asked who were my comic heroes growing up? Aside from the usual – Nat Hiken, Joan Davis, and Pinky Lee – I’d have to put at the ...