Here's the concluding half of my annual Fall Movie Preview. Part one was yesterday. LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS –Anne Hathaway and Jake Gylle...

Before you go to the neighborhood Cineplex or even waste your time watching trailers on line, here is my annual comprehensive Fall Movie Pre...

This is something new – a cross-blog debate. Answering a Friday question once I mentioned that single-camera sitcoms seemed to move quicke...

Last week I talked about writer pet peeves when it comes to getting notes, focusing in one section on bad actor behavior . Well today, in ...

As if 9-11 wasn't tragic enough, it was also on this date one year ago that we lost Larry Gelbart. So, if you'll indulge me, I'd...

This is a re-post but I will probably be re-posting it every year on this date. 9/11 affected us all, profoundly and in many cases personall...

It’s Friday Question day!! scottmc kicks it off: A question inspired by a NY Times article on the remake of 'Arthur', starring Russe...

And what a fun game it is! Yesterday I did a post on TV stars who become movie stars . More often though, it goes the other way. When mo...

I saw Jason Bateman in THE SWITCH last week. Cute little movie but he was really impressive. Okay, Jeff Goldbum stole it but Jason held h...

Remember those songs like “ Lonesome Town ” and “ Heartbreak Hotel ”, metaphoric destinations for the lost and lonely? Imaginary havens f...

My favorite political cartoonist, Paul Conrad of the LA TIMES passed away Saturday. He was 86. In a career that spanned over 50 years he w...

In 1978 my partner, David Isaacs and I were head writers of MASH. That fall we also signed on to write a pilot for CBS. ...

All this weekend GREAT BIG RADIO is playing the music on that magical year, 1970. Relive that year in music where nothing new happened, w...

There’s a nice article in Friday’s LA TIMES “Calendar” section by Fred Fox Jr. the writer who wrote the famous “Jump the Shark” episode of H...

The official kick-off to the Labor Day Weekend is reading Friday Questions. Joey on the 8s has a couple of CHEERS questions. 1. Our tour gui...

This was supposed to be part one of a two part article until I screwed up the timer. If you think I'm bad with programming a blog you s...

Here are some ways not to give notes. I screwed up and posted part 2 first. The first half of this helpful constructive rant will be post...

A follow-up to yesterday's review of the Emmys . The ratings were about the same as last year. So congratulations to the Chabad teletho...

Shorter than the Oscars and gayer than the Tonys – it’s the 62nd annual Emmy Awards! This year starring Betty White and Temple Grandin. Fo...