How’s this for a deal? There’s a famous restaurant in Los Angeles (and now a few other places) called Lawry’s. It specializes in prime ...

Dad's are always tough to shop for.  How many ties, and tools, and Tiger Woods commemorative plates can you buy him?   How many shirts...

...here are highlights from my past Tony reviews. I won’t be reviewing them this year because they’re tape delayed and I don’t want to st...

Fragments of ideas and miscellaneous observations... Does anyone else think James Taylor looks like Matt Weiner? The big problem Hol...

Time for Friday Questions. The theme this week seems to be stars . Ryan asks: Frasier's first wife, the children's entertain...

For members of the TV Academy, this is the best time of year. Because this is when we get all the screener DVD’s for shows that hope to b...

As a former showrunner of new shows, one of my constant battles was with the network promotion department. The network never aired enough...

The WGA just announced its 101 BEST WRITTEN TV SERIES OF ALL TIME. Proud to say that shows I wrote for finished 5th (MASH), 8th (CHEERS...

I know I've been down on actors taking advantage of their notoriety to get money from fans on Kickstarter, but suddenly a project has ...

There would be no ALL IN THE FAMILY without Jean Stapleton. Edith Bunker passed away yesterday at age 90. Archie Bunker – played so mast...

...that the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album by the Beatles was released. Here's what I said about it in my book ( which y...

Here's an episode of JUST SHOOT ME I directed. Things to look for: Lisa Edelstein guests. I had an orangutan to deal with, a water ...

Sometimes I get bizarre questions so I thought today I’d try to answer some of them.  Names have been withheld to protect the embarrassed....

No SPOILER ALERT necessary. A lot of space stuff happens and you go home. There are thrilling chases, battle scenes, destruction, beam...

Since a lot of you wondered. I was never a super big ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT fan. Found it very funny in spots and trying too hard in othe...

Is there a language course waiters are required to take these days? Must they pass Waiter-speak before being hired? Who started this c...

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, now playing on HBO, is LA CAGE AUX FOLLES meets BOOGIE NIGHTS. It’s at times hilarious, creepy, fascinating, and ...

... in the Kirkus Review of books.  Print edition even.  Thanks to Matt Domino for making me come off sounding somewhat literary.   You ca...

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 ...

Okay, so I was one of those people who stayed up until midnight last night to see the premier of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT on Netflix. How oft...