Not for the superstitious: Friday the 13th Questions. Jessica Munson leads off: I was listening to an interview with Phil Rosenthal r...

Here they are.  They waiters... I mean Foreign Press ... have set aside the specials for the night and announced this year's Golden Gl...

Since I can't find an appropriate photo... Some of the best training I got in television I got from radio. I came of age in a long ...

As a follow up to today's post , thanks to reader Darms for turning me on to this:  The Alamo Drafthouse and their uncensored version of...

WARNING: THIS IS ONE OF MY RANTS Since it’s the holiday season I’ve been going to the movies more often. (I still can’t believe how t...

A new documentary premiered last night on HBO that I can’t recommend highly enough. It’s called SIX BY SONDHEIM. Now before you roll yo...

I love Friday Questions that become entire posts. Either it means I have a lot to say on the subject or I just don’t know when to stop wr...

From last Thursday night's Chicago Bulls game.

This is a photo essay to accompany my travelogue on going to San Diego to see the Chargers-Bengals game.  I spent the game in the pres...

Here’s what I liked about THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE (or SOUND OF MUSIC TAPE DELAYED on the West Coast). It was event television. The show ...

Friday Questions for your weekend shopping pleasure. Jerry Smith gets us started. Are series regulars on any level paid for shows on ...

The fear of every play-by-play guy is screwing up a big call. This is clearly bogus but hilarious just the same. It's the "radio ...

Congratulations to all the nominees.  Some fun additions.  HOUSE OF CARDS and ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK -- two Netflix shows made the cut.  Al...

The FAA announced recently that soon we passengers will be able to use our electronic devices during take offs and landings. (Southwest a...

Are you as sick of Roseanne as I am? For God sakes, what does it take to get this sick hateful woman to just go away? I thought when sh...

Spent the Thanksgivikkah weekend up in the bay area with my son Matt and his wife Kim, and since I was in the neighborhood, finished up i...

The first THOR movie didn’t work for me. Not being up on the mythology of Thor I was somewhat confused and said so in my review . As a ...

A holiday tradition is A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS and we pretty much have a Mad Man to thank for it. John Allen was a Don Draper at McCan...

Anyone who has been producing TV series for any length of time will have similar stories. They can look back at actors they worked wi...