A recent article on Deadline Hollywood bemoaned the fact that as networks were putting their fall schedules together they were discoverin...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! Especially to the mom of my kids, Debby. When you think of great mom's, who springs to mind first? ...

Here's an excerpt from my book THE ME GENERATION... BY ME (GROWING UP IN THE '60s).  I haven't plugged it in awhile.  You can bu...

A few weeks ago I participated in the Sit ‘n Spin monthly storytelling program. It was my first time. As I was preparing, I tried to thi...

Time to roll up my sleeves and answer more of your Friday Questions. Michael asks: Between networks, basic cable, pay cable, and now s...

With Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday, I thought this would be a good time to salute TV moms. They have the most thankless role on tel...

I was having lunch recently with fellow comedy scribe/blogger Earl Pomerantz and he posed an interesting question. “How many shows do yo...

As an addendum to today's post on breaking in:  

Here’s one of those Friday Questions that warrants an entire post. It’s from A. Wayne Carter: As a fellow alumni of your partner Davi...

Okay, I know I’m late to the party (by a year) but I finally discovered ORPHAN BLACK. Yes, yes. I am sooooo behind the curve. You’re pro...

I always contend that the only way I got respect in radio was by getting out of it. There was no Billboard Disc Jockey of the Year award...

A number of years ago at the Daily Grill in Brentwood I was waiting at the valet for my car and there was Neil Simon waiting for his (a nic...

More Friday Questions comin’ attcha. Liggie starts us off: When screenplays are sold in collectible stores (three brad-bound, Courier f...

With this being May Day, I thought I’d focus today’s post on Sam “Mayday” Malone (not that I haven’t mentioned him 46 times already thi...

…if there is any technology involved. Seriously, if you're unveiling a new gadget with a big presentation don't have me on stage t...

I was shocked and saddened to learn that Lee Marshall, who, among things, was the current voice of Tony the Tiger (Thurl Ravencroft was th...

This is that two week window when the pilots for potential fall shows have been completed and turned over to the networks for consideratio...

Hard to believe but it’s been 24 years since WINGS premiered on NBC. I was with that show for most of its run as a one-night-a-week creat...

This is from a 1958 Disney show predicting what transportation would be like today. They got the GPS system and rearview TV cameras right. ...

Is it Friday already? Allan V has a Friday Questio n: You recently answered a question about why some sitcoms are filmed multi-camera...