Category: Opinion

Mired in the Past: The Cluelessness of NBC

…And, just possibly, the other broadcast networks as well. But Dan Treadway definitely is kinda cool. (In the dweebie way the networks like NBC can never understand. But we know, don’t we? We know…)

Zeus plays with his children – wotta funny dad!

NBC Is Stuck in a Century in Which Guys Taking Care of Kids Is a Hilarious Concept – by Dan Treadway (HuffingtonPost.Com)

I like to imagine the conversation in the NBC boardroom went something like this:

Johnson: Sir, we’ve been kicking around a few ideas to put our network’s comedy lineup back on the map since we’re completely abandoning the notion of providing fresh, original content in favor of copying the crap on CBS. read article

NBC-Universal Exec V.P. Muses About the Future of Television

Definitely worth reading:

Our favorite inkblot, best described as: “OMG! An agent!”

The TV Industry’s New Rorschach Test – by Tony Cardinale (HuffingtonPost.Com)

A YouTube cooking show has just been picked up for network syndication. Ratings for the Summer Olympics surged, driven by an unprecedented amount of streaming content online. Last month, for the first time ever, not one single Best Drama Emmy nominee came from a broadcast network. The first week of the broadcast season was its lowest-rated in history[1], while on cable Here Comes Honey Boo Boo drew nearly three million viewers[2]. Oh, how the TV landscape is changing!

Today’s picture of consumers and their new entertainment behaviors is a Rorschach test of sorts. And as someone who likes to look at the glass as half full, we see opportunity in that illustration — the future is bright; but there are others who see disaster ahead. read article

The Best 4 1/2 Minutes of DOCTOR WHO in 2 YEARS

…Proving beyond the slightest doubt that Chris Chibnall, who has written the best episodes of this season as well as the online prequel (and created BEING HUMAN) should be the next showrunner of DOCTOR WHO.

As of, oh, how about this afternoon?

Hulu and Viacom are Staying in Bed Together

…And the sex relationship  is even better than ever!

Viacom is extending the deal that puts so much of its cable “product” on Hulu and, in fact, adding several new choices for Hulu visitors/viewers to, erm, choose.

Well, not exactly new. We’re talking mostly about shows like iCARLY, VICTORIOUS, and HOW TO ROCK, which are either formerly hot and watched on TV by only a ghost of their old audience, or just plain deceased although SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS and the upcoming reboot of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES will be available on Hulu Plus. read article

LB Brags About Joe Wiseman

Back in the Dark Ages also known as the early ’90s, yours truly woke up one morning and thought, “I hate this. I hate this television writing and producing thing. I’m doing everything I always wanted to do and I hate it.” And, since the last time I’d had that thought when I woke up in the morning, about 15 years earlier, I had a heart attack later that afternoon, I decided a pre-emptive strike was in order.

So I quit. read article