Category Archives: fox
President killed off in Fox News faux pas
As you might have heard yesterday President Obama was shot and we now have Jo Biden as our new chief. At least, that’s what Fox News told the world. In the early hours of yesterday Fox’s Twitter feed on Politics … Continue reading
The Return of the King
I’m not sure whether to hang out the flags or open a vein? One of the best, most widely loved [and one of very few actually memorable] movies in modern Hollywood history is getting a sequel. Oliver Stone’s glorious 1987 … Continue reading
Fox, I’m calling you out!…
Did you ever have one of those dreams that’s so vivid, you’re convinced you’re awake and it’s real – Then an event in the dream wakes you up with start…and you realize it was all just a ghastly illusion? I’m … Continue reading
This Man Should Run NBC !
In an interview that appears today on Forbes.com, ten-time Emmy Award-winner Steven Bochco becomes the latest witness to Network greed. He’s decided to take his new drama series, “Raising the Bar,” to the cable station TNT, instead of to one … Continue reading
Coming Soon – the NBC Yard Sale !
After the AMPTP’s petulant withdrawl from last week’s talks there comes the disconcerting news that NBC’s ratings are being so affected by the [even poorer than normal] programming they are using to fill the gaps, they’ve been driven to refunding … Continue reading
Carson Picks His Scabs…
The cracks are starting to show in the WGA’s dispute – NBC has just confirmed that “Last Call with Carson Daly” will break the Writers lines and go back into production as early as this week. Carson – who is … Continue reading
Hail to the Chief !
Yesterday, thousands of Writers marched down Hollywood Boulevard to protest what their bosses would call ‘slave wages’ if the same numbers were found in their salaries. Now a group called “Film LA,’ whose job it appears to be to know … Continue reading
‘Jaw Jaw!’ is better than ‘War War!’ *
The Internet is not only one of the core stumbling blocks of this entire dispute, it’s also fast becoming a major aide in enabling the writers to inform their audience of the true nature and root causes of the strike, … Continue reading
WGA v The Followers of Janus…
In case anyone’s lost the plot, the core of this strike is a requirement by the WGA to finally get some long-overdue reward from the $-billions being made by the six corporations that control the majority of American media. The … Continue reading
WGA – Day 5….TGIF !!
After yesterday’s malevolent demands by the AMPTP that every word a Writer has even contemplated committing to paper belonged to them and must be surrendered immediately or incur a Fatwah, we reach another low-point in the course of any strike; … Continue reading
