Category Archives: studio
I’ve seen the future – And it’s thumb-size!
If you’re as inclined to periods of Geek-ness as me, here’s a story that should leave your Nike’s positively sauteing in drool: Argos, a large chain of retail stores in England, have just started selling the 1984 Bill Murray classic, … 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
There is no Strength in Duality
Times are hard. With foreclosures at an all time high and gas scouting the suburbs of $5 a pint, people are not spending so much on entertainment. They want to keep the roof in place and the lights on – … Continue reading
MTV Scrapes the Barrel….Again
In what may be their dumbest, most dangerous and calculated attempt to boost their ratings to the dizzying heights of double figures, MTV is now casting a new “Reality” show where impressionable teens will be required to suffer borderline-anorexia in … Continue reading
Is the Big Cat Coming Home?
In keeping with yesterday’s post, today we hear the rather harmonious – and very welcome – news that MGM may soon be restored to its rightful position as an American company. Currently owned by an investment group headed by Sony … Continue reading
Oscar doesn’t wear a Sombrero !
General Motors announced yesterday that it’s dropping the Oscar and Emmy ad campaigns that have been a fixture of those ceremonies for over ten years. Personally, I couldn’t be happier. The Oscars are a glittering celebration of a uniquely American … Continue reading
The Reality is….Horrific!
In news that hits rather too close to home for my taste, and which may also be a harbinger of oncoming doom for the US market, the news is coming in that the British commercial broadcast network, ITV, might be … Continue reading
Ars Gratia Artis… And why not?
As I said earlier, if you’re not fond of sport the next 15 days will focus a lot of attention on your walls. Well, I think I may have found the answer… The Park West Art Gallery has what’s reputedly … Continue reading
Surely, Shirley, this is a Mistake??…
Sometimes – all too rarely – a movie is created that becomes such an instant, indelible overnight classic it should gain its own sprocket-prints outside that Chinese theatre. Airplane was such a movie. Released on July 2nd, 1980 it made … Continue reading
Will the NBC *worker* please raise their hand !
Product placement and over-staffing are hurdles for TV Producers and creators as they work on creating extensions of the original shows. So says Tim Kring, the EP and boss of NBC’s “Heroes” who was chatting on Wednesday at the NATPE … Continue reading
