Archive for the 'Television' Category


Ferry-The Series

Netflix trailer: https://tinyurl.com/4xf6j6ae It’s a modern-day “Sopranos.” For those playing the home game, you know I’ve written rapturously about the three seasons of the Belgian-Dutch production “Undercover,” about the travails of Ferry Bouman, and law enforcement’s effort to nail him. Bouman is an antihero, just like Tony Soprano. Someone who can kill on a whim, […]

Mailbag

From: Craig Anderton Subject: Re: Future Ticket Sales Bob, during the pandemic there was an explosion in sales of music and recording equipment. Companies thought this would create a new generation of musicians and it would go on forever. Well, it didn’t. Music is a discipline and despite the “kids just push buttons these days” […]

The Sixth Commandment

Trailer: https://tinyurl.com/2r2u2use This is the BritBox show I told you we were watching. And it’s A-level. In the pantheon. Oh, there are series I like better, but “The Sixth Commandment” is what I’m looking for in a viewing experience. That is once the show starts to play, it’s all I can think about, my mind […]

Netflix Price Increase

I don’t want to pay for Netflix’s ad-supported tier. WHAT? Here’s the bottom line. Netflix knee-jerked and established an ad-based tier after a quarter of bad numbers to appease Wall Street and now the model is floundering, as if one couldn’t see this from the get-go. People hate commercials. Period. Netflix established a new model, […]