Archive for the 'Television' Category


Ethos/Bir Baskadir

I want to know the people who love this show. Because they’re right on my wavelength. I like shows about people, their situations. And I’m not bothered by whether they’re likable or not, people in real life aren’t always likable, why do we need someone to identify with on the screen? Not that that’s a […]

No One Is Interested

There’s a fiction that everybody cares, they do not. That’s what sank the Grammys. Sure, they went young, but the belief that all young people care about these acts is plain wrong. Not that you’d expect an organization influenced by the major labels to understand that. The ratings for everything are falling. Not only awards […]

Reinventing The Oscars

1. Include TV. Television is no longer the poor stepsister to movies. The line between TV and film is fluid. Those both in front and behind the camera work in both paradigms. Forget the charter, forget the past, you either disrupt yourself or you get disrupted. Next year, TV too! 2. Story, story, STORY! Traditional […]

The Spy

https://bit.ly/3qDXvnq The Mossad doesn’t always win. This show debuted on Netflix eighteen months ago. I saw the hype, but you can’t watch everything. And for some reason “The Spy” did not have staying power in the national consciousness. Maybe it should have. It’s a true story. That’s what makes the whole show work. Sacha Baron […]