I hate reality TV. It is one of the reasons I left the Buffalo News a year ago. That’s right. You missed the first anniversary celebration of this blog, probably because you were more concerned with Oprah saying goodbye last week. Of course, reality TV is all over broadcast TV in the summer, which means [...]
Some leftovers before the Memorial Day weekend holiday: * I’m not so sure that the applications for Rick Jeanneret’s job as the voice of the Buffalo Sabres will spike after Thursday’s announcement that he is cutting down his road schedule and only will work about 50-55 regular season games next season. It’s a great deal [...]
OK, I missed most of the Oprah hoopla. On purpose. It almost made the Katie Couric promotional tour when she became anchor of the CBS Evening News seem low-key and underhyped. Oprah’s goodbye almost got as much attention as Will and Kate’s marriage. I met Oprah once before she became Oprah. I think it was former Channel [...]
This is what I’m thinking about the coverage of the upset by Democrat Kathy Hochul over Republican Jane Corwin in a three-way race with Independent Jack Davis for a Congressional seat: * I woke up this morning expecting to hear all about Hochul’s victory on NBC’s “Today,” the most-watched network morning show here. It seems [...]
As I’ve written before, I live in the 26th Congressional District, where Democrat Kathy Hochul, Republican Jane Corwin and Independent Jack Davis are running for the seat vacated by Christopher Lee. I don’t know any of them. Davis does play tennis on Saturday mornings on a court near me. He has played on weekends [...]
You don’t need to be a banker or hold an economics degree, to completely understand tonight’s HBO 9 p.m. movie “Too Big to Fail.” But it would help. Revolving around the 2008 financial crisis, “Fail” gets a better than passing grade because of a cast led by William Hurt (see above) as Treasury Secretary [...]
Image by Getty Images via @daylife A dozen things to note about the fall network schedules announced this week. 1) Minka Kelly (pictured right) of “Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood” and Derek Jeter fame, is coming back to network TV as one of “Charlie’s Angels” on ABC. Count me in – for one episode—of the remake. 2) [...]
The cancellation of the ABC drama “Brothers and Sisters” is bound to lead to some tears from viewers who loved the series about the terminally unhealthy and wildly entertaining Walker family. Count me out. Actually, I was counted out during this season, a former regular viewer who only occasionally checked in to see what was [...]
This is what I’m thinking: * Killer “Castle” season finale episode Monday, with a big Western New York angle. I’ll address it further down the blog, giving readers who don’t want to know time to hit the exit button. The best thing about the new schedule that NBC announced Sunday was that Maria Bello (see [...]
One of the more interesting journalism debates occurred over the weekend when ESPN hockey analyst and former Buffalo Sabre Matthew Barnaby (center) pleaded not guilty in Amherst Town Court to five charges in a domestic incident involving his estranged wife and her friend. The debate is over whether to mention that Barnaby has been romantically [...]