Why We Will Remember Tim Russert
I was truly shocked at the sudden passing of NBC’s Tim Russert, moderator of “Meet the Press.” Much has been written about the man, by people who knew him personally. I only saw him on the little screen. But his death will change how American institutions, such as election night coverage, will proceed.
For those folks who aren’t news junkies, or who are much younger than I, a trip through the wayback machine: “Meet the Press” is the news show that your parents and your grandparents watched before the advent of cable TV. Religiously. It had a little tint of the “gotcha” factor typical of “60 Minutes,” but was more politically oriented. It was — and is — a way to get more in-depth knowledge about the newsmakers beyond their practiced sound bites heard on the evening news. Before Tim Russert, moderators acted in a way that we now refer to as “the voice of God.” Don&rsq
Getting Ready to Swing this Summer
If you watch CBS at all, you’ve had no way of missing the ads for Swingtown, the new show premiering June 5. It’s a loosely biographical story about the writer’s parents, who became swingers in a northern suburb of Chic
Are Finales a Thing of the Past
Generally speaking, season finales just aren’t what they used to be. When I was a kid, I got to see the most awesome cliffhanger of all time: “Dallas’” “Who Shot J.R.?” episode. It was the discussion a
Where Are My Shows? Do I Care?
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The programming directors — with their big fat cigars, feet up on a desk, throwing darts at a weekly schedule (yeah, I have a vivid imagination) are making me crazy. Or maybe, they’re ma
Going for that ‘Eternal Youth’ Look
Way above and beyond Hollywood’s call to look eternally young, some actors and actresses now look like silly putty that’s been misshapen and stretched. I’ve done a casual and completely unscientific survey of some very cool men and women I know — and
» Full StoryThe Same Old Song and Dance Shows
I am so sick of the way music and dancing is handled on TV. The list of fake entertainment in competition form grows every week: the rating’s behemoth “American Idol,” “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” “Step It Up and Dance,” “Rock the Cradle,” and so forth.
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