NBC Is Saved!
OK – I know NBC has been on a really bad run lately – but things are definitely looking up! I just received an email alert from the Hollywood Reporter announcing that Christina Ricci has agreed to star in… wait for it… wait for it……
Rich Ross
Broadcast Networks – On Death And Dying
For Broadcast Networks, the end is coming and it’s time for them to Accept their fate. (The 2012 Emmy Nominations only strengthen this point.) This isn’t to say ABC, CBS, FOX, MBS, NBC, Univision and The CW (and similar Broadcast Networks around the world) are…
TBS – Go Get Your Shinebox
What is it going to take for TBS (or any other Basic Cable channel) to get a little respect? I watched the premiere week of Conan and thought it was fine and exactly what I expected (which is a slight disappointment, right?). (Also, why was…
Disney Junior – EUREKA!
So, it was announced today that Playhouse Disney will become Disney Junior. The folks at Disney Corporate must have put in quite a bit of overtime on that one. It’s a stroke of brilliance really – just as I thought it was brilliant when Viacom…
Bob Iger Finishes Off The Weinstein Brothers
By selling Miramax back to the Weinstein Brothers (that would be Harvey and Bob) and (ahem) Lord Ron Burkle (he who has single-handedly created thousands of jobs in the prostitution and supermarket industries), Disney Chief Bob Iger has effectively given the coup de grace to…
White Male Disney Executives Embrace Women
Apparently, Rich Ross has had an epiphany: Women like movies. According to the Los Angeles Times (and I’m paraphrasing/ reading between-the-lines), Rich Ross has told (male) literary agents at (male) literary agencies (who represent [male] literary writers), that (Walt) Disney Studios would like to produce…