Today’s take on the WGA strike originates from an essay on SFGate by Noah Hawley, a novelist and writer for “Bones.” The piece is called “What the writers strike is really about,” and like all op-ed columns written by striking writers it conveys a certain veracity. In fact, Mr. Hawley makes one of the most [...]

TPN Audience Survey 2007
It’s that time of the year again when we ask you, our most loyal and lovable audience, to spend ten minutes of your life answering a bunch of questions about what makes you tick. We do this in the hope that this information (all anonymous of course) will encourage advertisers to increase [...]

Over the weekend, writers for LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, having nothing better to do, started a blog about the strike. In some cases, it illustrates that Late Show writers may suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder:
HERE’S HOW YOU CAN TELL YOU’RE READING TOO MUCH STRIKE COVERAGE.
• IF YOU NO LONGER CRINGE WHEN [...]

I was channel-surfing a few evenings ago and I landed on “Hannah Montana” on the Disney Channel. Moments later saw something really weird.
I don’t follow this particular show, but much like High School Musical I’m kind of in awe of it. It’s got that hyperactive Disney synergy going. “Hannah Montana” hinges on a cute [...]

The following is an exercise in forensics. Not the gory “CSI” type, the talky sort of exercise.
I’m going to take a viewpoint and elaborate on it. I do not necessarily hold this viewpoint, but I think any reasonably intelligent person can see both sides of any argument and defend either effectively. It’s Speech and Debate [...]

Had to fly into Los Angeles yesterday for a meeting. It was with a Veteran Producer who was more comfortable going face-to-face about DVD design issues than conducting business over the phone of via emailed pictures.
But this meeting was in the afternoon, and I was in town mid-morning. So I put on my blogging journalist [...]

Martian Child is slated to come out November 2 in the US. It’s a comedy-drama which tells the story of a sci-fi novelist and widower (John Cusack) who adopts a child (Bobby Coleman) who believes he is from Mars. Soon into the film, the love interest appears in the lovely form of Amanda Peet. Oddly, [...]

George Lucas is starting development of a live-action Star Wars TV series. It’s going to be about “minor characters” in that galaxy of his own creation far, far away (Alright, let’s hear from Biggs! Wedge Antillies, your time is now! Mon Mothma, it’s all about you, sweetie! Jar Jar… We’ll call you). As Mr. Lucas [...]

According to Variety, Jesse James, the former host of “Monster Garage”, has decided to re-enter television, cutting a deal with dude-oriented Spike TV for two pilots and two specials.
“I look forward to busting my a**,” James said in announcing the new pact.
I’ve got seriously conflicted emotions on this. On one hand, I’m really excited to [...]

I was at a cousin’s wedding this last weekend in Idaho. It was in Priest Lake, Idaho, the most fashionable part of Idaho, apparently. I had been tapped to videotape the wedding– As anyone who runs a video company will tell you, being asked to cover weddings is a regular occupational hazard.
I was getting some [...]