Category: media

“The moment this deeper conversation began, the project turned into a collaboration with Apple and the Secret Service. I didn’t own it anymore, it belonged to the commenters who were keeping it alive in spite of my virtual death.”

The beginner’s luck. The “in development” limbo. The meetings. The re-writing of your work. The meetings. The thrill of seeing the setting you imagined actually built. The excitement of penning an OJ Simpson project at high speed. The reviews (“This is another of television’s scavenger productions”). The brilliant work that never got produced. The residual checks.

“According to Nielsen estimates for the early summer (May 28-July 8), ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox have combined to average a 6.0 rating/19 share — down 10% vs. last year (6.7/21). During the same stretch, basic cable is up 3%.”

Regards Croisés “is a runaway hit with middle- and working-class Haitians … The show’s improvised skits, which feature all-too-familiar character types – the ill-trained schoolteacher, the mercurial embassy consul – gently send up Haitian daily life, particularly the class divides and crushing hardships that make so many Haitians desperate to get out.”

“To fully envelope the audience into the movie-watching experience, the 4DX system, as CJ Group dubs it, adds in movements, smells and tactile experiences into what would normally be considered a typical 3D experience.”

“I’m not saying that you must watch a show when it originally airs in order to fully enjoy it. … But there’s a proper way to do so, one that maintains the integrity of the art form. Before I lay out some guidelines, though, let me explain how marathon viewing destroys much of what is best about TV.”

“Today, we’ve reached the acme of technical sophistication — and have come nearly full circle. Movie watching is, again, a solitary experience, involving small images on a laptop, a tablet and, tinier still, a cellphone. The convenience is wonderful, of course, but it comes at a price: the loss of the immersive cinematic experience.”

“In two Indian states, the show has prompted governments to bolster the enforcement of existing laws, and a few weeks ago the show’s host was called to testify before a parliamentary committee after an episode on medical malpractice. The scale of the response has made Satyamev Jayate (as the show is called in Hindi) more like a people’s movement than a television show. More astonishing is the fact that this social and political phenomenon is the work of Aamir Khan, a superstar of India’s giant film industry.”

Um. Not very closely, but check out this list of shows that might portray a little bit of the true newsroom flavor.

“Fandango is emerging as the winner in its decade-long battle against rival MovieTickets.com, dramatically altering a growing sector of the movie business.”