The coverage we saw on September 11, and in that first week of Katrina, not only won't make this stuff go away, it ups the ante. You don't want to just see the Hollywood sign fall, you want the Statue of Liberty along with it. |
the dream come true. |
The equity of our celebrities now exceeds the equity of the media that gave them status in the first place. Film, television and radio are now so fragmented that the one thing we all share is the celebrities themselves. Celebrity has become the one common denominator. |
The ESPN prestige, the ESPN penetration, the ESPN coverage has a lot to be said for it, |
The Fabulous Life . . . |
The fact these shows are airing while hurricane season is still going on seems insensitive, but on another level it's what gives them juice, |
The first round goes to management. |
The genius of Nickelodeon is that they figured a couple things out, ... They knew that especially among the very young, it was the parent that chose to turn on the TV, so Nickelodeon came up with a program that would appeal to their targets and the parents. They had shows that were cool enough that even the older sibling would watch. |
The good news is that, today, adults can watch programs that were way better than before. We can watch 'The Sopranos' and 'Deadwood' and 'Sex and the City' and other really interesting, emotionally complex shows that I would not in a million years suggest watching with anybody younger than 14. |
The hardest thing is going to be surviving the analysis of the first week. People are going to be talking about her hair and her clothes and her lipstick. She's going to be under a microscope, and people will judge success not by the slow (ratings) climb that Schieffer started, but by whether she completely turns CBS around. |
The home run he hit out of the park -- his most famous hit and what he will always be known for -- is a really great song named after a mixed drink, ... And it's one you tend to drink when you're in moments of festivity. |
The idea is, 'Let's move these units off the shelf for Christmas and let's get as many people under the tent as possible. You'll bring people in with temptation to see these shows but eventually I think a new aesthetic will be need to be devised, a kind of new show that falls between the high production of 'Lost' and radio. |
The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it. |
The inspection revealed that the three bullets appear to be 30mm in size and were somewhat fragmented. The team used radiological monitoring devices and detected low levels of radiation confirming the rounds as depleted uranium, |
The metaphoric implications are irresistible. If you look at the symbols, this hits you right in the face. |