ABC promotions for 'Work It' causes some people to scratch heads
If you were to watch ABC's promos of its new sitcom "Work It," you would think that this show is a smash success. No, they aren't showing you how many people are watching it, or even what the critics are saying. What they are telling you is that "Work It" is their new "hit series." But is it? ...
Read MoreIt's time for activist groups to stop making mountains out of flat lands
Last month, a gay rights organization here in my state that I admire and respect asked me to start writing blog posts from time to time addressing gay issues. I really was just getting started, and had what I (and others that I talked to) felt was a great piece about gay rights internationally, a ...
Read MoreIt's been tough for online news, but there is a way you can help
When the ball dropped in Times Square over the weekend, I'm sure I wasn't alone in feeling elated that we have put a difficult year behind us, and can look forward to something better. Not that life has been bad for our sites in the GenreNexus. In fact, based on our traffic numbers, they couldn't ...
Read MoreTime for NBC to take a little bit of risk
Here's a fact: NBC needs to take a big risk, and it really needs to take one now. And if that means bringing the self-proclaimed "King of All Media" back into the fold, then maybe the Peacock should consider it. Reports have surfaced that Howard Stern could replace Piers Morgan as a host of "A ...
Read MoreMichael Hinman tries to figure out where analysts get some of these predictions
Trying to determine whether television shows live or die (and not being one of the people who make the final decision at the networks) is an age-old sport that has seemed to become more annoying as the Internet grows. While it's wonderful that viewers are becoming more and more attuned to how rat ...
Read MoreHow this high school musical transformed television
Every few years, a series comes along that revolutionizes the limits of what television can do. In 2001, “24” tried -- and succeeded -- in telling fully serialized storylines taking place in real-time. Then, in 2004, “Lost” began a surreal trip back and forth through time (sometimes literall ...
Read MoreSite made immediate news, direct access a reality
In 2009, a funny thing happened: Twitter exploded on the Internet. Blame it on the 2008 Presidential election or MySpace/Facebook burnout. But 2009 was the year that television was hit over the head by social media in the form of one little word: "tweet." From celebrities and politicians to ...
Read MoreIt is time to stop blaming networks for the lack of TV promotion
As the fall season has already claimed several casualties across the television landscape, the popular outcry from outraged fans is that that the networks are to blame for failing to adequately promote various television shows. From "Lone Star" to "My Generation, from "Undercovers" to "Caprica," ...
Read MoreHow good shows are being killed by bad programming choices
Unlike the 8 oclock time slot which seems to allow for the success of multiple prime-time television shows, the 10 oclock time slot on Tuesday nights seems to be a death slot - - meaning it is mutual-assured-destruction (M.A.D.) for just about any show unlucky enough to be broadcast at that time. ...
Read MoreGay rights group up in arms, but is this much ado about nothing?
I really like the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. But at the same time, I'm glad the organization is only 25 years old. I can only imagine how many ulcers its public policy people would've had in the 1970s if the group was older, especially when "All in the Family" ruled the airwaves. ...
Read MoreOne by one TV shows are falling prey to viewer disinterest, discontent and desertion
It used to be that the fall season of television was the most highly anticipated time of year. It was the time when favorite television series returned with fan-fare to conclude their spring season cliffhangers and when all the networks unveiled the best and brightest of the new shows. It was appoin ...
Read MoreCritical acclaim is not a guarantee of commercial success
After spending all summer hyping up the Fox series as if it were going to be the next biggest thing since Lost, perhaps the blame for Lone Stars cancellation rests primarily on the television critics shoulders. The critics are the ones privy to advance screenings of television pilots and they us ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Will viewers care about the mystery behind NBC's new drama?
NBC hopes the mystery of the question, What is the Event? will keep viewers tuning in to "The Event." From all the pre-premiere hype given to "The Event," viewers know that the show centers around a mysterious event, an event so unbelievable that not even the president of the United States knows. ...
Read MorePREVIEW: New spy shows is like 'Lost,' 'Fringe' and 'Alias' combined
NBC is banking on Lost and Fringe co-creator J.J. Abrams to work his magic once again. In the new series, Undercovers," Abrams leaves behind mysterious islands and alternate universes and instead returns to his Alias roots. Undercovers offers viewers frothy spy action with a cast of attractive, like ...
Read MorePREVIEW: Series builds on the success of 'Friends'
Following the success ABC enjoyed last season with its single-camera comedies (including "Cougar Town" and the award-winning "Modern Family"), the network returns to set its sights on the more traditional multi-camera comedy format. Its newest effort, "Better With You," premieres tonight. "Bette ...
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