Each time I interview another cable network programming head, the conversation gets my brain abuzzin' on larger stories among the film and television landscape. As I planned for and spoke to David Nevins for the third interview in this series at Indiewire, I kept thinking about Showtime in relation to HBO, much more so thanContinue reading “The oldest of them all: The history (and rivalry) between Showtime & HBO (thoughts spurred by a conversation with Showtime)”
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The changing landscape of cable channels & their programming (thoughts spurred by a conversation with Sundance Channel)
In the second of my interviews with cable network programming heads for Indiewire, I spoke with President and General Manager of Sundance Channel, Sarah Barnett. Sundance Channel made noise earlier this year with the premiere of Jane Campion's limited series Top of the Lake and the six-episode first season of Rectify. Both received a greatContinue reading “The changing landscape of cable channels & their programming (thoughts spurred by a conversation with Sundance Channel)”
Is the “Third Golden Age of Television” the new ’90s Indie Film phenomenon? Let’s talk to some cable execs and find out!
Perry SImon of BBC America What a great way to start a (Jewish) New Year: For some time now, I've been working on putting together a series of interviews with cable network programming heads for Indiewire. Today, they published the first of these: my chat with BBC America General Manager Perry Simon. As IContinue reading “Is the “Third Golden Age of Television” the new ’90s Indie Film phenomenon? Let’s talk to some cable execs and find out!”
Studying The Brady Bunch finally pays off
Today Indiewire published a piece I wrote about the portrayal of kids coming-of-age on The Brady Bunch. It's the third in a series of five stories they're running this week to mark tomorrow night's launch of Participant Media's exciting new cable network pivot. As I think about all those afternoons trying to one-up my UCLAContinue reading “Studying The Brady Bunch finally pays off”
Out of Focus 