Tragically many people fall for the bait of sexy Magnum and end up dozing off in bed to a series of family dinner scenes.

I think that would have to go back to Grandpa as a cop, then. Selleck as a cop would be, like, the late 1980s I think. Which would work for the viewing audience, getting all nostalgic for the run up to the Giuliani years.

Yep. I bristle at a lot of nostalgic thinking, but there are clear, measurable ways the business side of media is changing, and that affects what does and doesn’t get made, and what does and doesn’t get promoted or renewed, for that matter.

NCIS: Nursery

I cannot tell you how tired I am of the false “attention spans are shorter” nonsense. Whenever I hear it, I do the Liz Lemon eyeroll.

NCIS: Origins

Your parents:

There’s just more TV being made now, at a significant level, than there was 25 years ago, and so it’s easier for quality shows like Barry, Reservation Dogs or Succession to slip through the cracks.

Chase wanted to make a movie focusing on the Newark riots. HBO/studio balked, wanted it to have a Sopranos-prequel angle. Many Saints is the result.

Ugh, if there is one thing I tire of more than anything, it is some old proclaiming the Good Ole days are dying things were better, the Golden Age has ended.  Bullshit.  It’s called change.  It’s neither good or bad, but always inevitable when it comes to art and entertainment.

Gabagool? Ova heah!

That’s my feeling as well, though I do worry about the Zaslavification of television spreading further than WBD.

It’s just fat and nitrates! 

Don't forget the johnnycakes. But sadly, no soft drinks of choice. Only Mr Pibb. ☹️

At first glance, I thought this was David Lee Roth.

Clearly he missed the news about the upcoming Young Sheldon spinoff.

Well, funerals are celebrations so..

I wonder if Emma keeps getting rejected for regular Jeopardy because they think having a celebrity would be too distracting.

Wonder how that conversation went to tell him he’s not famous enough for Celebrity Jeopardy and he’d have to play for real.