Are People Paying Attention to Apple TV+’s Scripted-Series Hot Streak?

Are People Paying Attention to Apple TV+’s Scripted-Series Hot Streak?

Historically, I haven’t been an Apple person. When Apple attempted to persuade me to get a Mac, I got a Dell instead. When iPods proliferated, I owned an iRiver. And when iPhones changed the world, […]

Ernie Kovacs was TV’s madcap genius. A book shows his legacy

Edie Adams holds the string of a tiny guillotine as Ernie Kovacs inserts a cigar to cut.

As we bumble toward the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, it is safe to assume that a dwindling, if not already severely dwindled, number of Americans know the name Ernie Kovacs, […]

Opinion: Streaming is TV’s future. Can the writers’ strike make it sustainable?

Opinion: Streaming is TV's future. Can the writers' strike make it sustainable?

The two central disputes of the current Writers Guild of America strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are technology-driven: the rise of streaming, and the looming unknown role artificial intelligence will […]

‘The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey’ review: Samuel L. Jackson’s star power can’t save Apple TV+’s Walter Mosley adaptation

'The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey' review: Samuel L. Jackson's star power can't save Apple TV+'s Walter Mosley adaptation

Jackson’s title character is introduced in the throes of dementia, relying on help from his nephew (Omar Miller), who is murdered early on. Lacking a caretaker, Ptolemy forms a bond with an orphaned teenager, Robyn […]