Earlier this month, NPR’s Linda Holmes wrote an open letter to Pixar (“Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees”) beseeching them to create a film for girls. News of this has generated a flood of positive and negative responses. And while I am not one to get swept up in the [...]

Yesterday, I talked about the Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers strike and how the fallout of that event affected scripted television. Unfortunately, the strike couldn’t fix the fundamental problems in the industry, namely its business model. Many people have speculated on the future of the television industry. I’d like to make my own prediction: [...]

A year ago, change occurred in America. I’m not talking about the economy or the election. I am referring to the strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA). The strike, the end of which marks its one year anniversary today, crippled the entertainment industry at a time when it was already reeling from a [...]