I know, I know: too damn many election posts lately! What can I say? Writer’s strike + big news night + I stayed up until 2 a.m. and need to rationalize the investment of time = you’re stuck with it. Between Super Sunday and Super Tuesday, however, I forgot to link to my brief plug [...]

Reuters (and numerous others) are reporting that writers and producers are close to formulating an informal (repeat, informal) deal to end the strike. The WGA leadership has called a guild meeting Saturday to discuss the terms with the membership. Insert all the standard caveats and cautions here–the big one being that some hardliner writers want [...]

Were you glued to Super Tuesday election results last night? You weren’t alone. But you were close! Mediaweek’s Marc Berman reports that American Idol and House whupped Hill, Barack, Mac, Mitt and Huck where it counted. Fox, the only network not to air primetime election coverage (on Fox proper, not Fox News), beat the big-three [...]