In some ways, it's possible to measure the changes in the television world by what I don't do anymore. I don't go to trade events like NATPE or the Cable Show. I don't save shows to my DVD or TiVo that I can just stream. And now, I don't go to the upfronts in New York. Here's my story from Sunday's paper explaining why:
Kansas City Star: Upfront and personal
But, of course, I will be blogging the upfronts, so keep coming back now, y'hear?
Here I am on KNX News Radio this morning in Los Angeles, contributing to a short piece about the upfronts:
Does it sound like I just rolled out of bed? Ha! I was still IN bed.
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Shortly after that, I did my weekly chat with Chip Franklin at KOGO in San Diego. Chip started out by roping me into his issue-of-the-day: namely, why is it OK to tell jokes about poor whites from Appalachia ... and for that matter, make zillions of jokes about John McCain's age?
Oh, and we talked about the Jimmy Fallon news and this weekend's "SNL" ... eventually:
Later this week, I'll have a piece about all the changes going on in late night TV and what's on the line for everybody involved.
