On June 22nd ABC will premiere the new action game show Downfall from FremantleMedia . You may be wondering how this new game is played. Allow me to fill you in.
Apparently, while perched on top of a 10-story building in Los Angeles, contestants will race against a clock to answer trivia questions in an effort to win MAJOR prizes and $1 million dollars in cash. Doesn’t sound too difficult, except for the ‘perched’ part, I’m not sure what that means, but I suspect it’s not laying back in a cozy leather recliner sipping champagne from gold flutes. But, here’s the ‘fun’ part, while contestants are trying to answer the trivia questions, the life-size prizes and cash move along on a gigantic conveyor belt. The…
Less you think TV is all doctor shows, crime dramas, and reality fluff – there are some television shows that are attempting to make a difference. The new reality direction is aimed at childhood obesity. As I’ve noted in an 
Music publishing is a lucrative business. For years songwriters, and their labels relied on selling albums, and licensing their music to other outlets, in particular, commercials, TV shows, video games and movies. In fact, I produced a show that relied heavily on music licensing. The show’s premise was the untold story of musical songs. It was a great idea but altogether difficult to produce. To secure the rights to a song you must pay the music publisher, the writer and the performers. I know I summed it up in one sentence and I wish it had been that easy to produce, but it wasn’t. In some cases the permissions were difficult to obtain and in other instances the fees requested for the license would have…
There’s no hiding the fact that NBC is at the bottom of the ratings heap. Clearly an hour of prime-time with Jay Leno was not the answer to their problems. So, he was cancelled and now they’ve got an entirely new line-up for the fall.