AM Air Will ALWAYS Be Towards Republicans

We will leave personal politics out today, but AM airwaves will always be more Republican and Conservative than Democrat or Liberal. Even in big cities like New York or Los Angeles.

Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck they all sound the same if you are not a Republican or lean that way. In fact, they are different. I've heard people all Bill O'Reilly a moderate. If you listen with a political deaf ear that may be true; if you get down to substance. Once in my VERY LIBERAL (in both senses of that word 'LIBERAL') college, we were discussing who is a Liberal with a capital L. It turns out Rudy Giuliani fit the mold.

But talk radio (especially AM) will always lean more Republican. The reason is because AM waves can reach way more further than FM waves. And now you get satellite radio and that even throws it a bit more off. AM reaches in rural areas. Who tends to be in those areas? Republicans or people that have Republican leanings.

Even FM talk radio gets more Republican talk that moderate. Don't get me wrong there are other people that lean Democrat on the Radio. But listening to Howard Stern talk about how he liked listening to Mitt Romney's ideas during the Republican debate even back up my theory even more.

But why do they succeed in the city; especially in places like New York City where Republicans are out-numbered 8 to 1. Well, there still are Republicans in New York City. Big enough to give them a good chunk of any market big or small.

Second, where do you think all these Republican media stars broadcast from? One thing I love about sales is that numbers don't lie. That in itself proves that there are more Republicans in rural areas. They do matter because they need to sell airtime which lets these media stars keep doing what they're doing; and feeding the sales people as well.

Plus, Democrats have taken a large amount of the big and small screens, print, and even Independent ventures too. Most (not all) of those things are left leaning, in terms of politics.

I'm not gonna tell you what I am. You probably already know; if you know me REALLY personally. But one thing is for sure in my dealings with the media and politics; they fans and supports (of both political spectrum's) are usually more crazy than those who broadcast from their environment or run for political office.

Where Have They All Gone

I must've missed something. Summer came and went. And no matter how volatile the media industry is in whole they always pump out summertime blockbusters. Or at least they try too. Even if they think they have a hit on their hands they advertise the hell out of it.

So, why does it seem like the movie industry was in a coma this past summer? I tried to remember one JUST ONE blockbuster or something that was well promoted. On the streets on New York City it seems like the TV shows were better promoted than the movies. You know how many Jusge Judy posters I saw; and still see.

Okay, that wasn't fair she was beating Oprah in the ratings and has a very recognizable persona. And I am known for being a TV guy more than a movie guy. AND I am very critical of movies generally speaking.

I just did a google search for summertime movies of 2011. No wonder movies don't make the money the use to. Instead of telling us about the movies so I can go rent them or how great they are; thety just advertise the ones coming up in October. BLAH TO YOU!

When I scrolled and clicked back I got:
-X-Men
-A Love Affair of Sorts
-Daylight
-Columbiana
-Rise of Planet of The Apes

These are the ones I yanked out of that massive list because I VAGELY remember them being advertised. In fact, I don't even know what they are, except that they were advertised. That's one of the problems right there. The only one I would go and rent is Rise of Planet of the Apes. And that's only because I saw the first one which had a cliff-hanger ending......SEVERAL YEARS AGO! What is this; a Back To The Future Part II homeage? (I hope you got that).

I hope Christmas Time or the Summer of 2012 brings better entires to the big screen, or we may see less and less of them around. Lord know this isn't the time to put people out of work.

Did you happen to catch "Two and A Half Men" last night?

I started out the title of my blog with, "Did you happen to catch, 'Two and A Half Men' last night?" because that is the question people (I was told) use to ask back in the 80's and 90's. You would come home from work, read the paper, have dinner, and sit down to watch TV. That was the olden days. Because the next morning you would go to work, and to make small office talk around the water cooler you would say, "Did you happen to catch "(insert TV show here)" and that's how life was suppose to be like.

I have a feeling even feeling even with the age of youtube, and DVR's (gees even VCR's are obsolete) and other more modern wonders people still tuned in. There are two reasons for this. Charlie Sheen and almost everyone else sucks.

Charlie Sheen is a media magnet for now. Two bad he created his own downfall ONLY for his roost on Comedy Central which decided to compete. But lucky for Jon Cryer, CBS is network and they won't rerun it a zillion times and I'm sure the show still has a huge budget. Charlie created that "media firestorm (yawn)" when he decided to go after his boss Chuck Lorre. And then have his own little traveling show. Sort of like what Conan O'Brien did. in fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see Charlie on a future episode. Wouldn't it be funny if this was all for ratings?

The second reason is everyone else in prime time pretty much sucks. Name a funny laugh out loud comedy like "Two And a Half Men". You probably can't find a show as funny because it really doesn't exist right now. Now, Two is not the funniest show ever. But I'll bet anything it's right up there for now. You certainly can't make the argument that "How I Met Your Mother" is funnier. Because both shows can hold their own, but given the choice which one would you watch?

I'm sure we'll see Charlie back on with another show just as risque as his old show. And Ashton Kutcher (who took Charlie's place) is gonna keep that show going. So, for right now we're stuck with both.

But a big congrats should go out to not only the entire show "Two And a Half Men" but Jon Cryer as well. People will certainly be talking about this show at work today. This show has just landed another good season after this season too when the shows was nearly canned almost a year ago because of Charlie.

But Jon Cryer who is the lessor know guy in all of this just got his star on the Hollywood walk of fame. I'm not saying he's a nobody or not talented. That is the furthest thing from the truth. But he seems to be a rising star (even though he already is a Hollywood star - seriously) will everyone else with the show seems to either fall or ride of this whole Charlie Sheen media publicity; which is the real reason why most everybody tuned in last night.

No if anyone in Hollywood Land would just give Conchata Ferrell (the woman who plays Berta) a bigger role (no pun intended) and more work out there, I think Hollywood would be on the road to success. But this is the land of make believe where almost everybody is beautiful and nobody looks over the age of 30.

The only question which goes unanswered is, how will the rest of the competition respond to see who will win?

The New TV Talk Shows

There have been a bunch of shows slated to come out next season. And some have stayed to prolong their demise. I wish I could say that we have a bunch of winners; but we don't. Either the TV production companies have slashed budgets for the shows that they produce, or they just hired a bunch of bad people; which in turn creates a bad show. Of course watching things on the Internet or recording doesn't help TV shows or networks. But the rating will still hold out for who is the true leader.

First up is Anderson Cooper. Give me a break! This guy has a new talk show premiering on PIX 11 (that the CW network). Everyone loves A.C. (when he's trying to do news on CNN). But a fluff show? That is what his new show will probably be because he has to keep his serious show on CNN. I can promise you there will be no conflict of interest between the two show or networks. He will probably be good for a season or two and that's it. I believe Montel Williams proved that you can overkill a talk show host. Drew Carey had the right idea. Pick one show, and focus. A.C. is all over the place. He will be like The Wendy Williams Show. Not as fluffy; but a show that was created specifically to be cheap enough to make the competition miserable but not have a major loss WHEN they cancel it.

Next on the chopping block ABC's The Chew. While maybe good on the Food Network or the even newer spun-off Cooking Channel not good (especially in these time slots on a major network). The only person that can hold her own is Martha Stewart and even she was smart enough to know that she can do more and make more if she moved. And she moved to The hallmark Channel. Biggest paid celebrity over there and it's almost like The Martha Stewart Network on TV. What is it.... 6 hours a day of Martha? So, unless producer Gordon Elliot moves it somewhere; we can say "hold the seconds" for this.

One show that can make it but be up against some tough competition is "The Revolution". Competing against Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray is hard enough. But when you through in Dr. Oz, The Doctor's, and Nate Berkus add a little Dr. Phil (even though he is not a direct competitor) you have a headache. I guess Brian Frons who is the head honcho for ABC daytime (or whatever title they made up for him) is banking on that soap opera people will not make a switch when he canceled their soaps and it will have great lead -ins like "The View". Like it or hate it, "The View" is here to stay. Too bad we may not be able to say the same about Brian if this thing doesn't work.

Dr. Oz, Nate Berkus, Judge Judy, Dr. Phil, The Dr.'s, Ellen, The People's Court - all safe so don't worry.

Did anyone here about Rosie's new talk show on something called OWN (Oprah's Network). If you can find it it could be a big hit. If you can find it. If she doesn't pull in the viewers Oprah has no problem showing Rosie the door. Not everything Oprah touches turns to gold. Who knows, maybe she wants Rosie to fail. She didn't even do a great job of promoting Rosie in her final season. She could've. She has America (who are we kidding) THE WORLD eating out of the palm of her hand. Oprah has hundred's of millions. At least $50 million should have gone towards advertising for Rosie on her new network.

Next up is an English lad that I've watched quite a bit on my many journeys into England. Jeremy Kyle has brought his tone down, but no holds barred show to America. I expect this to do great. We only have Jerry Springer, Maury, and Steve Wilkos. And those guys are all taped in Connecticut. Jeremy's show (taped in New York City) will debut today across the U.S. And with these type of shows it's all about personality. Sally had it, Geraldo and Montel had it. Ricki Lake (who wants to come back) had, Jeremy definitely has it. You can't help but really like him. But here's the real reason why Jeremy Kyle will win. These shows are cheap to produce, have an audience, and can hold their own in any market. I would bet money on this.

We'll end with Conan. He's getting beaten by Jay now that the ratings have settled. Either his fans are too tech savvy and watching him on the Internet or he just should've stay a king at 12:35 am. I was a big supporter of his at NBC's Late Night. I watched him when he only had 89 fans. I would go to see him often. When he took over The Tonight Show the whole feel of the show was different. Leno won fair and square. Conan had a job interview and was runner up. Dave might give Conan his show when he goes (I hope Craig Ferguson learns from this). But I don't know if Conan may just stay at TBS, or fade away. TBS can't just cancel him when they have a huge vested interest in him. However, look at what they did with George Lopez.

IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets have our first blog about the media, be on the medium of blogs - "Hey I think it's appropriate."

Well, here it is the start of my official blogging. And how appropriate to do it about blogs? I think it's a medium like TV or Radio. Medium is the singular form of media. That's what I learned when I got my BA at Marymount Manhattan College. My major was Communications.

Have you ever wondered what makes a good blogger? It's not necessarily the blog itself. And no I'm not an idiot I know the blogger is directly tied in with the blog. But there are just some awful bloggers out there.

There's the Ghost Blogger that blogs once or twice a month. Then they forget about it all together and their account gets deleted and lost in cyber-world forever.

Then there is always that person that just doesn't get it. And you know who I am talking about. They are the people that can't shut up at parties and you want them to shut it. One day they are blogging about their first date. The next day they are blogging about frying an ant on the sidewalk when it was 102 degrees outside. Unless their date consisted of frying an ant on the sidewalk they probably are that way blogging too. Meaning - They're all over the place. But seriously; if that's what someone does on a date they probably need mental help and should think about never having kids....ever!

Then we have our B-O-R-I-N-G bloggers. These are wimps that are too scared to make any mad; they choose to have no opinion or social content of any importance to anyone. These people are opinionless (which apparently is not a word according to my spell checker).

I can give a darn great example of a great blog and blogger. Julie Powell is her name. She was the woman who blogged about cooking the meals of Chef Julia Child. I believe a movie was made about it. She knew her demographics, stuck to her topic and didn't care if Julia Child's herself hated the blog (which Child's did). Okay maybe she cared a little bit. But it was her passion and it showed. Not to mention it had a huge following.

Here are some other examples of great bloggers or blogs.
-Michelle Malkin
-Rosie O'Donnell
-Hot Air
-The Huffington Post
-GloZell Green

I don't care if you can't stand some of the people I just mentioned. They post consistently, have an opinion, and know their audience. Most people cannot pull off being funny. GloZell can. And yours truly was even partially featured on her blog. But she's marketable, funny, and has a big following. Plus she does video blogging. That may happen if I get enough nerve to put this mug on the screen. Then again there is always blogtalkradio. I'll work my way there yet.

And then of course, there is the person that just can't blog. They type four sentences and they are done. Or they type 40 paragraphs. You gotta leave your audience wanting more. And not go on and on. Most topics no matter how great have a beginning, middle and end. That is taught in 3rd grade. It's called blogging etiquette. That's why I feel this blog has gone on long enough now and needs to end here.