It was a long journey to making it so, from the moment we started talking to CBS Studios about this until now -- and I am immensely proud that Adam B. Vary pulled off writing the definitive piece of where #StarTrek has been and where it's going. variety.com/2024/tv/featur… @variety

Hope to see you all on Sunday at the NYAD OCEAN WALK! Details: greatlawalk.blogspot.com/2024/03/join-u…

'CNN dropped an interview Monday night that, in normal times, would spell a death knell for a presidential bid: a former employee explaining how he inadvertently helped his boss, the presumptive GOP nominee, advance one of his numerous criminal schemes.' publicnotice.co/p/trump-employ…

Happy #Girls5eva day! All 3 seasons are now up on @Netflix. Take a deep dive into how the show was rescued, the work that goes into producing a comedy heavy with jokes and original music—and the hope that this move will expand the show's audience: variety.com/2024/tv/news/g… @variety

More #Oscar inside details! >> How Ryan Gosling Planned Out Every ‘I’m Just Ken’ Performance Detail, From Marilyn Monroe’s Inspiration to the Cameraman Kiss variety.com/2024/awards/aw… via @variety

Fantastic piece, Bruddah Mike I enjoy the behind-the-scenes stuff even more than the scenes. 👍

So wait, who told #Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel he shouldn't bring up Trump? It was his own wife and exec producer Molly McNearney, who admits now she was wrong! variety.com/2024/tv/awards…

How did the #Oscars producers get away with a mostly nude John Cena? Per FCC rules, “A bulge cannot be showing, and you can’t show crack. [And] we made sure that, for all intents and purposes, he looked like a Ken doll up front.' variety.com/2024/tv/awards…

Whew, here it is: My annual deep dive into how the producers and ABC pulled off this year's Oscars! >> Oscars Team Tells All: Getting John Cena Naked, Jimmy Kimmel’s Trump Joke and Why Al Pacino Skipped the Best Picture Nominees (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2024/tv/awards… via @variety

This was a very good #Oscars . Alison Herman nails it: >> The 96th Oscars Were More Than Kenough to Celebrate a Banner Year in Moviemaking: TV Review variety.com/2024/awards/tv… via @variety

I can only imagine Al Pacino giving the producers a scare for a moment -- seemed like we were close to another envelopegate! #Oscars

How is 'The Fire Inside' not already the commercial jingle for Flamin Hot Cheetos

Tremendous scoop by Tatiana Siegel

Hannah Einbinder, Samantha Bee, John Leguizamo and More Deliver Laughs and a Few Tears for Variety's Power of Comedy at SXSW variety.com/2024/tv/news/h…

Jimmy Kimmel Doesn’t Buy That He’s Now the Oscars’ Permanent Host: ‘You Assume I’ve Been Asked’ variety.com/2024/tv/news/j… via @variety Michael Schneider

This was written FOR me (but not BY me, it's by Mike Schneider).

Everyone watch #Girls5Eva

As ‘Girls5eva’ Moves to Netflix, Its Cast and Producers Hope More People Finally Watch: ‘We Almost Lost It’ variety.com/2024/tv/news/g… via @variety Michael Schneider

Of course, to me Steve Lawrence will always be the co-host of ABC’s “Foul-Ups, Bleeps and Blunders.” RIP

If I may, there’s something I need to get off my chest.

As democracy remains under siege, it has been frustrating to watch how the press covers politics these days.

I am reminded by lessons that came to me during the Nixon years as a CBS News correspondent, which I’ll add here:…

To recap: Over the span of just a few hours, Donald Trump confused Joe Biden for Barack Obama, couldn't pronounce the country 'Venezuela,' and literally short-circuited mid-sentence. Trump is old & unwell & it's time the media start giving it the attention it deserves.

It's obvious Biden has been an extremely effective president and it's obvious Donald Trump will be (and has been) an absolute disaster for America and the fact that this simple truth is never uttered in the media is why it's broken.