Radio and TV

Last year, according to FX's data, three-hundred and fifty-two scripted first-run prime-time and late-night programs aired on broadcast, cable and streaming networks in the U.S., not including PBS.
Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, April 13, 2015.

I'm creating this blog because little attention is given to most of these shows, whether or not they deserve it, and the people who create and produce them are seldom given sufficient credit.  Jason Katims, who is largely responsible for Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, two recent beautiful and complex shows, is still mostly unknown to most of the shows' viewers.  I intend to write about shows I like, mostly, and bring attention to their writers, producers and directors.

Radio gets even less attention than TV, not surprising since there is less creativity currently on radio.  But I plan to bring attention to what creativity there is, as well as what there has been.  One of my favorite radio shows, which has been on WBAI (99.5, 7-9 P.M. Sundays) for some time is Max Schmid's The Golden Age of Radio, which broadcasts everything from the Mercury Theatre of Orson Welles to a recent impressive tribute to the recently-deceased and mostly-forgotten Stan Freberg, who did one of the last network radio shows, in 1957.  But I will also write about current radio, the best of which is on non-profit stations WKCR, WNYC, WFMU, WQXR, as well as WBAI. And I will also write about the current state of talk and musical radio (not good, what little I know about it at this point).

So stayed tuned and please let me know if you have any radio or TV shows that deserve more attention.