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TV Surf Report: The Trends They Are Not A’Changin’, But Appointment Television is Dead (#RIP)!

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — The Year is 2020. It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new life … for me. So much good Television to watch, so little Time to do so. (And yes, I am listening … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged A Discovery of Witches, Adaptations, Amazon, Apple TV Plus, Barack Obama, BBC, Catch and Kill, Disney Plus, Dolly Parton's America, Dracula, Dwayne Johnson, Falcon & The Winter Soldier, Fleabag, Fresh Air, Good Food, Good Omens, HBO, Joy Hunting, Kevin Costner, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Olivia Coleman, Paramount, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Podcasts, ReBoots, Reese Witherspoon, Sherlock, Streaming, Television, THE BUSINESS, The Crown, The Daily, The Morning Show, The New Pope, Thirthsomething, Trends, Wanda Vision, Yellowstone | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Hollywood Continues To Adapt (For All Platforms)

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Surfing Hollywood

{Updated Sept. 26, 2019} Santa Monica, CA — Thanks to HBO and to the uber-successful Game of Thrones, the Adaptation Trend has been in full-swing for several years now as Hollywood seeks to break through all the clutter with Intellectual … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged A Discovery of Witches, Adaptations, Andrew Scott, BBC, Ben Cavell, Books, C.S. Lewis, CBS All Access, Chernin Entertainment, Circe, Damon Lindelof, Dan Brown, Dangerous Liaisons, David E. Kelley, Deborah Har, Dracula, Elizabeth Banks, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Halo, HBO, His Dark Materials, Imagine Television, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Reacher, James Marsden, Jeff, Jeff Bridges, Josh Boone, Lee Childs, Love Me, Magazines, Magic: The Gathering, Margaret Atwood, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Connelly, NBC, Pablo Schreiber, Patricia Highsmith, Philip Pullman, Podcasts, Ripley, Robert Jordan, Rosamund Pike, Sherlock, Showtime, Stephen King, Television, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Lord of the Rings, The Lost Symbol, The Old Man, The Russo Bros., The Stand, The Testaments, Thomas Perry, Tom Cruise, Wally Lamb, Warren Littlefield, Watchmen, Wheel of Time | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Hollywood Loves True Crime, The Trend That Keeps On Trending…

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — Lately every day in America, I feel as though I wake up to yet another True Crime story the moment I turn on National Public Radio: What has POTUS done today? Which Hollywood mogul has resigned … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged A Very English Scandal, Apple TV, BBC One, CBS All Access, chris evans, Crime Farm, Crimetown, David Ayer, Defending Jacob, Dick Wolf, Hugh Grant, Law & Order: Hate Crimes, Major Crimes, Making a Murderer, Marc Cherry, Murder Town, NBC, Nicole Kidman, Podcasts, Saturday Night Live, Serial, Television, The Jinx, Trial & Error, true crime | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Adaptations Of Podcasts, Games, Graphic Novels & Music Have Hollywood Aflutter (Books Are Still Cool, Though)

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — The Adaptation Trend has been in full-swing for several years now as Hollywood seeks to break through all the clutter with Intellectual Property Titles that audiences are already predisposed to like (and will thereby, tune in). … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged American Public Radio, Anne Rice, Anonymous Content, Apple TV, Audrey Niffenegger, Batwoman, Best-selling Novels, Bret Easton Ellis, Clive Barker, Crimetown, David Goyer, David Kanter, dc comics, Development, Diane Lane, Dolly Parton, Epic, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Foreign Series, Fortnite, Foundation, Four Weddings And a Funeral, Graphic Novels, Harlan Coben, Harry Shum Jr., Haunting of Hill House, His Dark Materials, Hulu, Invincible, Isaac Asimov, James McAvoy, Jessical Biel, John Mayer, Josh Friedman, Less Than Zero, Limetown, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Magazine Stories, Michael Green, Mike Newell, Mindy Kaling, Newspaper Articles, One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Pachinko, Philip Pullman, Podcasts, Richard Armitage, Ron Howard, Shudder, Songs, Steven Moffat, Streaming, Sundance Now, Super Heroes, Taika Waititi, Television, The Lord of the Rings, The Russo Bros., The Time Traveler's Wife, The Vampire Chronicles, Time Bandits, Timothy Hutton, Wolverine Podcast | 2 Comments

TV Surf Report: True Crime Trending Despite Salacious Stories That Make For Less-Than-Compelling Entertainment

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — True Crime Is Not My Genre. For some reason, I actively shy away from these dramas especially when I lived through the years involving the court case or the television coverage of the murder, crime or … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Al Pacino, American Crime Story, Barry Levinson, Ben Stiller, Ben Wishaw, Bill Clinton, Brendan Fraser, Crimetown, Dick Wolf, Elizabeth Moss, Erik Menendez, Getty Kidnapping, Gianni Versace, Hugh Grant, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Jon Benet Ramsey, Linda Tripp, Monica Lewinsky, OJ Simpson, Outside Magazine, Paramount Network, Penelope Cruz, Podcasts, Princess Diana, Ryan Murphy, Spike, Taylor Kitsch, Television, The Jinx, true crime, Typhoid Mary, Waco | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Podcasts

TV Surf Report: The Trends They Are Not A’Changin’, But Appointment Television is Dead (#RIP)!

TV Surf Report: Hollywood Continues To Adapt (For All Platforms)

TV Surf Report: Hollywood Loves True Crime, The Trend That Keeps On Trending…

TV Surf Report: Adaptations Of Podcasts, Games, Graphic Novels & Music Have Hollywood Aflutter (Books Are Still Cool, Though)

TV Surf Report: True Crime Trending Despite Salacious Stories That Make For Less-Than-Compelling Entertainment

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