My experience with Byron Allen is much the same as yours. In the days before cable, his syndicated clone of Entertainment Tonight (which consisted mostly of Allen’s interviews at press junkets), was basically free to any TV station who wanted to air it. It was watered down, even by entertainment journalism standards. Allen never met an actor, singer, or director he didn’t like, and every piece of media he “reviewed” was some variation of great. He lacks the credibility needed to be taken seriously as a mogul, but then again so do most network executives.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:36 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to ask the obvious question here - isn't it possible that > Comcast, Charter, et al aren't carrying his networks because they don't > bring anything to the table? I'm 43 years old, and I can't remember once > in my life when I've watched something produced by or starring Byron Allen > (at least, intentionally - there were occasions when I'd fall asleep during > Scottish Conan Guy and "Comics Unleashed" would come on - that would > normally be the signal to shut the damn TV off already). A quick review of > Entertainment Studios' theatrical releases reads mostly like SyFy/Lifetime > MOTW fare, and their TV output is, at best, derivative of more popular fare > that's already saturated their various markets. I can see why Allen and his > team say it's discrimination, but isn't it *possible* the issue is that he > isn't that creative? > > M-D > Playing devil's advocate - no hitting in the face, please. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
