Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ Why are all of these science fiction TV series so awful?
From Westworld on Showmax and M-Net (DStv 101) to Star Trek: Picard on Amazon Prime Video and several others are all making the same mistake.
■ Terrified staff and a TV exec reveal Ellen DeGeneres' extreme demands.
"You don't talk to her, you don't approach her, you don't look at her."
- Investigation could end her TV career, says expert.
- Producer Ed Glavin likely getting fired soon and in staff letter Ellen says "my name is on the show".
- Ellen: Once beloved, now at risk of getting cancelled.
■ eMedia Investments' e.tv should develop a YouTube-like model for its free-to-air content; And while MultiChoice can't compete with Netflix, by adding Netflix it can position itself as the sole entertainment provider across Africa (subscription required).
■ Gardener steals TV set in gardening service bag.
■ Money before editorial independence at eNCA (DStv 403)? Shameless squeeze-back ads damage TV news channel's credibility.
■ How 15 minutes of fame became 15 years for the perma-stars of reality TV.
- The tide is turning for how we treat reality TV contestants.
■ Apple offered to reduce its fee in order to get Amazon Prime Video as an app on its mobile devices and Apple TV.
- Apple was willing to half its fee with the companies that agreed to a 15% revenue share for customers who signed up through the app, and no revenue share for users who already subscribed through Amazon.
■ The Bechdel Test for sex scenes: In 2020, TV and film's portrayal of women's sexual pleasure needs to catch up with reality.
■ The 10 strangest ways wrestlers have been written off TV.
■ How Larry King got duped into starring in Chinese propaganda.
Fake interview with a Russian journalist went viral.
■ Worse than we thought: The state of the SABC and the political battle over retrenchment.
See eMedia vs the SABC as ANC politicians in South Africa and the trade unions are not willing to allow the bloated and overstaffed SABC to cut any jobs.
■ Music critic harassed and doxx over Taylor Swift review ... that wasn't positive enough (subscription required).
