Greg Iwinski
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emmy-winning tv writer: late night, star wars. union guy. always sleepy. omgreg.com
Here's our first episode of The Stepback. It's about Sports Journalism, the rise of the "insider," and the dangers of Embrace Debate.
What Happened to Sports Journalism? | The Stepback with Blake Griffin
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The first episode of The Stepback with Blake Griffin is out today on Prime and Youtube. The Ringer stopped by the show to take a look / out all the homeschoolers on staff.
Inside Blake Griffin’s Quest to Bring Sports to Late-Night TV
During his NBA career, he was one of the funniest, most media-savvy players in the league. But can he carry a talk show?
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Thank you to @sepinwall.bsky.social for actually writing this and talking to me for it, and to @garyjackson.bsky.social for the most concise summation of Sorkin’s ethos I’ve ever seen: “I want to be rude to a blonde woman.”
Anatomy of a disaster: Aaron Sorkin's 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'
Why do comedy writers still love talking about the infamous bomb?
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Tim Carvell@timcarvell.bsky.social · 6mo agoConsider this an alert to outlets that cover entertainment: The 20th anniversary of “Studio 60” is coming up in September and every comedy writer on earth will talk to you about their continued horrified fascination with it.
I love late night. I love sports. Can’t wait for everyone to see this. Drops in one week (10/20) on Prime and YouTube.
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Rosalia’s SNL performances tonight will probably go down as the best of the season.
So, just to think about this. Inside of a week, America's government tried to murder a prisoner, but failed and instead just tortured her into a coma for a while. And the American government's response to that was, "let's do it again but with guns and on live TV."
Boone gotta go. Cashman gotta go. Yankees are stuck in the kind of necrotic statis that belongs in Congress, not Major League Baseball.
Yankees lost, exactly how we knew they would. But the seats were great and the Brits behind me were very nice.
Spent the night cheering for the Yankees / being a guy in front of Dua Lipa and Callum Turner in photos.
Kassie@heykasswhatsup.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Yankees can’t lose if Dua Lipa is on our side! Bad things don’t happen when Dua’s around! #Yankees #ALDS
the centrists are living in a simulated alternate reality just as much as the trump cultists are
It’s funny… I still haven’t found a white moderate who thought MLK's quotes on white moderates applied to them. Or even one who can name people in that category. Guess they all just disappeared.
Yep. “How do we get Celtics fans from Southie to buy Brunson jerseys?” But the people genuinely asking how to win back the ~27% of America that’s ride or die for Trump are usually doing it because they don’t want to admit their MAGA friends / family are bad people who like Trump’s bad actions.
ceej@ceej.online · 3w ago“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
A’ja Wilson just wakes up and decides to dominate.
Dave Chappelle: Cold Blooded
ALT: Dave Chappelle: Cold Blooded
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The oligarch class is deeply freaked out by how badly Republicans are losing the midterms, not because of 2027 (Trump already a lame duck) but because of the possibility of 2029 featuring a huge Dem Congressional majority. Look for the run-up to the midterms to be an oppo dump on D Senate candidates
Voting ends tomorrow. If you’re a WGA East member who would like your white-hot rage to be poured into a labor forge that will (losing the metaphor here) shape it into a tool to fight our enemies, I will do that. And I’ll work on the metaphors.
Greg Iwinski@garyjackson.bsky.social · last mo.WGA East Members: I’m running for Council to do what I do — go to the mat for late night and defend the dignity of our work. Even if you don’t vote for me, PLEASE VOTE. In a small union, a single vote has a huge impact, and we have so many great candidates running. Voting is open TODAY!
For months, the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger faced something recent Hollywood megadeals rarely have: real resistance. Then it all collapsed. Monopoly expert Matt Stoller tells Richard Rushfield who was pushing for the fight to end https://mrf.lu/2SQwL
reminding myself how hard it is to find the last thing on this list
Greg Iwinski@garyjackson.bsky.social · 2y agothe way to keep yourself from becoming despondent when each of these horrible things happens is to realize every potential one *is* going to happen for quite a while - until we reach an election, or a politician with the power to stop things breaks from the ‘norms’ and puts their wrench in the gears
By the time this merger ruins HBO, destroys WB, gets 5,000 people fired, moves production overseas, and guts the quality of the movies the new studio makes, most people will have forgotten how fast the AGs caved and how little they got in this deal. Writers will not.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.Paramount has reportedly reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros
In an existential fight, the only thing worse than a coward is a quisling. Congrats @robbonta.bsky.social
lest @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov get any delusions of becoming the next Kamala: the thousands of entertainment workers fucked by this merger will spend the rest of our natural born lives telling people how much of a cowardly loser you are. may you be primaried by someone with an actual spine. get bent
Particularly in California, voting for a Democrat is just voting for a Republican who pretends to feel guilty. Rob Bonta is an enabler of fascism. That should be his lead credit for life, just ahead of “craven coward.”
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · last mo.And there it is: Rob Bonta is a coward who wilted under pressure
As any good tactician knows, the best time to give in to a bully is days before their self-imposed crippling consequences kick in.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.* PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORP. HAS REACHED A SETTLEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES SUING TO BLOCK ITS PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC. -- BLOOMBERG NEWS @reuters.com @bloomberg.com $PSKY
Sure, giving in to corporate blackmail is *usually* a bad idea. But maybe this time it will work!!!!!!!!!! 🤮
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.* PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORP. HAS REACHED A SETTLEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES SUING TO BLOCK ITS PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC. -- BLOOMBERG NEWS @reuters.com @bloomberg.com $PSKY
Paramount reportedly tried to ram through a bad deal by using a holiday break as leverage. I know this exact move... because I remember it from 3 years ago, when a network CEO screamed at the WGA that strike negotiations were going to make him miss his private plane and his island vacation.
Paramount Suit Settlement Talks Blocked By Four State Attorneys General
David Ellison's hopes of reaching a quick deal to green light his $111B WBD merger has hit a wall of four state AGs who aren't on board
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The possibility that the California AG could move toward an agreement without the structural remedies he previously demanded did not sit well with some inside CNN, who are now facing the prospect of working for Ellison. “It’s lipstick on a pig,” a person close to the CNN newsroom said.
Ellison's Settlement Squeeze
Paramount may be closing in on a settlement with California AG Rob Bonta, but at least two states are pushing back, Status has learned, raising new questions about how far regulators are willing to be...
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