In a television landscape once dominated by self-contained crime procedurals, Wiseguy broke the mold. Airing on CBS from 1987 to 1990, the show helped usher in a new era of serialized storytelling—years before it became the norm. Now, more than three decades after its finale, Wiseguy is reportedly making a surprise return (according to Yahoo), […]
Posting on April 18, 2023 was my appearance on Michael Bailey’s wonderful It All comes Back to Superman podcast, where I discussed the oral history book Voices from Krypton. Here’s how Michael described the episode: “This time out I celebrate Superman’s 85th birthday by talking with writer Ed Gross. Ed has a book titled Voices […]
The latest Galaxycon was held this past weekend in San Jose, California and my understanding was that it was a lot of fun. Oh, I was there, but spent most of those three days “locked up” in a room below the convention floor conducting interviews with various people from or regarding Star Trek, where, through […]
I’d say it was a busy week, but, these days, every week is a busy week, but, hey, the alternative is much worse. So, at firstforwomen.com, here’s a breakdown of what I wrote over the past few days. 10 Greatest Fictional Presidents on Film — Guiiding America on the Big Screen: An interview with Dale […]
Ape Nation is the YouTube channel dedicated to all things Planet of the Apes, and I recently had the opportunity to spend about an hour talking to the channel’s creator, Josh, about The Unofficial Oral History of Planet of the Apes that I’ve co-written with Joe Russo and Larry Landsman, volume I of which has […]
Well, I’ve obviously lost my mind! In 2023 I wrote the definitive (that’s what Mark Waid calls it!) unofficial oral history of Superman in the form of Voices from Krypton from Nacelle Books, and this year I co-wrote with Robert Greenberger November’s Superman: The Definitive History from Insight Editions. I’m hard-pressed to find a similar […]
An official inside look at the 85+ year history of Superman in all media.
Back in 1990, following its second season, I wrote a book titled Secret: File: The Unofficial Making of a Wiseguy, published by a nightmare company called Pioneer Books (which I’ll have to discuss in a future post). The book was an episode-by-episode behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first two seasons of Wiseguy, the […]
Hundreds of interviews take you inside the making of every Planet of the Apes film and TV series
In my new position as Senior Entertainment Editor at womansworld.com, I’ve been cranking away at Classic TV articles. Recent pieces have taken a look at Ernest Borgnine and the rest of the cast of McHale’s Navy, Jon Provost and the cast of Lassie (including quotes from my interview with Jon), the cast of One Day […]