The ladies are getting down to business this week on Max’s “And Just Like That” — and seemingly re-evaluating everything. Charlotte accepts a full-time gig at an art gallery, Miranda goes back to lawyer-land, and Seema takes on a high-profile client. And Carrie? Well, she makes some executive-level decisions about her new-old relationship. Let’s start … Read more
Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discussed the Pac-12 media deal on this week’s podcast. Host Andrew Marchand broke all the news about ESPN’s new NBA booth next season and on this week’s podcast he explains why ESPN let go of Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy. Host John Ourand broke news this week of NASCAR … Read more
Happy V-Day in July, lovers. This week’s installment of “And Just Like That” is brimming with pinks, plaids and ghosts of boyfriends past as our favorite 50-somethings take on February’s notorious Hallmark holiday. First up, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) gets her long-awaited reunion with — drumroll, please — Aidan Shaw (John Corbett). But, in … Read more
In this week’s Marchand & Ourand Sports Media Podcast, Mike Tirico joins the show one year before the start of the Summer Olympics in Paris. Tirico talks about his preparation for hosting those games with NBC and his role in covering geopolitical stories during the games. Mike Tirico joined Andrew Marchand and John Ourand on … Read more
Did you know that Carrie Bradshaw loves a dark berry lip? But, unlike the incompetent journalist profiling Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) in this week’s episode of “And Just Like That,” who centered Carrie’s cosmetics in an interview about her husband’s death, we won’t dare waste another second on Miss Bradshaw’s lip color. Not when this … Read more
“Where do you find a single man these days?” The age old question is top of mind for single gals Nya Wallace (Karen Pittman), Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury) in this week’s episode of “And Just Like That…” on Max. “A sperm bank,” “A monastery,” and a “‘Marvel’ movie” are … Read more
Andrew Marchand returns from vacation to offer his perspective on ESPN’s layoffs, from which high-profile on-air departure is the most surprising to educated guesses on who will call NBA games given Jeff Van Gundy’s layoff. Marchand and John Ourand go on to discuss the New York Times’ decision to scrap its sports desk and move … Read more
Could HBO’s “And Just Like That” get any more ridiculous? In the fourth episode of Season Two, the ladies — Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) once again test the limits, cramming sperm jokes, penis size jokes, off-the-wall fashions and a Gloria Steinem cameo into 40-ish … Read more
ESPN’s Paul Finebaum, host of a daily four-hour show on SEC Network, joins this week’s pod as a co-host and discusses what it was like inside ESPN as last week’s on-air layoffs were announced, including well-known names like Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber and Jalen Rose. Finebaum discusses what his day was like the Friday … Read more
Making the MILF list is pretty exciting for Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Lisa Todd Wexley in “And Just Like That” — but the latest installment was less thrilling for Che Diaz, whose relationship with Miranda Hobbes is now on the rocks. In Season 2, Episode 3, Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker) hears about a list ranking … Read more
Fans are not finding the situation to be idol-istic. Viewers who have been watching the controversial HBO show “The Idol” expressed confusion, after it was announced that the upcoming fifth episode will be the end of Season 1. “I thought it was gonna be 6 episodes, not 5?? What happened???” one fan wrote. Another outraged … Read more
With Derek Jeter making his debut on Fox’s MLB coverage this weekend, hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss how the Hall of Fame shortstop will fit in with the network’s other studio analysts David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez. Marchand and Ourand also address Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s comments about this pod and the XFL. … Read more
With the Heat-Nuggets NBA Finals series about to start, hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand look into the league’s media performance throughout the playoffs, comparing the game broadcasts and studio shows from both ESPN and TNT and previewing the league’s rights deals, which will start to be negotiated next year. Marchand and Ourand also preview … Read more
The NFL’s decision to add flex scheduling to Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football” schedule is this week’s top topic on the “Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast.” Source link #Listen #Episode #Marchand #Ourand #NFLs #Thursday #Night #Football #flex #call
In this week’s Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast, the NFL’s deal to sell one wild-card playoff game exclusively to the Peacock streaming service for $110 million is a main topic. Hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss what the deal means for the NFL and NBC. The two hosts also dive into the NFL’s … Read more
A children’s cartoon about a family of dogs had to edit one of its episodes about fitness after audiences objected to the father character being self-critical of his weight. “Bluey” is a cartoon about a family of Australian Cattle Dogs that has become wildly popular in recent years. It has ranked among the top 10 most streamed … Read more
From new Super Bowl viewership numbers to NFL Draft news, the NFL is a hot topic for hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand this week. The two also discuss Amazon’s plans around a Black Friday game and Comcast’s decision to drop, then pick back up, NFL Network. Marchand and Ourand trot out the “Brady Meter” … Read more
“Saturday Night Live” will go dark this weekend amid the ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America. “The previously announced ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosted by Pete Davidson and musical guest Lil Uzi Vert is cancelled due to the writers’ strike,” NBC announced in a media alert. The scheduled episode was slated to be Davidson’s … Read more
This may be the one time a Jerry Springer horror show didn’t refer to a guest on his long-running program. The legendary broadcaster — who died from pancreatic cancer Thursday — appeared in a particularly memorable “Treehouse of Horror” episode of Matt Groening’s ever-clairvoyant animated series “The Simpsons.” His voice cameo popped up in the … Read more
ESPN started a round of layoffs this week that included one employee of 43 years in PR executive Mike Soltys and another employee of 26 years in senior executive Russell Wolff. Hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss how ESPN’s string of layoffs has affected the morale inside the company. They talk about the business … Read more