Brian Steinberg
@bristei.bsky.social
Senior TV Editor at Variety, covering media, advertising, sports TV, late night and much more. Also talk about comics and music. 'Some days are diamonds / Some days are rocks'
The listings for AMC said 'Road House,' and I assumed I'd see Patrick Swayze....
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The listings for AMC said 'Road House,' and I assumed I'd see Patrick Swayze....
Gil Thorp insists on maintaining telephone manners in a social-media world....
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Gil Thorp insists on maintaining telephone manners in a social-media world....
You know this woman is furious and outraged because her fists are clenched so tightly against her clavicle and upper sternum that she has rendered herself unable to adjust her jacket collar as she no doubt originally intended. Look out, Augie!
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You know this woman is furious and outraged because her fists are clenched so tightly against her clavicle and upper sternum that she has rendered herself unable to adjust her jacket collar as she no doubt originally intended. Look out, Augie!
America's hottest restaurant chain is 'Wally's Wings,' where diners can feast on pieces of a strange hybrid man-chicken whose visage adorns the menu in a bid to spur appetite and keep thoughts of cannibalism at bay...
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
America's hottest restaurant chain is 'Wally's Wings,' where diners can feast on pieces of a strange hybrid man-chicken whose visage adorns the menu in a bid to spur appetite and keep thoughts of cannibalism at bay...
'Crazy, easily-manipulated Toby has a friend other than me?' asks Mary Worth. 'This simply cannot stand.'
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
'Crazy, easily-manipulated Toby has a friend other than me?' asks Mary Worth. 'This simply cannot stand.'
The 'Mark Trail' narrator seems unaware that Shania is NOT facing the rage of the feral hog and, also that the feral hog looks more curious than angry...
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The 'Mark Trail' narrator seems unaware that Shania is NOT facing the rage of the feral hog and, also that the feral hog looks more curious than angry...
Dagwood Bumstead has clearly bumbled a supermarket run in which he was supposed to get a favorite ice-cream treat and instead brought delivered hand-dipped turkey legs that no one is going to enjoy...
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Dagwood Bumstead has clearly bumbled a supermarket run in which he was supposed to get a favorite ice-cream treat and instead brought delivered hand-dipped turkey legs that no one is going to enjoy...
'Marvin' gets a lot of criticism for its overreliance on poop jokes, but there are things it does that are even more unsettling....
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
'Marvin' gets a lot of criticism for its overreliance on poop jokes, but there are things it does that are even more unsettling....
The Phantom has depended on his stallion 'Hero' for decades, but somehow left the horse in a stone courtyard without any caretaker or regular contact with other creatures...
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Phantom has depended on his stallion 'Hero' for decades, but somehow left the horse in a stone courtyard without any caretaker or regular contact with other creatures...
This is what streaming has done to us. Instead of saying, 'Hey I caught a late-night rerun of 'Fawlty Towers' on the PBS station or 'Have you checked out 'Are You Being Served?,' we now describe series in A.I.-defined categories like 'Fast Action National Security Potboilers'...
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is what streaming has done to us. Instead of saying, 'Hey I caught a late-night rerun of 'Fawlty Towers' on the PBS station or 'Have you checked out 'Are You Being Served?,' we now describe series in A.I.-defined categories like 'Fast Action National Security Potboilers'...
The challenges of doing a comic strip about senior citizens, like 'Crankshaft' below, is that, inevitably, characters face their own mortality (no matter what the people who manage 'Gasoline Alley' do with centenarian Walt Wallet). Below, characters show signs of 'sundowning'...
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The challenges of doing a comic strip about senior citizens, like 'Crankshaft' below, is that, inevitably, characters face their own mortality (no matter what the people who manage 'Gasoline Alley' do with centenarian Walt Wallet). Below, characters show signs of 'sundowning'...
'I can tell you'll do just fine as a new parrot owner...and I'm not even going to raise the question of why you don't have some sort of carrying case for the bird, who might fly away from you because IT'S STILL A WILD CREATURE?'
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
'I can tell you'll do just fine as a new parrot owner...and I'm not even going to raise the question of why you don't have some sort of carrying case for the bird, who might fly away from you because IT'S STILL A WILD CREATURE?'
Dagwood thinks so much about food that even his internal monologue is stuffed with nods to menus, plating and presentation....
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Dagwood thinks so much about food that even his internal monologue is stuffed with nods to menus, plating and presentation....
Slylock Fox shocker: No criminal is at fault in today's escapade, and blame largely falls on a public citizenry too distracted by social media and mobile phones to think more critically about the offers they encounter every day!
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Slylock Fox shocker: No criminal is at fault in today's escapade, and blame largely falls on a public citizenry too distracted by social media and mobile phones to think more critically about the offers they encounter every day!
Hey, have we checked in on how that woman-parrot date in 'Mary Worth' is coming along? Well, after a romantic dinner of salad (even the narrator is impressed!), this star-crossed couple turns up the volume on a little Blood, Sweat and Tears. Romance appears guaranteed...
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hey, have we checked in on how that woman-parrot date in 'Mary Worth' is coming along? Well, after a romantic dinner of salad (even the narrator is impressed!), this star-crossed couple turns up the volume on a little Blood, Sweat and Tears. Romance appears guaranteed...
This chicken was arrested within seconds, according to people familiar with the matter, and placed in solitary confinement until the proper authorities can consider the ramifications of his, um, fowl play. Oops!
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This chicken was arrested within seconds, according to people familiar with the matter, and placed in solitary confinement until the proper authorities can consider the ramifications of his, um, fowl play. Oops!
That is one MASSIVE apartment described in NYT Metropolitan Diary...!
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
That is one MASSIVE apartment described in NYT Metropolitan Diary...!
'Don't adjust your settings....We are MS NOW,' says @CapehartJ as MSNBC changes over.....
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
'Don't adjust your settings....We are MS NOW,' says @CapehartJ as MSNBC changes over.....
It's only their first date and already there's talk of self-improvement and development goals...
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's only their first date and already there's talk of self-improvement and development goals...
'Daddy Daze' Alert: Someone's anti-sentience drugs are wearing off...
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
'Daddy Daze' Alert: Someone's anti-sentience drugs are wearing off...
Warren Zevon tribute today in 'Hagar the Horrible'...
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Warren Zevon tribute today in 'Hagar the Horrible'...
'Chef. give me an extra bowl of salad for my new best friend!'
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
'Chef. give me an extra bowl of salad for my new best friend!'
U.S. military continues to be saddled with surplus iPods, leaving our personnel on the front lines struggling to catch up on critical digital expertise....
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
U.S. military continues to be saddled with surplus iPods, leaving our personnel on the front lines struggling to catch up on critical digital expertise....
Lonely female character in 'Mary Worth' considers romantic affair with nearby parrot that appears poised to take a chunk out of her ear lobe....
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Lonely female character in 'Mary Worth' considers romantic affair with nearby parrot that appears poised to take a chunk out of her ear lobe....