Tim Baysinger
@timbays.bsky.social
Media and entertainment journalist
Past lives: Axios, TheWrap, Reuters, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable.
Additional bylines: The Hollywood Reporter, Digiday
Opinions are mine, but only sometimes right.
Past lives: Axios, TheWrap, Reuters, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable.
Additional bylines: The Hollywood Reporter, Digiday
Opinions are mine, but only sometimes right.
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Tim Baysinger
@timbays.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Free agent now.
Got jobs/freelance assignments in the media and entertainment space?
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This movie needs to be a hit if only so Becket Redfellow can take its place among the hall of great movie character names
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This movie needs to be a hit if only so Becket Redfellow can take its place among the hall of great movie character names
Apple pie is solid
Pecan pie is underrated
Peach cobbler is the one true 🐐
Pumpkin pie is trash
Pecan pie is underrated
Peach cobbler is the one true 🐐
Pumpkin pie is trash
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Apple pie is solid
Pecan pie is underrated
Peach cobbler is the one true 🐐
Pumpkin pie is trash
Pecan pie is underrated
Peach cobbler is the one true 🐐
Pumpkin pie is trash
When Brock has a clunker he really has a clunker
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
When Brock has a clunker he really has a clunker
Honestly this explains his vampire hunting side gig
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Honestly this explains his vampire hunting side gig
To Gen Z the pre-streaming days probably do feel like the dark ages
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
To Gen Z the pre-streaming days probably do feel like the dark ages
Every long struggling franchise always has stories like this:
"... Joe Dumars operates with the autonomy of a de facto owner, while Senior Vice President Troy Weaver handles the day-to-day responsibilities of the general manager role. The regular presence of Jordan Dumars, however, introduces a third, undefined element into this leadership dynamic."
YIKES.
YIKES.
NEW: For weeks, a mysterious figure was embedded in the Pelicans' inner circle. The team now confirms Jordan Dumars, son of EVP Joe Dumars, is a "Basketball Operations Consultant."
My story on the opaque power structure in NOLA:
intheno.substack.com/p/pelicans-c...
My story on the opaque power structure in NOLA:
intheno.substack.com/p/pelicans-c...
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Every long struggling franchise always has stories like this:
The AI industry is just AI companies investing in each other… probably nothing to worry about there
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The AI industry is just AI companies investing in each other… probably nothing to worry about there
Organic, handcrafted em dashes
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Organic, handcrafted em dashes
I have seen far more conversation about this film’s struggles than I have seen ads promoting the actual film
Probably a lesson in there somewhere…
Probably a lesson in there somewhere…
“.. Rolling out a little movie — even with a big star — has become very hard,” says a Hollywood talent agent .. “That’s the death of the independent film business that no one is talking about.”
@vulture.com
www.vulture.com/article/why-...
@vulture.com
www.vulture.com/article/why-...
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I have seen far more conversation about this film’s struggles than I have seen ads promoting the actual film
Probably a lesson in there somewhere…
Probably a lesson in there somewhere…
I say this in the nicest way possible, but this is why a good editor is indispensable
this is quite possibly the worse writing i have ever experienced. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I say this in the nicest way possible, but this is why a good editor is indispensable
Harkening back to a more simple era of Tide Pods
Deliriants like Benadryl can bring on terrifying hallucinations in high doses. Some Gen Z-ers are taking at least a dozen pills at a time—and challenging others to do the same.
Young People Are Tripping on Benadryl—and It’s Always a Bad Time
Deliriants like Benadryl can bring on terrifying hallucinations in high doses. Some Gen Z-ers are taking at least a dozen pills at a time—and challenging others to do the same.
www.wired.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Harkening back to a more simple era of Tide Pods
The Screen Person Awards
The rebrandings will continue until morale and/or profit improves.
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Screen Person Awards
Hard to throw interceptions when you refuse to throw the football
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hard to throw interceptions when you refuse to throw the football
Nefariousness disguised as hospitality
In this week’s Pluribus, Carol tries to restore some normalcy, and finds out how far the Others will go to please her. My review:
Pluribus recap, Episode 3: 'Grenade'
Carol learns just how much the Others will do to make her happy
www.whatsalanwatching.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nefariousness disguised as hospitality
This man needs to be treated with the same respect that security guards treat people who run onto a baseball field
Johnson Wen, the self-described troll who ran at Ariana Grande, is being charged as a public nuisance in Singapore. He’s previously pulled stunts on Katy Perry, the Chainsmokers, and The Weeknd.
‘Troll’ Who Rushed Ariana Grande Charged With Being a ‘Public Nuisance’
Johnson Wen, the self-described troll who ran at Ariana Grande, is being charged as a public nuisance in Singapore. He’s previously pulled stunts on Katy Perry, the Chainsmokers, and The Weeknd.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This man needs to be treated with the same respect that security guards treat people who run onto a baseball field
You want a penny? That will cost you three pennies
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You want a penny? That will cost you three pennies
Lincoln killed again
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Lincoln killed again
The window is a metaphor
United's hilarious response to the windowless window seat lawsuit:
"The use of the word 'window' in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view,"
www.businessinsider.com/united-airli...
"The use of the word 'window' in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view,"
www.businessinsider.com/united-airli...
United Airlines says a window seat doesn't need to have a window
Lawyers for United Airlines argued that the word "window" cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat would have an exterior view.
www.businessinsider.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The window is a metaphor
The Hamburgler says he did not, in fact, burgle those hams
"That's not true."
Did the Dodgers buy a championship? On the new Starkville, I asked their president, Stan Kasten, about Jason Kelce's take - and lots more!
Also, @dougglanville.bsky.social & I weigh in on Clase,
Ortiz & sports betting. Plus more of your calls!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
Did the Dodgers buy a championship? On the new Starkville, I asked their president, Stan Kasten, about Jason Kelce's take - and lots more!
Also, @dougglanville.bsky.social & I weigh in on Clase,
Ortiz & sports betting. Plus more of your calls!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Hamburgler says he did not, in fact, burgle those hams
Bond has been around since the 1960s and never aged… I think we’ll be fine
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bond has been around since the 1960s and never aged… I think we’ll be fine
This is on every single sports commissioner who so willingly got into bed with sports betting before they could think about the ramifications
This also brings up huge questions about the 2024 postseason! Guards made it all the way to ALCS before losing to the Yankees.
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
More from Passan: “The 23-page indictment against Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz lays out the alleged scheme for the pitchers to intentionally throw balls so bettors could wager on pitches to be balls or strikes. It started, prosecutors say, as early as May 2023 with Clase and later included Ortiz.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is on every single sports commissioner who so willingly got into bed with sports betting before they could think about the ramifications
I’m just convinced he has a humiliation fetish
holy cow, I might actually get a chance to vote against him a third time 😌
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m just convinced he has a humiliation fetish
Sorry Jesus, you got bumped to the C Block tonight
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sorry Jesus, you got bumped to the C Block tonight
Throwback to every time Game of Thrones crashed HBO Go…
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Throwback to every time Game of Thrones crashed HBO Go…
Subway has the chance to do a very funny thing….
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Subway has the chance to do a very funny thing….