Joe Flint

1 month ago | wsj.com | Joe Flint |Rebecca Picciotto

Now, the show and hotel operator are officially business partners. Season 3 is the first time White Lotus offered to let the Four Seasons use its fictional brand for the hotel’s own marketing. Four Seasons hosts White Lotus viewings at five hotels and launches pop-up bars with cocktails inspired by the show.

1 month ago | lopinion.fr | Joe Flint

Dans un des derniers épisodes de Shifting Gears, la nouvelle sitcom d’ABC, Tim Allen regrette que l’école que fréquente son petit-fils renonce à sa mascotte — un des Minutemen [NDLR: surnom donné aux combattants de la guerre de Sécession qu’on disait prêts « dans la minute »] — au motif qu’elle n’est pas assez inclusive.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Joe Flint

March 10, 2025 10:00 am ETIn a recent episode of the new ABC sitcom “Shifting Gears,” Tim Allen bemoans his grandson’s school dropping its Minutemen mascot because the vice principal says it isn’t “inclusive.” “What’s more inclusive than a dude wearing a wig, stockings, little high heels, holding on to a rifle. That could bring this country together, checks every damn box,” Allen says to his daughter, who lives in fear of every potentially politically incorrect utterance her father makes.

1 month ago | on.wsj.com | Joe Flint

Hollywood is shifting toward programming that appeals to Trump's America, with shows featuring conservative viewpoints and less emphasis on diversity and inclusion. Shows like “Shifting Gears” and “Duck Dynasty” have become popular, while police-centric reality shows are also making a comeback. Behind the scenes, media giants are scaling back on DEI initiatives and the FCC is investigating Comcast for promoting DEI in a noncompliant manner.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Joe Flint |Isabella Simonetti

Many TV anchors are taking pay cuts these days. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is getting a raise. Smith, a featured commentator and executive producer of the sports network’s morning sports talk show “First Take,” signed a new five-year deal with the network, according to people familiar with the agreement. It is worth more than $100 million, one of those people said. That is a sharp jump from his current $12 million-a-year deal. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.