Brian Steinberg

The creators of 'Marvin' hope that a celebrity cameo will distract readers from the fact that they have used nearly every single poop joke in existence, and can find no more...

Hi and Lois' wild night out: Is she turned on by the sight of her husband chewing his food? Or is she feeding him as she would an infant in a bid to revive a kink from earlier years? Either way, Hi blocks her with a glass of expensive wine, which heightens the romantic tension...

Mary Worth pinches what may be the world's smallest cup of coffee between two fingers, holding on to the crockery for dear life as she rambles on about local gossip -- and is all but ignored by her friend and a nearby parrot....

At last - Mary Worth's weakness revealed! Years of feasting on undercooked homemade muffins have left this mainstay comics buttinsky unable to digest foods like the humble steamed sweet potato....

Even the creator of 'Ziggy' must contend with the pressures of monthly average audience and page views....

At last! The 'Dennis the Menace' community acknowledges Mr. Wilson's long-festering drinking problem, the first step in getting the Mitchells' red-nosed neighbor the help he so desperately needs Will the Flagstons get similar courage to stage an intervention for Thirsty Thurston?

Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller offer parting words on 'CBS Saturday Morning' (called SATMO internally). CBS News hasn't canceled the show, but laid off much of the staff that produces it....

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....

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...

'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...

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...

CAA’s New Hire Has Creator Advice for Journalists, and Journalism Advice for Creators CAA has hired Becky Van Dercook, a former CBS News producer and a social media manager, to help TV anchors and journalists navigate creator media

CAA has hired Becky Van Dercook, a former CBS News producer who helped manage social media for politics influencer Jack Schlossberg, to help traditional journalists explore creator ventures, and vice versa....

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'Marvin' gets a lot of criticism for its overreliance on poop jokes, but there are things it does that are even more unsettling....

Fox News Media Puts Focus on Programming With Religious Themes to Keep Viewers Under Its Tent Fox News Media is investing more heavily in programming with religious themes in a bid to keep viewers seeking out content across media platforms

Oh Lord, what is Fox News up to now?

The Fox Corp.-backed outlet is placing a heavier emphasis on programming with religious themes, seeing potential gold (and frankincense and myrrh, perhaps) in wooing an audience for faith-based content

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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'...

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?'

Dagwood thinks so much about food that even his internal monologue is stuffed with nods to menus, plating and presentation....

Lenny Daniels Joins Professional Fighters League as COO Lenny Daniels Joins Professional Fighters League as COO

Just in: Former Turner Sports chief Lenny Daniels joins Professional Fighters League as COO

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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...

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!

MSNBC Was Known for Opinion. MS NOW Has Put Added Focus on News MSNBC was known for its primetime opinion programming, but as MS NOW will place new emphasis on traditional news, and building a new team

MSNBC was known for its primetime progressive-opinion shows.

MS NOW will still have them, but has been placing new emphasis on a home-grown team devoted to hard news

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That is one MASSIVE apartment described in NYT Metropolitan Diary...!

MS NOW, Known for Opinion, Brings Harder News Into Mix MS NOW is known for its primetime opinion programming, but it has recently been putting new emphasis on traditional news, and building a new team

MSNBC was known for its opinion programming. Its successor, MS NOW, is putting a spotlight on news....

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'Don't adjust your settings....We are MS NOW,' says @CapehartJ as MSNBC changes over.....