Sadly, Oprah blundered badly in declining first to condemn Dr. Mehmet Oz’s dangerous candidacy, and then to endorse his Democratic opponent, John Fetterman, in the Senate race in Pennsylvania. Instead, Oprah stayed calculatingly neutral about the former surgeon she made into a daytime TV star, a move that had earned them both tens of millions of dollars.

The impact of the late night talk shows like “The Late Show” on political discourse will continue to be huge despite some softness in the genre. Colbert (above right), Fallon and Kimmel have tens of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram, as well as millions of subscribers to their YouTube channels that magnify their real-time impact exponentially.

The CNN documentary Empire of Influence builds a potent case for how Rupert Murdoch’s insatiable lust for power and profit has turbocharged white nationalism and the decline of democracy.

Exactly how do you think he got to be the richest man in the world?

Among the more prominent – and more frightening – of the local news personalities who have entered the political arena is Kari Lake.

NewsNation may be the haven of last resort for fallen cable-TV news stars like Chris Cuomo, and Bill O’Reilly, who reportedly is in negotiations with the fledgling TV news operation.

This is just the calm before a right wing media storm. Actually, tornado may be a more apt word, and when it gets here, AG Merrick Garland will be in the center of it.

After the Jan. 6 committee wraps up its drama-filled run, will there really be that much to read about that we haven’t learned already?

While DeSantis enjoys sweet dreams in the governor’s mansion, 91-year-old kingmaker Rupert Murdoch is hard at work.

Kudos are due to the mastermind politicians and producers of the first two episodes of some riveting television: “The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.”

Can producer James Goldston’s show-biz instincts turbo-charge the prime-time hearing?

Three months into Joe Biden’s presidency, Fox News has yet to prove it can dominate with primetime hate the way it once did.

Let’s face it, Hillary badly needed to bask in the digital charm offensive FLOTUS put out there.

Bill Maher has proven that being a politically incorrect, libertarian atheist is a solid business model.