TV Week Columnist Gives Latest on Network TV Going to VOD & Online

Co-Host Brad Forsythe interviews Alex Ben Block, a columnist for Television Week Magazine, owned by Crain Communications, which also publishes Advertising Age. Alex writes a weekly column about personalities, trends and news in broadcast, satellite and cable TV (TVWeek.com). Block is also a regular panelist for “Call Sheet,” an independent look at the entertainment business which is heard weekly on National Public Radio affiliate KPCC-FM in Southern California. He was previously the Editor of The Hollywood Reporter for seven years, longer than anyone else has ever held that title. He has also been Associate Editor of Forbes Magazine, City Editor of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, columnist for the Detroit News and movie critic and Entertainment Editor of the Miami News. Block is the author of the critically acclaimed book, “OUTFOXED: The Inside Story of America’s Fourth Television Network,” and the global bestseller, “The Legend of Bruce Lee.”