Kulhawik Canned
Today’s big news in New England broadcasting is that long term sportscasting grump Bob Lobel has been cut from the WBZ team. I think the bigger story is that entertainment reporter Joyce Kulhawik is also being shown the door. Her departure is yet another sign of the entertainment news apocolypse.
These days the unwashed masses don’t want to hear movie reviews or about the latest show at the metropolitan art museum. They want to see national celebrities drunk outside a nightclub or, better yet, running over a paparazzo with their Bentley on Sunset Boulevard. Gossip, intimate details, and embarrassing acts of idiocy are more important than the actual entertainment product. In fact, I’d say people now consider the personal goings on of celebrities and sub-celebrities to BE entertainment product. Kulhawik’s fluff reporting steered pretty clear of those seedier sides of the entertainment biz, and BZ’s decision to can her reveals even local news programs are following the depraved public’s voyeuristic eyeballs.
Soon will come the day when blurred out crotch shots and candid photos from celebrity rehab are regular staples of local news. I can’t wait!
April 15th, 2008 at 11:32 am
I always hated Bob Lobel. He always seem half in the wrapper when he talked and comes across as a miserable old man. Joyce is is a douche bag and her style of reporting is old. Get rid of these old bags and bring in the sex!