4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2016
⏱️ 29 minutes
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In Fox's wry sitcom The Grinder, Rob Lowe starred as an actor famous for playing a lawyer on TV. The show drew praise from critics, but struggled in the ratings. Now it's been cancelled and Lowe tells us he's questioning what's next.
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0:00.0 | On To the Point, we try to make sense of the policy debates and the political side shows on the campaign trail. |
0:06.4 | Donald Trump is probably the most significant thing to happen to the religious right in a few decades. |
0:12.1 | OMG, this guy is actually a bigot. |
0:14.5 | If she becomes president, no one since Richard Nixon would have been on the national stage that long and won the White House. |
0:21.4 | I'm Warren Alney. |
0:22.2 | To the Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign. |
0:25.3 | Find the To the Point podcast on KCRW's iTunes page. |
0:30.8 | From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. |
0:37.4 | I really need to examine what I have to offer on network television in this climate. |
0:45.5 | Because, you know, I do a certain type of show. |
0:48.9 | And my sense is that that is really no longer where network television lives. |
0:55.2 | In Fox's Rye sitcom The Grindr, Rob Lowe starred as an actor famous for playing a lawyer on TV. |
1:02.0 | The show drew praise from critics but struggled in the ratings. |
1:05.2 | Now it's been canceled and Lowe is questioning what's next. |
1:08.4 | He talks about what's changed in television over his decades in the industry |
1:12.5 | and confirms that achieving longevity in Hollywood |
1:15.6 | can be a lot easier for men. |
1:18.4 | But first on the news banter, |
1:20.1 | the Big Broadcast Network's woo advertisers |
1:22.4 | with song, dance, jokes, and confetti |
1:25.5 | in New York City. |
1:27.0 | Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. |
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