Tim Baysinger
@timbays.bsky.social
Media and entertainment journalist
Past lives: Axios, TheWrap, Reuters, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable.
Additional bylines: The Hollywood Reporter, Digiday
Opinions are mine, but only sometimes right.
Past lives: Axios, TheWrap, Reuters, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable.
Additional bylines: The Hollywood Reporter, Digiday
Opinions are mine, but only sometimes right.
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Tim Baysinger
@timbays.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Free agent now.
Got jobs/freelance assignments in the media and entertainment space?
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The Screen Person Awards
The rebrandings will continue until morale and/or profit improves.
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Screen Person Awards
Hard to throw interceptions when you refuse to throw the football
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hard to throw interceptions when you refuse to throw the football
Nefariousness disguised as hospitality
In this week’s Pluribus, Carol tries to restore some normalcy, and finds out how far the Others will go to please her. My review:
Pluribus recap, Episode 3: 'Grenade'
Carol learns just how much the Others will do to make her happy
www.whatsalanwatching.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nefariousness disguised as hospitality
This man needs to be treated with the same respect that security guards treat people who run onto a baseball field
Johnson Wen, the self-described troll who ran at Ariana Grande, is being charged as a public nuisance in Singapore. He’s previously pulled stunts on Katy Perry, the Chainsmokers, and The Weeknd.
‘Troll’ Who Rushed Ariana Grande Charged With Being a ‘Public Nuisance’
Johnson Wen, the self-described troll who ran at Ariana Grande, is being charged as a public nuisance in Singapore. He’s previously pulled stunts on Katy Perry, the Chainsmokers, and The Weeknd.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This man needs to be treated with the same respect that security guards treat people who run onto a baseball field
You want a penny? That will cost you three pennies
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You want a penny? That will cost you three pennies
Lincoln killed again
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Lincoln killed again
The window is a metaphor
United's hilarious response to the windowless window seat lawsuit:
"The use of the word 'window' in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view,"
www.businessinsider.com/united-airli...
"The use of the word 'window' in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view,"
www.businessinsider.com/united-airli...
United Airlines says a window seat doesn't need to have a window
Lawyers for United Airlines argued that the word "window" cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat would have an exterior view.
www.businessinsider.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The window is a metaphor
The Hamburgler says he did not, in fact, burgle those hams
"That's not true."
Did the Dodgers buy a championship? On the new Starkville, I asked their president, Stan Kasten, about Jason Kelce's take - and lots more!
Also, @dougglanville.bsky.social & I weigh in on Clase,
Ortiz & sports betting. Plus more of your calls!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
Did the Dodgers buy a championship? On the new Starkville, I asked their president, Stan Kasten, about Jason Kelce's take - and lots more!
Also, @dougglanville.bsky.social & I weigh in on Clase,
Ortiz & sports betting. Plus more of your calls!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Hamburgler says he did not, in fact, burgle those hams
Bond has been around since the 1960s and never aged… I think we’ll be fine
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bond has been around since the 1960s and never aged… I think we’ll be fine
This is on every single sports commissioner who so willingly got into bed with sports betting before they could think about the ramifications
This also brings up huge questions about the 2024 postseason! Guards made it all the way to ALCS before losing to the Yankees.
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
More from Passan: “The 23-page indictment against Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz lays out the alleged scheme for the pitchers to intentionally throw balls so bettors could wager on pitches to be balls or strikes. It started, prosecutors say, as early as May 2023 with Clase and later included Ortiz.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is on every single sports commissioner who so willingly got into bed with sports betting before they could think about the ramifications
I’m just convinced he has a humiliation fetish
holy cow, I might actually get a chance to vote against him a third time 😌
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m just convinced he has a humiliation fetish
Sorry Jesus, you got bumped to the C Block tonight
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sorry Jesus, you got bumped to the C Block tonight
Throwback to every time Game of Thrones crashed HBO Go…
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Throwback to every time Game of Thrones crashed HBO Go…
Subway has the chance to do a very funny thing….
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Subway has the chance to do a very funny thing….
Cats are Astoria’s third-largest population group
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Cats are Astoria’s third-largest population group
Teasing Saturday’s SNL cold open:
Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Teasing Saturday’s SNL cold open:
To be fair, should we really consider Subway a “sandwich”?
Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
To be fair, should we really consider Subway a “sandwich”?
A Mamdani win today means four years of SNL guest appearances for Ramy Youssef
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A Mamdani win today means four years of SNL guest appearances for Ramy Youssef
The only logical conclusion to ever draw from the postseason is that it throws baseball teams into a giant blender
Some years the best team (Dodgers) wins
Other years it’s a complete rando (Rangers)
Some years the best team (Dodgers) wins
Other years it’s a complete rando (Rangers)
Personally, I find post-season baseball more fun *because* there are often no overarching conclusions to be drawn. Who has played the best this week? Blue Jays? Who is the best team? Dunno. Who is going to win Friday? No idea, can’t wait. There have been some incredible plays this week. It’s cool.
Mainstream baseball analysis basically consists of people pretending to have memories of goldfish and acting as if their insights are significant. The genre does not allow for simple "hey, that happened, wasn't that a hell of a thing?" observations, which basically cover it all in the postseason.
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The only logical conclusion to ever draw from the postseason is that it throws baseball teams into a giant blender
Some years the best team (Dodgers) wins
Other years it’s a complete rando (Rangers)
Some years the best team (Dodgers) wins
Other years it’s a complete rando (Rangers)
Spoiler alert: History
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Spoiler alert: History
Duaner Sanchez goes to bed
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Duaner Sanchez goes to bed
Some truly evil people exist
Never unsubscribed from a podcast faster than when its host tried to justify using his phone at the movies
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some truly evil people exist
Toronto a famously small city*
*It's often cited as Canada's New York City
*It's often cited as Canada's New York City
Talking to absolutely no one in particular:
The Blue Jays are not a small market team, they have a top 5 payroll, they gave Vladdy $500 million non-deferred, they tried to give Ohtani the exact same contract that he accepted with LA.
Their market is Canada. It's a big market!
The Blue Jays are not a small market team, they have a top 5 payroll, they gave Vladdy $500 million non-deferred, they tried to give Ohtani the exact same contract that he accepted with LA.
Their market is Canada. It's a big market!
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Toronto a famously small city*
*It's often cited as Canada's New York City
*It's often cited as Canada's New York City
Finally started HBO's Task and my biggest takeaway is they thought the Delco accents weren't thick enough from Mare of Easttown
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Finally started HBO's Task and my biggest takeaway is they thought the Delco accents weren't thick enough from Mare of Easttown
Every once in awhile I make a semi-decent point
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Every once in awhile I make a semi-decent point