BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Soccer???? What the hell is that?? Are you ready for some football?? That was the message Sunday as NBC presented its Sunday Night Football panel. Al Michaels and Cris Collingsworth were in the house and were quick to give the boot to commie kick ball. Real footballs have pointy ends and NFLers don’t
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Just like Godfather 2, Sharknado 2: The Second One is even better than the original. The movie, which debuts July 30 on Syfy and Space, was screened for critics Monday night, projected outside on the wall over the pool at the Beverly Hilton. The network did a nice job dressing the pool area
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–This already seems like it happened a week ago–time flies on press tour–but here’s my Canadian Press take on Katherine Heigl’s tense NBC press conference Sunday. The former Grey’s Anatomy star squirmed through her session for the fall drama State of Affairs after reporters started quizzing her on her rep as a set diva.
Dammit Chloe!! 24: Live Another Day wraps Monday night on Fox and Global. The series did decent numbers, cracking the US top 20 in last week’s Neilsens. 24: Live Another Day has done even better in Canada, pulling 1,421,000 total viewers on Global the last week of June according to Numeris (formerly BBM Canada). That
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Look for more cowbell when NBC presents Christopher Walken as Captain Hook in Peter Pan Live. NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt made the casting announcement Sunday morning at the executive session of his network’s portion of the TCA press tour. NBC had great success last Christmas with their first Broadway re-do, The Sound of
Guillermo del Toro loves Toronto. The Mexico-born director has shot five projects in the city and raves about the crews every chance he gets. He’s putting hundreds to work on the new horror-thriller The Strain, which premieres Sunday night on FX and FX Canada. I caught up with him in June when he was the
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Vince Gilligan is one of the reigning heroes of press tour. The Breaking Bad EP and showrunner is still taking bows and picking up award nominations for one of the best series finales ever. So why did he and fellow producer Peter Gould spend much of their TCA session Friday downplaying expectations on
I admit it–I’m a-scared of The Strain. The new Guillermo del Toro vampire thriller premieres Sunday on FX and FX Canada. Helping me over my heebie-jeebies was a visit to the set. The Strain shoots in Toronto at an old west-end glass factory-turned-TV studio and the folks there aren’t scary at all. Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bate’s Motel)