Clark Gregg (second from right) & cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–With the summer Television Critics Association press tour now officially over, which show emerges as the one to beat next fall?Among the network offerings, its probably the one with the most buzz heading into the press sessions, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Critics
Sun Newsers and one of their fans in happier times Denied.That was the CRTC ruling Thursday for the Sun News Network, the all news operation launched over two years ago by Quebecor. The channel has struggled, losing a reported $15 million in its first year. Executives argued that it deserved to be on a level
The ladies of Downton Abbey. Whot? Us scrum? Cheeky. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–PBS days on TCA press tours are always a step up. After two weeks of new network comedies and cop shows, of high concepts and low brow time wasters, PBS really does challenge critics to think beyond the box, to be more.Not that it’s
On the Bat-phone: “Hi, I’m Adam West. You now owe me ten dollars” BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Holy photo-op Batman! PBS delivered blog gold on wheels Monday, parking the Batmobile out front of the Beverly Hilton.This wasn’t the original Batmobile from the 1966-68 ABC series–that car sold at auction in Phoenix in January for US$4.62M–but the No.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–PBS is here for the home stretch of the summer 2013 TCA press tour. Monday they got things off to a crummy start.As in good crummy. Cookie Monster was in the house, posing for pictures at the back of the ballroom. The furry Sesame Street icon was happy to pose with me because I
TV legends Norman Lear and Rob Reiner do Nixon and Haldeman BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–TV’s top stars and showrunners turn up year after year at the Television Critics Association Awards–and they don’t come for the hardware.It happened again Saturday as one A-lister after another took the stage at the Beverly Hilton ballroom to accept whats Louis
There are several amusing portraits of the photographer outside the gallery BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–People ask me all the time, they say Bill, do you get to see plenty of naked women when you go down to the summer press tour in Los Angeles?This summer, I’m directing them to the Annenberg Space for Photography. This small
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Oscar-winner Kathy Bates was careful not to mention NBC by name, but there was no mistaking who she blamed Friday on press tour for the demise of her former drama, Harry’s Law.“I think they treated us like shit,” she said, waking up FX’s American Horror Story: Coven panel. “They kicked us to the curb.