MANHATTAN, N.Y.–The New York Post is hilarious AND informative.Brazenly tabloid, the no B.S. newspaper is dropped at the door here at the Bryant Park Hotel and makes for perfect breakfast reading. Today I learned: That former Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie–who just married Hilary Duff over the weekend in Santa Barbara–is heir to the family that owns
MANHATTAN, NY–New York New York, it’s a wonderful town–to promote NBC. The Peacock network is in your face all over mid-town Manhattan. Get in a cab, there’s a TV set in the seat back with Craig Robinson from The Office welcoming you to NBC Taxi TV. Plenty of NBC (as well as other networks) bus and billboard ads on
MANHATTAN, N.Y.–This is the spectacular view from the 26th floor of the Trump Tower. The Fifth Avenue landmark occupies a coveted corner of Manhattan real estate, as its savvy owner Donald Trump will tell you. His large corner office–cluttered with dozens of signed footballs and framed photos with no wall space left for them to be
Baranski, Margulies, Noth: now they can laugh about it BROOKLYN, N.Y.–The Good Wife lives the good life. She does if you take a close look at her well crafted studio surroundings, as I did Monday with a van load of TV writers from the New York City area. CBS was hosting a press tour-like session with
BRAMPTON, ONT.–Been away so long, Brampton feels like the road to me. Suitcase is barely unpacked and here I am loading up again. Boarding a plane to New York Monday morning (courtesy Global airlines) with a set visit and interviews in the afternoon. It is the second season of The Good Wife, last season’s best new drama, and Julianna
SHERMAN OAKS, CA–Scott Thompson at CHML wanted to know how things wound down at the summer 2010 TCA press tour. I brought him up to date on Yoko Ono’s PBS appearance, the visit from the kids from Jersey Shore and the final Cable day, where HBO hosted panels featuring Carrie Fisher (in her princess Leia
TCA 2010 BBC Party @ Yahoo! Video ANAHEIM, CA–As Richard Stursberg or Stephen McPherson might say, all things must pass. Another summer TCA press tour is in the books. We laughed, we cried, we kissed two weeks goodbye. Once again, Dave Taylor and his AV wizards have managed to pack up a hotel full of
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–The first of two cable network days got a slap upside the head Friday as the Jersey Shore cast was in the House. The Situation, Snookie, JWoww, Pauly D, Sammi, Hungadunga and McCormick all stood on stage throughout the entire session, prompting questions like: “Do any of you know why MTV didn’t let you