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PASADENA, Calif.–There’s been a lot of speculation on this press tour about NBC jamming Jay Leno in at 11:30 leading into a new, midnight, half hour Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Anybody who saw the steam coming out of O’Brien’s nostrils on Friday’s Tonight Show could tell there is some danger of this actually happening.

PASADENA, Calif.–There were many ways to celebrate Toronto-native Nina Dobrev’s 21st birthday Saturday at The CW’s afternoon press tour session for The Vampire Diaries. You could enjoy a Vampire Diaries “Love Sucks” mint. You could apply some “VPF 1,000 Sunscream.” You could clean your teeth with some “Fang Floss.”All were up for grabs at the

PASADENA, Calif.–CBS stepped up as host network for the first full day of press tour, and not all the questions were about Jay Leno and Charlie Sheen. There was a bit of Canadian news, too, some good, some delayed.CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler (right) announced that Miami Medical had won the lottery for the post-Medium

PASADENA, Calif.–Tons going on here at press tour today, with CBS entertainment president Niona Tassler and everybody else weighing in on NBC’s Leno/O’Brien predicament. Jerry Bruckheimer, here today to promote his new medical series Miami Medical, said he’s happy to see another five hours a week are about to flip back to the drama side.

PASADENA, Calif.–Nothing says another press tour than a table full of Flash Forward cup cakes. The confections were part of the treats offered to reporters as they rolled off planes and stumbled onto the first of many shuttles over the next 11 days. Scribes from across North America were checking into the Langham Hotel in

You know that guy Mr. Chow from The Hangover? Maybe you recognize Ken Jeong from his role as the Spanish teacher on NBC’s Community. Jeong put on a show for critics Friday on Day One of the January TCA press tour in Los Angeles. Critics were shuttled down from the host hotel in Pasadena to

CBC’s new drama Republic of Doyle premiered to an overnight estimated 969,000 Wednesday night, a strong start for the Newfoundland-based detective series.It had some help getting there. It’s lead in, Dragon’s Den, started the new year off with its second-biggest audience ever, 1,959,000, with 904,000 of those in the 25-54-year old range.CBC’s Wednesday night started

If you missed Wednesday’s premiere of the new CBC drama Republic of Doyle, here’s a quick “Box Score” video review. I’m giving the Newfoundland-based PI drama four stars out of five. You can hear more about Republic of Doyle on this week’s podcast with CHML’s Scott Thompson. Scott’s wife wanted to know when the next