PASADENA, Calif.–Press tour was turned into one big, fat, sloppy episode of Hell’s Kitchen today. Chef Gordon Ramsay was in the house, and he had critics up on their feet beating egg whites instead of deadlines.Somebody had the bright idea to distribute cooking pans, whisks and tubs full of egg whites, sugar and syrup on
PASADENA, Calif.–Getting a show on the air is murder. Keeping it there can take a miracle. The folks behind Flashpoint seem ready to commit the one to get the other. As was chronicled here earlier, executive producer Bill Mustos and four of his actors flew to L.A. to try to lobby their American network partners
PASADENA–Calif.–Can football players become TV stars? They have in the past. Alex Karras (Webster), Fred Dryer (Hunter) to name two. There was a fella named O.J. Simpson who took a stab at movie fame, too.Now former N.Y. Giant star Michael Strahan (far right, with co-star Daryl Chill Mitchell) is tackling comedy with Fox’s Brothers. He
PASADENA, Calif.–Holy Paulapalooza.Fox network honchos took the stage at press tour this morning and were immediately peppered with Paula Abdul questions. New Fox chairman Peter Rice (below)–who made a friendly first impression–went straight at it, addressing the news that broke in the last 36 hours, that Abdul was not going to return to American Idol.“We’re
PASADENA, Calif.–NBC executives sat on the stage of the TCA press conference room this morning and used the “BS” words–as in Ben Silverman.NBC Universal quietly announced last week that Silverman’s two year tenure as the guy who calls the programming shots (that NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker signs off on) was going back to The
PASADENA, Calif.–CBS got us all excited. They put a “TBA” on their press tour schedule. We all thought it meant that HE was finally going to walk among us–David Letterman.Dave has not made the press tour scene since 1994 or ’95. He worked press tour when CBS snagged him away from NBC, making an appearance
PASADENA, Calif.–With Jay Leno scheduled to present Wednesday at NBC’s portion of the TCA press tour, the late night talk show hype is heating up. Craig Ferguson made the scene a few days ago and killed, packing a small conference room and having the kind of crackling conversation he offers every night on his CBS
PASADENA , Calif.–Those lock ‘n’ load Canadian dudes from Flashpoint staged their own little stakeout at Monday night`s star-packed CBS party here on press tour. Despite the cop show’s uncertain future at the network, Flashpoint executive producer (and former CTV programming executive) Bill Mustos was in the house, as were stars Enrico Colantoni (joined above