PASADENA, Calif.–AMC owned TCA for a couple of hours Saturday. Coming in: Better Call Saul. Going out: Mad Men. (A Halt and Catch Fire session was squeezed in between.) Critics who leaned back through much of HBO’s relatively quiet afternoon were back leaning forward. There was plenty to hear, especially from showrunners and critics’ pals
PASADENA, Calif.–The folks at the Hallmark Channel are always gracious and generous hosts during TCA press tours. Thursday night was no exception as reporters and Hallmark channel talent and executives enjoyed an evening at the stately Tournament of Roses House. Guests entered to the strains of romantic music played by beautiful young violinists. Rose pedals
The annual winter gathering of television critics had been sputtering for a day-and-a-half. It isn’t until HBO that things start to get serious. The first bit of news was that Game of Thrones returns April 12. Veep and Silicon Valley also return the same day. HBO also announced it was ordering two more seasons of Real Time
Jack Black made the scene Thursday at TCA. He was before critics to help promote The Brink, a political satire series coming later this year to HBO. Tim Robbins and, be still my heart, Carla Gugino, are also in the cast. Gugino will be back at TCA next week to promote the upcoming Twin Peaks-like series,
HOLLYWOOD–Jimmy Kimmel welcomed Bill Maher on his ABC late night show Wednesday and the two wasted no time getting into the Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris. Maher has raised eyebrows lately with his outspoken denunciation of Muslims who he says support terrorism. I was at the taping and interviewed Kimmel later in his office. He