BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Chris Matthews knows how to set off a TCA Twitterstorm.The Hardball host joined a panel of MSNBC personalities–including Rachel Maddow, The Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell and news network president Phil Griffin–and riffed on a range of hot button political topics. Take president Barack Obama. Matthews said he was “a lucky, lucky, lucky
From Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: McDonald’s is planning to open a restaurant every day in China for the next four years. It’s nice — When kids get their Happy Meal toy, they’re like, “Cool! I made this.”
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Smart dude that Robert Greenblatt. The new NBC entertainment chairman smartly reduced expectations with a low-key approach at Monday’s TCA exec session. The former Showtime programmer started out emphasizing the positives: The Voice is the No. 1 show this spring and summer. SNL had a big rebound season both creatively and in ratings. Leno is
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Among the Top-5 no-nos at press tour: never open a session with stand up.Bill Maher bombed a few days ago leading into the HBO executive session and Joel McHale hit the same wall Monday starting NBC’s day. The Community star probably didn’t help his own cause by opening by goofing on the TV
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Hugh Laurie knows how to make an exit. The star of House blasted away from the TCA press tour hotel in his fire engine red, ’66 Ford Galaxie 500. The Hilton car jockeys left it parked right outside the front door as Laurie worked press tour, promoting PBS’s Let Them Talk–A Celebration of New
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–The amazing this about Jerry Lewis is that he’s still here.Dean’s long gone. Sammy’s gone, Frank’s gone, almost all of those ring-a-ding-ding rat packers checked out years ago. Lewis, the subject of Encore’s biographical documentary Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (airing this fall), has had ticker problems for decades but endures. He’s
TCA TV critics were treated to dinner Friday at Mel’s Drive-In in West Hollywood. Sundance Channel EVP and GM Sarah Barnett hosted the event. Instead of the usual menu of burgers and fries, Chef Ludovic Lefebre (Sundance’s Ludo Bites America) prepared a four course meal. It included a Red Beet Gazpacho, a Honey Grilled Summer Fig
The Rosie Show launches Oct. 10 on OWN BEVERLY HILLS, CA—Oprah Winfrey says she wants to turn OWN into “the world’s biggest classroom.” Will that be enough for the Canadian broadcast regulator who this week threatened to revoke OWN Canada’s license?Winfrey made a brief appearance Friday at the Television Critics Association press tour. She was