PASADENA, CA–Since ABC took the day off, time for the stupidest TCA Tchochke of the Winter Tour Award. This year a winner can be declared early: the PR folks at something called FEARnet. They’re the geniuses who had the hotel staff put bloody bath mats in all the rooms here at the Langham. Like there wasn’t enough
Brioux (left) & Ballsy: impactful PASADENA, CA–After all the heat and headliners on the Cable and PBS portions of this press tour, ABC decided to bring it down a notch with the dullest TCA network day ever. The Disney network did at least have an executive session (unlike NBC, which is being Comcasted and doesn’t
Watson (undated photo) PASADENA, CA–Nova today presented a panel on the “Smartest Machine on Earth”–Watson, a computer designed to compete on Jeopardy! Watson wasn’t on stage, however. We were told that the machine, at the size of 10 refrigerators, is too big even for the Jeopardy! stage. Most human Jeopardy! contestants are the size of
Gugino and Duchovny in Californication PASADENA, CA–Press tour is so jammed-packed and intense it’s easy to forget there’s a whole world of television going on. This January seems particularly crowded with series premieres.Showtime here in the States is running ads in high rotation for three shows starting tonight. They`re calling it their “Biggest Sunday
PASADENA, CA–I had to take a few hours to get my head around the Jeff Bridges visit to press tour Saturday. That`s because of how sharply it contrasted with Oprah Winfrey`s TCA visit just a few days ago.Bridges sat before critics to take a bow for the PBS American Masters tribute “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides.” It
PASADENA, CA–Where does the time go? Can it really be that former Beverly Hills, 90210 heartthrobs Jason Priestley and Luke Perry are already Hallmark Channel headliners? One minute you’re the cool kids with sideburns, the next you’re joining the John Boy network? The truth is that Perry and Priestley are both middle aged; one’s 44, the other
PASADENA, CA–Right now, on a busy Friday afternoon at TCA, HBO is hosting a press tour session on their upcoming production Too Big to Fail. Speaking of which, that Kennedy miniseries shot in Toronto last summer? The one starring Greg Kinnear as JFK and Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy? It sounds as if it just
PASADENA, CA–I didn’t win a car, but I did get touched by Oprah Winfrey.The daytme talk show Queen and newly minted network mogul gave me the royal tap Thursday night on her way out of her lavish launch party for OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.I also got the Winfrey wave. Buddy Andy Ryan from the Globe and