Want to get a snapshot of media today hot off the critics’ press tour? The Broadcast Research Council of Canada has asked me to speak Thursday at their mid-season TV review. I’ll be sharing stories of all the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno/NBC intrigue which dominated the 10 day press tour, which concluded Monday with Hollywood set
PASADENA, Calif.—The word of the day was “fun” as a posse of press tour critics got out of Dodge for a little side trip down to Pee-wee land.A live, theatrical run of The Pee-wee Herman Show is currently running at Club Nokia, part of the downtown LA Live entertainment complex right next to the Staples
PASADENA, Calif.—Critics gathered in a meeting room at the press tour hotel Sunday night to live blog the Golden Globes awards (hosted by Ricky Gervais, right). While all awards shows bore me to tears, it is fun to sit in with other journalists who are stuck filing on all this nonsense just for all the
PASADENA, Calif.–Press tours have many moments, some ridiculous, some sweet, some profound. For me, the defining moment of this tour–despite all the Conan and Cowell nonsense–will be Friday’s session with boxing legends Smokin’ Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes.The two former heavyweight champions were in the house to promote Facing Ali, a documentary by Derik Murray,
PASADENA, Calif.–Several sources are reporting that an exit deal between Conan O’Brien and NBC has been hammered out and will be announced Saturday.Bill Carter of the New York Times, who usually has this stuff first, lays it all out here. Basically O’Brien gets at least $30 million to be okay with having The Tonight Show
The third season finale of CBC’s The Border did 506,000 Thursday night. That won’t be enough to stem speculation that the show is a toss up to return for a fourth season.As it has been all season since being switched to Thursday nights, the homeland security series, starring James McGowan (above) as major Mike Kessler,
PASADENA, Calif.—Rosie O’Donnell put herself squarely in the Team Conan camp Thursday, ripping Jay Leno for—as she sees it–forcing his way back into NBC’s Tonight Show timeslot.“I think he’s forgotten his roots, who he is and what stand-up comedy is about,” she told critics following this afternoon’s HBO press tour session.Earlier, O’Donnell lashed out at
American Idol dropped a million viewers in Canada in one night, clocking in at 2,080,000 Wednesday on CTV. The half hour time shift away from the Fox simulcast doesn’t appear to the be the culprit; Buffalo Fox affiliate WUTV at 8 drew just 16,000 overnight, estimated viewers, according to BBM Canada, compared to CFTO’s 382,000