PASADEMA, Calif.–Critics went ape this morning at the Discovery Network sessions at press tour.Hot off yesterday’s heady PBS sessions, the first day of cable brought the usual collection of freak shows and reality junk. Two dudes who pick up rocks in the dessert were promoted as Meteor Men. An urban farming show called The Fabulous
The Kids in the Hall managed to survive a crowded night, drawing over a million viewers for the premiere of their kooky new CBC comedy miniseries, Death Comes To Town.The big draw Tuesday night, of course, was American Idol, pulling 3,167,000 for the ninth season premiere on CTV. That’s a jump of about a million
On with Donna Skelly and Lawrence Diskin tonight on CHCH’s Live@5:30. The topic? What else, the whole crazy Conan O’Brien saga and the fallout in late night television. I’m still down in Pasadena on the press tour, here another week, so doing this over the phone while they hopefully put up a photo of someone
PASADENA, Calif.–This press tour has been so hijacked by the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno saga even PBS can’t escape it.Other network stars are starting to realize this is the only way to grab our attention down here. “Children of Earth,” went the release this morning from embattled PBS kiddie star Dora the Explorer. “I will not
PASADENA, Calif.–Is passing out handguns to critics really a good idea? With news exploding to the left and to the right, Fox set up a truck outside the press tour hotel Monday just so critics could fire off guns.Reporters weren’t the only one’s taking part in the fun. McG, executive producer of the new Fox
PASADENA, Calif.–ABC had nothing on its agenda for critics to do tonight–a perfect opportunity to catch up and blog about Fox’s lively post TCA Day bash.The Fox fest took place at the Villa Sorriso in Pasadena’s Old Town, a great little venue with plenty of in-and-out nooks and crannies for schmoozing, noshing and digital recognisance.Was
PASADENA, Calif.–The buzz off the floor of the press tour today is that NBC is scrambling for guest hosts to fill in for Conan O’Brien on The Tonight Show. With O’Brien’s turn down of a 12:05 Tonight earlier today, the gauntlet has been thrown down, the ball is in NBC’s court, the answer–one way or
PASADENA, Calif.–Here’s the solution: Jay Leno moves to Canada.After all the turmoil-in-late-night-headlines, The Jay Leno Show pulled 525,000 viewers Monday night on City stations in Canada, well up over the usually 350,000.Yet in the U.S. on NBC, Leno barely budged, doing 4.8 million.Still, even with the bump, Leno was barely Top-30 for the night according