LOS ANGELES–The stars were out last night at the CBS press tour party, held at the latest hot spot, Hollywood club Boulevard3. Wandering throughout the crowded cabana or indoors in the library or courtyard bars were stars from CBS, Showtime and The CW.Chatted with Price is Right host Drew Carey for a while; he’s somebody
LOS ANGELES– You can’t kill MVP with a hockey stick.The “desperate hockey wives” soap may be out of the CBC playoffs but it is still in contention south of the border, where it airs on ABC Soapnet.I was standing with my Globe and Mail colleague John Doyle at the tragically under-air conditioned ABC party last
Fresh off the tour: CBS is so pleased with those surprise summer Flashpoint numbers they may order more episodes. Here’s my just-posted CP brief from this morning’s CBS press conference: LOS ANGELES — “Flashpoint” may be much more than a U.S. flash in the pan.CBS is so pleased with last Friday’s premiere ratings for their
Besides my CP gig, I’ve been fortunate to have been helping out Toronto Star TV columnist Rob Salem on this summer’s network press tour in Los Angeles. The two of us got up to some mischief yesterday poolside at the Beverly Hilton which somehow wound up in today’s Star. Read our two-guys-just-talkin’ take on the
LOS ANGELES–Some alleged reporter welcomed Lucy Lu to the cast of ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money with the following press tour zinger:“You’re going to be 40 next year…talk about being sexy over 40 on TV these days.”“There goes my career,” Lu said under her breath before answering the question. “I can speak about being sexy after
LOS ANGELES–This morning’s Emmy nomination announcements woke up this July press tour. Some actors and showrunners were congratulated, others consoled (including Blair Underwood, who failed to grab a nomination despite being on three different shows: In Treatment, Private Practice and The New Adventures of Old Christine.) The breakthroughs come this year in specialty. Damages, an
This week’s radio rant with CHML’s Scott Thompson is all about–what else?–the on-going TCA press tour. There’s some chit chat about the Fox stars on the Santa Monica pier, this year’s big buzz show Fringe and luring Kiefer Sutherland to an interview through the use of Canadian cigarettes, although Scott seems more fixated on the
LOS ANGELES–Sometimes when you are down here filing to six or seven different media outlets at once you get stuck in your room filing on deadline and you miss something unexpected. Like this exchange this morning from the ABC executive session with network programming president Stephen McPherson (thank God for transcripts): JIMMY KIMMEL (from the