LOS ANGELES–When violent cop Vic Mackey signs off on the series finale of The Shield, he’s going to get “what Vic Mackey deserves.”So says Shield co-star CCH Pounder, who was at Tuesdays FX TCA press tour session along with producers and co-stars from the series.Emmy-winner Michael Chiklis, who plays kamikaze cop Mackey, was live via
LOS ANGELES–It was ‘toon titans day yesterday at TCA, with the creators and showrunners for Fox’s Sunday night animated comedies–The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, American Dad and newcomer The Cleveland Show–all seated together on the panel.The event became something of a Simpsons love-in, with Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane leading the charge.“When Simpsons
LOS ANGELES–I’m an unabashed Beatles geek, so it was a kick to see George Martin take the stage down here at press tour a few days ago. He was at the Beverly Hilton to promote On Record: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, a PBS documentary series encompassing the 100 year history of recorded music. Don’t
LOS ANGELES–Kiefer Sutherland was the big get at the Fox 24 informal sessions Monday. TV’s Jack Bauer was backed up against some doors and totally surrounded by reporters with arms outstretched holding digital recorders. He talked about how–thanks to the writer’s strike and the long layoff between 24‘s–this will be the first season where they
LOS ANGELES–Somewhere in Ontario, a cow has been put out to pasture.J.J. Abrams and the producers of the big buzz series Fringe told reporters today at press tour about a real live cow used as comedy relief on the big budget sci-fi series. The pilot for Fringe was shot in Toronto but the series has
USA Today be damned–Flashpoint shot down the critics Friday, scoring surprisingly strong ratings on both sides of the border. The Toronto-based police drama–starring Enrico Colantoni and Hugh Dillon–drew 1.1 million viewers Friday night on CTV, No. 1 by far in its timeslot and No. 1 in the 18-49-year-old demo. The U.S. ratings were lower proportionally
LOS ANGELES–Jon Voight was at press tour Saturday to talk about the American Masters special You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story. It premieres on PBS Sept. 23-25.The Academy Award-winner was on a panel with Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel and documentary filmmaker Gregory Orr, step-grandson of film mogul Jack Warner. After the
LOS ANGELES–There are just 219 days until Uncle Sam rips down all those TV antennas.The U.S. federal government has mandated that Feb. 17, 2009, is the kill date for analog, over the air transmissions. As was explained today at press tour, what this means is that if you live in the States and still pull