BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly came out swinging at Thursday’s TCA press tour, with charts and graphs showing his network hasn’t slipped as far as CBS CEO Leslie Moonves suggests.Moonves was here a few days ago and dissed Fox, saying he always knew those years of A18-49 dominance would end once “Idol crashed”
LAS VEGAS–The big game in Vegas these days seems to be television. Not just in terms of production (Pawn Stars, American Restoration and Counting Cars all shoot there), but in terms of gaming.Walking through the casinos, you can’t miss the many TV-themed slot machines. There’s a big bank of Sex and the City machines, usually
This week on our CHML podcast, Scott Thompson wanted to get my take on the news that Oprah Winfrey is coming to Hamilton. Winfrey is due in April 13 at Copps Coliseum. Not sure if she’s bringing that guy with the giant teeth again. It’s all about bringing hope and faith to the multitude as
Kevin Bacon (left), with Fox programming chief Kevin Reilly at Tuesday night’s Fox TCA press tour party Usually at this time of year I’m completely immersed in the winter Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Ca. The bi-annual TV industry confab gets slammed as the “Batan Death March with cocktails” but it really is the
Reilly calls Carey: already phoning it in BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Forget that J-Lo stays story–Mariah Carey has been signed to be the diva judge next season on American Idol.Fox network entertainment president Kevin Reilly made the announcement today before critics at the TCA press tour, squashing a rumour started just two sessions earlier that Jennifer Lopez
Cat Deeley, Maggie Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe. Frank Micelotta/FOX BEVERLY HILLS, CA—Nigel Lythgoe thinks Jennifer Lopez may not be leaving American Idol after all. In a classic press tour, negotiate-in-public ploy, the executive producer planted the idea towards the end of a Fox session on his other show, So You Think You Can Dance. “I was
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson seemed rattled by the possibility that I had posted a nude picture of Fabio on TVFMF. He’s referring to this shot (below) of some of the photogenic contestants from Big Brother, back for a 14th season on CBS and Global. I’m pretty sure the good folks at CBS are not
Grey’s finale: “Help! The wreckage from Pan Am fell on me!” Has been a short, crazy busy week, so here is an abbreviated version of The Brioux Report. Hope to have things back to their normal late Tuesday/early Wednesday release next week. (Although, with the Canadian private network upfronts next Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, that might be a