The headless critic It’s that time of year again at the TV Feeds My Family house–time for all the packages of promotional items from the networks to pile up at my door.Every day brings more trucks to Brampton, delivering all manner of ballyhoo.One of the most memorable arrived last week–a Headless Horseman zip-up costume hoodie
Thanks to PVRs, on-demand, DVDs, cable, Netflixetc., viewers are no longer network hostages There’s nothing like a little eye surgery to change one’s approach to these Fall Preview TV roundups. Wasting my vision on the next Animal Practice or 666 Park Avenue is to be avoided at all costs.So this 2013-14 Fall Television Preview is going to cut to
Cowell may be one of Fox’s biggest stars, but there are nopics of him from Thursday’s TCA session on their mediasite. Above: Demi Lovato, Paulina Rubio & Kelly Roland BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–I always admire how the big mouth Brits commit to press tour. You never catch Simon Cowell ducking a panel because he’s now too
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”
Alex O’Loughlin jumps to Fridays next season on Hawaii FIVE-0 This is the week Canada’s private network programming executives play shop till you drop.Together, they’ll drop between $600- to $800 million picking up American network programming for their 2013-14 schedules.It all happens over a few jam-packed days spent in Los Angeles screening rooms and hotels.
One thing I like about New Girl is the show isn’t afraid to just boldly go there. Case in point was last week’s episode, where Jess (Zooey DesChanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) finally “do it.”Often, on a romantic sitcom, that equals Jump The Shark time. Shouldn’t they have held out until Season Five? Where does
I thought Touch was a pretty smart and compelling show when it debuted last season. The Fox drama, which returns tonight at 8 p.m. with two back-to-back episodes (on Fox and Global), stars Kiefer Sutherland as the father of a gifted, special needs child (David Mazouz).The teaming of Sutherland and executive producer Tim Kring (Heroes)
Purefoy and Bacon: hide the kiddies Way, way back last June, when all the 2012-2013 screeners arrived from the networks, many critics felt the mid-season entry The Following was the best of the bunch. That series premieres tonight at 9 p.m.The crime thriller is dark and gritty, with Kevin Bacon in the lead as a