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
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
Ever wanted to make your own Fox network Christmas card? Now you can with this handy little app, send to critics this week via email. You can choose which Fox stars you want to party with om your card. I chose all the Canadians, ‘natch.This gift of festive cheer follows a terrible bit of timing
The Mindy Project (above) is one of three new network shows airing tonight. The new and returning premieres are:8 p.m. Dancing with the Stars Results Show (ABC, CTVTWO) 8 p.m. NCIS (CBS, Global) 8:30 p.m. Ben and Kate (Fox, City) NEW 9 p.m. NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, Global) 9 p.m. New Girl (Fox, City) 9:30 p.m. The Mindy Project (Fox, City) NEW 10 p.m.