PASADENA, CA–Billy Bob Thornton a pussycat?Yes, and a big fan of Canada, too. That 2009 CBC Radio One skirmish with Q host Jian Ghomeshi? Forget it, says Thornton, who suggested, off the record, that there were two sides to that story. “I love Canada, have always loved working all across Canada,” he says.The Oscar winner
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Oscar-winner Kathy Bates was careful not to mention NBC by name, but there was no mistaking who she blamed Friday on press tour for the demise of her former drama, Harry’s Law.“I think they treated us like shit,” she said, waking up FX’s American Horror Story: Coven panel. “They kicked us to the curb.
Landgraf at FX’s recent Upfront in New York. Brad Barket/Picture Group Signed up for a TV masterclass Wednesday morning with John Landgraf. The FX President was in Toronto along with FX EVP Eric Schrier, to talk about the cable channel’s latest content upgrade to FX Canada, as well as their ambitious plans back in the
“All’s Fair in Love and Cold War” reads ads for The Americans BROOKLYN, N.Y.–I’ve been deep undercover this week with The Americans.The Cold War spy series, starring Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell, premieres Jan. 30 on FX and FX Canada. There are already bus shelter ads for the series all over Manhattan.The series shoots in
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
Charlie Sheen can still draw a crowd, on press tour and on TV BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Looks like CTV’s gamble on Charlie Sheen’s new series Anger Management may just pay off.The Canadian network scooped the series despite rival Rogers’ deal with FX for FX Canada. Anger Management is distributed internationally by Sony, so CTV made a
Reporters don’t want to miss a word Russell Brand says BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Tonight is the final night of the initial six-episode test run for Russell Brand’s late night series Brand X. It airs on FX and FX Canada at 11 p.m.The cable network has already ordered seven more episodes featuring the blunt Brit, although the
The return of Sheen. Blue skies? Storm clouds? Will Charlie Sheen’s new FX comedy Anger Management be a hit?FX sure hopes so. Tonight’s opener (9 p.m. ET/PT) is the first of ten episodes ordered. If audiences still love Charlie, and the series ranks among the top cable offerings this summer, an order for 90 more