PASADENA, CA–Ran into Jon Cassar at the star studded Fox press tour party Tuesday night. The former 24 showrunner directed Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes–who he says are both excellent–in The Kennedys, the controversial miniseries that the History Channel bailed on last Friday. He says there’s nothing sensational in the script, that any issues raised by History and by lawyers
Mercer and James: jumping up PASADENA, CA–If you’re looking here for the usual weekly Canadian ratings numbers, the TCA press tour has kinda knocked that off my plate this week. Starting at 8 a.m. today, bleary-eyed critics were led on and off a large shuttle bus weaving through traffic from Pasadena to Burbank and the Warner Bros.
PASADENA, CA–If the 10th season of American Idol turns out to be as dull as the American Idol TCA panel, this deal is in trouble.This morning’s TCA session had its moments–mainly a few quips from Stephen Tyler and Jennifer Lopez’s outrageous leopard-print pumps–but missing from the session was the blunt Brit, the straw that stirred this drink, Simon Cowell.
PASADENA, CA–Fox has a busy day planned for their TCA press tour session (including a panel with the judges from some show called American Idol), so it’s important to start the day off right with a hearty breakfast. The generous folks at Fox provided one to promote their comedy Raising Hope, which has just earned
PASADENA, CA–Since ABC took the day off, time for the stupidest TCA Tchochke of the Winter Tour Award. This year a winner can be declared early: the PR folks at something called FEARnet. They’re the geniuses who had the hotel staff put bloody bath mats in all the rooms here at the Langham. Like there wasn’t enough
Brioux (left) & Ballsy: impactful PASADENA, CA–After all the heat and headliners on the Cable and PBS portions of this press tour, ABC decided to bring it down a notch with the dullest TCA network day ever. The Disney network did at least have an executive session (unlike NBC, which is being Comcasted and doesn’t
Watson (undated photo) PASADENA, CA–Nova today presented a panel on the “Smartest Machine on Earth”–Watson, a computer designed to compete on Jeopardy! Watson wasn’t on stage, however. We were told that the machine, at the size of 10 refrigerators, is too big even for the Jeopardy! stage. Most human Jeopardy! contestants are the size of
Gugino and Duchovny in Californication PASADENA, CA–Press tour is so jammed-packed and intense it’s easy to forget there’s a whole world of television going on. This January seems particularly crowded with series premieres.Showtime here in the States is running ads in high rotation for three shows starting tonight. They`re calling it their “Biggest Sunday