TCA 2010 BBC Party @ Yahoo! Video ANAHEIM, CA–As Richard Stursberg or Stephen McPherson might say, all things must pass. Another summer TCA press tour is in the books. We laughed, we cried, we kissed two weeks goodbye. Once again, Dave Taylor and his AV wizards have managed to pack up a hotel full of
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–The first of two cable network days got a slap upside the head Friday as the Jersey Shore cast was in the House. The Situation, Snookie, JWoww, Pauly D, Sammi, Hungadunga and McCormick all stood on stage throughout the entire session, prompting questions like: “Do any of you know why MTV didn’t let you
“The senate gig pays how much?” BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Word has filtered down to the floor of the press tour session room that CBC president Richard Stursberg (left) is adios. Some tiff with the big boss at the public broadcaster, CEO Hubert Lacroix, apparently. We’re hearing that Kristine Stewart is stepping up to clean up Stursberg’s mess and
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–So Yoko Ono’s in the house. Here to promote Lennon NYC, an American Masters special coming to PBS November 22. Critics were shown a clip and it looks pretty cool, all about Lennon’s last decade, his fight to stay in New York, a city Yoko said was “the city he loved so much
Martin Landau, Nichelle Nichols, Mike Connors, Robert Conrad and Linda Evans No, these aren’t the stars of CBS’s fall rookie dramas. These are five “Pioneers of Television”–Martin Landau (best known for Mission: Impossible), Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Trek), Mike Connors (Mannix), Robert Conrad (The Wild, Wild West) and Linda Evans (Dynasty).PBS has hosted icons from
Grand slam: Lynn Novick, Marcos Breton and Ken Burns BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Ken Burns’ The Tenth Inning—a sequel to his 1994 documentary Baseball, will premiere Sept. 28 and 29 on PBS. The new chapter allows Burns to look at how steroids changed the game, the rise of Latin American players and how Burns’ beloved Boston Red
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Fox always tries to keep things fun at press tour. Those gag photos inserting critics into cast shots, for example, have been Facebook faves the last year or two. Cloris Leachman certain got into the spirit at the Fox all-star press tour party, climbing walls, bungee jumping and just generally living large at the Santa Monica
Cloris Leachman has won nine Emmys, one Oscar and a shelf full of other acting trophies. There is still room for some Olympic medals, so Leachman, 84, got herself harnessed into the bungee jump at the Santa Monica pier Monday night, where Fox hosted TV critics with their annual all-star party. She said later the