BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–I have long told new kids attending these TCA press tours that they aren’t on this beat until they’ve been in a scrum with Leslie Moonves. The CBS CEO was on stage before critics because CBS president Nina Tassler–scheduled to take questions at the executive session–had to fly back East Saturday due to
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–“It’s the gunshot that echoed around the world–but who pulled the trigger?”That’s how the folks behind an upcoming documentary on the Kennedy assassination are hyping JFK: The Smoking Gun. The documentary premieres in November on the U.S. cable channel Reelz and on Discovery in Canada.Montreal-based Muse Entertainment–who produced the highly-rated 10-part miniseries The
Fox (right) with co-star Jack Gore BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Michael J. Fox says his Parkinson’s will be as much a part of his new NBC TV show as it is a part of his life.“Parkinson’s itself, there’s nothing horrifying about it to me,” he told critics at Saturday’s packed NBC TCA session. “There’s nothing horrifying about
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Mike O’Malley was at the TCA press tour Saturday morning to help promote his new NBC comedy, Welcome to the Family.O’Malley, however, was quickly asked about a lost member of his Glee family–Corey Monteith.O’Malley–back playing a dad on his new series–began by praising Monteith as a “very hard working actor.” He often found
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Just as one Canadian network prepares to turn down the music, a new venture in the U.S. is about to crank it up.Sean Combs was at the Television Critics Association press tour Friday morning to hype Revolt, a new music-focused cable channel coming to 25 million U.S. homes this fall.The 43-year-old rapper, record
Bill Harris (left) joins me in scrumming a Dalek. Our work here is done BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–I was very disappointed with Doctor Who at Thursday night’s TCA press tour party in Los Angeles.The actor playing the famed time traveler, Matt Smith, just didn’t seem to know his lines. He was there along with Jenna Coleman,
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–It’s always easy to spot Conan O’Brien at a party.His red rooster ‘do is generally the highest point in any room. Tuesday night it hovered over TNT’s 25th Anniversary Party, held poolside at the Beverly Hilton. Stars from several TNT and TBS shows worked the party, including Angie Harmon and Lorrane Bracco from
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–TV critics–who needs ’em!Alec Baldwin let us have it Thursday at the HBO TCA session for his documentary Seduced and Abandoned. The doc, which bows Oct. 28, follows the 30 Rock star and writer/director James Toback (Tyson) to the Cannes Film Festival as they pitch a script based somewhat on Last Tango in