PASADENA, Calif.–Okay, I’m not really still in Pasadena, I’m back in the Brampton bunker (hey, did it ever stop raining while I was away?). And Kiefer Sutherland did not hold a gun to my head (the folks at Fox are all about the virtual photo op).Anyway, over the next week or so, I’ll have a
PASADENA, Calif.–How much does ABC want to hire Paula Abdul? Pretty much, judging from Stephen McPherson‘s comments today at ABC’s executive session at press tour. The programming boss told critics that he was “stunned by the decision” that Abdul was no longer going to be a judge on American Idol and that he would love
PASADENA, Calif.–Those testy Canadians! Dragon’s Den duo Kevin O’Leary and Robert Herjavec were bickering like Jon & Kate at this morning’s ABC press tour session for Shark Tank. The Mark Burnett reality show premieres tomorrow night (Sunday) at 9 p.m. on ABC.Asked who was the meanest shark in the tank, the other four judges all
PASADENA, Calif. —I’ve been working the press tour for 25 friggin’ years, dating back to when PBS and CBS used to host critics way out in the desert in Phoenix, Az. I’ll never forget my first TCA (Angela Lansbury, Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson and Larry, Daryl and Daryl from Newhart were among the stars). I
PASADENA, Calif.–Saw Hugh Laurie of House gamely making the scene at the Fox All Star Party Thursday night. His co-stars Lisa Edelstein, Olivia Wilde and Robert Sean Leonard were also there, along with executive producer and pride of London, Ont., David Shore.Fox had many of their other stars there, too, including suddenly unfunny Wanda Sykes,
PASADENA, Calif.–Press tour was turned into one big, fat, sloppy episode of Hell’s Kitchen today. Chef Gordon Ramsay was in the house, and he had critics up on their feet beating egg whites instead of deadlines.Somebody had the bright idea to distribute cooking pans, whisks and tubs full of egg whites, sugar and syrup on
PASADENA, Calif.–Getting a show on the air is murder. Keeping it there can take a miracle. The folks behind Flashpoint seem ready to commit the one to get the other. As was chronicled here earlier, executive producer Bill Mustos and four of his actors flew to L.A. to try to lobby their American network partners
PASADENA–Calif.–Can football players become TV stars? They have in the past. Alex Karras (Webster), Fred Dryer (Hunter) to name two. There was a fella named O.J. Simpson who took a stab at movie fame, too.Now former N.Y. Giant star Michael Strahan (far right, with co-star Daryl Chill Mitchell) is tackling comedy with Fox’s Brothers. He