LOS ANGELES–This morning’s Emmy nomination announcements woke up this July press tour. Some actors and showrunners were congratulated, others consoled (including Blair Underwood, who failed to grab a nomination despite being on three different shows: In Treatment, Private Practice and The New Adventures of Old Christine.) The breakthroughs come this year in specialty. Damages, an
This week’s radio rant with CHML’s Scott Thompson is all about–what else?–the on-going TCA press tour. There’s some chit chat about the Fox stars on the Santa Monica pier, this year’s big buzz show Fringe and luring Kiefer Sutherland to an interview through the use of Canadian cigarettes, although Scott seems more fixated on the
LOS ANGELES–Sometimes when you are down here filing to six or seven different media outlets at once you get stuck in your room filing on deadline and you miss something unexpected. Like this exchange this morning from the ABC executive session with network programming president Stephen McPherson (thank God for transcripts): JIMMY KIMMEL (from the
LOS ANGELES–When violent cop Vic Mackey signs off on the series finale of The Shield, he’s going to get “what Vic Mackey deserves.”So says Shield co-star CCH Pounder, who was at Tuesdays FX TCA press tour session along with producers and co-stars from the series.Emmy-winner Michael Chiklis, who plays kamikaze cop Mackey, was live via
LOS ANGELES–It was ‘toon titans day yesterday at TCA, with the creators and showrunners for Fox’s Sunday night animated comedies–The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, American Dad and newcomer The Cleveland Show–all seated together on the panel.The event became something of a Simpsons love-in, with Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane leading the charge.“When Simpsons
LOS ANGELES–I’m an unabashed Beatles geek, so it was a kick to see George Martin take the stage down here at press tour a few days ago. He was at the Beverly Hilton to promote On Record: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, a PBS documentary series encompassing the 100 year history of recorded music. Don’t
LOS ANGELES–Kiefer Sutherland was the big get at the Fox 24 informal sessions Monday. TV’s Jack Bauer was backed up against some doors and totally surrounded by reporters with arms outstretched holding digital recorders. He talked about how–thanks to the writer’s strike and the long layoff between 24‘s–this will be the first season where they
LOS ANGELES–Somewhere in Ontario, a cow has been put out to pasture.J.J. Abrams and the producers of the big buzz series Fringe told reporters today at press tour about a real live cow used as comedy relief on the big budget sci-fi series. The pilot for Fringe was shot in Toronto but the series has