Everybody’s happy all the time
Does that sound like a Raymond Carver title? Wouldn’t it be insane if Ray Carver had been assigned to cover the TV Critics Association. But, alas, all you get is me. And I’m listening to a session...
View ArticleStuck in Idol?
In the middle of a Fox TV session on the latest addition to the glut of talent shows on TV, “The X Factor.” Simon Cowell, from satellite, did cartwheels trying to say that “X Factor” is a different...
View ArticleDeath: Not a bummer anymore
Mark Burnett, the producer of the 63rd annual Emmy Awards broadcast, set for Sept. 18, is chatting with the show’s host, Jane Lynch, and Television Academy President John Shaffner at the TV Critics...
View ArticleFoxy ladies
Parties are a big part of the TV Critics Association summer press tour. Of course, they’re fun — how could they not be? But they really are work as well, both for the network execs and stars, as well...
View ArticleWoof!
FX president John Landgraf just announced that the deliciously inventive “Wilfred” has been renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, and the Emmy-nominated “Louie” has also been re-upped. It’s also...
View ArticleThat explains everything
Ryan Murphy, creator of “Nip/Tuck” and “Glee,” revealed that, as a kid, his grandmother used to “force” him to watch the aptly named soap opera “Dark Shadows” “to toughen me up.” “And when I was bad, I...
View ArticleElephants to the ‘Rescue’
Obviously, much of the focus of the TV Critics summer tour is going to be on new shows. But the networks do slip in a few current shows to remind you of what else they have to offer. This morning,...
View ArticleTelevision Critics Awards
The Television Critics Association handed out its annual awards last night at the Beverly Hilton and a lot of great shows were honored. But the real highlight of the night was the presentation of the...
View ArticleCome fly with me….back in time
It’s no secret that television has fallen in love with the late ’50′s and early ’60s, so much so that by the time ABC opened its first day at the TV Critics Association summer press tour this morning,...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Booty Call
SF Chronicle TV Critics Association attendees received plastic drinking glasses from the Oprah Winfrey Network and squiggle straws promoting Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk I’ve been back from the...
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