To no one’s surprise, The Television Critics Association tour scheduled for January 2008 has been canceled due to the ongoing writers’ strike. This is perhaps the only positive thing for the networks, who now get to save tons of dough – and they didn’t even have to call Geico.
In a poll conducted by Pepperdine University, 63 percent of the public are backing the writers in their dispute with the studios, who had only 4 percent. 33 percent of the people surveyed in the poll were unsure. In other strike news: – NBC has pulled out of the upcoming Television Critics Association tour in January because of the strike […]
Writer’s Held Hostage: Day 4 – The Office will air its final completed episode on November 15. – Another casualty of the strike: The Television Critics Association tour may be scrapped, to the delight of the networks. – Bionic Woman, Reaper, and Men in Trees are on the verge of shutting down, perhaps for good, as all three are struggling […]
ABC’s session gets very testy ABC entertainment chief Steve McPherson was forced to reveal the big news that he was holding for fans of Comic-Con down the road in San Diego on Thursday (thanks to prodding by a lot of pissed-off TV critics:) that Harold Perrineau was reviving his role as Michael on Lost. Meanwhile, the ABC television executive took […]
It’s Fox’s turn at the mic at TCA press tour. Among the nuggets: – The first of Fox’s new fall lineup to roll out will be on August 30 with the season premiere of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? with Cops and America’s Most Wanted following on Sept. 8 and Kitchen Nightmares on Sept. 13. – Fox has […]
It’s Tim Goodman from the San Francisco Chronicle blogging at the TCA press tour, with a title more suited for blogging at Oakland Raiders home games. According to him (and like the Raiders), the fall TV lineup isn’t that much more exciting.
Here are the CW’s premiere dates for its new and returning series for the 2007-08 season. And president Dawn Ostroff says that she’s not concerned about the Emmy snub: “[It] won’t make a big difference to our viewers.” Um…. what viewers?
Today was CBS’ turn at the press tour. And there is a lot to cover: – CBS President Nina Tassler declined to answer questions about Mandy Patinkin’s departure from the hit crime drama Criminal Minds, which can be attributed to “creative differences”. Patinkin left former CBS show Chicago Hope after one season only to return much later. -Tassler also admitted […]
It seems to be tradition at the TCA press tour that NBC changes its fall schedule once that it is out. But they have a good excuse this time. At TCA, the peacock network unveiled some changes to its prime-time lineup, with NBC moving Chuck to 7 p.m. (CT) Mondays while Deal or No Deal goes to Friday at the […]
More news from the Television Critics Association tour in L.A. : -Discovery is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Shark Week, from July 29 to August 4, with all sharks, all the time. The marathon will also feature footage of Amy Jacobson’s appearance at the Stebic House two weeks ago, in which her career – and local news – jumped the […]
Aside from the Amy Jacobson junk going on, there is something else of note going on in the television industry: The critics press tour. Here is a detailed analysis of what’s on tap this fall from HBO, Hallmark, and Lifetime.
The latest from the tour: -The CW announced that its is streaming programs from cwtv.com shortly after their airdate, beginning immediately. The programs include all of the net Monday’s comedies, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Beauty and the Geek, and Supernatural. -Meanwhile, the network is planning to premiere two new reality shows in the next few weeks: Crowned, a mother-daughter beauty […]
Here is the latest going on at NATPE in Las Vegas and TCA press tour in Pasadena, Calif.: -Warner Bros. has pulled its proposed new show, Celebrity Jury– for now. Warner Bros. was unable to come to an agreement with the Fox-owned stations on the program, but may be launched at a later date. Meanwhile, the chances for Dr. Keith […]
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