Anthony Hopkins Talks ‘The Dresser’
If you want to add a little prestige to your network, you could do no worse than hire Sir Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen as leads in the first filmed…
Friday TV: Music at the White House
They’ve had some pretty great concerts in the East Room during the Obama administration. But tonight’s “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of American Creativity” (PBS, 9 p.m.,…
How Mick and Marty Made ‘Vinyl’
The unusual new HBO series “Vinyl” deserved an unusual panel at press tour Thursday and certainly got it. One one side of the ballroom at the Pasadena hotel was the…
Thursday TV: Jenny on the Block TV
It's 1999 all over again, with Jennifer Lopez on every hour of prime time tonight over two separate networks. Maybe someone will show her in a new video too. Primarily,…
Harvey Weinstein Meets Tolstoy Again
Prolific film producer Harvey Weinstein was among the TV critics Wednesday at press tour to help promote the upcoming four night, eight-hour mini-series adaptation of Tolstoy’s epic “War and Peace”…
Here Comes God
And on the second day of press tour, Morgan Freeman visited. He’s host and executive producer of an upcoming National Geographic Channel series called “The Story of God.” It’s an…
Wednesday TV: More ‘American Crime’
When it premiered last year, John Singleton’s “American Crime” (ABC, 10 p.m.) was so different in approach, style and intent, touching subjects other networks shows never did, that it set…
Old Guys Start the Winter Press Tour
The TV Critics Association Winter Press Tour plugged in Tuesday in Pasadena, where over the next two weeks nearly 200 writers will be presented more than 100 panels about new…
Tuesday TV: Revisiting a Bayou Murder
If any network has a handle on crime procedural it must be the people at Discovery, who have a whole channel dedicated to true crime reenactments, Investigation Discovery. Still, the…
Monday TV: More Bad Dating Metrics
Some of the 28 smitten women on the 20th season premiere of "The Bachelor" (ABC, 8 p.m.) call Ben Higgins, the nondescript runner-up in last season's "Bachelorette," the best "Bachelor"…