FX: Upcoming ‘Fargo’ to star Chris Rock
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Easily the most welcome news at press tour has been the announcement of the fourth season plans for “Fargo,” Noah Hawley’s striking FX series inspired by…
‘The Americans’ Sweep TCA Awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The gathering clouds of Russian spying carried over to the TV Critics Association’s 34th TCA Awards ceremony Saturday, with "The Americans" winning program of the year,…
Fox Day at Press Tour Turns Weird
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Things were already getting squirrelly a week into the TV Critics Association summer press tour, after the usual dizzying barrage of cable, streaming and public television…
When Movie Stars Invade Press Tour
As high-quality as television has been over the past decade or more, there are still moments when movie stars can still cause their own commotion by their mere presence. It’s…
The Excesses of Press Tour
It was a session for a Starz documentary called "America to Me," covering an academic year at a suburban Chicago high school and how issues of race and privilege affect…
At TCA: Promotion Beyond the Call of Duty
Bob Odenkirk was not scheduled to stop into AMC’s session at the TV Critics Association summer press tour Sunday, but he did so in part to show his devotion to…
Stonewalling is His Prerogative
The success of BET’s 2017 docudrama “The New Edition Story” got the network motivated to make the sequel, “The Bobby Brown Story” which premieres Sept. 4 and 5. Brown, 49,…
It Takes Tom Arnold to Take Down Trump
It takes a clown to take down another. That’s the basis of Tom Arnold’s ambitious “The Hunt for Trump Tapes” coming to Viceland Sept. 18. Arnold seems to know how…
Report from TCA: ‘Deadwood’ is a Go
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — At a time when reboots are now a solid part of TV schedules, HBO’s Quentin Schaffer opened the TV Critics Association summer press tour here Wednesday…
Thursday TV: More TV and Film Awards
The Broadcast Television Journalists Association throws in with the Broadcast Film Critics Association to combine their night of handing out honors with the 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Award (The CW,…