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,…
Also on Saturday: NBA Playoffs Begin
The NBA Playoffs begins its months-long campaign today with a number of first round games: San Antonio at Golden State (ABC, 3 p.m.), Washington at Toronto (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.), Miami…
Also Thursday: Great Add to ‘Great News’
Tina Fey puts a little more juice in her “Great News” (NBC, 9:30 p.m.) by joining the cast as a tough new executive and just like that the series moves…
Larry David and Bernie Sanders Related
In addition to the Brooklyn bray, a bald head, and being in their 70s, Larry David may have had an even closer relationship to Bernie Sanders, whom he famously impersonated…