Bad Weather Good for Weather Channel
The Weather Channel came to the TV Critics Association summer press tour this week to introduce a new upcoming series, “Coast Guard Alaska.” But if the year’s weather continues as…
A Trip to the Playboy Mansion
A trip to the Playboy Mansion is just the kind of thing that makes the TV Critics summer press tour the kind of outing writers cannot overlook. With the growing…
AMC Defends ‘The Killing,’ Unveils ‘Hell on Wheels’
The extent to which AMC has grown as a home of original programming was seen at the TV Critics Association summer press tour Thursday when an executive session with the…
Afternoon with Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper, CNN’s biggest primetime name, had his start in daytime talk shows at age 8 on “The Mike Douglas Show,” dressed as a Munchkin in an original costume from…
Among ‘The Simpsons’ Animators
In the large dark room of the nondescript building across from the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank where “The Simpsons” is produced, rows and rows of artists slump over their…
Why ‘The Simpsons’ are Yellow
David Silverman, the longest serving director on “The Simpsons” and director of record on the “Simpsons” movies says the family – and most of the townspeople of Springfield – are…
How Twitter is Changing Television
When show host Jeff Probst sent his first tweet in February for last season’s “Survivor” premiere, his network was not exactly keen on it. “CBS did not like me tweeting…
Angie Harmon Fights the Law
Rail thin Angie Harmon leans back in the chair of her desk – supposedly a Boston homicide unit – on the Paramount set of the hit cable show “Rizzoli &…
Letter from TCA
The nation’s TV critics, reporters and bloggers have gathered once more at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills to learn about the new and upcoming shows from network and…
Sunday TV: Last Gasp for ‘Entourage’
The most encouraging thing about the eighth-season start for “Entourage” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) is that it is the last season. After a longstanding slump, having an end in sight might…