‘Catch-22’ Brings Clooney Back to TCA
There was an extra reminder at a well-attended session of the TV Critics Association winter press tour that pictures were not allowed, since the ever-photogenic George Clooney was entering for…
Several Documentaries on Tap for HBO
Documentary films seemed to take a greater portion of HBO’s high-profile programming. There were panels for two impending films, Alex Gibney’s look into the implosion of the Silicon Valley startup…
Streep Wanted In On ‘Big Little Lies’
After an afternoon of mostly dour documentaries of fraud, and a bracing limited series about nuclear meltdown After days of rain, cool weather and clouds, the sun came out at…
Recreating the Fosse / Verdon Magic
The classiest thing presented so far at the TV Critics Association winter press tour is an eight-episode limited series on the relationship of choreographer and director Bob Fosse and his…
Peak TV’s Plateau and Other FX News
Peak TV took a pause last year. Instead of steady, explosive growth of the number of scripted TV series with original episodes, there was just a 2 percent increase from…
Cranston’s Next Series is on Showtime
The next big TV role for Bryan Cranston will be in Showtime’s legal thriller “Your Honor,” a limited series coming next year from Robert and Michelle King, the team behind…
‘Roswell’ Writer Changed Role at TCA
Not so long ago, Carina Adly MacKenzie (pictured top, center) sat among the reporters at the TV Critics Association press tour. This week she sat facing them, as one of…
From the Winter Press Tour: ‘World’s Best’
It isn’t the polar vortex that caused the TV Critics Association winter press tour to start nearly four weeks later than usual in Pasadena. To maneuver through the many events…
NBC’s ‘Abby’s’ Sets Up a Bar Outside
The one show NBC had to offer in its half day session at the TV Critics Association winter press tour this week was "Abby’s," a multi-camera sitcom about a woman…
TCA: The Small Presence of the Big Three
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — You’d hardly know today that the the TV Critics Association and its press tours were built around what was once known as the Big Three networks.…