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.…
The Last of ‘Homeland’ on Way
The upcoming season of "Homeland," its eighth, will be its last, Showtime entertainment chief David Nevins said in his session at the TCA summer press tour. Creator Alex Gansa Alex…
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…