Top TV Shows as a Travel Guide: Touring Girls, Downton & Hatfields Territory
Mad Men. Downton Abbey. Boardwalk Empire. Girls. Hatfields & McCoys. These programs are all up for shelves full of Emmy Awards (September 23 on ABC with Host Jimmy Kimmel) but they also offer some great travel ideas. These tips are courtesy of Lonely Planet Travel Editor Robert Reid, who says the contenders for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series also engender some great travel destinations. Mad Men: Manhattan...
Practitioners of TV Past and Present Mingle at Summer Soiree
What do you get when you mix and mingle talent from CBS, Showtime and the CW? Everyone from Charlie Rose to Nancy O’Dell to Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow and Kyle McLachlan, that’s who. They were among the luminaries at the annual summer press tour held by the networks, all owned by the same parent company, which made for a very interesting mix on the guest list that also included Mamie Gummer, Jaime King, Shenae Grimes, Kat...
JStew on KStew: Kick Her to the Curb
Jon Stewart doesn’t normally find himself smack dab in the middle of a massive tabloid scandal. But that’s exactly what happened when Robert Pattinson was scheduled to appear on “The Daily Show,” ostensibly to promote his new film “Cosmopolis.” So what did Comedy Central do? Promote the hell out of it, of course. For anyone living under a rock, meaning anyone who hasn’t been in a...
Raunchy, Riveting, Romantic? Roseanne Roast Rocks
“Welcome to menopause-apalooza,” said Jane Lynch, opening up the show. The star of “Glee,” who is rapidly becoming the female equivalent of Neil Patrick Harris when it comes to classy/comedic hosting and in this case roasting, was likely referring to Carrie Fisher, Ellen Barkin, Katey Sagal and the woman at the center of the evening, Ms. Rosanne Barr. And then, without much segue but with raucous audience approval, Lynch...
The ABCs of Summer Network Celebrations
Just a few days after Crystal the monkey, Sarah Palin and Matthew Perry partied at the pool for NBC with a raft of admirers, it was the Disney-ABC television group’s turn to celebrate its new and returning shows. Pamela Anderson was there, but the cast of “Modern Family” wasn’t (due to their since resolved contract dispute), leaving it to showrunner Steve Levitan to work the crowd at the All-Star cocktail...
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