Summer Soirées. Network Party Update – Take One
When Lord Grantham goes to the bar to order drinks at the Beverly Hilton while his manservant Bates is just a few feet away and doesn’t make a move, you know it’s going to be a memorable night. And that was after Hugh Bonneville ripped open his shirt to reveal a “Free Bates” T-shirt underneath, to the delight of Brendan Coyle. PBS’s “Downton Abbey” evening started things off with a bang at the TCA’s summer press...
Sorkin, Daniels Go To Bat For The Newsroom
Flanked by series star Jeff Daniels and executive producer Alan Poul, Aaron Sorkin was in the hot seat as he took questions about “The Newsroom” during a spirited session at the Television Critics Association summer press tour from some of the same people who have criticized the show as inauthentic and preachy. The HBO drama, which premiered in June to solid ratings—maintaining about 2 million viewers per episode–and has...
Monkeying Around With Perry, Palin and NBC’s New Shows
Crystal the monkey had a big smile on her face. The adorable star of NBC’s upcoming sitcom “Animal Practice” was the center of attention at the network’s poolside party at the Beverly Hilton after a day of programming panels at summer TCA. Coming off of her success in ” The Hangover Part II,” the capuchin monkey tirelessly posed for pictures with guests, stopping only for little reward treats...
From Beverly Hills to WeHo, Fox Day & Night at TCA
Live from Miami. It was the judging panel and executive producers of The X-Factor, one of the centerpieces of Fox’s programming presentation to the Television Critics Association for the annual rite known as Summer TCA. The vast majority of the program panels are held live in the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton, and it seemed as if the distance made it a little bit easier for the panelists to avoid some direct questions....
Bonneville, MacLaine Steal the Manor at Downton Abbey
It was beginning to look like a scene out of “Magic Mike.” At the end of a raucous and well-received presentation by the creator and cast of “Downton Abbey,” Emmy lead actor nominee Hugh Bonneville got up, turned around and started taking off some clothing. Triumphantly, Bonneville, a.k.a. Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham revealed a T-shirt that read “Free Bates,” the jailed manservant on the highly...
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