Here’s Jimmy! Fallon’s Tonight Show Debut in NYC Scores Ratings Gold
Goodbye Jay, hello Jimmy. Even though losing “The Tonight Show” was a blow to the LA economy, it was a thrill to see the debut of Jimmy Fallon’s version of the leading late-night variety program at its ancestral home – back in New York City after 42 years– in a meticulously renovated studio at NBC’s 30 Rock. We been a long-time Fallon fan going back to his days at “Saturday Night Live” when he hosted Weekend Update...
Atlanta Hosts aTVfest With Top Shows and Stars Including Hometown Heroes The Goodie Mob
It turned out to be the calm before Winter Storm Pax threatened Atlanta, but instead of calm, there were three days and nights of excitement as the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) presented its second aTVfest: A Digital Media Experience with screenings, panels, Q&As and parties at venues throughout the Midtown area. Even during the winter season, there is certainly no shortage of media and film festivals, most of them...
Writers Guild Awards Winners Add New Drama to Oscar Race, Cement TV Icons
With Saturday night’s Writers Guild of America Awards, all of the guilds have now spoken– their voters deciding the best written, best directed, best acted and best produced movies of the year. And for the first time in recent memory, there is no clear consensus– which makes the ongoing Oscar race even more interesting than it is when just one or two films and their key talent are considered a lock. For those with short...
Alright, Alright, Alright. Critics Clearly Define Awards Season’s Top Film and Acting Choices
The quirks of this year’s awards season calendar, with the 19th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards coming just four days after the Golden Globes and on the eve of the Academy Awards nominations announcement served to cement the favorites and frontrunners heading into the Oscars. Cate Blanchett. Matthew McConaughey. Jared Leto. Lupita Nyong’o. “12 Years a Slave.” “American Hustle.” “Frozen.” All were critical darlings who took the...
Shockers and Satisfaction at the Golden Globe Awards
When it comes to breaking ground in recognizing new television awards royalty, Golden Globes voters have done it again. In a stunning upset—one of the few we accurately predicted here last week—Fox’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” was anointed TV’s best comedy, amid a tough field of proven comedic contenders. Not only that, its star, Andy Samberg won enough love of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to take the comedy actor prize. It was a good...