The Clash Between Two Cops and Two Cultures: FX’s The Bridge Explores a String of Murders
There was not an empty seat in the house—the main theater of the Directors Guild of America—as cast, crew, supporters, friends and various industry-ites crowded in to see FX’s latest buzzworthy entry in hour-long drama at its Los Angeles premiere Monday night. The elements include two cops from two countries and two vastly different cultures, and a prolific, mysterious killer responsible for a string of unsolved murders with a...
Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad Share Critics’ Choice Love, Tatiana Maslany Becomes a Drama Queen
Critics are a notoriously picky lot, and members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association are certainly no exception. That’s why it was such a surprise — and a testament to the quality of television programming over the past season — that there were not one, not two, but three ties in highly contested categories whose winners were revealed at the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards held June 10 at...
The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Mad Men, MASH Top TV’s Best Written Series List
When you have Norman Lear and Carl Reiner in the house – two of television’s most brilliant, legendary creators who go back to the original golden age of the medium – it’s assuredly going to be a night to remember. Hearing from those two giants was the shot across the bow as the Writers Guild of America revealed its 101 Best Written TV Series in a two-hour event at the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills on June 2, sponsored by...
Presentations, Programming, Parties and Perks–That’s TV Upfronts
It is the rare person who isn’t stricken with a hangover after attending the annual series of presentations and parties that comprise the main week of television upfronts. If the hangover isn’t from adult beverages, then it is due to all the hype the networks dispense about their upcoming programming, around which they sell billions of dollars of upfront advertising. We look here on the presentations and...
The TV Academy Honors Television’s Most Enlightening and Inspirational Programs
Some called the recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner a “nerd prom,’ and that term also came to mind–in a completely endearing way– at the 6th Annual Television Academy Honors, held May 9 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Known for presenting the Emmy Awards, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences decided in 2008 to move forward with a different sort of accolade that honors programs that inform, illuminate,...
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