Streaming Services Bring Their A-Game to TV Critics Summer Press Tour
Streaming services have not only joined the summer TCA fray in full force, but in the case of Netflix, which reportedly spent $6 billion on content this year, have doubled down on traditional broadcast and cable networks in how their programming is presented during press tour at the Beverly Hilton. Netflix, as it has with content distribution in general, upended the linear format by presenting several concurrent panels from which...
Diversity Takes Center Stage at TV’s Summer Press Tour
Although the recent Primetime Emmy nominations showed the Television Academy does not have a #SoWhite problem, it doesn’t mean that diversity is not a front and center issue in the television industry. Addressing the topic head-on, the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour and CTAM, the cable portion of the confab taking place at the Beverly Hilton, broke with tradition of presenting specific shows and put on a panel Aug. 1 in...
‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Just One of Exciting Cable & Streaming Shows Previewed at TCA
The wealth of programming riches was overwhelming during the first week of the summer TCA press tour being held at the Beverly Hilton as Netflix and cable nets including National Geographic Channels, Viacom, WGN America, Discovery Communications, UP, El Rey Network, AMC Networks and BBC America presented program clips and panels with creators and talent. Some, like Hallmark Channel and FUSE opted to showcase their programming during...
It’s Bad. It’s All in the Family. It’s Louie. TCA Awards Call Out Television’s Best
Even as the best in current television programming was honored in a dozen categories, it was the recognition for a show of yore that brought down the house at the 29th Annual Television Critics Association Awards at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom Saturday night. Norman Lear, the creator of “All in the Family” and Rob Reiner, its beloved meathead, got a sustained standing ovation as they accepted...
Christina, Cee Lo Take Back Their Chairs on The Voice. Shakira and Usher Who?
They’re baaaaaaaaaack! Christina in an ultra-short coral dress with sky-high Louboutins. Adam with a full beard and newly engaged. CeeLo sporting an intricate head tattoo, at least in the sizzle reel. And so it was that three-fourths of “The Voice” coaching crew, along with host Carson Daly, appeared before a packed session at summer TCA (Television Critics Assn.) press tour, capping off NBC’s day of programming panels. For the...
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