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2008
Jul
20
 
 
Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, the 24th Annual Television Critics Association awards were handed out in a memorable, enjoyable ceremony that isn't televised -- and is all the better, and rowdier, for it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
18
 
 
Of all the news emanating from the Television Critics Association press tour after the Emmy nominations were announced and dissected, the nugget I found most interesting came from "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry, who admitted he got the idea for last May's season cliffhanger by watching another ABC show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
17
 
 
Nominations for the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the verdicts are clear. AMC is latest cable-network darling to catch the eye of the voters, with "Mad Men" getting more than twice as many nominations as any other drama series, and with "Breaking Bad" being noticed, too...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
16
 
 
Yesterday I raved about Joss Whedon's new online musical serial comedy, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," and urged people to check it out. Boy, am I influential. An hour later, because of a flood of interest overwhelming the site's servers, the website crashed...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
15
 
 
After a day devoted to Fox -- where we saw what's likely to be the best new show for fall from the broadcast networks (Fringe), sat through a surprisingly civil Fox News press conference (featuring Karl Rove) and tried to pry plot points out of largely reluctant representatives for "24" and "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" -- an entertaining jolt arrived from outside the TV press tour umbrella...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
15
 
 
FX' newest drama is called Sons of Anarchy, but it might as well be called Son of The Shield. And if you look at the entirety of TV today, you're seeing Sons of The Shield...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
14
 
 
"Fringe," the new paranormal Fox drama series from J.J. Abrams and company, finally was screened for TV critics, long after an incomplete rough cut surfaced on the Internet. After seeing the finished pilot and interviewing the show's creators and cast, I can report the good news that Fringe is off to a fabulous start, and seems to know precisely where it's headed. The bad news? There is no bad news...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
14
 
 
Before lunch in Los Angeles today, Fox is holding a press conference tied to the most anticipated series of the fall: "Fringe," the new series co-created by J.J. Abrams of "Lost." So check back around 3 p.m. ET, and I'll provide breaking coverage of what I expect will be the biggest hit of the opening half of the 2008-09 TV season.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
12
 
 
Here's how to make people pay attention to your ho-hum cable channel: Give them quality programming. FX did it with The Shield. TNT did it with The Closer. Now Starz has a series inspired by 2005's Oscar-winning best picture Crash...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
11
 
 
So now we've had our first true network presentation here at this summer's Television Critics Association press tour. Oh, wait -- the presenter was HBO..