George Lopez played the good soldier. Now he's paying the price. TBS abruptly canceled the veteran comic's Lopez Tonight Wednesday, with his final fresh hour airing Thursday. In a statement, the network said it had "reached the difficult decision not to order a third season" of the show, which premiered on Nov. 9, 2009 at 11 p.m. ET before the arrival of Conan O'Brien's Conan pushed Lopez back to midnight ET last November....

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'PERSON OF INTEREST' MAKES FALL TV INTERESTING By Alan Pergament

TV critics and bloggers across the nation just gathered at the semi-annual Television Critics Association tour looking for the next great thing. I've watched several already and imagine that one of the series bound to get the most attention is CBS' new drama "Person of Interest" -- There are plenty of reasons for it to get extra buzz...

2011

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PRESS TOUR: TOP 10 LITTLE-KNOWN SONGS ABOUT TELEVISION! By Diane Werts

tca-top-ten-josh-groban.jpg Press tour is winding down, but some of our TVWW contributors are still wound up about everything the networks have said and done at their 2011 fall-season presenations. So we'd like to point you to links where you can find coverage from our ace Eds -- Ed Bark and Ed Martin. All of our TVWW contributors will have more to say as the broadcast and cable networks move forward with their just-touted plans...

2011

Aug

TCA AWARDS: 'MAD MEN,' 'FNL' SHARE THE LOVE By Diane Werts

Who doesn't love a lovefest? And that's what the annual TCA Awards are. Members of the Television Critics Association invite folks from the shows we've named outstanding, and every year, those folks accept their awards by turning the tables and giving us praise...

2011

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CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS, CAN'T LOSE INDEED: 'FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS' WINS TCA PROGRAM OF THE YEAR By David Bianculli

I was a no-show at Saturday night's Television Critics Association Awards in Los Angeles, but I have the best of all possible excuses: I was further down the California coast, hosting the rehearsal dinner for my son Mark's Sunday wedding to Jessica Kozzi. But the TCA sent out news of the winners, which I'm glad to relay. Especially because it gets me out to the wedding festivities more quickly...

2011

Aug

HE CAME IN THROUGH THE SATELLITE WINDOW By Bill Brioux

It's been a pretty good press tour when you can say you were in on sessions with Harry Belafonte, Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Lewis, Gloria Steinem, Davy Jones, Rosie O'Donnell, Hugh Laurie, Ken Burns...and, yes, the Playboy Mansion. Add Paul McCartney to that list and all you can say is: "Fab"...

2011

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LOST AND FOUND: PBS REDISCOVERS CORE AUDIENCE IN NEW PLEDGE PROGRAMS By Tom Brinkmoeller

During the upcoming pledge period, PBS will air three musical specials that are so enjoyable, and so well performed and produced, they may remind those watching of when the major networks regularly broadcast these kinds of shows. Even though commercial broadcast networks have abandoned such musical programming for less costly amateur hours, PBS ably picks up that dropped baton with concerts by Barbra Streisand and Michael Feinstein and a special about how the pre-Beatles folk-music scene grew

2011

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PRESS TOUR: SIMON COWELL SEEKS SINGERS WITH 'X FACTOR,' ON NEW SHOW PROMISING X-FACTORS ALL ITS OWN By Diane Werts

Do we really need another reality show? Do we really need another talent competition? Do we really need more Simon Cowell? Well, yes. To all three. Says Simon Cowell...

2011

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ROLL UP: PAUL MCCARTNEY TAKES US ON A MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR By David Bianculli

LOS ANGELES -- On Sept. 10, 2011 -- one day before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks -- Showtime will premiere "The Love We Make", an Albert Maysles documentary about Paul McCartney's organization and presentation of a post-9/11 show-of-support-for-New-York concert 10 years ago...

2011

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PRESS TOUR: LATEST NEWS INVOLVES LADY GAGA AND A '24' MOVIE - BUT NOT TOGETHER By David Bianculli

LOS ANGELES -- There's a burst of interesting news coming out of the Television Critics Press tour all of a sudden, along with some equally intriguing lighter moments. News today; features tomorrow. And the latest news includes several series renewals on Showtime, a Lady Gaga TV special imported by the CW, and an update about the still-in-the-works movie version of 24...

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