It takes a lot to fill the ballroom for extra early morning session on the 11th day of the TV Critics Press Association winter press tour. But the guest was the top vote-getter in 2016 Presidential election...

2020

Jan

AT TCA, JOHN LANDGRAF ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF THE FX UNIVERSE By Roger Catlin

The proliferation of television programming has gotten so out of hand in recent years that the man who coined the phrase "peak TV" isn't even making his semi-annual charts tracking its growth anymore...

2020

Jan

IT'S TCA'S WINTER PRESS TOUR TIME AND ABC BROUGHT ALEX TREBEK ALONG By Roger Catlin

PASADENA, Calif. — One of the best-attended panels in the opening days of the TV Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour was on Wednesday for ABC's Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time...

2020

Jan

HONORING EXCEPTIONAL HUMOR WITH 'DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE' By Roger Catlin

The connection between the honoree and namesake of Dave Chappelle: The Mark Twain Prize, which airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), is made almost immediately by comic Sarah Silverman...

2019

Oct

'WATCHMEN' AND THE REDFORD ADMINISTRATION AT TCA By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – For a network that put the skids on its alternate history Confederate after controversy regarding racial insensitivity, HBO begins one of its most anticipated new series amid the single worst incident of racial violence in American history...

2019

Aug

'THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES' VISITED TCA TO DISCUSS THEIR HBO SERIES By Roger Catlin

From his brash Kenny Powers in Eastbound & Down to his sinister Neal Gamby in Vice Principals, Danny McBride knows how to create a singular, self-serving, short-tempered, ego-driven character for HBO comedies. His latest character continues that tradition...

2019

Aug

FROM TCA, THE INSIDE STORY AND THE FRIGHTENING REALITY BEHIND 'THE TERROR: INFAMY' By Roger Catlin

One horror turns to another on the second season of The Terror, AMC’s anthology series...

2019

Aug

JOHN LANDGRAF ADDRESSES THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION IN GENERAL AND FX IN PARTICULAR By Roger Catlin

Executive sessions at the TV Critics Association press tours tend to kick off a network's day, setting the tone for the rest of the presentations...

2019

Aug

THE NEW WOODSTOCK DOCUMENTARY AT TCA By Roger Catlin

If Michael Wadleigh’s original 1970 Woodstock documentary concentrated on the music of the iconic rock festival, a new 50th-anniversary look at the event turns its focus largely away from the stage...

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Roger Catlin

Roger Catlin is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C., where he is a regular contributor to the Smithsonian Magazine.com and The Washington Post, among other outlets. A former TV critic for the Hartford Courant, he blogs daily mostly on TV at rogercatlin.com.

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