BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When it's time for another multi-hour examination of American history or culture from Ken Burns, it's usually the articulate director who spends the most time talking during press events...

2019

Jul

HERE'S THE STORY OF 'A VERY BRADY RENOVATION' By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, Ca. — It takes more than a cheesy reunion movie to get the six original Brady Bunch kids together these days...

2019

Jun

EXPLORE THE DUSTY NOIR OF ‘PERPETUAL GRACE LTD’ By Roger Catlin

I highly recommend: Perpetual Grace LTD. Yes, it has a terrible title, and it was switched from the even worse Our Lady LTD. But its cast list is remarkable, even in an era of quality TV...

2019

Feb

TCA WINTER PRESS TOUR 2019 - CLOONEY, 'CATCH-22,' AND MORE FROM HULU By Roger Catlin

There was an extra reminder at a well-attended session of the TV Critics Association (TCA) 2019 Winter Press Tour that pictures were not allowed...

2019

Feb

TCA WINTER PRESS TOUR 2019 – HBO IS NEXT By Roger Catlin

PASADENA, CA – After days of rain, unseasonably cool weather and clouds, the sun eventually came out at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena and so did HBO...

2019

Feb

TCA WINTER PRESS TOUR 2019 – IT'S FX'S TURN By Roger Catlin

PASADENA, CA – Peak TV took a pause last year. Instead of steady, explosive growth of the number of scripted TV series with original episodes, there was just a 2 percent increase from 2017...

2019

Feb

TCA WINTER PRESS TOUR 2019 – SHOWTIME AND A CRITIC TURNED EXECUTIVE PRODUCER By Roger Catlin

PASADENA, CA – Showtime had a number of announcements in the early days of the TV Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour in Pasadena...

2019

Feb

TCA WINTER PRESS TOUR 2019 – DAY ONE By Roger Catlin

PASADENA, CA – It isn’t the polar vortex that caused the TV Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour to start nearly four weeks later than usual in Pasadena...

2018

Aug

FINAL TCA REPORT: THE SMALL PRESENCE OF THE BIG THREE & SHOWTIME By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — You’d hardly know these days that the TV Critics Association (TCA) and its press tours were built around what was once known as the Big Three networks...

2018

Aug

TCA PRESS TOUR: IT'S TIME FOR FX By Roger Catlin

Easily the most welcome news at press tour has been the announcement of the new season's plans for Fargo...

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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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