Jim Gavin was raised in Southern California - specifically Long Beach, where the quirks and characters of the sun-kissed area belted the strip malls, and the struggles on the ground...

2018

Aug

THE TCA AWARDS: HONORING TV'S BEST By Roger Catlin

The gathering clouds of Russian spying carried over to the TV Critics Association’s 34th TCA Awards ceremony Saturday, with The Americans winning program of the year...

2018

Aug

TCA SUMMER PRESS TOUR PART 4 – FOX PRESENTS OLD FAVES AND NEW FACES. MAYBE By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Things were already getting squirrelly a week into the TV Critics Association (TCA) summer press tour...

2018

Aug

SCENES FROM PRESS TOUR: STARS SHOW UP, AND SO DOES A KID FROM CHICAGO By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — As high quality as television has been over the past decade or more, there are still moments when movie stars can cause their own commotion by their mere presence...

2018

Jul

SCENES FROM TCA: THE BACKBONE OF TOM ARNOLD, THE BACKSIDE OF BOB ODENKIRK, AND A CLAM UP FROM BOBBY BROWN By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — It takes a clown to take down another. That’s the basis of Tom Arnold’s ambitious The Hunt for the Trump Tapes coming to Viceland Sept. 18...

2018

Jul

BIG NEWS FROM THE TCA SUMMER PRESS TOUR 2018: THE 'DEADWOOD' MOVIE IS A GO By Roger Catlin

At a time when reboots are now a solid part of TV schedules, HBO’s Quentin Schaffer opened the TV Critics Association summer press tour here Wednesday by pointing out, “We’ve been asked a Deadwood question for eleven consecutive years.”...

2018

Jul

SACHA BARON COHEN'S NEW 'WHO IS AMERICA' IS BRILLIANT, APPALLING, SAD By Roger Catlin

Heavy prosthetic makeup is the vehicle for Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest devilish comedy series...

2018

May

MAYA HAWKE ON HER DEBUT ROLE IN 'LITTLE WOMEN' By Roger Catlin

The BBC shifts to American literature (and a largely American cast) for its version of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women on PBS' Masterpiece...

2018

May

HAS THE BAR MOVED TOO LOW FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME? By Roger Catlin

Though the first induction ceremonies of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame more than 30 years ago boasted the biggest guns and most wide ranging jam sessions, they were private affairs...

2018

Apr

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH 'GENIUS: PICASSO' By Roger Catlin

Smoldering leading man Antonio Banderas takes a big turn Wednesday portraying the second 20th-century giant to get the spotlight in the miniseries Genius: Picasso...

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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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