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2018

Jan

TCA'S WINTER PRESS TOUR – DAY 5: ABC By Roger Catlin

ABC stepped on the gas during its packed day at the TV Critics Association winter press tour...

2018

Jan

TCA'S WINTER PRESS TOUR – DAY 3: CBS, CW, SHOWTIME By Roger Catlin

CBS had an extremely small footprint at the TV Critics Association winter press tour, with panels this weekend for just two new series...

2018

Jan

TCA'S WINTER PRESS TOUR – DAY 2: FX NETWORK By Roger Catlin

PASADENA, Calif. — Amid the hype and hubbub of the TV Critics Association winter press tour, there is one reliable moment of hushed reflection — during the anticipated biannual address of FX CEO John Landgraf...

2018

Jan

TCA'S WINTER PRESS TOUR – DAY 1 By Roger Catlin

There was a bit of excitement as the TV Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour began Thursday — and not just because so many out of town reporters managed to get to Pasadena before the wintery bomb cyclone hit the Northeast...

2017

Dec

ASSISTING THE MIGRATION ALONG ‘PANAMA’S ANIMAL HIGHWAY’ By Roger Catlin

Panama is mostly spoken of in terms of its canal and its role in connecting two great oceans for navigation. But the isthmus also connects two continents and thus allows migration of species between North and South America...

2017

Nov

"POOR KIDS" SEQUEL IS ALSO ON THE TABLE FOR THANKSGIVING By Roger Catlin

Before we sit down to overfilled holiday tables and gorge, it’s time to remember the 2012 Frontline report “Poor Kids" with a new sequel...

2017

Nov

HBO LOOKS BACK ON 50 YEARS OF 'ROLLING STONE' By Roger Catlin

The 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone is being marked a number of ways including this two-part documentary, Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge, that takes a swing from its heyday...

2017

Nov

NEW PBS DOC ON JOHN COLTRANE IS THE JAZZ COOL AUTHORITY By Roger Catlin

Independent Lens kicks off its 16th season with what would be a perfect American Masters... the absorbing and uplifting biography of jazz giant John Coltrane...

2017

Oct

THE NEW 'CHRIS GETHARD SHOW' IS LIVE AND HIGH-WIRE By Roger Catlin

At a time when huge teams of writers script nearly every moment of late night comedy shows, with filmed bits are carefully shot in advance The Chris Gethard Show adheres to the fearless, no-net thrills of live TV...

2017

Sep

ESTEEMED VIETNAM VETS – SENATORS AND SECRETARIES – ATTEND SCREENING OF ‘THE VIETNAM WAR’ FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THEIR EXPERIENCES By Roger Catlin

There will be scores of community talk-backs associated with the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick opus The Vietnam War that starts Sunday on PBS...

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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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