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...

2019

Aug

KEN BURNS, COUNTRY ARTISTS, AND 'COUNTRY MUSIC' COME TO TCA PRESS TOUR By Roger Catlin

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...

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