Full Coverage: Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour 2014
At the Beverly Hilton
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At this summer’s Television Critics Assn.
July 14, 2014
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Reelz Chief Executive Stan E.
Aug. 9, 2015
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American viewers are still a ways off from having the upstairs-downstairs bunch of “Downton Abbey” over as guests in their homes through the telly, but we have some crumpets of information to hold you over before then.
July 23, 2014
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Ken Burns is used to telling stories that have been told before.
July 22, 2014
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“Downton Abbey” is coming back in January — and the chief of PBS is warming up by hurling a few crumpets at TV rivals.
July 22, 2014
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FX’s new vampire series “The Strain” has just begun its first season, but co-creator Guillermo Del Toro was not shy about discussing where the story would lead in future episodes during his appearance on a very packed panel at the Television Critics Assn. press tour on Monday.
July 21, 2014
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As FX’s outlaw biker soap opera, “Sons of Anarchy,” gets ready to come to the end of the road, creator Kurt Sutter surely knows how it will all end, correct?
July 21, 2014
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John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks, has often talked about the similarities between the FX drama “Fargo” and HBO’s gritty “True Detective.”
July 21, 2014
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A fifth season of Louis C.K.’s critically acclaimed comedy “Louie” will be heading to FX.
July 21, 2014
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Kelsey Grammer and and Martin Lawrence walk into a courtroom ...
July 21, 2014
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“Sleepy Hollow” had heads spinning with the campy twists and turns of its first season.
July 20, 2014
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It’s easy to view Fox’s “Red Band Society” as a tearjerker given its premise -- it centers on a group of teenagers with serious illnesses who form unlikely bonds while living in a pediatric ward of a Los Angeles hospital.
July 20, 2014
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The marching orders for Fox Broadcasting’s new entertainment team from its boss is simple.
July 20, 2014
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Batman fanboys need to get one thing straight when it comes to approaching Fox’s new series “Gotham,” set in the fictional Gotham City in the days before the caped crusader patrolled the night: Forget about strict chronology.
July 20, 2014
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“Breaking Bad” was the big winner Saturday at the 30th Annual Television Critics Assn.
July 20, 2014
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Don’t judge a show by its title.
July 19, 2014
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Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is not only preparing for the final phase of his championship career, he’s also getting ready for his close-up.
July 18, 2014
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“Jane the Virgin” is the adaptation of a hit Venezuelan telenovela that’s bringing a different flavor to the CW palate, which is used to a diet of superheroes and vampires.
July 18, 2014
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At a lunch with reporters Friday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Beverly Hills, “Homeland” showrunner Alex Gansa began by addressing the dramatic farewell of a major character in the Season 3 finale.
July 18, 2014
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The CW isn’t trying to hold on to its youth.
July 18, 2014
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CBS already has “The Millers,” but this fall it will shake things up with “The McCarthys,” a multi-camera sitcom about a sports-mad Boston family.
July 17, 2014
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“Stalker,” the new thriller about investigators investigating stalkers, is a show that creator Kevin Williamson, the man behind the “Scream” franchise, has been wanting to do for a long time.
July 17, 2014
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Vince Gilligan, creator of the groundbreaking drama “Breaking Bad,” is going back for his future in his next project.
July 16, 2014
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Pack your bags, Gibbs: You might be heading to New Orleans again before too long.
July 17, 2014
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Call it the Hillary Effect.
July 17, 2014
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CBS may be America’s most popular network, but critics claim its new fall lineup doesn’t reflect America.
July 17, 2014
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Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer are going to a chapel, and they’re gonna get married.
July 17, 2014
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One of ABC’s new shows is a rarity -- a prime-time network comedy revolving solely around an African American family.
July 15, 2014
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ABC is taking a bold step this fall to diversify prime-time television by prominently showcasing African Americans, Latinos and other minorities on a scale never before seen on a major American network.
July 15, 2014
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Oscar-nominee Viola Davis wanted to be the life of the party, not the setup — that’s why, she said, she accepted television’s invite.
July 15, 2014
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Bravo will be expanding its successful “Million Dollar Listing” franchise to San Francisco, Bravo announced Monday at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour.
July 14, 2014
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Bravo, the fishbowl where real housewives, top chefs, and leather-colored real estate agents swim freely, will officially enter the scripted series waters on Dec. 2 when its dramedy “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” premieres.
July 14, 2014
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Coming this fall, Katherine Heigl and Alfre Woodard team up in the NBC drama “State of Affairs.”
July 14, 2014
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Katherine Heigl appeared before an audience of reporters Sunday at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour to promote her new NBC series, “State of Affairs.”
July 13, 2014
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The portrayal of women emerged as a major theme Sunday at NBC’s presentation at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour.
July 13, 2014
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It was a year of too much TV. And the TV Academy has taken notice.
July 13, 2014
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“Parenthood,” NBC’s little family drama that could, will enter its sixth and final season in the fall — and showrunner Jason Katims says the plan is to go big and go home.
July 13, 2014
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Basketball star LeBron James’ decision to return to the Cleveland Caveliers after a championship stint with the Miami Heat was the top story in the sports world Friday.
July 11, 2014
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As the top-rated network in the 18-to-49 demographic for the first time in a decade, an Olympics-buoyed NBC had plenty to brag about Sunday at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour.
July 13, 2014
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“South Park” and its raunchy cartoon characters -- Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, et al -- are heading to Hulu.
July 12, 2014
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It turns out that telling the back story of “Breaking Bad’s” smarmy lawyer, Saul Goodman, requires the same type of care and attention that the character puts into his flashy suits and strategically combed hair.
July 12, 2014
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With all the success that filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has had, from his Oscar win for “Traffic” to his Emmy victory with “Behind the Candelabra,” it’s a bit odd to hear him refer to having “an ego problem.”
July 10, 2014
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Valerie Cherish has good and bad news.
July 10, 2014
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The end is not coming to “Game of Thrones” any time soon.
July 10, 2014