TCA Press Tour
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TCA '09: Showtime’s Greenblatt Reveals Details on ‘L Word’ Spin-offBy Melissa Grego-- Broadcasting & Cable, January 14, 2009Showtime President of Entertainment Bob Greenblatt spilled some details of the recently-piloted The L-Word spin-off: It will star The L Word’s Leisha Hayley and will be a very different, substantially different show from L-Word , he says. More
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TCA ’09: Online Expansion Fuel’s Showtime Sub GrowthBy Linda Haugsted, January 14, 2009LOS ANGELES -- Showtime continues to thrive despite daunting economic conditions, growing by 1 million subs, to 16.5 million customers, through the end of 2008. More
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TCA '09: Programmers, Advertisers Struggle to Cash In on ‘Digital Playground’By Linda Haugsted, January 14, 2009Los AngelesThere’s still a race on to figure out how to monetize entertainment on the Internet before the platform has been so embraced that viewers are creating their own viewing schedules online instead of on ad-supported broadcast, according to executives participating on digital streaming panel at the Television Critics Association meeting. More
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TCA ’09: Thursday Night’s A Beach For Travel ChannelBy R. Thomas Umstead, January 11, 2009Los Angeles--Travel Channel will spend Thursday nights on the beach beginning in March as the network debuts a new reality series, Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches . More
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TCA '09: Critics Tour Scenes: Bugs, BollywoodBy Linda Haugsted, January 11, 2009Los Angeles Isabella Rossellini is host of the lasciviously titled Green Porno , which will launch its second season this year on Sundance Channel. The series is about the sex lives of creatures. More
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TCA ’09: Current TV Partners With Rotten Tomatoes On Review ShowBy Multichannel News Staff, January 10, 2009Los Angeles – Current TV unveiled plans Saturday for a new movie-review show in conjunction with Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a new weekly series that’s evolved from a short-form segment on the network. More
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TCA ’09: Starz Creates Friday-Night Comedy BlockBy Linda Moss, January 10, 2009Los Angeles – Starz, continuing its expansion into original programming, is creating a one-hour Friday-night comedy block starting March 20, scheduling a veteran show and a new series back to back, officials said Saturday. More
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TCA ’09: BBC America Slips Into New 'Skins'By Linda Haugsted, January 10, 2009Los Angeles Fans of the controversial BBC America teen drama Skins will find the latest season featuring a totally new cast. More
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TCA ‘09: BET Steps Up Inauguration CoverageBy R. Thomas Umstead, January 10, 2009Los Angeles -- Black Entertainment Television is pulling out all the stops in its coverage and celebration Barack Obam#8217;s presidential inauguration ceremonies. More
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TCA '09: HBO’s Out Of Africa With New SeriesBy R. Thomas Umstead, January 9, 2009Los Angeles -- Africa is not the first place most networks look to shoot a new drama series, but the continent serves as a picturesque backdrop to Home Box Office’s new show, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency . More
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TCA '09: Ferrell Promotes HBO Project PairBy Linda Moss, January 9, 2009Los Angeles – Box office favorite Will Ferrell, wearing 2009 New Year’s Eve eyeglasses and a hat with ear flaps, addressed TV critics via satellite from New York Friday to tout two HBO projects that he is involved in. More
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TCA ’09: Gabriel Byrne Marks Tour’s Second Cancellation FridayBy Linda Moss, January 9, 2009Los Angeles – Actor Gabriel Byrne, star of HBO’s In Treatment, was the second big cancellation Friday at the Television Critics Association press tour here. More
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TCA '09: Bacon Reflects on HBO’s Emotional ‘Taking Chances’By Linda Moss, January 9, 2009Los AngelesActor Kevin Bacon Friday said that his new HBO movie, Taking Chances , will help drive home the meaning of casualties of war, no matter how you feel about the conflict. More
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TCA '09: Kardashians Say ‘Keeping Up’ Keeps Them TogetherBy Linda Moss, January 9, 2009Los AngelesKim Kardashian and her clan, whose reality series will have its third-season opener March 8 on E! Entertainment Television, told TV critics Friday that their show has brought them closer together and that other families identify with them. More
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TCA ’09: E! Sweet on 'Candy Girls'By Alex Welprin, January 9, 2009E! Entertainment Television has given an eight episode order to Candy Girls (working title), a docu-soap that will follow the lives of women trying to make it as eye candy in A-list hip hop music videos. More
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TCA '09: Controversial Former Minister Subject of Latest HBO DocBy Linda Haugsted, January 9, 2009Los AngelesDefrocked minister Ted Haggard is breaking his silence about his fall from grace as a minister in an upcoming HBO documentary The Trials of Ted Haggard. More
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TCA '09: Swayze Cancels A&E Appearance After Being HospitalizedBy Linda Moss & Linda Haugsted, January 9, 2009Los Angeles – In a surprise turn, actor Patrick Swayze, who is fighting pancreatic cancer, cancelled his appearance at the Television Critics Association winter press tour for A&E Network Friday after checking himself into a hospital for pneumonia. More
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TCA '09: Style Greenlights 'Ruby' For Second SeasonBy Linda Moss, January 9, 2009Los AngelesThe Style Network has ordered a second season of its biggest hit ever, Ruby , and set a March 1 debut date for its new docu-series about Marie Claire magazine, officials said Friday. More
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TCA '09: Discovery ID’s Zahn For Production DealBy R. Thomas Umstead, January 9, 2009Investigation Discovery has signed former CNN journalist Paula Zahn to a production deal. More
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TCA ’09: MTV's DiSanto Touts TwoBy Linda Haugsted, January 9, 2009Los Angeles -- Tony DiSanto, MTV executive vice president of series development and programming, promised critics an unprecedented set of series launches during 2009, but the network decided to promote two to TV critics here: T.I.'s Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go and How's Your News? More
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