Okay, today we really are having a field trip with the Television Critics Association. It's called a "TCA Day" -- the first one was on Saturday, which consisted of a membership meeting and the TCA awards.
This morning, the TCA membership is boarding a bus outside the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and heading out to Burbank and Hollywood for set visits at The Closer, Heroes, TMZ, Two and a Half Men, and Brothers & Sisters.
I'm bringing lots of tapes and lots of questions. (It'll be interesting to see how TMZ is covering the breaking news of Lindsay Lohan's arrest.)
Set visits can be hit or miss. Actors you may want to interview might not be working on the day you visit. Or they could be doing heavy emotional scenes and aren't up for coming. Or you might find yourself wishing you'd brought even more tapes since everyone is so accommodating.
The TCA membership showed up on one set last year for a pre-arranged visit and the reception was so cool, I almost said, "Um, the publicists did tell you we were coming today, right?"
I'm sure today will go smoothly. Watch for an update tonight. There are no scheduled evening events.
Tomorrow, the tour starts to wind down when ABC's two-day presentation begins.
The Cheers episode Ken Levine's still writing in his head
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7-24-2007 @ 3:51PM
KMF said...
I can guarantee TMZ is plastered wall to wall with Lohan coverage!!
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7-26-2007 @ 10:15AM
Scott said...
So, Michael, when will we get to see a report on these set visits?
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7-26-2007 @ 3:58PM
Scott said...
Found it by looking up all articles with a "Heroes" tag...for some reason I couldn't locate it just by scanning the posts sequentially. Maybe the title was too similar to this "preview" piece, so I ignored it as being the same.
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