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Posted Jul 21st 2007 7:00PM by Michael Maloney
Filed under: Programming, Gilmore Girls, Smallville, Veronica Mars, Supernatural, Everybody Hates Chris, America's Next Top Model, Dancing With The Stars, TCA Press Tour, Hidden Palms, Casting
The CW's got some funny sitcoms both old (Everybody Hates Chris) and new (Aliens in America -- more on that later), but the network's funniest asset is Paul McGuire, executive vice president, network communications.
Before introducing Dawn Ostroff, president entertainment, The CW, McGuire fires off some zingers to get the reporters up and running.
Of the recycled tote bags that The CW gave to the press (perfect for hauling all our cable swag home), McGuire quips, "They're made entirely from recycled billboards, including some from Hidden Palms -- or as some dirt bag reporter called it -- 'Hidden Ratings.'"
Continue reading CW - executive session, fall season preview - TCA report
Posted Jul 20th 2007 10:59PM by Michael Maloney
Filed under: Programming, TCA Press Tour
You know you've moved on in the TV critics press tour from CBS to its sister network The CW by the pages -- those helpful young men and women who direct members of the press to where lunch is being served. They also bring handheld microphones to the reporters during the sessions so their questions can be heard.
I'm betting that the CBS pages are wearing the same polyester red jackets that I did way back when
Murphy Brown was on the air.
The CW pages wear green coats, and the pages themselves all look like models. Many of them are hotter than the actors on the CW shows themselves. (And the stars on CW shows are pretty hot!) I wonder how many of the pages (actors, too, I'm betting) are thinking, "I should be on a show," as they're running a microphone over to a reporter.
Continue reading The CW press tour preview - TCA report
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