South Park Relocates to Beverly Hills with Immersive Experience at Paley Center

“South Park” fans, rejoice—and prepare to get up close and personal with Kenny, Cartman, Kyle, Stan, Randy, Chef, Satan, Santa and the rest of the crew. For those who missed it at Comic Con, here’s your chance to partake in the South Park 20 Experience, an interactive exhibit celebrating the 20th season of the hit Comedy Central series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The public exhibit runs from August 24 through September 25...

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From ‘Divorce’ to ‘Berlin Station’ to ‘Mars,’ A Preview of Cable’s Most Buzzworthy Shows
Aug17

From ‘Divorce’ to ‘Berlin Station’ to ‘Mars,’ A Preview of Cable’s Most Buzzworthy Shows

It’s inevitable that there will be some verbal fireworks mixed in with the vast slate of programming presented at the cable portion of the TCA summer press tour held at the Beverly Hilton. Last year, there was a media-manufactured showdown between Michael Lombardo and Chris Albrecht over the similarities of HBO’s “Ballers” and Starz’ “Survivor’s Remorse,” with Albrecht conclusively admonishing the assembled television journalists to...

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Streaming Services Bring Their A-Game to TV Critics Summer Press Tour
Aug15

Streaming Services Bring Their A-Game to TV Critics Summer Press Tour

Streaming services have not only joined the summer TCA fray in full force, but in the case of Netflix, which reportedly spent $6 billion on content this year, have doubled down on traditional broadcast and cable networks in how their programming is presented during press tour at the Beverly Hilton. Netflix, as it has with content distribution in general, upended the linear format by presenting several concurrent panels from which...

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FX Scores Big at the TCA Awards with ‘O.J.’ and ‘The Americans’
Aug07

FX Scores Big at the TCA Awards with ‘O.J.’ and ‘The Americans’

There were handshakes, high fives, kisses and hugs all around as FX had a big night at the 32nd annual TCA Awards with wins in four of the 10 categories in a ceremony hosted by Jaime Camil at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom Saturday night, Aug. 6. The first award of the evening, for individual achievement in drama, went to Sarah Paulson, who memorably played prosecutor Marcia Clark in FX’s “American Crime Story: The People...

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Post Downton, PBS Gives Viewers Like You the Royal Treatment
Aug05

Post Downton, PBS Gives Viewers Like You the Royal Treatment

When the ornate doors of “Downton Abbey” closed earlier this year — despite the fact that creator Julian Fellowes gave nearly all of the beloved characters a happy series-ending sendoff — millions of viewers around the world were left with a gaping hole in their hearts. And for PBS, where “Downton” appeared on “Masterpiece” for six seasons and engendered huge ratings for the public broadcaster, that’s a huge hole to fill. Thus, at the...

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