Archive for the ‘2010 Winter TCA’ Category

ABC was the last big network at the TCAs, but it kicked off the morning with a big one - the cast of Lost. Josh Holloway, Evangeline Lily, a Robert Pattinson-gushing Emilie de Ravin, and several other members of the cast gathered together to reminisce about their last season together. Matthew Fox missed the panel, while his costars talked about their favorite scenes over the years together, and how we might feel about the finale - read more about what they shared here. We also checked out The Deep End, a new drama about young, hot lawyers, including True Blood’s Mehcad Brooks, who many of you want to see more of in 2010.

Bill Lawrence and a few of ABC’s other comedy writers hit the stage in the afternoon, fresh off the news that their shows were picked up for a second season. They kept the critics laughing through the afternoon talking about the long life of Scrubs, the Conan and Jay mess, and even a few Friends. When asked about following up Lisa Kudrow’s appearance on Cougar Town with more of Courteney Cox’s friends, Bill said, “Jennifer Aniston is coming on the show, she is not aware of that yet.”

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Images include: Evangeline Lilly, Emile De Ravin, Mehcad Brooks, Billy Zane, Bill Lawrence, Larry Miller, Daniel Dae Kim, Josh Holloway, Terry O’Quinn, Michael Emerson, Jorge Garcia

Emilie de Ravin took the stage at today’s TCAs in Pasadena where she answered questions with all her Lost castmates before their last season starts Feb. 2. After the panels, we snuck in one question about, who else, Robert Pattinson, who she worked with on the upcoming Remember Me. It’s one of the movie’s we’re most looking forward to this year, especially after the latest hot poster and here’s what she had to say. On working with Rob on Remember Me vs. her Lost leading men:

Every experience with whoever you work with is always different. I had a great time working with him. We really made a point of working on our characters and their relationships and such. He’s a really easy going and nice guy to work with, which is always refreshing.

Love hearing her gush a little bit about Rob, who has been quite successfully laying low since his and Kristen’s New Year’s fan encounter.

Just minutes ago at the Fox portion of the Winter TCA, Simon Cowell himself took the stage to confirm that the upcoming season of American Idol will be his last. As expected, Cowell’s focus will be shifted to launching the American version of X Factor, which is slated to premiere on Fox in 2011. Cowell even signed his new contract on the stage for all of the press to see.

Though he considered hosting both shows, he said “the practicalities” are impossible. Cowell also said that judging Idol has been the best eight years of his life and that all Idol needs to succeed without him is to “find someone who knows what they’re talking about.” Cowell also added he would love to leave the show “bigger and better than it’s been before.”

Before Simon ducked out of the Q and A to get back to his duties on Idol, he answered one last question about Paula Abdul, saying, “I adore Paula, whatever happens I will be working with her in some capacity. I miss her.”

Photo courtesy of Fox

The TCAs kicked off this weekend in Pasadena with everyone buzzing about Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien’s future at NBC. Before that news, on Saturday Peter Facinelli chatted about Nurse Jackie, Twilight, and Twitter. We also got to know the adorable new cast of Life Unexpected, followed by the hot Vampire Diaries - check out a sneak peek of what to expect next. The cast couldn’t stop gushing about how much they love working together, and Nina Dobrev was even celebrating a very special 21st birthday. When asked about the rumors that we will see werewolves in the upcoming season, Paul Wesley told us he doesn’t know but thinks it would be a fantastic idea.

On Sunday it was all about NBC - the Parks and Recs cast had the whole room laughing, joking about everything from Twitter to the show’s critical turnaround in season two, and when asked about a possible crossover with 30 Rock, Amy said, “Well I want to do something with Lost, but they’re not NBC.” Jerry Seinfeld also took the stage to introduce his new show The Marriage Ref, which follows ordinary couples who need help solving arguments and already has celebrity guest lineups including Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, and Eva Longoria. Of course Jerry couldn’t get away without questions on Jay and Conan, to which he said, “I hope Conan stays on NBC, I think he’s terrific.” We also finally got a chance to check out Ron Howard’s Parenthood, which looks great despite cast changes and drama.

At night the stars from NBC hit the red carpet to celebrate the network. Amy Poehler, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Rashida Jones looked beautiful in black, while Community and Mad Men star Alison Brie added a little pink to her red carpet look. We spoke with Alison, who was excited to talk about Jack Black’s appearance this Thursday’s episode and what she hopes we see from Trudie in Mad Men’s next season - more on that later from Buzz. The casts from The Office, Heroes, and Chuck also mingled with each other over cocktails. There’s lots more to come, so stay tuned for updates on Twitter.

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Images include: Peter Facinelli, Toni Collette, Lauren Graham, Ian Somerhalder, Jerry Seinfeld, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, Amy Poehler, Melanie Brown, Sandra Bernhard, Ron Howard, Aziz Ansari, Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, Joel McHale, Monica Potter, Yvonne Strahovsk, Joy Bryant, Craig T Nelson, Bret Michaels, Zachary Levi, Peter Krause, Tori Spelling, Dean McDermott, Alison Sweeny, Jessica Seinfeld, Chevy Chase, Dax Shepard, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lauren Graham, Erika Christensen, Alison Brie