GLEE cast members alongside FOX Entertainment President Kevin Reilly

Despite a 2 million dollar book deal, two Emmys for MY LIFE ON THE D LIST and a Grammy nod for her shameless, albeit very funny comedy CD “For Your Consideration”, Kathy Griffin still considers herself a D-Lister heart. So much so that the headline-grabbing queen of hilarity still deemed it necessary to bring along [...]

5:03PM: On the reason THE UNIT/ THE SHIELD creator Shawn Ryan joined LIE TO ME, creator Samuel Baum offered up the following not-at-all-rehearsed comment, “At the end of last season I tested positive for HGH.” 5:05PM: It only took three minutes for Ryan to get in his one-and-only dig at CBS when explaining his reason [...]

2:26PM: Those worries that FRINGE’s self-contained easy-to-follow episodic adventures are about to jump into mythology-heavy LOST territory, fear not. According to executive producer Jeff Pinkner, FRINGE is only going to tell the story of two universes — our own — and what the writer’s refer to internally as “over there.” Adding, “No time travel!” 2:27PM: [...]

“I put funny first… and I just happen to have boobs.” — responded Wanda Sykes when asked about what it’s like being one of the only woman, outside of Chelsea Handler, to have her very own late night talk show at TCA 2009.

1:43PM: “Rachel Berry is similar to how I acted when I was eight years old,” admits star Lea Michelle when asked if she can relate to her GLEE character. “Singing and performing was my passion.” 1:46PM: A reporter — who clearly hasn’t seen the show — asks if GLEE is simply an attempt to cash [...]

2:57PM: “Something new and different,” is the theme of the panel and what co-creator Brad Wright promises STARGATE: UNIVERSE [SGU] is all about. “Other than the ‘Stargate,’ which is very much at the core of the show, a whole lot is different from the original series.” 2:59PM: David Blue comes out of the closet… as [...]

12:12PM: TRAUMA is not going to be blowing up the world each and every week. Which sadly, doesn’t come as much of a surprise since NBC President Angela Bromstad just spent the morning railing against the increasing cost of production and fancy explosions + shutting down a major San Francisco highway for five days sounds [...]

9:50AM: NBC Entertainment President Angela Bromstad defends summer programming, saying that MERLIN and THE PHILANTHROPIST have done ‘okay.’ And MERLIN in particular, is on brand. As per THE LISTENER… crickets… crickets… 9:52AM: Paul Telegdy, NBC Executive Vice President of Alternative (read: Reality) Programming proclaims Paula Abdul, “an exceptional talent that I’ve been lucky to meet [...]

Like a dead man woman walking, CW President Dawn Ostroff tried her best to delay the inevitable. But alas, at the annual press tour, it’s surprisingly difficult to avoid the firing squad that is the Television Critics Association as they anxiously await their opportunity to unleash a flurry of questions, most of them revolving around [...]