TV Fun at Comic Con
The San Diego Comic Con has begun, and the fun and controversy are happening at the TV Critics Press Tour thingamajigger:
The TV Zone: PRESS TOUR: ABC’s Steve McPherson Provides Fireworks (Thanks, Steve)
Or maybe he was simply rattled by an intermittently bizarre press session with critics, who blasted the ABC topper when he coyly declined to make a pending announcement about “Lost,” insisting that that announcement would instead be made by show runners, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tomorrow at Comic-Con, the huge convention that’s all-things-comic-related and (coincidentally) runs while the TV press tour is on. When pressed, he declared: “I have cast Don Imus in ‘Lost’” next season.”
He then gave in and made the big announcement that they were saving for Comic-Con, about a character returning to the show. I won’t spoil it here.
You know what, though? They should have just told the critics that they save the big announcements for San Diego because people there actually appreciate the show. ::sigh:: Another missed opportunity.
Meanwhile, Variety notes how important Comic Con is to the TV networks:
More than ever, the 2007 edition has become a must-attend event for most major nets and TV studios. From an extended version of the “Bionic Woman” pilot to a look at a “Star Wars”-themed episode of “Family Guy,” nearly 100 TV-focused events are on the agenda at the four-day bash.
Take 20th Century Fox Television. While the Fox film studio generated headlines for pulling out of Comic-Con, its sibling TV studio is planning its biggest presence ever at the confab.
Well, yeah, if they keep putting genre television shows on the air, then Comic Con is a worthwhile investment. The more series about people who can’t die becoming detectives, the more they’ll want to show at Comic Con.
I’m still in mourning that I’m not there. By Monday, I hope to work through it.
(Stories via TVTattle.com)