TV 90210

It's Philadelphia Inquirer TV critic Jonathan Storm at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, which began in earnest yesterday with presentations from PBS. One highlight was a show about the magic of sex among ducks.View image

And they say PBS is irrelevant.

The Press Tour is a semi-annual gathering of all the nation's newspaper TV critics, or at least the ones whose newspapers will pay to send them, combined with lots of Angelinos who make some money covering TV. From PBS, through 8 million cable networks and all the big broadcast boys, it goes on until July 27, and I'll be here, your eyes, ears and big, fat mouth.

So if you have any questions for anybody, leave them here, and I'll try to ask them for you and get back. I'll even ask Dawn Ostroff, the boss at the CW, if Veronica Mars is coming back, though I'm afraid we all know what she is going to say.

Tomorrow, FX will be presenting the stars of nip/tuck, and the new Glenn Close/Ted Danson legal thriller, Damages; National Geographic will look Inside the Human Body; Hallmark Channel has Dick Van Dyke and Ernest Borgnine (it's going for the over-80 demo), and HBO gets three hours in the afternoon.

Larry David will be there for Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jimmy (that's what all his friends like me call him) Gandolfini will be around, and those crazy Conchords from New Zealand will get grilled. The pay network will also be previewing its soft-core (or maybe more) new drama, Tell Me You Love Me, and if you want those kind of pictures, you'll have to go elsewhere. I draw the line at ducks.

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