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<title>TV Press Tour</title><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/index.html</link><description>TV Press Tour</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007 Ed Bark</dc:rights><dc:date>2007-01-24T11:20:37-06:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:26:10 -0500</lastBuildDate><item><title>The Last Picture Show</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-24T11:20:37-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/91d9125c0f94ef0241bc6d9c48eeef80-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/91d9125c0f94ef0241bc6d9c48eeef80-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<font size="2">Here's a closing quartet of homemade unclebarky.com shots from the midseason TV "press tour" in Pasadena.

...<center></center> <center><b>Merrily rolling along at a closing night Fox party, the cast of <i>The Shield</i> gives a shout-out to Bob and Dan of The Ticket's BAD Radio.</b></center> <center></center> <center><b>She still knows how to work it.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Paula faces the music (Press Tour/Final Day)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-21T10:28:15-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/659e059fc0cf69c23560a9bcd9f980da-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/659e059fc0cf69c23560a9bcd9f980da-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seated next to a supportive Simon Cowell Saturday, Abdul still contends she was on the receiving end of technical difficulties that had her hearing voices from both Seattle and San Francisco.

...Critics had been prepared to ask her about allegations she'd had an affair with an <i>Idol</i> contestant who was still on the show at the time.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pussycat Dolls: &#x22;It is empowering to just chill out&#x22; (Press Tour/Day 11)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-20T00:58:31-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/00f3352099cd3bd79f2404b9db4988ae-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/00f3352099cd3bd79f2404b9db4988ae-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<center></center> <center><b>Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin and TV producer McG.</b></center> <font size="2"> Fair, Antin and ex-con rapper Lil' Kim will be the three judges on CW's eight-episode <i>Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll<i>, which doesn't have an air date yet.

...<center></center> <center><b>Happy together: Producer Chris Rock and star Tyler James Williams.</b></center> <font size="2">Later Friday, Chris Rock and fellow cast members and producers of <i>Everybody Hates Chris</i> met with critics to talk about CW's early third-season pickup of the Monday night comedy series.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Showcasing Bob Barker (Press Tour/Day 10)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-19T06:09:05-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/8b3ac33d223e82237493854cdbfcbe6f-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/8b3ac33d223e82237493854cdbfcbe6f-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[prez Leslie Moonves and news/sports head Sean McManus</b></center> <font size="2"><b>Don't mess with Les</b> -- We're later at the "CBS Super Bowl Happy Hour" party.  But corporation president Leslie Moonves isn't amused when told that a rival network executive who asked not to be named claims CBS is losing money on <i>Late Show with David Letterman</i>.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Press tour snack bar (Day 9)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-18T07:54:22-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/78f1a2f8c4660d7dc9fd7adc4df134af-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/78f1a2f8c4660d7dc9fd7adc4df134af-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Stations owned by NBC, including KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth, will have no choice but to carry the extra <i>Today</i> hour from 10 to 11 a.m. NBC News president <b>Steve Capus</b> says he antcipates initial clearances in about 50 percent of the country.

...<center> </center> <center><b>Meet the Trumps: Big Daddy, daughter Ivanka and son Donald Jr.</b></center> <font size="2"><b>ROSIE OUTLOOK</b> -- <b>Donald Trump</b> again laid into <b>Rosie O'Donnell</b> at Wednesday's session on <i>The Apprentice</i>.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Press tour picture book</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-18T07:54:14-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/4da76b9d39cd384e041ed98e4e7075cb-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/4da76b9d39cd384e041ed98e4e7075cb-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[-- NBC's red carpet gateway to Wedneday night's "All-Star Party" allowed unclebarky.com to make a few snap judgments.

...<center></center> <center><b>Nothing says dot.com like <i>Today</i>'s Meredith Vieira.</b> Photos: Ed Bark</center> <center></center> <center><b>Milo Ventimiglia of <i>Heroes</i> takes a serious approach to stardom.</b></center> <center></center> <center><b>Definitely save this cheerleader.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;i&#x3e;Ugly Betty&#x27;s&#x3c;/i&#x3e; post-Globes glow (Press Tour/Day 8) </title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-17T07:35:14-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/3ced87661a8a82c25921b68d0b73d0e1-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/3ced87661a8a82c25921b68d0b73d0e1-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<center></center> <center><b>The sleek corporate offices of Mode magazine clash culturally with...</b></center> <center> </center> <center><b>...the eclectically decorated Suarez family kitchen.</b> Photos: Ed Bark</center> <font size="2"><b>By ED BARK</b> HOLLYWOOD -- It's the morning after <i>Ugly Betty's</i> big Golden Globe wins, and Dallas-born Michael Urie is still in a trance.

...James and Betty Suarez</b></center> <font size="2">Tucked away in a corner of <i>Ugly Betty's<i> workplace, a yet to be transformed America Ferrera is still a bit dazed by her Globe win as best actress in a comedy series.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;i&#x3e;24&#x3c;/i&#x3e;&#x27;s back in action&#x2c; but movie&#x27;s on hold (Press Tour/Day 8)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-17T06:18:40-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/5c9933912478d967963add5b8c36113b-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/5c9933912478d967963add5b8c36113b-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["We felt right now, and I think Fox agrees, that while the franchise was on the air, it was going to be competing," Gordon says on the set of the real-time thriller.

...Star Kiefer Sutherland, who plays agent Jack Bauer, says that a <i>24</i> movie would fast-forward through a 24-hour day in roughly two hours time.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Press tour snack bar (Day 7)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-15T16:17:50-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/73a161d4794aa1d72df0a8f8734a63e3-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/73a161d4794aa1d72df0a8f8734a63e3-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<center></center> <center><b><i>Brothers & Sisters</i> star Patricia Wettig and real-life husband Ken Olin, who co-produces the series, make merry on the red carpet.</b></center> <font size="2"><b>***</b>ABC's lively "Showrunners" panel kicked into a higher gear when </b><i>Lost</i> co-executive producer <b>Carlton Cuse</b> said it "wouldn't be half the show it is if it wasn't for the willingness of the studio and the network to embrace the crazy ideas that we've come up with.

...<center></center> <center><b>Face in the crowd: Donal Logue, star of <i>The Knights of Prosperity</i>, tries to sell the electronic press on his ratings-hungry new comedy.</b></center> <font size="2"><b>***</b>We'll close with some cheery words on the future of newspapers from former <i>60 Minutes</i> producer <b>Lowell Bergman</b>, who was portrayed by <b>Al Pacino</b> in the acclaimed feature film <i>The Insider</i>.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The show must go off: &#x3c;i&#x3e;Lost&#x3c;/i&#x3e; and ABC planning exit strategy (Press Tour/Day 6)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-14T19:09:58-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/a5b163a5cfd18e5b26eaaede977afb49-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/a5b163a5cfd18e5b26eaaede977afb49-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["That's one of the things we're in discussions with the network about right now, is picking an end-point to the show," co-executive producer Carlton Cuse said Sunday during a packed session with TV critics.

...<center> </center> <center><b><i>Lost</i> mainstays Evangeline Lilly, Matthew Fox, Josh Holloway</b></center> <font size="2">Meanwhile, the Feb. 7 episode, made available to critics, sets an escape mechanism in motion that will reunite Dr. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) and "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway) with their original plane crash mates.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;i&#x3e;Dancing&#x3c;/i&#x3e; quick-steps to Mondays (Press Tour/Day 6)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-14T12:18:04-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/676a18e47b3f66a220fca6a31e549b2a-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/676a18e47b3f66a220fca6a31e549b2a-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Instead <i>Dancing</i> will brush up against another Fox hit, <i>24</i>, when it returns on Monday, March 19 with a two-hour fourth season kickoff (7 to 9 p.m. central time).

...<b>***</b>Mick Jagger might not make any return appearances on ABC's <i>The Knights of Prosperity</i>, but other prominent names will be dropping in, including Ray Romano, Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Performing ye olde classics: Sting goes medieval (Press Tour/Day 5)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-14T00:28:05-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/78172ac9a7f2f25e6cbbfc87ae01ed7f-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/78172ac9a7f2f25e6cbbfc87ae01ed7f-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He agreeably took questions after Saturday night's magical, mystical tour de force, even responding to a query on whether he feared that someone else in the pop world would beat him to a lute album.

...Bluesman Robert Johnson's <i>Hellhound on My Trail</i> came first, followed by <i>Fields of Gold</i> (recently performed on NBC's <i>Studio 60</i>) and The Police's <i>Message In a Bottle</i>.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hopelessly devoted to you: Ken Burns &#x26; PBS re-up to 2022 (Press Tour/Day 5)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-13T15:03:38-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/9a7dd141030ea85f77bf744fa115ce51-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/9a7dd141030ea85f77bf744fa115ce51-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["If we have a better sense of the FCC, that won't be necessary," said Kerger, who hopes that PBS stations will be emboldened to air <i>The War</i> with salty language intact.

...Boland earlier announced that Bill Moyers yet again will come home to PBS, this time with a rebooted weekly version of <i>Bill Moyers Journal</I>, which got its start on public television 35 years ago. The program will be back in play on April 25 with "Buying the War," a look at the role of the media in the months before the invasion of Iraq.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Press tour snack bar--Day Four (Fri.&#x2c; Jan. 12)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-12T22:54:01-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/2733ef409b8ae52a7e57fb52e6e50cf7-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/2733ef409b8ae52a7e57fb52e6e50cf7-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Star <b>James Gandolfini</b>, who plays Tony Soprano, quickly will return to HBO on the Fourth of July as executive producer of the documentary <i>Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq.</b> He also will interview U.S. soldiers who have returned from the front after suffering severe injuries in combat.

...<b>HELL OF AN EXPERIENCE:</b> <i>Law & Order</i> series creator <b>Dick Wolf</b> worked with HBO for the first time as co-executive producer of the film <i>Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee</i>, adapted from the 1971 <b>Dee Brown</b> bestseller and set to debut in May.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Press tour snack bar--Day Three (Thurs.&#x2c; Jan. 11)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-12T00:46:50-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/35a0c3d3333b1827075b0bd562c382da-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/35a0c3d3333b1827075b0bd562c382da-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["My life for me had become uncomfortable in the way it was affecting my personal life," she says, referring to her very public carrying-ons with <b>Ben Affleck</b> and <b>Sean "P Diddy" Combs.</b> Marriage to singer Marc Anthony in June, 2004 has been a very private affair.

..."I want to do some great live things that you've never seen before," says Burnett, who promises the show also will be inventively interactive to reflect the Internet's increasing influence on home audiences.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ryan Seacrest: What a rush</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-11T20:36:55-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/2f95abb04a092113d7dd68223d194298-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/2f95abb04a092113d7dd68223d194298-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["I've always believed, from the first day I got to L.A., if you just get up early and work hard, at some point that's going to pay off.

..."She's a great example of taking what <i>American Idol</i> gives you and kind of giving it the finger and saying, 'All right, I'll show you.']]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Press tour snack bar--Day Two (Wed.&#x2c; Jan. 10)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-11T05:08:55-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/2aada5683103a390b07fc50f752e369b-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/2aada5683103a390b07fc50f752e369b-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[-- <b>BE GONE, BILL:</b> Former Dallas Cowboys running back <b>Eddie George</b> thinks there's no future with the team for <b>Bill Parcells</b>, for whom he played -- more or less -- in the 2004 season.

...<b>Menu:</b> Baked salmon with coco bean and white clover honey, whole roasted pig, roasted chicken legs with fricasse of wild mushroom and green bean, country pate terrines, sauteed whole baby carrots and asparagus, two-tone sugar beet salad, marinated leek and mushroom salad, young green herb salad, red grapes, skewered artichoke hearts with mozarella cheese, bread pudding, orange apple tarts, simnel cake, honey mead.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Unscripted: Tori and Randy Spelling face new realities</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-10T18:21:49-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/d367a942bc147e708ad50ea4501c0b86-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/d367a942bc147e708ad50ea4501c0b86-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Randy, 28, will be romping through life with pals Sean Stewart (son of Rod) and David Weintraub, a young talent manager who's no relation to big-time Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub (<i>Ocean's Eleven</i>).

...So here's hoping that Tori Spelling at last will experience what her father peddled for years on confections such as <i>The Love Boat, Fantasy Island</i> and <i>Hart to Hart</i>.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Press tour snack bar--Day One (Tues.&#x2c; Jan. 9)</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-10T04:40:40-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/05bea707dcae064daba9bdc60df10bb4-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/05bea707dcae064daba9bdc60df10bb4-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>COX'S <i>DIRT</i> DISH</b>: Former <i>Friends</i> castmate <b>Jennifer Aniston</b> very much wants to guest-star on FX's <i>Dirt</i>, says <b>Courteney Cox</b>, who plays ruthless gossip magazine editor Lucy Spiller in the new drama.

...<b>Menu</b>: Rigatoni with traditional marinara sauce, mac and cheese, Philly cheese steaks, french fries, fried chicken fingers, baby butter lettuce salad, mini- pecan pies, cheese cakes and German chocolate cakes, dark- and white chocolate-covered crickets and worms, deep fried cow testicles, crocodile filets with rosemary sauce, Asian braised chicken feet.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ring in the King: CNN&#x27;s Larry the Legend hits the half-century mark in broadcasting  </title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-09T16:21:16-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/f0426803c1e28663b2c4b7d561d2286e-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/f0426803c1e28663b2c4b7d561d2286e-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<center> </center> <center><b>Old school, new school: Evergreen Larry King and upstart Glenn Beck talk up CNN on Day One of the midseason network TV "press tour."<b></center> <font size="2"><b>By ED BARK</b> PASADENA, Calif....  Day One of a dozen-day TV "press tour" dawned Tuesday with 73-year-old Larry King still kicking and CNN planning a big blowout this April to celebrate his 50 years behind a mike.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Watch this space</title><dc:creator>Ed Bark</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Front Page</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-07T19:34:02-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/4e2b7022d750b15ec664cc138d3b8a03-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.unclebarky.com/presstour_files/4e2b7022d750b15ec664cc138d3b8a03-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<font size="2">Starting Tuesday, Jan. 9, unclebarky.com will be reporting from the annual midseason network TV press tour.  It's going to be very busy here during the next two weeks.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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