Dateline: Los Angeles

Weather: still cool and overcast.

Temperature in International Ballroom, Beverly Hilton: extremely chilly. One woman in my line of vision seems to have a winter coat draped over her shoulders.

First on the agenda today: breakfast with…

They all won Peabody Awards for broadcasting excellence. Also announced Wednesday were Peabodys for “Mad Men” and “The Colbert Report” among entertainment shows, with a long list of awards for news. Here, from the AP, is the full list.

“30…

Here’s my list, which ran Dec. 30 in the A&E section. I’d welcome your choices and might put together a follow-up story out of them.

• “The Sopranos,” HBO. You could picture David Chase laughing as he ended Tony Soprano’s story…

You could watch football on Thanksgiving, I guess. But with so many TV marathons just waiting to sneak up and hook you, there’s really no need. Here’s a preview of this year’s holiday marathons, as listed in  my Thursday Critic’s…

Saturday was “TCA Day,” the one day off for everyone during the 2-3 weeks of press tour. Morning was a marthon TV Critics Assn. meeting, then a free afternoon. I went shopping with my pal Jessica Radloff (”Campus Ladies”); we…

These are the nominations for the Television Critics Association Awards, to be handed out in June. I’m a member, helped to make the nominations and agree with most of these. Did we miss anybody, or nominate somebody you think is…

Reality television stars Rob Mariano, left, and wife Amber Mariano attend the Fox Cable Networks-FX party at Cable’s January 2007 Press Tour on Jan. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)

So, I did not share a deep-fried calf testicle with Danny DeVito.…