The WB, home to one of my favorite shows of all time, "Felicity," took center stage at today's Television Critics tour. Like all the other nets, they were touting their new shows this fall — Don Johnson returns to TV in a Jerry Bruckheimer lawyer drama, "Just Legal" — but the highlight of the event was the first WB exec on the dais, my good friend Keith Marder.
Keith, whom I worked with at the Los Angeles Daily News many years ago when he was the paper's TV critic, has been at the WB for about 6 years now as corporate communications guru. For the past several TCA's Keith leads off the presentation with jokes about the TV industry that make even the most cynical critics laugh.
As he always does, Keith's material went over well and was top notch. The jokes are a bit too industry-inside for anyone to appreciate here but huzzahs to Keith and may he be the next Jerry Seinfeld in another life.
Next up for me at TCA, ABC on Tuesday.
No comments:
Post a Comment