Hosted at the Screen Actors Guild as part of their Conversations Program, An Evening with Party Down was sponsored by Backstage and moderated by Janelle Riley of Backstage’s Film and Television on April 7, 2010. In attendance to celebrate the success of the show were co-creators and executive producers Dan Etheridge, John Enborn, and Rob Thomas (Paul Rudd was not …

Morena Baccarin began her on screen career in the 2001 made-for-television film Perfume, where she immediately stood out as a pretty face that men would not only fall head over heels for, but would pledge their lives for – both in film and television. So in 2002, with his usual gifted eye for picking out up and coming talent, Joss …

For those unfamiliar with her prior film and television work, it may come as a surprise that Angel Coulby has been in constant demand since 2001. First cast in the British television series Orrible, Angel has become a staple in British television appearing in the British television series: Casualty, Having It Off, A Good Thief, Manchild, Making Waves, As If, …

For over two decades, Laura San Giacomo has effortlessly glided between film and television. She has also had the privilege of working on some of the finest television shows and films. Her career has been nothing short of blessed from the start. She began with brief appearances in the television series Spencer: For Hire and Crime Story in 1987. But …

In celebration of the ABC television series Castle, the Paley Center hosted an evening recognizing the cast, writers and producers with a special screening and Q&A panel on March 16th at its Beverly Hills location. Attending the panel were cast members Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Molly Quinn, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Tamala Jones, Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever, as well …

For fans of the television show FlashForward, it comes as no surprise to hear the show described as ambitious and addictive. From the very start, the show landed on the television landscape with a “shock and awe” campaign with the premise of a worldwide blackout during which each person saw a vision of their future. It is a show that …

Last week I attended the Cougar Town panel at the Paley Festival, a two-week long celebration of television. After a clip from The Lucy Show from the Paley Center’s archives and a quick introduction by Bill Lawrence, the lights dimmed for a preview of an upcoming episode of Cougar Town, much to the audience’s delight. Not wanting to spoil the …

Working steadily since landing her first television appearance in the mid-1990’s, Maggie Lawson has been slyly scene-stealing for the past 15 years. After a string of guest appearances in shows like “Unhappily Ever After,” “Step by Step,” Cybill,” “Boy Meets World,” and “Home Improvement,” she began testing the feature film waters with appearances in the films “I’ve Been Waiting for …

An evening with the cast and creative team of ABC’s Modern Family produces plenty of laughs. As one would expect attending an evening with one of the most ridiculously talented bunch of comedians currently on television, the Paley Festival presentation in honor of Modern Family was filled with laughter. Riding high off of their recent wins for Best Episodic Comedy …

Seemingly coming out of nowhere in the early 2000’s, Ana Ortiz was soon outshining her bigger name co-stars, Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”) and Jon Tenny (“The Closer”) in the television series “Kristin.” It was quickly apparent that the theatrically trained starlet was bound and determined to make a name for herself in television, particularly after her initial attempts to make …