For a broadcast dedicated to fake news, The Daily Show certainly inspires an outsize share of real-world excitement, especially in Hollywood casting offices. Since its 1996 debut, Comedy Central’s satirical half hour has become a respected source of...

February 11, 2015

Until recently, Peter Golden was Executive Vice President, Talent and Casting for CBS, overseeing all talent and casting operations for CBS primetime and daytime series, television movies and mini-series, reality series and special programs as well a...

How often does anyone get the chance to venture into the worlds of busy television industry magic-makers like production designer Greg Grande? At least once a month on TelevisionAcademy.com, actually, with the launch of its new short-form web series...

November 19, 2014

During a career spanning more than four decades, esteemed character actress Carol Ann Susi appeared in such shows as Becker, Grey's Anatomy, That '70s Show, Just Shoot Me, Married... with Children, The King of Queens, Seinfeld, Sabrina, The Teenage W...

Ralph Woolsey was an American cinematographer. He began his career while a student at the University of Minnesota, making conservation films for the state and industrials for Bell Aircraft; some of the latter were used to train U.S. Air Force personn...

Executive Producers: Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky and Nick Bakay Join us Friday 5/30 at 10:00am PT/1:00pm ET for a live chat celebrating Mom ! Sometimes, change can happen in an instant. More often, it’s a process. It’s big efforts and small success...

May 24, 2014

Animation Peer Group member Scott Gray wrote the book on making it in Hollywood. Literally. In Courier to Emmy Winner in 3 Months! (The Ups and Downs of Life in Hollywood) available here on Amazon , he shares a bit about the inspiring journey that le...

May 12, 2014

As a child growing up in the New York City projects, Keenen Ivory Wayans looked to his nine brothers and sisters for comfort, camaraderie — and always a chuckle or two. His father, a devout follower of Jehovah’s Witnesses, managed a grocery store; hi...

March 28, 2014

For viewers of the political drama House of Cards , the very calculated risks taken by Kevin Spacey, as a scheming U.S. congressman, were a big reason to binge through all 13 episodes of season one. For Netflix, the series also represented a risky bu...

February 19, 2014

Hayden Panettiere is currently seen as Juliette Barnes in ABC's Nashville . She is widely known for her role as cheerleader Claire Bennett in the hit series Heroes . On the big screen she was recently seen in Wes Craven’s Scream 4 , the telefilm The...