Beverly Hills, California – A round-up of the summer meeting of the Television Critics Association, during which television networks and streaming services present details of upcoming programs:

Back to the Black Hills [19659008] HBO says it has given the green light to a long film based on the Western drama that has ended a decade or so ago.

HBO Director of Programming Casey Bloys said Wednesday that production should begin in October. An air meeting has not yet been set, but it could start in the spring of 2019, he said. Bloys told a television critic that it was a "nightmare" logistics to align programs from all over, but it eventually worked.

The critically acclaimed "Deadwood" and critically acclaimed South Dakota mining town of the title. The series aired from 2004 to 2006 with stars including Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane and Molly Parker. It was created by David Milch, known for his work on the contemporary crime series "NYPD Blue" and "Hill Street Blues".

Under New Direction

HBO Programming Director Rejects Wednesday Possibility That Cable Channel Will Suffer Under New Owner AT & T. Casey Bloys, Speaking At Critics' Meeting television, said that there are no plans to choose the volume on the quality for his shows.

"No one is asking us to launch love boat throws or anything like that" As support, Bloys quoted comments made at a win call Tuesday by John Stankey, who runs the new AT & T division which includes HBO and other media assets of Time Warner. AT & T acquired Time Warner in an $ 85 billion contract concluded earlier this month.

Stankey said the goal was to invest more in the premium content of HBO, with "Game of Thrones" and "Westworld". On the other hand, he reportedly told HBO staff to prepare for a difficult year.

Bloys called Tuesday's remarks "music in the ear".

Time Warner had reduced its investments in programming. HBO has long held the pinnacle in acclaimed shows, but faces the challenges of big-time newcomers, including Netflix and Amazon streaming services. . In the recently announced Emmy nominations, Netflix ended HBO's 17-year series as the most-nominated outlet by hanging 112 offers at 108.

The result was not surprising given the overall volume of programming, said Bloys. nicknamed "Peak TV" which gave viewers nearly 500 series.

Getting four fewer nominations "is not going to change the kind of programs we develop and produce at all," he said, but added to create more programming without changing his approach.

"That's what we're discussing now." Fonda still hears critics

Jane Fonda says she's still facing veterans of the Vietnam War about her anti-war activism 1970s and These moments offer the opportunity to speak, she said, what needs to be done with what Fonda calls "an open mind and a tender heart."

The actress was severely criticized after being photographed at the top of an anti-aircraft gun in a controversial 1972 tour of North Vietnam. Meeting with TV critics Wednesday to discuss a new HBO documentary about her life, she expressed her regret for that moment.

She said that it was unthinking to perch on the gun and described it as "horrible"

It's a meeting with American soldiers in Paris that triggered his activism, said Fonda. Her belief that America has always fought "on the side of angels" was shaken by what she heard and read later.

His late father, the famous actor Henry Fonda, was a veteran of World War II and Jane Fonda Miss Army Recruiter "in 1954. She felt betrayed and lied to by the US leadership on the war and decided that she was not the only one. She would do everything possible to stop her as part of a movement, said Fonda, her life in HBO's "Jane Fonda in Five Acts", director-director Susan Lacy, and debutant this fall. Fonda continues to work, starring Lily Tomlin in Netflix's "Grace and Frankie" series and working with Tomlin and Dolly Parton on the sequel of their 1980 film "9 to 5."

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