Press tour’s OVER! (Well, almost…)

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This article was published 18/01/2010 (5954 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The official network-organized portion of the semi-annual TV press tour is done — the stars, producers and execs got themselves out of Pasadena just in time for dense clouds and days upon days of predicted rain to settle in here in no-longer-sunny L.A.

But there’s one more bit of business for the TV critics who’s decided to stick around until the very, very, very end of the winter tour — a day of shuttling along the sure-to-be-treacherous freeways en route to visits to the sets of several prime-time shows.

The travel will be slow, no doubt brought to a sloshing halt occasionally by freeway wrecks caused by Angelinos’ inability to remember what wet-road driving is like (think of first-snowfall chaos in Winnipeg, but with more Beemers and Porsches involved in the carnage), but if all goes well, it’ll be worth the travel.

Among the stops are the set of:

•  CBS’s How I Met Your Mother, where we’ll see the cast do a live table read of an upcoming episode’s script.
• ABC’s new comedies Modern Family (which I love, and watch frequently) and
• The Middle (which I don’t, and don’t),
• recently returned NBC spy-spoof Chuck (which I will re-add to my PVR list when I get home) and
• Fox’s Golden-Globe-winning rookie hit Glee, a visit that will reportedly include a live musical performance by cast members.

Also on the agenda is an "informal lunch" with Alyssa Milano to chat about her new show, Romantically Challenged, which will arrive in ABC’s lineup in the next few weeks.

Should be fun. And wet. Wet fun.

Stay tuned.