TCA Day 2: Set visits to Heroes, The Closer, Brothers & Sisters - TCA report

Okay, today we really are having a field trip with the Television Critics Association. It's called a "TCA Day" -- the first one was on Saturday, which consisted of a membership meeting and the TCA awards.

This morning, the TCA membership is boarding a bus outside the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and heading out to Burbank and Hollywood for set visits at The Closer, Heroes, TMZ, Two and a Half Men, and Brothers & Sisters.

I'm bringing lots of tapes and lots of questions. (It'll be interesting to see how TMZ is covering the breaking news of Lindsay Lohan's arrest.)

Set visits can be hit or miss. Actors you may want to interview might not be working on the day you visit. Or they could be doing heavy emotional scenes and aren't up for coming. Or you might find yourself wishing you'd brought even more tapes since everyone is so accommodating.

The TCA membership showed up on one set last year for a pre-arranged visit and the reception was so cool, I almost said, "Um, the publicists did tell you we were coming today, right?"

I'm sure today will go smoothly. Watch for an update tonight. There are no scheduled evening events.

Tomorrow, the tour starts to wind down when ABC's two-day presentation begins.