television
Fox’s “Damages” on DVD

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that the FX legal drama Damages will be rel...

genres
BBC’s Excellent “Life on Mars”

My favorite BBC programming has always been its mystery series, and the best of those are ...

movies
Cohen Retires Famous Characters

Comedian-actor Sacha Baron Cohen is retiring two characters that made him famous—and...

commerce
Thanks but No Bloody Thanks, Sen. Kerry

Senator's thinly veiled threat of congressional action to ensure fans see New England foot...

mysteries
Monk, Psych Christmas Specials Premiere

Tonight USA Network presents two mystery-comedy Christmas specials.At 9 EST (repeated at 1...

commerce
Heroes Audience Shrinks Due to Producers’ Missteps

Program's mistakes show the importance of narrative coherence. The NBC TV show Heroes...

manners-and-morals
The Splendid Mr. Rickles

I haven't got around to seeing Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project yet, but I certainly wi...

television
Interview with “Saving Grace” Creator Nancy Miller

Saving Grace is truly one of the best programs on television today—serious, intellig...

commerce
TV Networks Are Making Big Money Online: Report

There's good news and bad news for the TV networks in recent figures released by Starcom, ...

genres
The Dr. Kildare Films

A very good movie series that has been unjustly overlooked since the cultural cataclysm th...

movies
An Essential Mystery Film

There's an excellent mystery film on Turner Classsic Movies tonight at 7:00 EST: Green for...

movies
The Andy Hardy Films

Critics of the past half-century have never had much use for MGM's Andy Hardy movie series...

movies
The Falcon

One of my favorite movie detectives is Gay Lawrence, aka the Falcon, a gentleman-sleuth an...

manners-and-morals
Two Entertaining Detective Film Series

Two very entertaining detective-film series are on display tomorrow on Turner Classic Movi...

movies
The Saint on Film on TV

The trend of films to have multiple sequels and become theatrical series is nothing new, a...

commerce
DeGeneres Breaks Writers’ Strike

Daytime syndicated talk show hostess Ellen DeGeneres has decide to return to work, defying...

commerce
New TV Series Continue Precipitous Decline

As the movie studios and TV channels and production companies contemplate the writers unio...

commerce
NBC Goes Green

Everything's Gone Green, as the New Order song has it. As you may know, NBC TV has gone gr...

television
Legalize Dope, “Price Is Right” Host Says

Following in the grand tradition of animal-rights activist Bob Barker, comedian and The Pr...

commerce
Advertisers Moving to Internet—and Fast

Big-name and -money advertisers have hitherto been reluctant to put much money into web ad...

commerce
Hollywood Writers Strike Begins

The Hollywood writers went on strike as planned at 12:01 a.m. EST today. Writers Guild of ...

television
Sopranos Producer Defends Series’ Controversial Ending

David Chase, producer of The Sopranos, says that the widely debated ending of the series' ...

television
“Samantha Who?”, “Back to You” Doing Well

The ratings for the new season's TV shows are starting to solidify, and the results are cl...

commerce
Viva Laughlin Cancelled

CBS has cancelled Viva Laughlin after just two episodes, in response to very low audience ...

television
Viva Laughlin an Avoidable Disaster

According to AOL Television, Viva Laughlin, which premiered tonight on CBS, is the worst n...

genres
New TV Dramas Are Taking Moral Issues Seriously

It's rather startling how much of the culture is exploring moral issues in increasingly tr...

television
Surprise! You’re a Bitch!—New ABC Comedy

The new ABC situation comedy Samantha Who?, starring Christina Applegate (Married with Chi...

commerce
Joyless New TV Series Continue Ratings Freefall

The unintelligent and unpleasant new TV series Cavemen (ABC), Carpoolers (ABC), and Cane (...

television
Another Eccentric TV Detective

Life, a  new drama series on NBC, Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EDT, is a mystery series with...

television
TV Mystery Series with a Twist—NBC’s Journeyman

The new NBC program Journeyman, Mondays at 10 p.m. EDT, is an attempt at a mystery series ...

genres
A Very Good Film Dealing with Devil Worship

Tonight at 8:00 EDT Turner Network Television is showing a very underrated movie from 1957...

genres
Pale “Moonlight”

Like Pushing Daisies (analyzed earlier on this site), the new CBS drama series Moonlight e...

commerce
ABC’s “Daisies” Starts Strong

The award for most creative new show so far this year certainly must go to Pushing Daisies...