genres
New ’24’ Season Exemplifies Show’s Strengths

The Fox Network's venerable action-drama series 24, now in its eighth year, has always h...

people
O’Brien Complaint May Be Tenuous

Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien is on shaky ground in his complaint against NBC, according...

people
O’Brien Leaves ‘Tonight Show’, NBC

Statement from Conan O'Brien UNIVERSAL CITY, California, January 12  -- NBC TV personalit...

commerce
It’s Official: Leno Back to 11:30, Competition Could Be Strengthened Across Board

In a move that bodes well to strengthen TV programming overall in both primetime and late ...

commerce
NBC May Pull Plug on Disastrous Leno-O’Brien Experiment

Press reports and even jokes on last night's Jay Leno Show point to the likelihood that NB...

movies
Gene Barry Was Consummate 1950s-’60s Cultural Figure

Hollywood actor Gene Barry died today at the age of ninety. He starred in the superb sci...

journalism
Stossel on FBN

The intelligent, well-informed, and iconoclastic TV reporter John Stossel has moved to t...

manners-and-morals
Is ’30 Rock’ Racist?

It's gotta be, right? Just look at all that bling on Tracey Jordan. Almost as fun ...

mysteries
Winsome ‘White Collar’ Offers Solid Entertainment, Good Values

The USA Network comedy-drama series White Collar exemplifies what television dramas d...

mysteries
‘Monk’ Finale Tonight

After eight years, USA Network's Monk concludes tonight with the second half of a two-par...

music
Dwight Schrute Sings ‘We Are The World’

  Fact: At 4:07, 4:19 and 5:55 (close-up) of the following video, Dwight Schrute...

television
The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination

If you are of a certain age where you remember the 1960s, get out the DVR and record Natio...

genres
‘Monk’ Enters Final Weeks

     The USA Network's first hit show, Monk, is nearing the end of its...

television
AMC’s ‘Prisoner’ Tries, But Can’t Escape 1960s Ambiguity

AMC-TV's The Prisoner miniseries touches on some serious philosophical ideas--but ultimate...

genres
AMC-TVs ‘Prisoner’ Poses Philosophical Questions in Action Drama

      The Prisoner, on AMC-TV, is an interesting adaptation ...

movies
‘Equalizer’ Star Woodward Played Exemplary Heroes

       The late Edward Woodward was an exemplary actor,...

genres
Review: PBS Mystery ‘Place of Execution’

    Although many contemporary crime novelists strive for greater real...

philosophy
ABC’s “Flash Forward” Dealing with Deep Philosophical Questions

      Characters in the drama wonder if having seen a vision...

people
‘Mad Men’ Treatment of Hilton Praised

      The current season of AMC-TV's acclaimed drama series ...

television
“Mad Men” And the Kennedy Assassination

AMC’s Mad Men’s latest episode powerfully deals with the beginnings of the wid...

television
ABC’s ‘V’ Casts Doubt on Obamania

  The new ABC TV drama series, V, a remake of a 1980s series about an insidious ...

journalism
PBS and the Great Hangover

Government broadcaster PBS is running a new, five-part series on a subject naturally inter...

television
Rod Serling’s brave new world of TV

Before 'The Twilight Zone,' sci-fi was for kids -- and writers didn't run series, says Sus...

mysteries
ABC’s ‘Forgotten’ Is Solid Crime Drama with Values

    ABC's The Forgotten is a worthy addition to producer Jerry Bruckheimer'...

television
The Twilight Zone’s Jewish soul

   The Twilight Zone taught real truths about the human condition. (more&...

television
DirecTV’s ‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns

 After barely surviving last season, the excellent TV drama Friday Night Lights has b...

television
Review, Video Clip: ‘South Park’ Season Premiere Praised

Keynotes:The ceaseless flow of bad taste that South Park emits like lava from a volcano er...

genres
ABC’s ‘FlashForward’ Builds on Interesting Premise

     The interesting new ABC series FlashForward is part of a tre...

television
Heaton and Team Offer Smart Sitcom in “The Middle”

      The smart new sitcom The Middle presents a positive bu...

genres
‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Off to Strong Start

      NCIS: Los Angeles has finished near the top of the TV ...

television
Review: New ABC Sitcom ‘Hank’ Tries Different Comedic Approach

     The new ABC sitcom Hank is rather short of big laughs, but i...

manners-and-morals
Video: Jack Webb Schools Roman Polanski

Our thanks go out to Robert Champ for referring us to this item.