television
McCain, Palin Grab Big Ratings

    Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin achieved the highest ratings...

television
McCain and Palin Hit the Comedy Trail

   Trailing in the polls, Republican presidential ticket Sen. John McCain a...

television
Lifetime Network Movie Shows Deaths, Pain Caused by Government Health Care Intrusion

     A new Lifetime Network docudrama reveals the deaths and pain...

mysteries
U.S. Version of ‘Life on Mars’ Starts Well

     ABC TV's American version of the much-lauded BBC police dram...

television
New NBC Sitcom Is a Likeable Timewaster

    NBC's new sitcom Kath and Kim is funny but unduly trivial. (more...

genres
‘Fringe’ Updates ‘X-Files’ with ’60s-Style Optimism

    Fox's well-received new series Fringe is something of a throwback ...

television
New CBS Show ‘The Ex List’ Makes Moral Points Behind Vulgar Surface.

    Taking an approach that is increasingly common in contemporary fic...

television
Evolve This!—BBC’s ‘Primeval’ Series Pushes Radical Darwinism

  TAC correspondent Mike Gray likes the characters and sense of adventure in the...

television
Evolve This!—BBC’s ‘Primeval’ Series Pushes Radical Darwinism

  TAC correspondent Mike Gray likes the characters and sense of adventure in the...

television
No Letterman Let-Up on McCain Beefs

   TV talk host David Letterman has gone off on Sen. John McCain again. The...

television
SNL Piece Slamming Democrats, Leftists Sparks Controversy

  Saturday Night Live's political humor has become more evenhanded, but right-wi...

manners-and-morals
Jonas Brothers React to Brand Attack

 The Jonas Brothers band members showed the tediously vulgar English comedian Russell...

commerce
‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns—But on DirecTV Only

 The excellent TV drama series Friday Night Lights returns to the air tonight at 9 ED...

commerce
‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns—But on DirecTV Only

 The excellent TV drama series Friday Night Lights returns to the air tonight at 9 ED...

television
Letterman Slams McCain for Having Better Things to Do

CBS talk host David Letterman ripped U.S. Senator John McCain on-air Friday night for canc...

commerce
Oversexed, Underinteresting TV Sitcom ‘Do Not Disturb’ Canceled

  Fox's situation comedy Do Not Disturb is the first new network TV series to be...

television
Emmy Winners, Presenters Slam Bush, Palin, Republicans in General

  To the surprise of no thinking person, the honorees at this year's Emmy Awards...

television
‘Heroes’ Returns

The first episodes of season three of the NBC series Heroes premiered last night.I'll anal...

television
SNL Season Premiere Lays Egg

   Saturday Night Live's season-opening episode was marred by blatant polit...

manners-and-morals
Brand Flops Before MTV Audience, Rebuked by Jordin Sparks

Embarrassing performance by MTV Video Music Awards host exemplifies intolerance of smug se...

television
‘Prison Break’ Shows What’s Really Important in TV Dramas

The Fox TV series Prison Break is a stark melodrama, but a good one.   (more&hellip...

commerce
Transgender TV

Homosexual activists are applauding the rapidly increasing numbers of "transgender&qu...

movies
Another Nice Mess: Laurel and Hardy on TCM

This Saturday brings a full day of Laurel and Hardy films on Turner Classic Movies. Rest a...

commerce
television
ABC Tries Hand at ‘Life on Mars’

ABC's new fall series based on the BBC time-traveling police drama Life on Mars debuts Oct...

manners-and-morals
A Tale of Two Romances in Primetime TV

Two episodes of TV drama series on the same night showed a mature, thoughtful understandin...

mysteries
New Episodes of Monk, Psych Start Tomorrow

New episodes of USA Network's excellent mystery-comedy series Monk and Psych start tomorro...

commerce
A&E Returns to Drama After Long Absence

The new series The Cleaner represents the A&E network's long-overdue return to fiction...

television
New Episodes of ‘Top Gear’ Coming to United States

The best nonfiction comedy program now on television is back with new episodes tonight.&nb...

commerce
Better Characters Welcome at USA Network

Recent improvements to the USA Network TV series In Plain Sight show the value of characte...

television
USA Network Series ‘In Plain Sight’ Works Best When Not ‘Transcending Genre’

USA Network's In Plain Sight is a formula show that's intended to be more than a formula s...

commerce
Possible Hollywood Performers Strike Could Hurt Industry, Coworkers

The Screen Actors Guild is preparing to go on strike after its current contract with Holly...

television
CBSs’ ‘Swingtown’ Shouts Joys of Adultery

Great song, dubious show, so far.  (more…)