When great TV shows disappoint
Why off-key episodes of "Homeland" and "Boss" made me revise my enthusiasm for two favorite new shows
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 3:11 PM UTC 44Entertainment Homeland, Boss, TV
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Entertainment Homeland, Boss, TV
The beguiling tough love of “Enlightened”
Laura Dern and Mike White's brilliant comedy shows compassion for its deluded characters even as it skewers them VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 12:00 AM UTC 14Entertainment Enlightened, HBO, TV
The man’s world of “Boardwalk Empire”
A shocking twist highlights the drama's inability to make space for great female characters
Monday, Nov 28, 2011 2:53 AM UTC 26Entertainment Boardwalk Empire, HBO, TV
“Sons of Anarchy”: What happens next, daddy?
Kurt Sutter's biker series practices the most basic form of storytelling with unusual skill
Wednesday, Nov 23, 2011 12:18 PM UTCEntertainment Sons of Anarchy, TV, FX
The frustrating sci-fi drama “Terra Nova” finally shows signs of life
A dark episode hints at promising future developments. If only the series weren't so bland and safe VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011 2:43 PM UTC 13Entertainment Terra Nova, Steven Spielberg
“Bored to Death” keeps itself amused
In just three seasons, the HBO series has evolved from a gentle comedy to a madcap satirical farce VIDEO
Monday, Nov 21, 2011 1:00 PM UTCEntertainment Bored to Death, TV, HBO
Olbermann calls Bloomberg a “tinpot tyrant”
The Current TV host links the Zuccotti Park fiasco to a history of state overreaction to legitimate social protest VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 2:52 PM UTCEntertainment Occupy Wall Street, Television
Why did so many Nazis get away with murder?
The documentary "Elusive Justice" reminds us that only a fraction of German war criminals were ever punished
Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 8:45 PM UTC 115Entertainment World War II, TV
Bad week for right-wing TV and movies
"Atlas Shrugged" mistakenly calls itself an effete liberal film and the Tea Party TV channel turns out to be a scam
Friday, Nov 11, 2011 9:53 PM UTC 47Politics Tea Party, Tea Parties
Dexter gives in to his dark side
Is some old-fashioned serial-killer freakiness enough to jumpstart season six?
Monday, Nov 7, 2011 1:00 PM UTC 19Entertainment Television, Dexter, TV
In prime-time, Big Brother watches everything
Government surveillance is a theme of three new TV shows -- but modern society has also made voyeurs out of us all
Sunday, Nov 6, 2011 9:00 PM UTC 24Entertainment Television, TV
In praise of the late Andy Rooney
Sure, he was grumpy and easy to parody; he was also a great American writer
Saturday, Nov 5, 2011 6:24 PM UTC 28News Television, Andy Rooney
Brian Williams’ nostalgia act
The NBC anchor returns us to the days when news magazines -- with actual reporting! -- ruled prime time VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 3:00 PM UTC 11Entertainment TV
“Dexter” makes it way too easy
The Miami police identify the Doomsday Killer with unbelievably lucky detective work. At least Deb's her old self
Monday, Oct 31, 2011 11:41 AM UTCEntertainment Dexter, Television, TV
“Grimm”: A sly, modern spin on the fairy tale
The new NBC series stylishly updates a classic form. ABC's "Once Upon a Time," not so much
Friday, Oct 28, 2011 6:45 PM UTC 16Entertainment Television, Fairy tales, TV
TV that deserves the name “journalism”
Chris Hayes' new show on MSNBC provides a rare space for the expansive, non-partisan debates we need
Friday, Oct 28, 2011 11:00 AM UTC 44Entertainment MSNBC, Media Criticism
Beavis and Butt-head shocker: 14 years later, but no more mature
Huh-huh, huh-huh. They made a comeback. But for MTV's cartoon delinquents, it might as well still be 1997
Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 2:02 PM UTC 13Entertainment Television, MTV, TV
“Put a Bird on It”: The aftermath
"Portlandia's" skit might be the first comedy sketch to have a big impact on America's buying habits
Monday, Oct 24, 2011 3:25 PM UTC 52Life Portlandia, Television, TV
“Boss”: Is Kelsey Grammer’s show the new “Wire”?
Starz' "Boss" is a tour de force about politics, power and the press -- and the inevitability of corruption
Friday, Oct 21, 2011 2:00 PM UTC 14Entertainment Television, TV
“Homeland”: Best new show of the fall?
Showtime's "Manchurian Candidate"-style CIA thriller pushes against the cliches of espionage TV
Sunday, Oct 2, 2011 6:52 PM UTC 12Entertainment Homeland, TV
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