The American Academy of Pediatrics says television watching is harmful to babies and toddlers. This mama says: I don't think so.

In our roundup of the best new mysteries, a hip-hopper sells his soul to the devil, an abortion goes wrong in late-'60s Chicago, and a Minnesota sheriff's detective can't find her shifty cop husband.

"Blues Clues" has never been so dark -- it's practically "Pee-wee's Playhouse"

Was 1936 Hitchcock's very best year? Two thrillers, including the director's weirdest movie ever, make the case.

"Like potent narcotics"

John Milward reviews Bonnie Raitt's "Fundimental".

Everything from steamy funk to orchestral pop this week on Audiofile.

McCartney’s latest reissues offer a fascinating look at his evolving cast of bandmates in the post-Beatles decades

When musical opposites attract, great things can happen. Also, weird things

A sad song with an even sadder story.

Detective Nick Petrov confronts the case of a missing girl -- and a life-changing brain tumor -- in this sleekly written, suspenseful crime novel.

Political fissures extend to the TV screen; few shows have bipartisan audiences

A demanding wife vanishes into thin air in Gillian Flynn's brilliant, blackly comic crime novel, "Gone Girl"

Daily Download: "Woman King," Iron & Wine, from "Woman King EP"