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2008
Jan
16
 
 
Last night's two-hour season premiere of "American Idol," summarizing the initial audition days from Philadelphia, pulled all the old tricks for which the mega-popular Fox competition series is famous. And really, to do otherwise would have been foolish...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
15
 
 
Strike or no strike, it starts again tonight - just when, and how it was planning to come back all along. Yes, "American Idol" is back, and Fox has got it, at 8 p.m. ET And with it, Fox has the momentum to ride out the rest of this season, no matter what happens...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
14
 
 
NBC, annoyed that solidarity by actors honoring the Writers Guild of America picket line ended up canceling yesterday's Golden Globes ceremony, devoted an hour of Sunday's prime time to the announcement of the winners anyway. It was an embarrassingly low-rent, inexcusable, unwatchable waste of air time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
11
 
 
Three programs, on three different networks, are televised Sunday night, each aiming to recapture past glories or wide the waves of past successes. Each has moments of interest, but only one truly succeeds...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
10
 
 
As the writers' strike continues, evidence of its reach and impact is more evident every day. There's always news... bad, but some of it even good...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
9
 
 
The news that CBS plans to import and present all 12 episodes of the first season of Showtime's Dexter, beginning February 17, isn't surprising. It's an excellent drama series, CBS is desperately short of inventory, and CBS owns Showtime. What could go wrong? Glad you asked...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
8
 
 
What a pleasure it was to have Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert return to TV last night. Both hosts hit just the right tone with everything, right from the start...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
7
 
 
It doesn't matter that much, at least not to me, that ABC is launching its "Dancing with the Stars" spinoff, "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann," tonight in prime time. What's a lot more interesting, this week no less than last week, is "Talk War: Jay vs. Dave, and Everybody Else"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
4
 
 
The final season of HBO's amazing drama series, "The Wire," begins Sunday night at 9 ET. It's the weekend's best bet, for sure. I've seen seven of the final 10 hours, and I've done what I can to spread the word that this is the sort of series TV WORTH WATCHING is all about...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jan
3
 
 
The broadcast network talk shows returned in full force last night - CBS's David Letterman and Craig Fergsuon with writers, and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel and NBC's Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien without them. What, and how, did they do their first nights back?...