That was the week that was -- 200 years ago. Both Lincoln and Darwin were born, and suddenly, TV can't get enough of these bicentennial boys. They're big news in new shows on channels like History, NatGeo and PBS all week long...

2009

Feb

41 YEARS LATER, "60 MINUTES" STILL DELIVERS THE (VERY) GOODS By David Bianculli

This Sunday night at 7 ET, "60 Minutes" presents an edition that may draw enough viewers to dethrone Fox's "American Idol" as the most popular program of the week. Even if not, it's a lock for the week's Top 5 -- an amazing feat for a TV series that is older than Ryan Seacrest...

2009

Feb

OVER-THE-AIR TV: NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU SEE IT A LITTLE LONGER By David Bianculli

Yesterday, less than two weeks before the nation's TV stations were to make the switch from analog to digital-only signal transmission, Congress voted to delay the transition date, from Feb. 17 to June 12. If President Barack Obama signs the bill as expected, it's the over-the-air equivalent of a temporary stay of execution. But boy, what a botched hand-off this has turned out to be...

2009

Feb

WATCH THIS: A TASTE OF 'TORCHWOOD' SEASON 3 By Diane Werts

As fans anticipate Season 3 of smart hot actioner Torchwood, arriving later this year..."Children of Earth" will be a five-night arc kicking off with the title characters stopping in movement simultaneously all around the world....

2009

Feb

REALITY CHECK: 'JOCKEYS,' 'RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE,' MORE By Diane Werts

There's a reason I put "reality" TV in quotes: Most of it isn't. Scripted shows tend to have more relationship to the real world than The Real World...

2009

Feb

OH REALLY?: COMMERCIALS MAKE TV BETTER! By Diane Werts

So posits a study in the Journal of Consumer Research that suggests "commercial interruptions can actually improve the television viewing experience...

2009

Feb

THAT'S FUNNY: BUT GEORGE CARLIN WAS ALSO IMPORTANT By Diane Werts

He didn't live to see it, and that makes me so mad, I could say all of the seven words you can never say on TV...

2009

Feb

THREE-WAY SCRIPTED TV BATTLE: HOW UNUSUAL IS THAT? By David Bianculli

Tonight at 9 ET, there's a new episode of ABC's "Lost," a series so good, and so exciting, I have to watch it as it airs. But also, at the same time, are new episodes of two other shows I record, and watch, just as faithfully: NBC's returning "Life" and Fox's new "Lie to Me"...

2009

Feb

HERE'S AN IRRITATING TV MISTAKE, FROM NBC'S "MEDIUM" By David Bianculli

Last night's episode of NBC's "Medium" contained an on-screen error that wasn't major, but, to a journalist and teacher, was more than a little annoying. It concerned a TV news report being viewed by a character on the show. In other words, it was a fake local TV newscast, faked by a real national TV show...

2009

Feb

SUPER BOWL XLIII: SUPER GAME, SUPER HALFTIME, NOT-SO-SUPER ADS By David Bianculli

Super Bowl XLIII final scorecard: The game was super. Bruce Springsteen's halftime was super. The ads? Not so much...

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