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Networks Thrilled by Olympics Viewership -- But May Be Embracing the Wrong Moral
Best New TV Show of the Fall Season? No One Can Say...
CW Withholds Press Screeners for "90210" -- Earth Continues to Rotate on Axis
For Michael Phelps and NBC's Olympics Coverage, Eight is Enough
Michael Phelps' Midas Touch: Every Outstretched Hand Turns to Gold
Your Mission, Mr. Phelps, Should You Decide To Accept It...
Thanks to the Olympics, NBC Looks Like a Network Again -- For Now
Smothers Brothers Finally Coming Out on Video -- With My Liner Notes!
NBC's Olympics Coverage -- So Far, So Great
Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Transcendent TV -- Here's An Annotated Scrapbook
Olympics Opening Weekend: What and Where Are You Watching It?
Check Your TV Temperature: Do You Have Olympic Fever?
Bob Woodruff Serves Up Tasteful TV Special, On China
TV Worth Watching Suggests: A Roundabout Way for "Dr. Horrible" to Reach Broadway
Forget "American Idol" -- British Idol is "Doctor Who"
TV's Digital Conversion: What Will Bugs Bunny Look Like Without Rabbit Ears?
I Come to Bury "EliteXC Saturday Night Fights," Not to Praise It
No, You're Not Delusional -- The TV in TV Worth Watching Is Flickering On!
For "X-Files" Movie Box-Office Returns, The Truth Is Out There - And It's Brutal
AMC's "Mad Men" Returns -- And Once Again, It's a Blast from the Past
One More Day for "X-Files" Contest Guesses -- and One More Round of News from TCA
Another Box-Office Guessing Game: X (Files) Marks the Spot, but Which One?
A Personal History of, and Farewell to, TCA Press Tour
TCA Awards Presentation: The Makers and Watchers of Quality TV Share the Love
"Desperate Housewives" Time-Jump Inspired by "Lost" Flash-Forward
Emmy Nominations Are Out, "Mad Men" Is In, and "Friday Night Lights" Was Robbed
Update: Evil Triumphs, "Dr. Horrible" Back Up and Running
Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible" Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
"Fringe" Is Fabulous: J. J. Abrams and Company Do It Again, This Time for Fox
Reopening "The Closer," Trying to Save "Grace," Diving Into TCA Press Tour
HBO's "Generation Kill" Caught between Iraq and a Hard Place
TCA Press Tour: Canaries in the Coal Mine, with Note Pads?... And an Update!
Breaking News from TCA Tour, Courtesy of Diane Werts
AFTRA Votes to Settle, Fellow Union's Hopes SAG
Minisodes, Mini-Seasons and Mini-Press Tours
TCM Stays True to Its Identity -- A Cable Rarity These Days
Linda Ellerbee, As Always, Treats Kids Like Adults
What's Right with This Picture?
If You Don't Dive Into "Mad Men" DVD, You're Crazy
Hollywood Should Balk at Prospect of a Strike Two
True TV Tributes Deserve Hours, Not Moments
For Summer-Starved Quality TV Fans, ABC's "Hopkins" Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
ABC's "Japanese Game Show" Is Better Than Expected, but "Wipeout" Is Even Worse
Can I Be Trusted to Accept -- and Decline -- Ads? I Need Your "P.O.V."
"Get Smart" Movie -- Your Mission, Should You Decide to Accept It...
"Get Smart" Movie Remake: Sorry About That, Chief
Good DVD for a Slow Summer: "Californication"
Tim, Tiger, the Tonys and Kobe: What a Father's Day for TV...
Father's Day Choices: Remembering Old Broadway, Old TV, and Old TV Dads
"Celebrity Circus" Another Big (Top) Network Embarrassment
NBC's "Celebrity Circus": Another Sucker-Born-Every-Minute Move
"Soap" Navigates Slippery Slope of Overpopulated DVD Boxed Sets
One Good Side Effect of the Writers' Strike: Summer TV Documentaries
New CBS Drama Takes "Sybil" Liberties
"Swingtown" Languishes on CBS, "Fear Itself" Surprises on NBC
2008 Presidential Primary Contest Is History -- In More Ways Than One
"Sex" Adjusts Opening-Week Total, But Winner Stays the Same Here
"Sex" Sells -- $55.7 Million Worth! Who Would Have Guessed? (Besides Me...)
Season Finale Was So Good, I'm Lost without "Lost"
TV Worth Watching's First Reader Quiz: How Much Is "Sex" Worth?
"Sopranos" Educational Conference Sparks Unexpected C*ntroversy
HBO's "Recount": Enjoy It, But Don't Mistake It for a Documentary
Frank Rich Working with HBO? This Could be Rich Indeed...
From "American Idol" to "American Gladiators" -- Goodbye, TV Season
TV Worth Watching Welcomes Its First Other Contributor: Diane Werts
My Smothers Brothers Book Is In the Works -- Finally!
CBS Upfront Update: Dog and Pony Show, Minus the Pony
Upfront Update: CBS Dims "Moonlight," Embraces "Mother"
What's New at the Network Upfronts? So Far, Less than Usual...
ABC Rescues NBC's "Scrubs," While NBC Launches First Fall Promo and NBC NY Anchor Drops the 'F' Bomb
Being Up Front With the Network Upfronts
The Aloha TV Season: You Say Hello, I Say Goodbye
HBO's "Hear and Now" Is A Treat for the Eyes -- and Ears
CBS Calls Indiana for Clinton, Then Sweats Hours Waiting for a Second Opinion
"Two and a Half Men" Spoofs "CSI" -- But Not for the First Time
CBS Goes to the Dark Side of the "Moonlight" Promos
Watching Ringo Starr Now and Then -- As in 2008 and 1981
NBC Slips from Must-See to Please-Watch TV
The Magic of Live TV: Paula Abdul Hears Double On "American Idol"
Special Guest Stars -- A TV Trick That Goes Back a Long Way
Timely Advice for CBS: Be Good to "Your Mother" -- With Update!
One More Democratic Debate? Sure -- If Run By Some Good, Old Moderators
Don't Look Now (Actually, Please Do), But Broadcast TV Is Back
American Idol, American Politics -- "America Has Voted, and..."
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Pennsylvania Primary
More on My Newsmaking Conversations with Kyle Chandler and Tim Robbins
Murrow, Minow, Chayefsky, Sorkin, Kelley and Robbins -- Six Degrees of "Mad As Hell"
Latest Democratic Debate Provides No Fireworks -- And Maybe That's Okay
More Tim Robbins, and Other News, from the NAB: What Happens in Vegas Isn't Staying There
At NAB Convention, Tim Robbins Speaks His Mind -- And His Speech
April 14, 2008 - Extras! Extras! Read All About Them -- Finally!
April 10, 2008 - Welcome Back, NBC Thursday Night -- Especially "30 Rock"
April 09, 2008 - I've Got a "Secret" I Don't Want
April 08, 2008 - Broadcast Showings of Cable Series: Something Borrowed, Something Blew
April 07, 2008 - More Shows Returning! Another Strike Looming?
April 04, 2008 - "Battlestar Galactica" Returns with Frakking Strong Episode
April 03, 2008 - NBC Plans, God Laughs
April 02, 2008 - This Just In: 2007 Peabody Awards Announced, and It's Another Discerning Roster
April 02, 2008 - Networks Missing the Value of Reliability
March 31, 2008 - We're Number 1's! Top NCAA Seeds Advance to Final Four
March 28, 2008 - It's Show Time on Showtime: "Tudors" Returns, Tracey Ullman Debuts
March 27, 2008 - Exclusive!: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" Returning for Sure
March 26, 2008 - HBO's "In Treatment" Has Been Very Good Therapy
March 25, 2008 - Great Documentaries Are Alive and Well -- Just Not on Broadcast TV
March 24, 2008 - Sit Me Baby One More Time: Britney Goes the Sitcom Route
March 21, 2008 - "American Idol" Beatles Nights Didn't Please Please Me
March 20, 2008 - Nights of the Round(ball) Table: TV Coverage to Please Lance a Lot
March 19 - Changes Are Coming to This Site... Glacially, but Surely
March 18, 2008 -- When Good Shows Happen to Bad People
March 17, 2008 - It's Some Laughing Matter: The First Post-Strike Sitcoms Are Back
March 14, 2008 - HBO's "John Adams" Makes It Three for Three for Tom Hanks
March 13, 2008 - ABC's "Lost" Is Great, But Its "Enhanced Lost" Is Grating
March 12, 2008 - Lewis Black Doesn't Triumph Over "Evil"
March 11, 2008 - Digging Deeply Into HBO's "In Treatment"
March 10, 2008 - When Is It Fair, and Unfair, to Reveal TV Secrets?: Two Case Studies
March 07, 2008 - Saying Goodbye to "The Wire"
March 06, 2008 - When Good Ads Happen to Bad TV Shows
March 05, 2008 - Republicans Solidify, Democrats Liquefy
March 04, 2008 - For TV, It's Super-Super-Duper Tuesday
March 03, 2008 - Here's Something Rare: Praise for What ISN'T On TV
February 29, 2008 - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Blog
February 28, 2008 - An Embarrassment of Riches on Live TV
February 27, 2008 - To Everything There is a (TV) Season, Turn, Turn, Turn... Including Pete Seeger
February 26, 2008 - I'm Just Mad about Saffron... And HBO's "The Gates"
February 22, 2008 - Post-Strike Rewards: "Saturday Night Live" One Night, Oscars the Next
February 21, 2008 - Listen to the Jukebox, Send Some Feedback
February 20, 2008 - "Company," From Then to Now
February 19, 2008 - Careful, NBC, or Your Initials Soon May Stand for "Nothing But Crap"
February 18, 2008 - The Writers' Strike Is Over, But the Unscripted Junk Continues
February 16, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
February 15, 2008 - On the CBS "Dexter," There Will Be Blood... But Not as Much
February 14, 2008 - The Writers Are Back: Wow! Wow! Wow!
February 13, 2008 - Viewers Held Hostage, Day 100: Our Long National TV Nightmare Is Over
February 12, 2008 - Fiddling Around with "My Grammy Moment"
February 11, 2008 - TV Writers Vote Tomorrow, And May Be Back to Work Wednesday
February 9, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
February 08, 2008 - The Strike May be Ending - And HBO's "Inside the NFL" Definitely Is
February 07, 2008 - With or Without Writers, Late-Night Shows are Hitting Home Runs
February 06, 2008 - Super Tuesday's Clear Winner Is... A Player to be Named Later
February 05, 2008 - Shifting from Super Bowl to Super Tuesday
February 04, 2008 - Yes, Virginia, It Was a Super Bowl
February 2, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
February 01, 2008 - Super Debate, Super "Lost," Super Bowl, Super Duper Tuesday
January 31, 2008 - How Will Viewers Find "Lost" - If They Do?
January 30, 2008 - The February Ratings Sweeps Start Tomorrow - Barely
January 29, 2008 - Day 87: American TV Held Hostage
January 28, 2008 - Diving Into "In Treatment," And Loving It
January 26, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 25, 2008 - Fox and P.T. Barnum Agree Again... For Now
January 24, 2008 - One Month to the Oscars, and Counting - Quickly
January 23, 2008 - Ringo Stars on TV, And Saves the Best for Latest
January 22, 2008 - "Moment of Truth" for Network TV?
January 21, 2008 - Forget the Talk Show Wars - It's Time for an Official Late-Night Feud
January 19, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 18, 2008 - AMC Follows "Mad Men" With Another Bold Series
January 17, 2008 - What's On, and Gone, On TV's Late-Night Shows
January 16, 2008 - "American Idol" Up to Its Old Tricks - and Why Not?
January 15, 2008 - While Others are Idle, Fox Has "Idol"
January 14, 2008 - NBC's "Golden Globe Winners Special" a Real Loser
January 12, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 11, 2008 - Three Sunday TV Offerings Chase Past Glories... At Various Speeds
January 10, 2008 - Strike News: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
January 08, 2008 - Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Are Back - and Are Terrific
January 07, 2008 - Late-Night Comebacks, Take Two: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Return Tonight
January 5, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 04, 2008 - Getting Down to "The Wire," One Last Time
January 03, 2008 - Late-Night Impressions, First Night Back
January 02, 2008 - Ready or Not, Here It Comes: TV's Pseudo-Second Season
January 01, 2008 - Happy New Year, Especially for Late-Night Fans
December 31, 2007 - 10 Best TV Series of the Year, Times Two
December 29, 2007 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
December 28, 2007 - Best TV Series of 2007? Best TV Ad? Same Winner...
December 27, 2007 - My Three Favorite Live TV Mistakes of 2007
December 26, 2007 - "Kennedy Center Honors" All of Television
December 25, 2007 - Merry Christmas!!!
December 24, 2007 - The Next Mass Medium, One Chunk at a Time
December 22, 2007 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
December 20, 2007 - Wait Till Next Year: In 13 Days, Late-Night Talk Shows Return
December 19, 2007 - New FCC Ruling is Worth Getting "Mad as Hell" About
December 18, 2007 - Late Night Shows Ask, "Can We Talk?" - And Some Will, Very Soon
December 17, 2007 - Yesterday, AFI Embraced TV's Best; Today, ABC and NBC Don't
December 15, 2007 - Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
December 14, 2007 - Ricky Gervais And His "Extras" Special TV Show
December 13, 2007 - "Late Show" Christmas - Baby, Please Come Home
December 12, 2007 - Reality Can Be Cruel, And So Can Reality TV
December 09, 2007 - Tom Brokaw Brings "1968" Up to Date
December 08, 2007 - Fasten Your Seat Belts: Strike Talks Break Off Again, And Sound Really Broken
December 07, 2007 - Shop! In the Name of Love...
December 06, 2007 - TV Alchemy: Turning "Tin Man" Into Gold
December 05, 2007 - WGA Strike Reaches One-Month Mark - And So Does TV Worth Watching
December 03, 2007 - "You Guys Know Who Philo Farnsworth Was?"
December 01, 2007 - All Hail the Queen of Christmas TV
November 30, 2007 - Strike Movement, and Late-Night Strike Moves
November 29, 2007 - One Less Strike, One More Debate
November 28, 2007 - Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You-Tube...
November 27, 2007 - Great Grief! "Charlie Brown Christmas" Still the Best
November 26, 2007 - If Video Killed the Radio Star, Who Killed the Video Star?
November 25, 2007 - Strike Talks Resuming, Scripted Shows Evaporating
November 24, 2007 - Supporting the Strike, One Frame at a Time
November 23, 2007 - One-Word Advice, from Plastics to Quarterlife
November 22, 2007 - Happy Thanksgiving - Pass the TV Turkey
November 21, 2007 - Final Body Count for "The War"
November 20, 2007 - Quarterlife's Next Life...and Other Good News
November 19, 2007 - Day 14: Viewers Held Hostage
November 18, 2007 - Mission: Impasse-able
November 17, 2007 - Live, But Only in New York, It's Saturday Night!
November 16, 2007 - Icon Believe TV Land's "50 Greatest TV Icons" List
November 15, 2007 - Happy Birthday to Me
November 14, 2007 - Even on Broadway, The Show Mustn't Go On
November 13, 2007 - Gather Ye TV Shows While Ye May
November 12, 2007 - Is There Quarterlife After Television? Yes.
November 11, 2007 - Aaron the Strike Out King
November 10, 2007- Those were the (Satur)days
November 9, 2007 - The Play's the Thing
November 8, 2007 - Strike One! Strike Two
November 7, 2007 - Up and Cyber-Running
November 6, 2007 - Day One, of Both the Website and the Writers' Strike