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2012
Jan
18
 
 
This 1962 thriller would be worth watching at any time, on its own. But after a taut first season of Showtime’s Homeland, in which Damian Lewis played an American POW returning to the United States after having been influenced – perhaps even brainwashed – by the enemy, fans of that series should consider this move required viewing. This is the original article, not the recent remake, and stars Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
17
 
 
ABC's critically reviled Work It, canceled after a two-episode infliction, will be replaced on Valentine's night by the returning Cougar Town, ABC announced Tuesday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
17
 
 
HBO really turned on the star power Friday at press tour...The biggest draw was the dynamic duo of Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. The two headline Luck, a nine-episode drama about gambling and horse racing, set at a racetrack and debuting on HBO Jan. 29...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
17
 
 
If making a fake documentary about a 3-foot-9-inch actor seems like another taboo-breaker, good, says Gervais. "No harm can come of taboo subjects," he says. "When people say it is sort of outrageous or sick or pushing the boundaries, I don't see that it is. I think some people confuse the target of a joke with the subject of a joke..."
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
17
 
 
How does FX's Justified follow a season where it served up one of the best season finales in TV history? By doubling down -- and tossing out weekly explosions, in the form of delightful and unexpected guest stars, while slowly setting the table for a season-long feast of continuing story lines and confrontations. What a start. What a show... Season 3 of Justified, which premieres Tuesday night at 10 ET on FX, begins a few weeks after last year's phenomenal season finale ended. And I guess, b
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
16
 
 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is an official holiday. It's also the return travel day for critics and reporters who have been out in Pasadena for the Television Critics Association press tour. And at Rowan University, where I teach, it's the last day of winter break before the spring term begins Tuesday.mSo the TV WORTH WATCHING staff should be enjoying a day of rest. Instead, we're all over the place -- literally, figuratively, and, on the web, virtually...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
16
 
 
Alcatraz doesn't lack for tourists -- and probably never will. But they might have to commission a few more boats if Fox's same-named series becomes a prime-time mainstay...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
14
 
 
Oh, to have been at this press tour session! Train wreck! It's already going down in TCA lore, says this fun report from our friend Ray Richmond in Deadline Hollywood on Univision's J.Lo/Marc Anthony appearance Saturday morning. The estranged couple had come back together to promote their new talent search series "¡Q'VIva! The Chosen", debuting Jan. 28 on Univision, before Television Critics Association writers gathered in Pasadena...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
13
 
 
If it ain't 2 Broke Girls, don't fix it. That seemed to be Michael Patrick King's take away from Wednesday's surprisingly combative CBS press tour session. The Sex and the City creator's hit show was hammered over what some critics see as the depiction of ethnic stereotypes. Hitfix critic Alan Sepinwall, who challenged King during the session and got all but horsewhipped for it, has his detailed take on the brouhaha here...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jan
12
 
 
I have an answer to the question in the new NBC sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? Let's hope that it won't be there for long...