After surviving another Shark Week with a final replay of “Great White Invasion” (Discovery, 7 p.m.), Discovery channel turns curious to the world’s deepest questions. The stylish series, “Curiousity” (Discovery,…
“Mad Men” and “Modern Family” took repeat multiple awards at the Television Critics Association Awards Saturday and the departed “Friday Night Lights” took program of the year. The modest annual…
The role of women in TV comedy is still a hotly debated topic into the 21st century, even as talents such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig rise…
If Whitney Cummings didn’t have two network sitcoms starting this fall, there’d be no question the queen of the fall would be Zoe Deschanel, whose zany turn as a dumped…
The specter of Simon Cowell hovered over the TV Critics Association summer press tour Friday in a large screen showing him via satellite from New York. The size of his…
Some network series are treated even more poorly than, say, “Love Bites.” “Friends with Benefits” (NBC, 8 and 8:30 p.m.), a comedy originally slated as a midseason show, never got…
Of the avalanche of programming planned for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the most entertaining may be “The Love You Make,” the documentary of Paul McCartney’s organization of the concert…
In a year when the big promotional push was for “Upstairs Downstairs,” it was the upstart British series “Downton Abbey” that all but took its thunder, becoming the biggest hit…
There has been massive confusion regarding the size of “Downton Abbey,” which occurred since its seven episodes in England but cut down to four 90-minute episodes for use on “Masterpiece…
The new season of “America’s Next Top Model” will go all-star for the first time this fall, with 14 “fan favorites and outrageous personalities” from previous cycles. That means the…