Also On Thursday: Nancy vs. Tonya
Whatever happens in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, there's likely to be no drama as compelling to the one that unfolded 20 years ago, between Nancy Kerrigan, the elegant ice…
Billy Bob Thornton Goes to ‘Fargo’
"When I was coming up, if you went to television from film, it meant something was wrong," Billy Bob Thornton says. "You may as well as be on, like, 'Hollywood…
Wither Randy on New ‘American Idol’?
There's something very strange about the new season of "American Idol" (Fox, 8 p.m.) that begins tonight with the usual series of auditions, tonight in Austin and Boston. Nobody expected…
Also on Wednesday: ‘Duck Dynasty,’ ‘Suburgatory,’ ‘Arrow’ All Return
Racist homophobe? Outspoken patriot? Probably just a crank in beard and camo with way too many people listening to him. Either way, Phil Robertson survives his recent, ever-brief chastisement to…
Peter Tolan’s Fox Publicity Diary
One of the guaranteed entertainments of the TV Critics Association press tours is the occasional visit from Peter Tolan, the outspoken and hilarious writer and producer whose legendary press sessions…
Tuesday TV: Visiting ‘1964’ and North Korea
The sheer size of the Baby Boom generation means that it will try to dominate culture while they're around, so the 50th anniversary of the early 60s will not go…
Jack Hunted, Chloe Snowden in New ’24’
When Jack Bauer blasts back to television May 5 with the recharged "24: Live Another Day," it will have been four years since he was last seen -- a fugitive…
People Still Come to This Oddball Party
For all its glamour, fashion and start power, I was reminded of the nuttiness at the center of the Golden Globe Awards when Hollywood Foreign Press Association Presidident Tho Kingma…
New Great Series: ‘True Detective’
A disappointing fall season, a bereft holiday schedule and the emptiness felt following the finales of favorite series have conspired to make even the die-hard TV watcher despair the future.…
Also on Sunday: Globes and ‘Girls’
If it were just the merits of the awards alone, "The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards" might not demand much attention, especially considering the shadowy credentials of the Hollywood Foreign…