Yet Another Side of Tatiana Maslany
Here's how Tatiana Maslany does those scenes where one of her clones battles another on the acclaimed drama "Orphan Black:" "We do it one character at a time," she said at…
Saturday TV: Teacher in Canadian West
The latest new series for Hallmark, "When Calls the Heart" (Hallmark, 9 p.m.) is drawn from their two hour movie shown in October, about a city teacher in the 19th…
Sarah Palin Loves TV Critics, She Says
A woozy moment on just the second day of the TV Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena Friday was the morning appearance of Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor,…
John Oliver Plans His New HBO Show
Filling in for Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" for most of the summer "was a bizarre, exciting, and terrifying experience." But most agreed that British correspondent John Oliver pulled…
‘Girls’ Talk Naked Diversity
As the third season of "Girls" is set to start Sunday on HBO, we should all be familiar now with its quirky, outspoken, occasionally infuriating central cast of struggling young…
Friday TV: New ‘Enlisted,’ ‘Helix’
It took a while for the new "Enlisted" (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) to take its place on the network lineup. Geoff Stults, who pops up in any number of failed plots,…
The Less Than Genteel TV Critics Press Tour
It's kind of a quaint notion, borne of the last century: Writers about television gather in Los Angeles for a couple of weeks, as networks bring in their new fare,…
Thursday TV: ‘Spoils of Babylon’
Crap miniseries of the 70s are hardly the most difficult target for satire. Replaying "The Thorn Birds" or "The Winds of War" can provide their own unintentional laughs. They scarcely…
Bully on Bullock at People’s Choice
Sandra Bullock swept the People's Choice Awards Wednesday, winning Favorite Movie Actress, Favorite Comedic Movie Actress and Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress in what certainly must be a first in the…
Wednesday TV: ‘Chicago P.D.’ ‘People’s Choice’
From the people who gave you "Chicago Fire" comes the even worse "Chicago, P.D." (NBC, 10 p.m.), which tries in its stumbling ways to create a rogue department whose actions…