‘Boardwalk Empire:’ Buscemi’s Role of a Lifetime
Usually, he’s seen in memorable supporting roles with colorful names – two-bit thief Carl Showalter in “Fargo,” Donny Kerabatsos in “The Big Lebowski,” the hapless Seymour in “Ghost World,” Tony…
Fall TV Preview: Fridays
There seems to be a little life in Fridays on TV, which in recent seasons has been left for dead by networks. But only a little. Here's how the week…
Playlist 9-17-10
In a show that spans Lonnie Mack's "Wham!" to LCD Soundsystem's "Pow Pow," sampled quite a bit from new releases by Eli "Paperboy" Reid, Antony and the Johnsons, Superchunk and…
Fall TV Preview: Thursdays
We're previewing the new fall TV season each day in this space. It doesn't look much better on Thursdays. NEW SHOWS “My Generation” (ABC, 8 p.m., starts Sept. 23).…
Tim and Eric Coming to Hartford
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of the "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" make their Hartford debut in a show at the Webster Theatre Nov. 29. Tickets go on…
Fall TV Preview: Wednesdays
The Fall TV Season of Our Discontent continues on hump night, with none of the new shows especially standing out. It’s a night mostly for the returning “Survivor” or…
Smits Returns for ‘Outlaw’
Jimmy Smits returns to network TV not as President, as he did at the end of “The West Wing,” but as a Supreme Court justice who up and quits. The…
Fall TV Preview: Tuesdays
We’re covering the new fall TV season day by day all week. Here’s what’s on tap Tuesdays this fall. NEW SHOWS “No Ordinary Family”(ABC, 8 p.m., starts Sept. 21)…
‘Parenthood’ Finds a Pace
“Parenthood” returned for its second season Tuesday and since its rocky start last spring, when just 13 episodes aired after a production delay and executive producer Jason Katims says he…
Behind Dax Shepard’s ‘Parenthood’ Tattoo
For “Parenthood” costar Dax Shepard, who came to show business through hosting “Punked,” he’s been able to flex a big tree-like tattoo that seems to fit in with the show’s…