Fall TV Preview: Five Trends of the Season
As we summarize the new shows the networks have cooked up for audiences this fall, we find their endeavors falling into distinct categories. Quirky Women. Females aren’t just starring in…
The New Fall Season: Sundays
This is the last in a series about what the new fall TV season is bringing to broadcast networks. Strangely, there aren't as many new shows for what was once…
The New Fall Season: Fridays
We’ve been looking at the new network fall TV season night by night. One more time, Friday gets the short shrift. NEW SHOWS “A Gifted Man” (CBS, 8 p.m., tonight).…
The New Fall Season: Thursdays
We've been following the new shows all week on broadcast TV. Here's what's coming on one of the most competitive nights of the week. NEW SHOWS “Prime Suspect” (NBC, 10…
The New Fall Season: Wednesdays
We're looking at what's new (and returning) for the broadcast networks' fall TV season. Here's what's happening on Wednesdays. NEW SHOWS “The X Factor” (Fox, 8 p.m., tonight). Nobody’s seen…
The New Fall Season: Tuesdays
We're looking at the new shows coming to broadcast TV for the fall season, night by night. Tonight, there are a couple of new shows starting; two others won't start…
The New Fall Season: A Yawn and A Few Laughs
Today’s the official start to the new fall season on network television, and while a few shows have already premiered (mostly on The CW), slightly more than two dozen new…
The New Fall Season: Mondays
Broadcast networks roll out their new (and returning) shows tonight as the fall TV season officially begins. Here's the first in a nightly look at what they'll have to offer.…
‘Detroit 1-8-7’ Minus Its Docu-Style
It would have been the trend of the fall TV season: The influence of docu-drama reality show techniques on actual dramas; the blurring of the two by using nonfiction storytelling…
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…