‘Episodes’ Hollywood View from London
Few shows have ever so accurately portrayed the absurdity of Hollywood as "Episodes." But the Showtime comedy "Episodes" is almost entirely shot 5,000 miles away. "Episodes," starring Matt LeBlanc as…
Lifetime Sticks to Its Gunn
With a season three finale of "Project Runway All-Stars" last week, there's nothing left to do but have a reunion,which is what they do at 8 p.m. Then, with Heidi…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Playlist 12-27-13
The last show of the year had to do with celebrating songs that rang out the old as well. How many could there be? I played about 30; enough to…