NBC’s Late Night Change-Up Details
NBC's musical chairs of late night start to move very soon, with the farewell appearances on"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to culminate Feb. 6, with his final guests Billy…
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…
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…
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…
First Rose to the Reluctant on ‘The Bachelor’
I already do not buy the central premise of "The Bachelor" -- that people can find long-lasting love on a reality show. So why should I believe it when smarmy host…
Mourning Becomes ‘Abbey’
It's been six months since the last action on "Downton Abbey" -- but nearly twice as long since it's been on the air. So with the start of season four Sunday,…
My Top 10 TV Shows of 2013
I always thought Top 10 lists were the cheap way to fill space at the end of the year, when new product slows to a trickle and you still have…
‘Treme’ Has Its Own Mournful Funeral
Every good funeral in New Orleans deserves a mournful, funky and deeply felt second line parade, and so it was with "Treme" Sunday. The loving and incisive meditation on America's unique…
‘Ja’mie’ Says Bye, You Guys
Ja'mie King, the private school exchange student, may have been the most obnoxious of the three characters Chris Lilley played on "Summer Heights High." But at least there were three…