Oprah Welcomes Rosie to OWN
Since she stepped down from her daytime show with some hoopla last month, Oprah Winfrey hasn’t exactly been relaxing. “I get emails from friends regularly saying, ‘I hope that you’re…
Saturday TV includes ‘Friday Night Dinner’
The latest comedy import from England sets its sights on a traditional but not strictly observant Jewish family who get together each Friday. Each family has their quirks and this…
Also on Saturday: Nick’s Wedding, MTV Milestones
Onetime boy group singer turned reality star turned TV host, Nick Lachey said he wouldn’t subject his new marriage with Vanessa Minnillo to the kind of exploitation he invited in…
Bad Weather Good for Weather Channel
The Weather Channel came to the TV Critics Association summer press tour this week to introduce a new upcoming series, “Coast Guard Alaska.” But if the year’s weather continues as…
A Trip to the Playboy Mansion
A trip to the Playboy Mansion is just the kind of thing that makes the TV Critics summer press tour the kind of outing writers cannot overlook. With the growing…
Friday TV: Thunder! Thunder! ThunderCats!
Cartoons never fade, they just get reimagined. After recent remakes of “Looney Tunes,” "He-Man" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," here comes a renewed version of the 1980s “ThunderCats” (Cartoon Network,…
Flap Has No Effect on Common, Rapper Turned Actor
Being the center of a manufactured controversy over an appearance at the White House may have made the name of rapper Common more recognizable among whole new audiences. But on…
AMC Defends ‘The Killing,’ Unveils ‘Hell on Wheels’
The extent to which AMC has grown as a home of original programming was seen at the TV Critics Association summer press tour Thursday when an executive session with the…
Thursday TV: Ninth Season Start for ‘Runway,’ ‘Shore’ Refresher
Twenty designers have been assembled to start season nine of "Project Runaway" (Lifetime, 10 p.m.), the most in series history. But they will immediately have to plead their case before…
Afternoon with Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper, CNN’s biggest primetime name, had his start in daytime talk shows at age 8 on “The Mike Douglas Show,” dressed as a Munchkin in an original costume from…