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October 11, 2008
By Mary McNamara
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NBC's newly energized comedy crew brings a welcome dose of political satire to prime-time network TV.
October 10, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The former miniseries returns with a remodel that benefits the actors.
October 9, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The American remake of an Aussie comedy can't seem to decide what it's satirizing. And what's with those clothes?
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The British show, about a cop who is hit by a car in 2008 and wakes up in 1973, lands on ABC.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The pace could be quicker (a ticking clock, after all, is part of the gimmick). But Rufus Sewell as a super-smart crime-solver is a good hook.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
If you like flatulence and genital jokes, the Kenny Hotz-created sitcom on FX is for you.
October 7, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
In this Bravo franchise, 'Real' is debatable. But the new subjects remind us that in some respects, they are.
October 4, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
This conspiracy thriller, set in a heavily surveilled England, is a nerve-jangler.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
They're not rich. They're not glamorous. But they sure are real. New CW series centers on a working-class family of loan sharks.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The new CW series about Greek gods in Hollywood is, alas, created by mere mortals.
October 3, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The new TV series at least has the decency to look like the caricature it has become.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The new Sci Fi Channel drama, starring Amanda Tapping, originated as an online series.
September 30, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The British import, a workplace sitcom with a raucous, surreal edge, may be the best comedy on the domestic fall schedule.
September 29, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The Oscar-winning documentary on the illegal use of torture by the U.S. after 9/11 comes to HBO.
September 27, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Violent? Yup. Profane? You bet. One thing's for sure: Keep the kids away from these animated series.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW
September 26, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The British sketch comedy series, which began a descent into lowbrow humour before crossing the pond, continues on its unfortunate arc in Sunday's premiere here on HBO.
September 24, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Justin Breuning stars in a show in which super car KITT has learned new tricks.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW
September 23, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW
September 22, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Lava is devouring the world, our protagonists are being imprisoned. What does Tim Kring have up his sleeve this season?
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The protagonist in 'Worst Week' has bad luck, but the show has some good luck with a capable cast and crew.
September 14, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TV FALL PREVIEW
By Maria Elena Fernandez
FALL TV PREVIEW:
Catch up with season-ender recaps of 'House,' 'Heroes,' 'Ugly Betty,' 'The Office' and more.
By Scott Collins
Fall TV preview: Channel Island | Scott Collins:
Fewer shows will premiere and programming will be less risky in hopes audiences sent elsewhere during the walkout will return.
fall television preview:
Go on, touch that dial (or keyboard or phone screen) and get ready for cops and 'Crusoe,' outcasts and imports, hush-hush secrets and a big, loud 'Crash.'
September 10, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
She makes celebs look fab. Whether you sit through it is up to you.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Fox's hotel comedy isn't four-star, but with Niecy Nash running the place, it's a pleasant stop.
September 9, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Strap yourself in for J.J. Abrams' next wild ride.
By Ann Powers
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The VMAs prove to be all about how the human survives within a multiplatform reality.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
She makes celebs look fab. Whether you sit through it is up to you.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
JoAnna Garcia stars a young woman who tutors rich twins.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The network's first scripted series is a sitcom set in Athens, Ga., and based on an indie flick.
September 6, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Long-lost relatives and loved ones are reunited, and well, tears flow.
By Tony Perry
Television Review:
History series digs deep into the lives of New York's sandhogs, unseen but essential.
September 5, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The National Geographic Channel show returns with a compelling report on dogs that had to learn how to play.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW
September 3, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
FX's new series mixes motorcycle gangs and complex morals and characters in a small Northern California town.
September 2, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
A children's show that premiered in 1968 is being resurrected via a multi-platform assault that includes Cartoon Network shorts, a CD, a DVD and more.
September 1, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The legal series offers an ensemble cast vainly searching for compelling stories and characters.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The new series aims to help children understand the way the real world works.
August 29, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
A revelatory show about Timothy Treadwell, who died in an Alaska bear attack, is an exploration of a man trying to find a solid center for himself.
August 26, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW
August 23, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Z02 stars as the fictional Z Brothers who'll do anything for the dream in a new IFC comedy.
August 22, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The defection of actress Raven-Symoné makes the Cheetahs' new world just a bit less fun to be in than the group's first two TV movies.
August 21, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Tabatha Coffey takes a bad situation and makes it worse in the latest 'whip it' series.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Comedian Margaret Cho offers viewers an amusing glimpse into her life, but it's reality on her terms.
August 20, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
When students build low-income housing on 'Architecture School,' teamwork trumps manufactured conflict.
August 19, 2008
By Tony Perry
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The PBS show examines the plight of more than 2 million Iraqis who fled their homeland.
August 18, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Rory Kennedy's documentary is a too-short encounter with the dogged, last-of-her-breed journalist.
August 15, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
With its cool view of teendom, the satirically edged British series so wants to be bad.
August 11, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
There's nothing original about the MTV musical, but it has a certain appeal.
By Mindy Farabee
POP MUSIC REVIEW:
TV stars band together for a night of familiar songs. It's all in good fun, fan squeals included.
August 9, 2008
By Mary McNamara
Television Review:
BBC America show is a stellar setup for excitement, but it's hand-wringing that prevails.
August 7, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW
August 4, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Campbell, the former member of 2 Live Crew, juggles a porn career, two sons and a fiancé on his new VH1 show.
By Tony Perry
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The extraordinary life of Qin Shi Huangdi, is re-created in a History Channel docudrama. Among his many feats: the Great Wall and all those terra-cotta warriors.
August 2, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Two-parter is like a family reunion of characters from the last four seasons, who band together to fight the Daleks and Davros, an early villain.
August 1, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
'Pamela Anderson as you've never seen before' teases E! Please. She's a self-made, self-hyped creation, and she's made sure we've seen this all before.
July 25, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Margot Kidder makes a memorable appearance in this made-for-cable movie trailing a gay private eye on crime-solving adventures.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The Emmy-nominated drama series returns with promises of more complexity to come.
July 23, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW
July 21, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Bravo's new reality series is more about self-promotion than romance.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The HBO documentary follows the Hollywood madam as she tries to open a brothel for female clients.
July 16, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
'Project Runway,' entering its fifth season, offers something few other reality competition shows do: creativity.
July 15, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Benjamin Bratt stars as a man whose mission is to free others from addictions on A & E's slick new series.
July 11, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The HBO miniseries takes viewers along for the invasion of Iraq.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
CBS introduces a nicely done -- if unchallenging -- drama from Canada about a SWAT-style unit.
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The TLC show is real enough reality.
July 9, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The cartoon crossover, based on the popular NPR series 'Car Talk,' is a dull ride.
By Tony Perry
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Ted Koppel's four-part documentary covers old territory on the global effects of China's economic boom. But the cultural upheaval taking place in the communist nation is a revelation.
July 3, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Viewers see the essence of the democratic process, from small-town America to New York.
July 1, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
'The Secret Life of the American Teenager' is one-track-mind adolescence as scripted by grown-up television writers.
June 28, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
When everyday workers get taken from their cubicles and trained for a singing competition, everybody wins.
June 26, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The six-part ABC News series has a hip soundtrack and features young, attractive medical professionals. But unlike 'Grey's Anatomy,' its life and death is real, which can make watching it unnerving.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The DeWolf clan deals with a (not very) ancestral secret in 'Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North.'
June 25, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Based on a British series, the show lays bare the harsh realities of caring for children.
June 23, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Three of the band's five members have disabilities, but it's the rock that matters.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEWS:
Gay men and women reveal humor and pain in documentaries about self-discovery and how they dealt with the life afterward.
June 21, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Inspector Lewis, no longer Morse's sidekick, faces a murder at Oxford.
June 20, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The Disney movie hits the right notes for its target audience, even without the Jonas Brothers in every frame.
June 17, 2008
By Tony Perry
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The look at young people in a changing China is stale and is unfocused with too many subjects.
June 16, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Showtime's series about the life of a prostitute is surprisingly boring.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The spoofy adventure series might be too light and silly for network fare, but it feels right for ABC Family.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The suburbs are left behind, but the show remains a delectable trifle.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW
June 14, 2008
By Tony Perry
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Military Channel's 'Showdown: Air Combat' examines warplane history.
May 29, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The movie follows the moral journey of a pastor who shepherded condemned killers to their executions.
May 26, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEWS:
Denise Richards and the Lohans throw open their doors.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
A brave team of TV talents does battle in a remake of Michael Chrichton's pandemic tale. Will the planet survive?
May 24, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Daryl Hannah and John Schneider star in a silly shark tale unsuitable for all.
May 23, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
HBO's fine 'Recount' sees a villain in the electoral system itself.
May 20, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
BBC America brings the Megan Dodds, Lee Mack comedy to the U.S.
May 13, 2008
By Tony Perry
TELEVISION REVIEW:
PBS documentary interviews the surviving climbers of a 1996 Mt. Everest blizzard that killed five.
May 10, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Based on the true story of a murdered teen, the Tommy O'Haver-directed film walks the line between truth and exploitation for entertainment's sake.
May 7, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
In a tragic story, young athletes' sexuality and health are traded for Olympic and East German glory.
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
A documentary on Michael Travesser's New Mexico church airs in the wake of his arrest Tuesday on sex charges.
May 2, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Eileen Atkins may be the draw, but charming as it is, this adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell novels also has plenty to say.
April 30, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
On the CW, it's dating on the barn scene.
April 26, 2008
By Robert Lloyd
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Even in 10 hours, this PBS documentary series aboard the Nimitz delivers a cursory study of its men, women and mission.
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
The BBC America series is a throwback worth following to the castle walls.
April 25, 2008
By Mary McNamara
TELEVISION REVIEW:
Googly-eyed 10-year-old Bessie has Amy Poehler's voice and Nick's wild animation.
TELEVISION REVIEW:
On Nickelodeon channel
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