The Emmy nominations were announced Thursday. While I have no idea which way Emmy voters will go, there are a lot of great nominations – and, of course, a couple of favorites missing from the list. A look at the major categories: Drama series: “Breaking Bad”(AMC); “Downton Abbey” (PBS);“Game [...]
SUNDAY New series “Crossing Lines” (9 p.m., NBC) stars William Fichtner as a former police officer who joins in the global search for a serial killer. “Mad Men” (9 p.m., AMC) ends for the season. Lifetime brings back “Drop Dead Diva” (9 p.m.), before premiering new series “Devious Maids.” (Title [...]
Finally. Cablevision and AMC have reached a deal with Dish Network. As I've lamented over the past weeks, the ongoing lawsuit meant Dish subscribers (of which I'm one) had to miss last week's premiere of "The Walking Dead." "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad" fans, too, were left without access to [...]
For me, this week is more about counting down… only seven days until the premiere of “Game of Thrones” on HBO. I'll be watching the usual new episodes of "New Girl," "Community," etc... But if you want something a little different: SUNDAY The critically acclaimed “Mad Men” returns to AMC [...]
While raising their broods, quintessential moms Carol Brady, Marion Cunningham and June Cleaver remained upbeat, sometimes crossing over into downright perky. But that might be owed only partially to solid maternal instincts and more to a lack of those instincts being seriously tested. I mean, was the insincere Eddie Haskell [...]
OMG! Must See! Mad Men: So, apparently, I've been living under a rock and missing this amazing show. Mad Men is set in the 1960s in New York City--Madison Avenue, specifically. It focuses on the lives of the power hungry men in the advertising world and their much too dedicated secretaries. [...]
Looking back at the shows that grabbed my attention and the ones that put me to sleep.
Turn off your brain, set your DVR and go to Treasure Island and hear The National play.
Turn off your brain, arch that eyebrow and . . . . Go!
Here's a look back at the best and worst of TV in the past week, and a look ahead at what's coming up.
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Greetings fellow television fans, fanatics, addicts and enthusiasts; welcome to our blog about TV for the Press Democrat Online. Together we will keep up with what’s coming up, examine new and existing programs in depth and from time to time take a moment to appreciate programs from the past. In addition, we’ll delve into the deep corners of Netflix and Hulu to recommend shows from around the world. My hope is together we will find enough quality programming to fill our TV viewing schedules and never again utter the words, “All these channels and nothing to watch!”
— Wallace Poulter