Is it wrong to be waiting anxiously for the premiere of The Singing Bee? Yes. Yes, it is. But I am a weak man. I also plan to catch Don’t Forget the Lyrics on Fox the next night for compare-and-contrast purposes. The latter show is apparently another in the proud Fox history of ripping off [...]

In part because I want to hear what you think, in part to get Chaddogg off my back, a few thoughts on Sunday’s HBO triple shot: * JFC. This episode largely ignored the peripheral characters, like the motel Greek chorus, who have been among my favorite things about this series. But in so doing it [...]

The 2007 summer TV critics’ press tour–nearly three weeks when the TV networks bring out their stars for group interviews with the Television Critics Association–begins this week in LA. I’ll be watching it from the vantage point of sunny NYC. There are professional reasons (largely involving getting TIME to pony up for a three-week trip) [...]