Photos: Randy Tepper; Claire Folger/Showtime New-fall-season triage has kept me from watching all four episodes of Dexter that Showtime sent. But the first episode finds Michael C. Hall in spellbinding form as the serial-killer-killing-serial-killer, under growing pressure as his secret comes closer to being exposed, and finding that–for some reason–abducting murderers, drugging and ritually killing [...]

According to the new brain trust at NBC, this plus this …equals this: To wit: Variety is reporting that Ben Silverman at NBC has greenlighted a remake of Knight Rider, in the form of a two-hour backdoor pilot to be directed by Doug Liman. But with transformers! Yes, says the trade mag, “The thinking is [...]

I’ll be interviewed on the syndicated Satellite Sisters radio show today at 12:30 p.m. E.T., talking about the new TV season and my top-100 TV list. Where can you listen to it? Um… good question! You can stream the live show online (or download the podcast later) here. (NOTE: Does not actually require a satellite!) [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this, slip some Dr. Scholl’s in your shoes and watch Mad Men. AMC How disgusting is Roger Sterling? And how sad is Roger Sterling? And how scared is Roger Sterling? And how human is Roger Sterling? If, as I said about an earlier episode of Mad Men, the mark of [...]

Cliff Lipson/CBS I wrote a bit the other day about the various trends of the new season–rich peeople, superpowers, nerds, etc.–but there’s an unusual little meta-trend that crosses a few of these genres: Nostalgia for Shows You Didn’t Realize Anyone Was Nostalgic For. A few shows this season are echoes of cult shows from the [...]