David Oyelowo (As You Like It), as the missing woman’s husband. HBO photo: Nick Brigg HBO’s miniseries Five Days is another victim of my new-season triage, but I’m going to try to keep up with it as it goes (Tuesdays, consecutive weeks though Oct. 30). Don’t consider this a review, therefore, but from what I’ve [...]

Matt Frei, international anchor of mystery. Sean McCormick / BBC Worldwide The title of BBC World News America needs a comma between “News” and “America.” As in: This is what world news looks like, America. Do you remember it? I exaggerate slightly, but last night’s inaugural newscast on BBC America was relatively light on the [...]

Greg Grunberg as Matt Parkman; Adrian Pasdar as Grizzly Adams. NBC Photo: Trae Patton The great advantage of Heroes story-arc structure–setting up a new storyline, e.g., Save the Cheerleader, every half-season or so–is that it allows the show to reinvent itself with a new Big Bad every few months. The disadvantage is that the show [...]

BOB D’AMICO / ABC Last week, ABC debuted Big Shots, a show about the relationship problems of a group of heterosexual alpha males. Tonight, it debuts Carpoolers, a sitcom about the relationship problems of a group of heterosexual beta males. You’re better off with the betas. True to its name, the show is about four [...]