Fox’s Are You Smarter passes the PTC’s test. Does it pass yours? Rachel Devine/FOX I tend to be hard on the Parents Television Council and its campaigns for TV decency, but in truth the PTC is a bit of a two-edged sword. Some of its efforts–the most-publicized ones, which I spend the most time bashing–involve [...]

NBC Photo: Bill Records Well, that was fast. For all the attention that’s gone to the Tyra-Landry stalker-killing subplot, I’m more bothered by how quickly Jason Katims decided to undo Coach Taylor’s abandonment of the Panthers to coach college ball. Yeah, I realize this is TV; yeah, I realize that everyone expected that somewhere, somehow, [...]

Here’s a TV business story that could actually affect the way some of you watch TV: The FCC is reportedly preparing to strike down contracts that limit apartment building residents to one exclusive cable company. In theory, anyway, this could lead to that most mythical and dreamed-of scenario for TV viewers: the ability to choose [...]