The TV networks are making critics feel less special all the time. Here I thought I was all that because I’d seen a DVD of 30 Rock’s (very good) premiere episode airing next week. And then NBC goes and puts it on Hulu / MySpace Primetime: NBC also sent me the second episode. So I [...]

The death of the network evening news has been postponed, at least until after the election. Riding an increase in buzz (if not in actual ratings), Katie Couric will be hosting a double-sized hourlong edition of the CBS Evening News. Well, for one night, anyway, the day before Election Day: Katie Couric will anchor an [...]

I don’t know if I’m supposed to tell you this, but I have seen the series finale of The Shield. For fear of spoilerizing anything, I’m not going to so much as fleetingly characterize it for now—sorry—but anyone who watched this week’s episode can see that Shawn Ryan is paring down the storylines and setting [...]

…and thanks to chelsea15jk in an earlier thread for pointing out that the Dark UFO website has posted a promo for season 5 of Lost: [Update: I haven't actually seen this air on ABC, by the way—I don't watch a lot of ads generally, thanks to Tivo—but unlike some of the homemade "trailers" floating around [...]