+Television | 301 days ago

Top 10 Murder-Mystery Series

By TIME Staff
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Some of the most addictive shows on television have been whodunits. TIME has chosen the very best.

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TV Weekend: Camelot and The Borgias

By James Poniewozik

I’ve had arguments over the years with friends and colleagues who liked The Tudors better than I did, and their disagreements generally boiled to the charge that I was holding the show to an unfair standard. Namely, more or less: expecting it to be good. The Tudors, beyond a lavish attention to detail and some [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 301 days ago

The Morning After: Grey's Harmony

By James Poniewozik

I’ll have to admit that, TV-critic triage being the necessity that it is, I haven’t watched Grey’s Anatomy regularly for a couple seasons. So while the musical episode last night, “Song Beneath the Song,” was a good chance for me to catch up and an interesting curiosity, I can’t really review it in the context [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 301 days ago

Idol Watch: Two for the Road

By James Poniewozik

Spoilers for American Idol’s results show coming up: Having expended its judges’ save on Casey Abrams last week, American Idol had to eject two contestants this time out. And I am happy/sad to say that my guess was right, as we said goodbye to…

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 301 days ago

TV Weekend: The Killing

By James Poniewozik

The Killing, which debuts Sunday night on AMC, is one of those murder stories in which the only things possibly as sad as the death it documents are the lives that survive it. Yes, the title crime—the gruesome murder of Seattle teenager Rosie Larsen—is heartbreaking. But then there is the family she leaves behind, including [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 301 days ago

Dead Tree Alert: Dramalot

By James Poniewozik

After months of controversy, the miniseries The Kennedys finally debuts Sunday on Reelz Channel, which is probably way up there in your digital cable guide somewhere. (Try looking near Golf Channel En Español.) In this week’s TIME, I look at the history of political-football miniseries, as well as the eight hours of The Kennedys itself. [...]