Halfway into its first season, Showtime’s drama matures into a character story, a period piece about social change, and a sexual detective story.
Please Do Not Make a How I Met Your Mother Spinoff
Cloning the show–reportedly, in the form of “How I Met Your Father”–would be exactly the opposite of what made HIMYM special: doing something new.
TV Review: The Returned
This French supernatural series, premiering Halloween on Sundance, is a zombie tale that has brains rather than eats them.
RIP, Marcia Wallace; She Made Us Say “Ha!”
A veteran of Merv Griffin and Bob Newhart, Wallace’s last role showed how much character an actress could convey in a single breath.
The Good Wife Watch: This Means War
A civil war breaks out in the office, and “Hitting the Fan” proves, if there was any doubt, why The Good Wife is currently the best thing on TV outside cable
Dead Tree Alert: How TV Does, and Doesn’t, Deal With Death
A remarkable documentary series boldly goes where most TV does not, but where someday all of us will.
America’s Best New Family Sitcom: Trophy Wife Takes the Prize
Like many sitcoms, ABC’s multi-parent comedy is about stereotypes. But it’s also about discovering the real people behind them.
Oh, No, They Didn’t! The Problem With Homeland’s Addiction to Twists
Pulling the rug out under your audience can be effective sometimes. But do it too often, and we stop believing there’s a floor underneath.
Glee Ends Next Season; Here’s How It Can End Right
The musical can no longer end as the story of Rachel and Finn’s romance. It should refocus as the story of Rachel and Kurt’s dreams.
Damon Lindelof and Why Twitter Is Not Always for Everyone
The Lost creator joked, interacted, and lived out the fallout of Lost’s finale online for over three years–until now
Reign’s Royal Scandal: What’s So Shocking About Masturbation?
The CW’s decision to cut a scene of self-pleasuring in Reign shows that TV still follows an absurd taboo
A Diner, But No Grilling, on Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC Debut
Baldwin’s first interview with a candidate he supported was not exactly aggressive. But Up Late has potential as a relaxed chaser to caffeinated cable news
Glee’s Goodbye to Finn Asks the Musical Question: “Why?”
It was the kind of episode Glee never wanted to make, but also the kind of catharsis the musical was made for