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Keith Olbermann may be out of a job now, but there’s a possibility that he—or a fictional character bearing his likeness—may end up getting the Jedediah Josiah Bartlet, or Mark Zuckerberg, treatment on HBO. Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and likely soon-to-be Oscar nominee for writing The Social Network, has told the BBC that …
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Spoilers for Fringe’s first Friday night episode, “The Firefly,” coming up:
As Fringe grew stronger and more confident through 2010 and increasingly began to draw in the details of the alternate universe, one issue would occasionally dig at me: just where does The Observer—or rather The Observers—fit into all of this? The …
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Talk about a Special Comment: Keith Olbermann announced on air that tonight’s edition of Countdown on MSNBC will be his last—specifically, that he was “told” it would be his last show—a move that was quickly confirmed by the network …
A desperate band of fugitives flee Siberia on foot in Peter Weir’s compelling tale of survival against the odds, but their journey meanders towards the end
Natalie Portman has made a career out of playing composed, high-achieving heroines. Unwinding enough to pull off this relaxed, raunchy romantic comedy may be her toughest challenge yet
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Has there ever been a better-targeted show than Portlandia? A gentle sketch-comedy sendup (debuting tonight) of high-minded, laid-back, arts-focused, sustainability-oriented living in Portland, Ore., for IFC channel, it is, essentially, a comedy for people who watch IFC, about people who would watch IFC (if they owned televisions), on …
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The title of the return episode of Parks and Recreation was “Go Big or Go Home,” which had meaning on a few levels. It was Leslie’s advice to Andy about April; it was Leslie’s philosophy in proposing the Harvest Festival, doubling down on the Parks department’s ability to make life better for Pawnee; and it seems, in a meta sense, like a …
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My column in this week’s TIME looks at The Onion’s effort to translate its Web, print and online-video empire to TV with Onion News Network on IFC channel (as well as Onion SportsDome on Comedy Central):
The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are both personality-driven; Stewart is our exasperated guide through the excesses of hype and
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As the 2012 Sundance film festival kicks off, TIME’s Richard Corliss reflects on more than three decades worth of hits from the indie conclave.
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What are you doing tonight? You are watching the best comedy on television, Parks and Recreation, as it finally returns to NBC after eight months off the air. (The rest of NBC’s new three-hour sitcom schedule—Comedy Night Frequently Done Right, Sometimes Not So Much, But What’re You Gonna …
Ricky Gervais certainly pulled no punches Sunday night, as the host of the Golden Globes. He mocked the organizing awards body for nominating a film that was widely dismissed by film critics. He touched upon the bribery scandal that has left many wondering if Burlesque was nominated for a best picture award only because voters were …
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Last night, a revamped, recast American Idol returned with its first audition round, and this radical relaunch of the show turned out to give us—an audition round, pretty much like all the other auditions rounds you’ve ever watched, but minus Simon. Which was to be expected: the audition rounds are what they are, and have been a …
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In a fascinating front-page New York Times story this morning, Brian Stelter reports that some executives at MTV were worried that some scenes in the new teen drama just might be, and are ordering producers to edit some Skins episodes accordingly:
It is unclear when MTV first realized that the show may be vulnerable to child pornography
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