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I’ve had my issues with Glee since it returned from hiatus, but last night, Glee was back—it was not just good compared with recent episodes, but entertaining, arresting and moving in an unqualified sense. “Dream On” would have gotten a lot of attention regardless for its reunion of director Joss Whedon and guest star Neil Patrick …
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In their last American Idol performance before the final, the contestants each call their own tune — and sing tunes chosen by the judges. Who will go home with the bronze medal, and who will advance to the final showdown? Click the images below to find out.
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, grab yourself a nice, cool refreshing cup of water—NOW YOU’RE LIKE ME—and watch last night’s Lost.
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about how much of Lost its creators planned out long ago, and how much they’ve made up as they went along. Of course, it’s impossible to know the …
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At the network upfronts, you get a little glimpse of each network’s self-perception, its narrative about its identity. ABC sees itself as the Love Network. There are a lot of things that make up ABC, of course, but the the roll of clips the network played to introduce its upfront were heavy on the love: doctors in love on Grey’s …
If you film there, they will come. TIME looks at the some of the most famous real-life locations in cinema history.
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This is part two of my interview with Lost producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof on April 19. See here for part one.
* To shift up a little bit: You stab at a lot of big ideas in the show, free will versus destiny, predetermination, and so on. And you have over the course of the show worked in a lot of allusions to writers and …
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No time for a full-on review of How I Met Your Mother‘s “The Wedding Bride” this morning, but I know some of you have thoughts, so here’s a post to discuss it (or any other Monday-night TV you care to). In short, I thought the intentionally broad movie clips (with Chris Kattan as a movie version of Ted) were amusing enough, but it seemed …
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Everybody’s been paying attention to the rebuilding program over at NBC, but ABC hasn’t had a gangbusters season itself in the overall ratings (beyond finally having success with new comedies). With Lost signing off, Grey’s Anatomy greying and efforts like FlashForward having failed, ABC just announced a fall schedule that fills a lot of …
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There’s a difference between an upfront presentation by the first-place network and one by an, um, less-than-first-place network. Where NBC kicked off its presentation to advertisers with apologies, Fox kicked off its own with stars. Beginning with the cast of Glee, the network trotted out the …
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“Just 13 more shows to go,” joked NBC executive Jeff Gaspin, as the network wrapped up introducing around a dozen new shows (depending how you count them) for next season. The network, after The Jay Leno Show, is emphasizing its commitment to quality scripted drama. Or, judging from the clips Gaspin and programming chief Angela …
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It’s now less than a week until Lost is no more. For this last week before the Lost weekend—call it the Lost Endweek—I’m going to post some daily transcripts from my on-set interviews with Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, and some of Lost’s cast members. I visited the set on April 19, and hadn’t seen any advance episodes, so …
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Spoilers for the finale of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains coming up after the jump:
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One more download of fall-schedule news before I leave for NBC’s upfront: Fox has released a 2010-11 schedule, including four new comedies, three dramas and a post-Super Bowl slot for Glee. More thoughts later (maybe after I’ve seen Fox’s upfront this afternoon), but for now, here are excerpts from the announcement:
