Super Bowl not your speed? We've collected some alternate viewing options this Sunday evening. Movies, series, documentaries -- you want it, you got it...

2010

Feb

DVD UPDATE: STALLED SHOWS GET RESTARTED! By Diane Werts

Looking for St. Elsewhere Season 2? NYPD Blue Season 5? Once and Again Season 3? Season 2 of Murphy Brown or Malcolm in the Middle? Season 7 of All in the Family? Don't expect to find these DVD sets. They don't exist. All these series started coming out on disc, then stopped midrun...

2010

Jan

FLICK PICKS: TOP SOUNDTRACKS EVER By Diane Werts

The stabbing violins of Psycho? The signature songs of The Graduate and Saturday Night Fever? The eerie woo-woo-woo-woo-woo of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? The thumping funk of Shaft?...

2010

Jan

DVD UPDATE: (SOME OF) 'SOUTHLAND,' (RANDOM) ABBOTT & COSTELLO COLLECTION, MORE By Diane Werts

Whaddya bet NBC wishes it had Southland back now? They thought the L.A. copfest was too adult to run at 9 p.m. ET, back when their braintrust had ensconsed Jay Leno at 10. Now that he's outta there, they could really use the drama's grit and gumption...

2010

Jan

TV FLASHBACK: TV LAND ADDS 'BEWITCHED' -- AND 'RAYMOND'! By Diane Werts

Is TV Land finally getting back to basics? Could the channel be remembering that it once staked out unique territory in celebrating our TV heritage, rather than running me-too reality shows?...

2010

Jan

NEWS FLASH: NBC SETTLES JAY/CONAN MESS By Diane Werts

And so it's official: Jay gets The Tonight Showback, Conan gets gone. How convenient that NBC late-night's upcoming Olympic hiatus allows the network to make such a clean break...

2010

Jan

DOWNLOAD THIS: FREE PILOT EPISODES By Diane Werts

Current freebies on iTunes and Amazon.com include a couple of fun new shows that both critics and audiences seem to agree on. Mark Valley's new comic-book joyride Human Target is gratis at Amazon, for both watching and downloading...

2010

Jan

DVD UPDATE: 'DAMAGES,' 'WEEDS,' AND CANNELL ACTION By Diane Werts

Among this week's TV DVD releases: Damages, Weeds, Thirtysomething, Dallas, Defying Gravity...And a test for the two schools of DVD viewers/buyers -- those who never watch the bonus features, and those who wouldn't consider owning a set without extras...

2010

Jan

NBC WATCH: WITH JAY LENO OUT AT 10, HERE'S WHAT'S IN By Diane Werts

NBC just announced its post-Olympics prime time schedule, and dramas are back at 10 p.m. ET! (Yay!) And that makes room for Friday Night Lights. (Double yay!) But one of the new 10 p.m. arrivals is a reality show. (Back to single yay)...

2010

Jan

DVD UPDATE: 'SIMPSONS' ON BLU-RAY By Diane Werts

Tuesday is the day new TV disc releases drop -- and the day each week we plan to keep you posted on the latest DVD and Blu-ray goodies...The Simpsons gets its first-ever release on high-def Blu-ray Disc...

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