I'm tired. Tired of watching all the late-night shows, night after night, to see who's doing what, not doing what, and how various shows are faring with or without writers. Two weeks after the returns of Jay, Dave, Conan and Craig, there still are a lot of surprises, a lot of shifting... and a lot that's missing...

2008

Jan

"AMERICAN IDOL" UP TO ITS OLD TRICKS - AND WHY NOT? By David Bianculli

Last night's two-hour season premiere of "American Idol," summarizing the initial audition days from Philadelphia, pulled all the old tricks for which the mega-popular Fox competition series is famous. And really, to do otherwise would have been foolish...

2008

Jan

WHILE OTHERS ARE IDLE, FOX HAS "IDOL" By David Bianculli

Strike or no strike, it starts again tonight - just when, and how it was planning to come back all along. Yes, "American Idol" is back, and Fox has got it, at 8 p.m. ET And with it, Fox has the momentum to ride out the rest of this season, no matter what happens...

2008

Jan

NBC'S "GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS SPECIAL" A REAL LOSER By David Bianculli

NBC, annoyed that solidarity by actors honoring the Writers Guild of America picket line ended up canceling yesterday's Golden Globes ceremony, devoted an hour of Sunday's prime time to the announcement of the winners anyway. It was an embarrassingly low-rent, inexcusable, unwatchable waste of air time...

2008

Jan

THREE SUNDAY TV OFFERINGS CHASE PAST GLORIES... AT VARIOUS SPEEDS By David Bianculli

Three programs, on three different networks, are televised Sunday night, each aiming to recapture past glories or wide the waves of past successes. Each has moments of interest, but only one truly succeeds...

2008

Jan

STRIKE NEWS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY By David Bianculli

As the writers' strike continues, evidence of its reach and impact is more evident every day. There's always news... bad, but some of it even good...

2008

Jan

CBS IMPORTS "DEXTER" FROM SHOWTIME - EXPECT PRESSURE GROUPS TO SCREAM BLOODY MURDER By David Bianculli

The news that CBS plans to import and present all 12 episodes of the first season of Showtime's Dexter, beginning February 17, isn't surprising. It's an excellent drama series, CBS is desperately short of inventory, and CBS owns Showtime. What could go wrong? Glad you asked...

2008

Jan

JON STEWART AND STEPHEN COLBERT ARE BACK - AND ARE TERRIFIC By David Bianculli

What a pleasure it was to have Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert return to TV last night. Both hosts hit just the right tone with everything, right from the start...

2008

Jan

LATE-NIGHT COMEBACKS, TAKE TWO: JON STEWART, STEPHEN COLBERT RETURN TONIGHT By David Bianculli

It doesn't matter that much, at least not to me, that ABC is launching its "Dancing with the Stars" spinoff, "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann," tonight in prime time. What's a lot more interesting, this week no less than last week, is "Talk War: Jay vs. Dave, and Everybody Else"...

2008

Jan

GETTING DOWN TO "THE WIRE," ONE LAST TIME By David Bianculli

The final season of HBO's amazing drama series, "The Wire," begins Sunday night at 9 ET. It's the weekend's best bet, for sure. I've seen seven of the final 10 hours, and I've done what I can to spread the word that this is the sort of series TV WORTH WATCHING is all about...

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