Where there’s smoke, there’s… smoke. Late at night, a smoke alarm awakens the family, who descend the staircase to discover that the cause of the commotion is a little piece of magic. And elsewhere in this new episode, in another household, there’s another nocturnal cause of alarm: a formerly silent source of snoring.

2012

Oct

NOVA: "FORENSICS ON TRIAL" By David Bianculli

The popularity of all the CBS and NBC crime procedurals suggests there may be a large and welcome audience for this new episode of Nova, which takes a look at the latest science behind forensic investigations. Here’s one, for starters: 3-D fingerprints. Check local listings.

2012

Oct

NASHVILLE By David Bianculli

Last week’s series premiere established the setting, the premise, the protagonist, the antagonist, and the hint that this could be one of the season’s best new series. Tonight, with episode two, Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere come out swinging – but not necessarily at each other.

2012

Oct

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This spooky FX series begins Season 2 with a near-complete reboot, a shift to an even more atmospheric setting, and an opener that, once again, all but demands that you return for more – especially for more of returning Emmy-winner Jessica Lange, whose performance, going from supporting to leading lady this year in a newly cast role as a sinister sister, is second to nun. For my full review, see Bianculli’s Blog.

2012

Oct

1999: LARRY DAVID'S 'CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM' SPECIAL DEBUTS By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1999, HBO presented what it thought would be a one-time, one-hour special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm...

2012

Oct

'AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM' IS NO MORE THAN SCARY BAD By Ed Bark

Asylum is neither for the faint of heart nor the stout of mind. Some of its imagery is arresting. But this is mostly a sorry, unfortunate and even contemptuous enterprise...

2012

Oct

BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR IPHONE 5... By Eric Gould

Here's an SNL sketch from last week that takes the usual bitching about your hand-held device, and brings them directly to to the factory workers that made them...

2012

Oct

‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM’ IS CRAZY – LIKE A FX By David Bianculli

Despite what FX is calling it, or how the Emmy voters are judging it, American Horror Story is not a miniseries. Nor is it a repertory-company series. But it is fascinating…

2012

Oct

AMC'S AFTER-SHOW FOR 'WALKING DEAD' FANS By Eric Gould

There aren't many shows like AMC's Talking Dead, a live after-show dedicated to the fans of the currently-running scripted drama, The Walking Dead...

2012

Oct

2001: 'SMALLVILLE' SHOWCASES SUPERMAN'S EARLY YEARS By Christy Slewinski

This day in 2001 marked the series premiere of Smallville, which chronicled the life of a young Clark Kent in the years before he adopted his alter ego, Superman...

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