DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Contributors

ALEX STRACHAN

MIKE HUGHES

KIM AKASS

MONIQUE NAZARETH

ROGER CATLIN

GARY EDGERTON

TOM BRINKMOELLER

GERALD JORDAN

NOEL HOLSTON

 
 
2012
Jun
29
 
 
Boy, am I going to miss this show when it’s gone. Tonight, Karl Pilkington explains why he thinks “the worm has turned” is such a stupid saying. And, as with so many observations by Karl, there’s a special brand of genius to his simplistic point of view.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
29
 
 
If I’ve kept track accurately, this is the last installment of this series before Maher takes the rest of the summer off. This is another show I’ll miss while it’s gone – but this one, at least, is coming back. Tonight’s guests include someone who ought to generate a lot of conversation, regardless of what’s happening in the news: Jack Abramoff.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
29
 
 
TV and movies are still trying to recreate the screwball mayhem unleashed 70 years ago by writer-director-producer auteur Preston Sturges. This Saturday, Turner Classic Movies shows us why, piling up six Sturges flicks, starting at 8 p.m. ET...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
29
 
 
Oops. Both CNN and Fox News Channel initially managed to bungle Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding President Obama's health reform law on a 5-4 vote...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
29
 
 

Season 2 of Showtime’s Episodes arrives this weekend, returning with more installments of one of TV’s most entertaining — but underappreciated — comedies. Its secret: central characters about whom you genuinely care…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
29
 
 
PBS's four-part series Queen & Country offers a clear, interesting look at the British monarchy's deep and complex history...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
28
 
 
When it comes to producing quality, scripted summer shows, it's easy to see that cable has the broadcast networks at its mercy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
28
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This isn’t a recommendation, but Charlie Sheen’s post-meltdown comeback TV series is enough of a cultural oddity, if not event, to note – and to sample, though a very few minutes of it will confirm any low expectations. In this new series, Sheen runs a therapy group populated by eccentrics – but if you think this is The Bob Newhart Show for a new generation, you’re crazy. For a full review, see Eric Gould’s Cold Light Reader column HERE.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
28
 
 
Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) is toughing it out in maximum-security prison, and Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) continues to find it tough to spring her. But tonight, Fiona and Michael work on the same case from their respective sides of the bar: a revenge-driven mission requested, or demanded, by Agent Pearce (Lauren Stamile).
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
28
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Louis C.K.’s auteur TV comedy is one of the bravest, most audacious and best shows on television right now, and the first shows of this new season only add to its allure and reputation. He’s not only a brilliant stand-up comic, writer and director – but boy, he’s one hell of an actor, too. For a full review, see Eric Gould’s Cold Light Reader column HERE.