Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon behind the wheel of the new Avengers movie? For TV fantasy fans, it’s a fantasy come true. But other TV shows and movies based on Marvel Comics characters have flopped a lot more than they’ve soared…

2012

May

ABC LOOKS TO 'GLASS HOUSE' FOR SUMMER RATINGS; CAST CHANGE ON 'DUETS' By Ed Bark

ABC will be tearing a big page from CBS' summertime playbook with its own transparent version of Big Brother. The Glass House, scheduled to premiere on Monday, June 18, locks 14 backstabbing contestants in a "totally wired, state-of-the-art house," with a grand prize of $250 grand at stake. The network notes that players will have to curry favor with their online "social networks" to stay ahead of the game. Because viewers can vote to "decide everything from what players wear and eat to t

2012

May

MOYERS & COMPANY By David Bianculli

These new editions of Bill Moyers' latest foray into thoughtful television are like an antidote to all the babble spewing forth from so many TV talk shows during the week. Tonight, topics include immigration reform and the border patrols between the U.S. and Mexico - and the guest, rather than one of the usual representatives from inside the Beltway, is the author of The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea. Presented Friday through Sunday on public television. To find when and where this series

2012

May

THE THREE FACES OF EVE By David Bianculli

Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for her complicated portrayal of a woman diagnosed with what, at the time, was called “multiple personality” syndrome. Lee J. Cobb plays her therapist in this fact-based 1957 movie, presented at a time when psychiatry was still considered a rather mysterious, often skeptically received practice.

2012

May

FRINGE By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Part 1 of 2. Olivia – the real one, by all indications – has reunited with Peter at last, giving Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson some warm, romantic scenes together at last. But if you’re expecting any “warm and fuzzy” moods to linger on this series, you haven’t been paying attention. Not when the existence of the world, and the worlds, and this show are all under threat. (The show has since been renewed – but still…)

2012

May

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW By David Bianculli

Among the true tales Karl Pilkington recounts this week to mates Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is a recent outing to buy a pie at a bakery. Upon leaving the shop and heading to his car, he stumbled straight into a robbery in progress at the post office across the street. And instantly, he was afraid – that the man with the gun might want to steal Karl’s pie as well.

2012

May

IN PLAIN SIGHT By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: After tonight, this USA series goes into hiding in a big way, because you’ll never see it again, except in reruns. Mary McCormack’s show, about a woman who shepherds people into the federal witness protection program, comes to an end tonight, with an episode titled, “All’s Well That Ends.” Well…

2012

May

2000: "CHICAGO HOPE" ENDS ITS RUN ON CBS By Christy Slewinski

Chicago Hope presented its final episode on this day in CBS. The series starred Mandy Patinkin and Adam Arkin as doctors and best friends operating at a Chicago hospital. Additional stars included E.G. Marshall, Hector Elizondo and Roxanne Hart. For its entire run, the critically-acclaimed medical drama aired in the shadow of NBC's more popular ER...

2012

May

TALKIN' BOUT MY (MAALOX) GENERATION By Eric Gould

You have to love that there's a pyramid in Cleveland as a monument to Rock and Roll, but it's always a bit mystifying as to which (old) Pharaohs have become entombed there, and why other rock royalty are locked outside the crypt...

2012

May

DOES POPULAR CULTURE PROMOTE VIGILANTISM? By Noel Holston

Should we paying more attention to America's tradition of self-defense and vigilantism, and how it's being celebrated by popular entertainment?

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