Here's what NBC executive Jeff Zucker told "Broadcasting & Cable's" Ben Grossman recently, defending the decision to program a Jay Leno talk show weeknights at 10 p.m. ET next year. The reduced number of available hours in prime time, he said, would make competition tougher, and, by inference, the programs better...

2008

Dec

"THE SHIELD," BOSTON LEGAL" ENDED BEAUTIFULLY -- BUT FOR TV DRAMA, WHAT'S NEXT? By David Bianculli

First the FX drama "The Shield" ended, perfectly. Then, two weeks later, the ABC comedy-drama "Boston Legal" ended, perfectly. And that same day, NBC announced, far from perfectly, it would replace all weekday 10 p.m. ET programming with a new Jay Leno talk show...

2008

Dec

NOW THAT LENO HAS LANDED, WHAT'S NEXT? SOME THOUGHTS... By David Bianculli

Now that Jay Leno has landed -- and landed at a surprising place, in prime time on NBC -- the other players in the late-night wars of 2008-09 can begin planning their moves...

2008

Dec

LENO IN PRIME TIME? GOOD FOR BUSINESS, BAD FOR TV By David Bianculli

I had intended to devote today's column to ABC's "Boston Legal" finale (thoroughly delightful), then to Craig Ferguson's remembrance of his mother on CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (touchingly emotional). Both deserve fuller attention...But today's breaking-news topic, trumping the others, is NBC's reported decision to turn over its 10 p.m. hour each weeknight next fall to a new talk show hosted by Jay Leno.

2008

Dec

THE SHOW WITH THE MOST FAMOUS BALCONY SCENES SINCE "ROMEO & JULIET" ENDS TONIGHT By David Bianculli

December 8, 2008 9:21 AM ABC's Boston Legal, one of the braver and more delightful TV series of the past five years, ends tonight, with a two-hour episode that concludes with one last scene on the balcony. And that's only fitting, since this David E. Kelley series has done more for the balcony scene than any drama since Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet... Last week's episode had Carl, the attorney played by John Larroquette, complaining that there was nothing on TV worth watching, especially

2008

Dec

CNN'S CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR PROBES HISTORY OF GENOCIDE; ABC'S BARBARA WALTERS INTERVIEWS "FASCINATING" MILEY CYRUS By David Bianculli

On CNN tonight, Christiane Amanpour looks at 70 years of genocide, in a two-hour "CNN Presents" special...On ABC, meanwhile, in a one-hour special, Barbara Walters interviews Miley Cyrus, Michael Phelps and eight other people she considers "fascinating." Is it unfair to compare the two?...

2008

Dec

GREAT TV GIFTS: 'I, CLAUDIUS' ON DVD By Diane Werts

Thirty years later, the legend lives on. I, Claudius was an early hit for PBS' Masterpiece Theatre in the public broadcaster's first decade, topping critics' 1976 best-of lists...

2008

Dec

LOOK WHO'S TALKING -- ON TV, THAT IS -- AND WHO'S SHOCKINGLY GOOD AT IT By David Bianculli

Don't look now -- or, rather, DO look now -- but there are some new TV talk show hosts in town, and they're unexpectedly fabulous. Almost shockingly so: William Shatner? Elvis Costello? Yes, and yes. Big time...

2008

Dec

ABC'S "ACCORDING TO JIM" -- IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE! By David Bianculli

Here's a TV mystery for you: Beginning tonight, ABC's According to Jim is back. In prime time. With new episodes. Starting its eighth season. It's an inexplicable rebound, more improbable than the return from the ashes of Fox's "Family Guy"...

2008

Dec

WELCOME TO CYBER MONDAY! SHOP FOR TV DVDS, AND PLAN YOUR HOLIDAY VIEWING, HERE AT TV WORTH WATCHING... By David Bianculli

Welcome to Cyber Monday! Shop for TV DVDs, and Plan Your Holiday Viewing, Here at TV WORTH WATCHING... Because it's Cyber Monday, TV WORTH WATCHING is making it easy for you. Click on one of the Santa-hatted home-page puppies, and start shopping for the best, or most holiday-appropriate, TV shows on DVD...

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