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  • Newswire Amazon opens "Never Before On DVD" store, mostly collects stuff already available

    The shift toward on-demand production of DVDs of unavailable titles in the past few years has been one of the most welcome moves in home entertainment, even if the number of titles available still lags.

    May 25, 2012 | 1:45pm -

  • Podmass May 17-May 23 

    Alison Brie gets naughty, Stephen Tobolowsky does Broadway, and Doug Loves Movies has a busy week.  

    May 25, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • They brought a dragon.

    What's On Tonight? Our long journey through Joss Whedon's Angel is at its end

    Noel Murray reaches the end of his voyage through the Buffyverse with the series finale of Angel. Also: Pretty much nothing is on, but you can watch every Magic City so far!

    May 25, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Men At Work

    TBS debuts an ultra-generic sitcom where everybody seems really tired. Happy summer, everyone!

    May 24, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Just one of the millions of shows we WON'T be covering this summer!

    Newswire Summer TV Club Classic points to the sky, shouts, "There's Firefly!"

    The TV season ended officially last night (though we’ll still have a few stragglers hanging on for a week or two), and we’re in for a few weeks of bumpiness before everybody’s summer favorites—and True Blood—come back ...

    May 24, 2012 | 8:00am -

  • His red parka makes it all better.

    TV Club : The Sopranos “Live Free Or Die”

    Vito escapes to New Hampshire, and Tony considers giving him a second chance.

    May 23, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • TV Club : Glee “Goodbye”

    A moving finale scatters the series’ many characters to the winds.

    May 23, 2012 | 4:00am -

  • Yes, that's really his name.

    What's On Tonight? The TV season ends as it must: with some singer you won't remember a month from now winning American Idol

    Another TV season ends with some singer you'll never think about again winning a giant prize on American Idol, and you're going to like it. Also: The ultimate Revenge is here.

    May 23, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • For Our Consideration Why Dan Harmon’s firing from Community is just the latest shot in an increasingly familiar showrunner-vs.-network battle

    On the two types of showrunners, and why the networks love, hate, and often need Harmon types.

    May 21, 2012 | 12:30pm -

  • What we really want is...

    Newswire Join Todd VanDerWerff and Irin Carmon for a live-chat about Girls

    The United Kingdom newspaper the Guardian is hosting its weekly live-chat about HBO's Girls, and they've invited our own Todd VanDerWerff to join Salon.com's Irin Carmon for a talk about last night's terrific episode.

    May 21, 2012 | 11:50am -

  • TV Club : Mad Men “Christmas Waltz”

    Christmastime leaves everyone in the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce offices wanting something different.

    May 21, 2012 | 1:30am -

  • Book Review Warren Littlefield and T.R. Pearson: Top Of The Rock

    A former NBC president offers an oral history of the network’s ’80s and ’90s heyday, from not enough perspectives, but plenty of solid anecdotes. 

    May 21, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Always sitting on the front stoop.

    What's On Tonight? House ends its run with a two-hour diagnose-a-thon

    House ends its run as it lived: with a one-hour episode about a cranky doctor airing on Fox. Also: People clone their pets, other people play hockey, and still other people are ninjas. 

    May 21, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • The Horvaths! Together again (and naked) at last!

    TV Club : Girls “The Return”

    Hannah returns to Michigan in a moving, wonderful episode.

    May 20, 2012 | 10:10pm -

  • Look, HBO doesn't have any good pictures for this show. I'm sorry.

    TV Club : Game Of Thrones (experts) “The Prince Of Winterfell” (for experts)

    Battle is on the horizon, and the characters linger under clouds of impending doom. (This review is for those who've read the books.)

    May 20, 2012 | 9:15pm -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Shark Tank

    Recyclable shoes, energy drinks for cougars, and the revolution of the key on one of TV's most enjoyable reality shows

    May 19, 2012 | 5:00am -

  • "Fine, I'll GET MY OWN MONKEY." Dan Harmon Community

    Newswire UPDATED: Dan Harmon out as showrunner of Community

    Community creator Dan Harmon is out as showrunner, The A.V. Club has learned from Sony Television Studios.

    May 18, 2012 | 10:00pm -

  • What's On Tonight? Saturday Night Live asks if you're ready to say goodbye to these (featured players)

    As the TV season comes ever closer to its close, we have season finales galore, plus the last episode ever for some Saturday Night Live mainstays. Also: Skateboarding!

    May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Oh, swami! I'll miss you most of all!

    TV Club : Community “Digital Estate Planning” / “The First Chang Dynasty” / “Introduction To Finality”

    The series closes out its third season with three very different episodes, including a fantastic finale.

    May 17, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • She kind of looks like Sarah Jessica Parker if you squint.

    Newswire Fall schedule announcements: The CW just wants to watch its schedule burn

    The CW's fall schedule (in which only one show stayed in its current timeslot) is below. Night-by-night analysis to come.  New shows are in bold. Mondays: 8 p.m.: 90210 9 p.m.: Gossip Girl Mondays in January: 8 p.m.: 90210...

    May 17, 2012 | 8:30am -

  • For Our Consideration Why The Avengers is the best TV show in movie theaters

    When Joss Whedon made the leap to the big screen, he took some lessons from the small one with him.

    May 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Larry Hagman will deal the most poorly with being integrated into the Turner singularity.

    Newswire Upfront roundup: TNT and TBS are no longer content to be mere cable networks 

    In addition to the big upfront events for the big four networks and their annoying kid sibling The CW, the past couple of months have seen any number of upfronts for cable networks.

    May 16, 2012 | 7:10pm -

  • Not a face you want to see hovering over you.

    TV Club : The Sopranos “Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...”

    Tony Soprano, Johnny Sack, and Vito all try to hide their weakness in a crucial episode.

    May 16, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Yeah, that's fuckin' Dennis Quaid. Oh, we just hired him because we could. No REAL reason.

    Newswire Fall schedule announcements: Look on CBS' works, ye mighty, and despair

    CBS' fall schedule follows. Come back soon for night-by-night analysis. New shows are in bold. Mondays: 8 p.m.: How I Met Your Mother 8:30 p.m.: Partners 9 p.m.: 2 Broke Girls 9:30 p.m.: Mike & Molly...

    May 16, 2012 | 8:25am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Props”/“Nationals”

    New Directions heads to Nationals and its best episode in ages... so long as it can get over an inconvenient body swap first.

    May 16, 2012 | 3:00am -

  • Happy fun times.

    What's On Tonight? The TV season ends in a week, so take this chance to catch up with the antics of the B---- In Apartment 23

    The end of the TV season is just a week away, so take this chance to check out your favorite ABC comedies while you still have the chance. Also: Who wants to watch Twister?!

    May 16, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • 666 Park

    Newswire Fall schedule announcements: ABC shuffles deck chairs on the Titanic, renames a show so it's a pun about nuts

    Night-by-night analysis to come. Here's ABC's primetime schedule for the 2012-13 season. New shows are in bold. Mondays 8 p.m.: Dancing With The Stars (performance) 10 p.m.: Castle Mondays in January 8 p.m.: The Bachelor 10 ...

    May 15, 2012 | 11:00am -

  • Horatio, we hardly knew ye.

    Newswire Upfront weekend roundup: CBS crosses its fingers that America is ready for more cop dramas

    Here’s your roundup of TV upfront and scheduling news for the weekend: • CBS was the final network to pick up any new series, and it picked up a surprising number for it. Usually, its status as TV’s version of the “Imperial March...

    May 14, 2012 | 8:00am -

  • They're doctors, AND they're in the mob.

    Newswire Fall schedule announcements: Fox isn't sure what to do about Glee either

    Fox has just announced its fall schedule. Details and night-by-night analysis to come. New shows are in bold. Mondays 8 p.m.: Bones 9 p.m.: The Mob Doctor 9 p.m. midseason: The Following Tue...

    May 14, 2012 | 7:05am -

  • TV Club : Mad Men “Dark Shadows”

    Betty Francis returns, and the season has its most scattered episode yet.

    May 14, 2012 | 2:00am -

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