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  Newswire Smash fans won’t have Ellis (and three other characters, for that matter) to kick around anymore

  In with a new boss, out with the characters no one likes.

  May 23, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  TV Club : Glee “Goodbye”

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

  May 23, 2012 | 4:00am -

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  TV Club : American Idol “Performance Show”

  All of this has happened before on American Idol, and all of this will happen again.

  May 23, 2012 | 12:45am -

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  The Walkthrough 30 Rock showrunner Robert Carlock walks us through some series highlights (Part 3 of 4) 

  “We tell a lot of jokes. There’s a lot of density of story, and it can be exhausting for us as well, as I’m sure for the viewer.” 

  May 23, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Reasonable Discussions #33: The Concept Of Money Itself 

  We discuss Dan Harmon's exit from Community and what it means for the show.

  May 23, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  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 -

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  TV Club : Frontline “Cell Tower Deaths”

  Frontline reports on what may be the most dangerous job in America: cell tower climbing. 

  May 22, 2012 | 10:00pm -

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  Great Job, Internet! Enjoy a few Veep-related fake PSA videos

  HBO's Veep churns out a few fun fake PSAs.

  May 22, 2012 | 4:50pm -

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  Newswire R.I.P. Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control

  He was 96.

  May 22, 2012 | 4:32pm -

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  TV Club : Other Shows Civilization: The West And The Rest With Niall Ferguson

  Niall Ferguson is here to describe the threats facing Western civilization, the worst of which may be having Niall Ferguson on its side.

  May 22, 2012 | 4:00pm -

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  Newswire Kevin Smith launches new talk show, frees movies from the tyranny of criticism

  Begin the revolution.

  May 22, 2012 | 2:45pm -

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  Newswire Dog The Bounty Hunter has been canceled, brah

  A&E shows no mercy.

  May 22, 2012 | 1:37pm -

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  Great Job, Internet! Law & Order & Food celebrates the pairing of Law & Order, food 

  During a recent Law & Order marathon, Malkah Duprix was struck by how the often the show’s characters are fucking chewing on something.

  May 22, 2012 | 12:30pm -

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  TV Club : The Muppet Show “Episode 223: John Cleese”/“Episode 224: Cloris Leachman”

  The second season ends with an angry John Cleese, angrier pigs.

  May 22, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Newswire Charlie Kaufman and Catherine Keener are making an HBO show together

  It'll take place over a single day, or not.

  May 22, 2012 | 10:22am -

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  TV Club : Lost Girl “It’s Better To Burn Out Than Fae Away”

  Bo discovers more about the Dark Fae higher-ups in a Dyson-less episode.

  May 22, 2012 | 1:00am -

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  What's On Tonight? Bid farewell to the Glee seniors—until they’re inevitably, awkwardly integrated into season-four story lines

  Bid farewell to the Glee seniors—until they’re inevitably, awkwardly integrated into season-four story lines. Also: American Idol finals and… that’s about it.

  May 22, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  The Walkthrough 30 Rock showrunner Robert Carlock walks us through some series highlights (Part 2 of 4) 

  "If the first year was about Jack and Liz, then the second year was about everybody else."

  May 22, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club : House “Everybody Dies”

   House ends, which is probably for the best.

  May 21, 2012 | 10:00pm -

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  Newswire CBS renews Rules Of Engagement, which it swears is a TV show

  It will have a seventh season of evidently existing.

  May 21, 2012 | 5:23pm -

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  Newswire AMC announces official return date for Breaking Bad's final season

  It's coming back on July 15.

  May 21, 2012 | 4:12pm -

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  Newswire Here are the guys who are going to try to keep The Office going

  More NBC shows under new management.

  May 21, 2012 | 2:30pm -

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  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 -

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  TV Club : Batman: The Animated Series “Second Chance”

  Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent’s friendship returns to the forefront in an emotional Batman: The Animated Series.

  May 21, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  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 -

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  Newswire Nick Stahl is no longer missing and is going to rehab

  Call off the search.

  May 21, 2012 | 10:17am -

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  TV Club : Other Shows Mrs. Eastwood & Company

  Clint Eastwood's wife and kids love the world's scariest pig, and now you get to see it with your own eyeballs.

  May 21, 2012 | 7:00am -

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  TV Club : Bob’s Burgers “Beefsquatch”

  Bob's Burgers focuses on Gene, which is good for laughs but gets exhausting.

  May 21, 2012 | 4:00am -

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  TV Club : Family Guy “Viewer Mail #2”/“Internal Affairs”

  Surprisingly heartfelt emotion with the Swansons and an uneven anthology episode close out the season. 

  May 21, 2012 | 2:30am -

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  TV Club : Mad Men “Christmas Waltz”

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

  May 21, 2012 | 1:30am -