Rescue Me

Some of the year’s new shows summarize themselves better than others, but we’re here to equalize. 

“Verhoeven says to me, ‘You wanna come up for three weeks to Tahoe and look at 56 breasts a day?’” 

NBC is the first network to announce its fall schedule, and it decided to get a jump on tomorrow’s upfront (a presentation held to convince advertisers to invest in the network’s new shows) by announcing its fall schedule to the press today.

Here’s your roundup of TV upfront and scheduling news for the day: • ABC is the only network that has announced no renewals to this point, with even NBC having picked up Grimm and Smash last month. CBS renewed a boatload of shows,...

Highlights from shows outside The A.V. Club’s best-of list. 

There's a new Bored To Death tonight, so you should watch it. Why? Because we told you to. Also, the resolution to last week's HIMYM cliffhanger and Marlene Dietrich.

The A.V. Club’s weekly list. 

NBC spent most of its session at the Television Critics Association openly renewing its vows, according to our correspondent Todd VanDerWerff, who’s certainly been exposed to inhuman levels of concentrated spin over the last couple of weeks. And th...

Covert Affairs' Peter Gallagher talks about a career that includes work with James Cagney and Steven Soderbergh, an '80s ménage à trios cable classic, and The O.C.