Though the Y2K bug turned out to be a dud, the TV of 1999 was anything but—there were good to great offerings in…

David Bianculli was studying journalism at the University Of Florida and interning at the Gainesville Sun when he…

One week a month, Watch This offers television recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres.…

Among its 100-plus lists, the 2009 Inventory book (now available for the low, low price of a penny!) contains “TV…

There is a point where the financial needs of television collide with the artistic desire to tell interesting…

Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…

Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…

When Men Of A Certain Age started airing on TNT, its base of loyal fans—I was unabashedly one of them—kept going on…

“Pilot” (season one, episode one; originally aired 9/25/1999)

1. 1st & Ten (1984-1991)
When HBO launched the streaming video platform HBO Go in 2010, it was a boon to discerning…

Castle’s schizophrenic tendencies, which have mostly been under control over the course of its fifth season—getting…

Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…

“Pilot” (season one, episode one; originally aired 3/12/2002)

NBC is the first network to announce its fall schedule, and it decided to get a jump on tomorrow’s upfront (a…

For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The…

Watching Lionsgate’s Borgia: Faith And Fear and Showtime’s The Borgias is the perfect example of how two very…

Of the many writers who helped change U.S. TV drama in the 1980s, allowing it to incorporate serialized story arcs…

In The Catch-Up, a longtime fan and a newcomer have a discussion about a TV show, movie, book, music, or other…

We come not to praise Prime Suspect but to bury it. Actually, NBC already buried it, burning off the last two…

1. I Love Lucy, “Lucy Goes To The Hospital” (1953)
In the modern television landscape, transparent attempts to…