Concerned that the hoopla around the Royal Baby had established new expectations for what qualifies as a global…

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, April 21. All times are Eastern.

After two seasons that brought us too dangerously close to The Truth, the BBC—the real-life, unsexy one—has canceled…

I half suspect both of The Hour’s finales have been so satisfying because they build relentlessly, over the course…

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, January 2. All times are Eastern.

Look, I like Bel Rowley a lot, but sometimes, I wonder what the hell the people writing her are thinking. Like…

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, December 26 All times are Eastern.

I spent most of the last summer talking about how The Hour, for whatever faults it has, does “journalism drama” far…

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, December 19. All times are Eastern.

Swiftly burning through all the goodwill it earned by ousting Ricky Gervais in favor of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (a…

I always like The Hour best when it culminates in an episode of the show within the show, and that’s what makes the…

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, December 12. All times are Eastern.

Look. I like The Hour a lot. I really do. But the second episode of the second series was chockablock with things…

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, December 5. All times are Eastern.

There are some tricks that will get me every time. The second Freddie was so cagey about what he’d been up to in…

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, November 28. All times are Eastern.

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

Call The Midwife debuts tonight on PBS at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, 7 p.m. Central and Mountain on most stations,…

The Crimson Petal And The White debuts tonight on Encore at 8 p.m. Eastern.

In spite of Romola Garai’s considerable résumé in her native United Kingdom, she might still be best known to U.S.…