A Sneak Peek Inside the Season 4 Doors of Downton Abbey: Mary Has Multiple Love Interests
Aug12

A Sneak Peek Inside the Season 4 Doors of Downton Abbey: Mary Has Multiple Love Interests

Don’t read any further if you want to avoid any spoilers for the upcoming Season 4 of “Downton Abbey.” In addition, you’ll have to wall yourself off for the next five months until the hit British drama runs in the U.S. on PBS, where it has become the network’s most watched drama ever, with an average of 11.5 million total viewers.   Meanwhile, its legions of fans in the U.K. will have already seen the entire new...

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It’s Bad. It’s All in the Family. It’s Louie. TCA Awards Call Out Television’s Best
Aug05

It’s Bad. It’s All in the Family. It’s Louie. TCA Awards Call Out Television’s Best

Even as the best in current television programming was honored in a dozen categories, it was the recognition for a show of yore that brought down the house at the 29th Annual Television Critics Association Awards at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom Saturday night.   Norman Lear, the creator of “All in the Family” and Rob Reiner, its beloved meathead, got a sustained standing ovation as they accepted...

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A Hamm-y Host it Will Be as Former Letterman and Leading Man Jon Hamm Emcees the ESPYs
Jul16

A Hamm-y Host it Will Be as Former Letterman and Leading Man Jon Hamm Emcees the ESPYs

Many just know him as the enigmatic Don Draper on “Mad Men.” But those who have followed Jon Hamm’s career closely over the past few years will realize that in addition to the tall, dark, handsome, brilliant, broody and deceptive Draper character that he plays so convincingly, Hamm has a light, goofy and quick-witted side as well.   Those qualities will come to the fore as Hamm takes on a new gig, hosting the 2013 ESPY Awards on...

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The Clash Between Two Cops and Two Cultures: FX’s The Bridge Explores a String of Murders
Jul10

The Clash Between Two Cops and Two Cultures: FX’s The Bridge Explores a String of Murders

There was not an empty seat in the house—the main theater of the Directors Guild of America—as cast, crew, supporters, friends and various industry-ites crowded in to see FX’s latest buzzworthy entry in hour-long drama at its Los Angeles premiere Monday night.   The elements include two cops from two countries and two vastly different cultures, and a prolific, mysterious killer responsible for a string of unsolved murders with a...

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Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad Share Critics’ Choice Love, Tatiana Maslany Becomes a Drama Queen
Jun11

Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad Share Critics’ Choice Love, Tatiana Maslany Becomes a Drama Queen

Critics are a notoriously picky lot, and members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association are certainly no exception. That’s why it was such a surprise — and a testament to the quality of television programming over the past season — that there were not one, not two, but three ties in highly contested categories whose winners were revealed at the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards held June 10 at...

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