Television

10 Actors Who Could Replace Matt Smith On 'Doctor Who'

For anyone with even a vaguely geeky bone in their body, this weekend brought big news. Yes, Dan Harmon is coming back to "Community," but in perhaps even bigger news, Matt Smith, the eleventh actor to play the seminal time-travelling hero of the BBC's long-running "Doctor Who," which is fifty years...

Discuss: Is 'The Sopranos' The Best Written Show Of All Time? The WGA Thinks So

You've heard it time and again over the past few years or so, but we're living in a pretty great time for television. While of course HBO and AMC are leading the charge, with a fantastic slate of original programming, bringing talent and budgets that give big screen movies a run for their money, eve...

Jean Stapleton - An Appreciation

All in the Family is without a doubt one of the seminal shows in TV history.  It was a sitcom that defined our times.  It was about a country that was struggling -- and still is struggling -- with race, class and gender.  All these issues were seen through a working class family in Qu...

Review & Recap: 'Game Of Thrones' Season 3 Episode 9, 'The Rains Of Castamere' Is A Shocker

So is everyone as horribly traumatized by episode 9, "The Rains of Castamere" as I am? We can work through this together. Recap therapy. We can do it. Yes, once again "Game of Thrones" lived up to its Penultimate Episode Promise of being bananas batshit crazy insane! We now must always fear episode ...

Watch: The Trailer for 'The Newsroom' Shows the Cast Standing Alone in a Desert of Inadequate TV Journalism

Rather that showcase footage from the series, HBO has opted for the symbolic in its trailer for the second season of Aaron Sorkin cable news drama "The Newsroom," set to start on July 14th.

Does a Dose of Controversy Help An Animated TV Show?

When all is said and done, does controversy help or hinder a series? Do controversial shows really have an edge when it comes to their success?

Netflix's Revived Cult Favorite 'Arrested Development' Brings Baggage

"Arrested Development" is not a sitcom that suits TV-love-at-first-sight. Like many of the better television shows, it's based on layers. Any series that rewards serious, devoted, eagle-eyed fans would bring an onslaught of criticism upon its return. Is the wrath that has met Netflix's revival of...

Tamera Mowry, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love Among Hosts Of New FOX Talk Show Debuting Summer

How 'Hannibal' Earns Its Violence By Engaging Our Fears About Watching

There are shows on the air with higher body counts, from the constant string of corpses being shuffled through "C.S.I." to the frequent offings in "The Following" and the hack-and-slashery of "Game of Thrones," but for my dollars, there's no small screen violence more disturbing than that of "Hannib...