The idea of the main TV season running from September into the spring has been dying out as the power and prominence of the big broadcast networks fades. Cable channels program year-round -- "Mad Men" and "Game of Thrones," for instance, will run into the summer, and summer itself is no longer a dea...
Read More »Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Shameless," "Girls," Californication," "Enlightened" and, this coming weekend, the Academy Awards, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from t...
Read More »After making an only minorly successful foray into more ambitious prestige programming with the Sigourney Weaver-led "Political Animals" this summer, USA Network is trying to expand again with period genre series "Horizon."
Read More »Despite obvious ambitions, parallels to the Clintons and an impressive cast that also included Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, Ellen Burstyn and Adrian Pasdar, the soapier-than-expected show netted only lackluster ratings, averaging 3.2 million viewers over its run.
Read More »Like AMC, reigning cable champ USA Network is best known for its impressively consistent scripted series but has been investing in reality shows because unscripted fare is a cheaper way to fill out a schedule with original programming.
Read More »When we first see former first lady, former presidential candidate, and soon-to-be secretary of state Elaine Barrish Hammond, played by Sigourney Weaver, in "Political Animals," she is onstage giving a concession speech, dressed in a purple disco jumpsuit. “Postpartisan purple,” observes a friend wh...
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