TCA 2012: TV That’s Not On TV Edition

Three web series critics previewed proposed three different ways to do online drama: like a Hollywood blockbuster, like a CW series, like a indie-film project.

Netflix: It’s Not TV. It’s Not HBO. It’s Streaming. But Is It Worth It?

If you’re one of Netflix’s 25 million subscribers, why do you have an account and what do you use it for? If you’re not, what would get you to sign up? via It’s...

Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Receives Assault Rifle Instead

Receiving a large package in the mail is usually pretty exciting, especially if you expect it to hold that new flat-screen TV you ordered online.

Today's TV Trailer: Watch Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick

Lohan dons a wig and cat-eye makeup to play Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor

TV Tonight: Can Vegas Be The Good Wife in a Cowboy Hat?

CBS's new mob/cop story is attempting to do a similar thing to The Good Wife—combining a bigger story with the kind of procedural show that viewers expect from...

TV Tonight: Parks and Recreation Goes Big and Goes Home

“Go Big or Go Home” was the title of the premiere episode of Parks and Recreation‘s third (and best) season and the guiding philosophy of civil servant Leslie...

Robin Roberts’ Mother Dies The Same Day TV Host Takes Medical Leave

Roberts had made a last-minute scheduling change, deciding to leave a day early to be with her ailing mother before surgery.

Meet the New Apple TV, a Lot Like the Old Apple TV

As expected, Apple debuted a new version of its hockey puck-sized Apple TV media player, trumpeting new features like 1080p video playback and iCloud support.

TV Tonight: Go On

Matthew Perry's Go On follows NBC's plan to move away from shows like Community, through the curious strategy of having a premise that is as much as possible...

Is Cable TV's Replacement Just Internet TV Acting Like Cable?

Is it time to start talking about cord-cutting again? Two days after analysts at research firm SNL Kagan forecast that 12.1 million homes will have abandoned...

Have Consumers Maxed Out On TV Purchases?

TV fatigue has appeared to have set in. No, not in terms of TV viewing, which even with the rise of cord cutting and increased use of the Internet for...

Viewers Turn Off the TV … And TV Ad Prices Go Up?

For the first time in two decades, the number of U.S. households with at least one TV has declined. So why would the rates charged to TV advertisers be rising?...

As Netflix Becomes More Like Pay TV, a Pay TV Giant Looks More Like Netflix

A just-announced joint venture between Verizon and Redbox will soon offer a service combining video streaming and physical DVD rentals. Now wait just a sec...

Apple TV Boxes Get Hulu Plus Access

People who find themselves in the overlapping section of the Venn diagram comprised of an "Apple TV Owner" circle and a "Hulu Plus Subscriber" circle will be...

Americans’ Confidence in TV News at an All-Time Low

Liberals and Conservatives can finally agree on something: TV news is untrustworthy. According to a Gallup annual poll released Tuesday, only 21 percent of...

TV Tonight: Vito

I’m traveling today and didn’t have time to do a longer review in advance of Vito, HBO’s documentary about the film scholar and gay rights activist Vito Russo,...

Talking TV on the Radio: Primetime and the Recession (and/or Recovery)

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post here about how, whatever signs of economic rebound are going on in the actual economy, TV shows were still talking about...

TV Weekend: Nurse Jackie’s Road to Recovery

Before this season, Nurse Jackie had strong dialogue and a great cast, but a plot that was stuck on repeat. Now it's had Jackie face some real setbacks, and...

For Netflix Users, “Catch-Up” TV Viewing Has a Catch

For the last two weeks, I’ve been what Netflix likes to describe as a binge viewer, watching two, sometimes three episodes a night of the acclaimed AMC adult...