Midway through the premiere episode of the new FOX sitcom "New Girl," the show's heroine Jess (Zooey Deschanel) tries to counsel new roommate Nick (Jake Johnson) about a bad break-up. She tells Nick that living wit...
HitFix started doing letter grades earlier this summer and there isn't a single new show that's going to get a grade anywhere in the A-range this fall.
It's just that kind of fall.
Cobbling tog...
I posted my review of "The Playboy Club" earlier today. Now it's your turn. What did everybody think of it? If you're a "Mad Men" fan, do you think comparisons are fair or unfai...
The producers of NBC's "The Playboy Club" would rather you not compare their drama - about the Bunnies, patrons and other hangers-on at the famous Chicago club in the early '60s - to "Mad Men," e...
Every new TV season seems to have an It Girl, and this one has two obvious candidates: Zooey Deschanel and Whitney Cummings. Deschanel (whose FOX sitcom "New Girl" I'll be reviewing tomorrow) has her face ...
I offered my review of Sarah Michelle Gellar and "Ringer" yesterday. Now it's your turn. Were you just so happy to have Buffy back on the small screen that the rest didn't matter? Did you actually ...
As I said yesterday, judging a TV show based on its pilot episode is often a fool's errand, and that's even more true of a sitcom pilot than one for a drama. When you think back on the strong comedies of the last d...
The new fall TV shows are starting to premiere, and if you've seen the promos - or, worse, if you're like me and have seen most of the pilot episodes - you know this doesn't seem to be an especially promising freshman...
As you may have heard already, this isn't a terrific season for new TV shows. It is, however, a fairly impressive season for disappointing new TV shows. This gallery counts down the 10 Worst New TV Shows of 2011 (with...
The autumn leaves of red and gold bring with them loads and loads of new music releases. The summer concert season is a good cash injection for artists, but it's the fall -- into the holiday shopping season -- where m...
