Archive: March 2011 (1-10 of 39)

Mar 31 2011 04:28 PM ET

'In Treatment': Here's how to keep the show going: Help suggest new therapists, new patients, new format

So HBO has announced that it’s not renewing In Treatment…in its current form. This is sad news for those of us who’ve grown to love our hushed but emotionally electrifying sessions with Gabriel Byrne’s Dr. Paul Weston. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 30 2011 02:13 AM ET

'The Good Wife' recap: Kalinda and Peter, shaken, after the bombshell dropped

The Good Wife picked up right where it left off last week: Kalinda and Blake in that Underground Parking Lot of Secrets, with Kalinda showing one of the first signs of weakness we’ve ever seen from her — a feebly muttered “You’re wrong” in response to Blake’s assertion that she slept with Peter Florrick. A few minutes later, she’s with Alicia, asking whether Alicia is happy. Alicia’s ambivalent response, “When the storm is over, is it happiness or relief?” was perfectly written to leave us tingly with anticipation: If she only knew about the other storm a-brewin’… READ FULL STORY »

Mar 30 2011 01:06 AM ET

Britney Spears on 'Jimmy Kimmel': Tattoos, 'The Poo Cocktail Supreme,' and 'You're getting on my nerves'

Britney Spears closed out Tuesday the way she began it: on ABC. Except her concert footage on Good Morning America wasn’t nearly as entertaining as her musical and comedy stylings on Jimmy Kimmel Live! READ FULL STORY »

Mar 29 2011 11:12 PM ET

'Body of Proof' review: Does Dana Delany deserve a better show (and time period) than this?

Categories: Dramas, Television, TV Review

In Body of Proof, Dana Delany is Dr. Megan Hunt, a medical examiner with an attitude — the well-earned attitude that she’s probably the smartest person in any room into which she walks. A lesser actor would have made Megan a coy smuggie, but Delany commits to Megan’s ferocious approach to work in a way that lifts Body of Proof above its medical-mystery genre. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 29 2011 11:45 AM ET

A new 'Parenthood' returns tonight: Is Crosby really that bad, as a father, as a man?

Parenthood returns with a new episode tonight, and among the show’s many wonderfully emotional, intricate subplots, the Crosby-is-a-bad-dude one fascinates me, and perhaps you. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 29 2011 08:55 AM ET

Britney Spears on 'Good Morning America': 'Britney has something special she wants to share'

Did anyone tune in to Good Morning America on the off chance that Britney Spears might let loose with a Chris Brown Moment? If so, you might have been dismayed: What we got on Tuesday morning was a wiggly-but-mannerly Britney in READ FULL STORY »

Mar 28 2011 07:59 PM ET

Ken Burns is making a 'Vietnam' documentary. Here are 5 things he should read before he does.

Ken Burns has found another war, one arguably as divisive as the one that made his career, the Civil War. PBS announced today that Burns is working with various collaborators on Vietnam, “a ten-to-twelve hour documentary film series about the history and meaning of the Vietnam War.” READ FULL STORY »

Mar 27 2011 11:25 PM ET

'Mildred Pierce' review: Kate Winslet's Mildred craves love. Did she get it from TV viewers?

The Mildred Pierce who was created by James M. Cain in his 1941 novel was an ambitious lower-middle-class woman whose husband left her, whose daughter Veda felt contempt for her, and who, via hard work, guts, and instinct, became successful but still craved love. The Mildred Pierce who READ FULL STORY »

Mar 27 2011 12:35 AM ET

Norm Macdonald 'Me Doing Stand-up' review: Cancer, alcoholism, and heart attacks made funny

Norm Macdonald’s Me Doing Stand-Up Comedy Central special on Saturday night more than made up for a weekend without a new Saturday Night Live; Macdonald doing stand-up was funnier than anything SNL has done in a long time. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 25 2011 11:26 PM ET

'Fringe' recap: Baby, baby, sweet baby

This week’s Fringe should have come with an advisory: DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE PREGNANT. The harrowing pregnancy of the alternative-universe-Olivia was the coursing vein running through the episode titled “Bloodline.” READ FULL STORY »

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