How ‘Rescue Me’ Will End
The seven season run of “Rescue Me,” the dramatic and bitterly funny fire station saga from FX, comes to an end on Sept. 7 – days before the nation marks the 10th anniversary of the cataclysm that...
View Article‘Desperate Housewives’ to Head into Sunset
ABC made it official Sunday, in announcing that the upcoming season of “Desperate Housewives,” the series that revitalized the network in the new century, will be its last. “The only thing harder than...
View ArticleLocating ‘Suburgatory’
The new fall sitcom from ABC, “Suburgatory” shows the scary side of a teen moving from New York City to a suburb that looks an awful lot to be the gold coast of Connecticut according to a map in the...
View Article‘Body of Proof’ Leaves Providence
A network hit that was filmed in Providence its first season is shooting its second back in California. Because the Dana Delaney vehicle “Body of Proof” shot its first season in Rhode Island, it...
View ArticleLessons from Press Tour
The unveiling of the fall TV schedules by network and cable at the annual TV Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills gave shape to what looks like it won’t be a stellar TV year. But some trends...
View Article‘The Hour’ is Not ‘Mad Men,’ Producers Say
It’s kind of a kneejerk reaction that any 20th century period drama is considered a remake of “Mad Men.” “Comparisons have been made,” says Derek Wax, executive producer of the handsome drama “The...
View ArticleA Soft Landing for HBO’s ‘Entourage’ Finale
The gang on TV’s “Entourage” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) never seemed to grow up in their years in Hollywood. Eight years after one of the guys from the borough became a movie stars and brought out his pals to...
View ArticleOn TV Tonight: A Hopeful ‘Rebirth’
The best film among the onslaught of works on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is one by a first time documentary filmmaker that begins to scratch the surface of the wholesale jolt in the national psyche...
View ArticleHow Mac Blew Up for ‘Philadelphia’
In six seasons, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has grown in popularity. And one of its stars and creators, since last season, has grown as well. Fifty pounds, for season seven. It was all a ploy...
View ArticleHugh Laurie Goes to New Orleans
Ah, celebrity! It opens so many doors to the good life: the best tables at restaurants, invitations to royal events, packed goodie bags at awards shows. And say you’re a weekend musician who has...
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