It seems like nobody talks about commercials outside the Super Bowl. They’ve fascinated me since I was a kid. Commercials not only tell me what I’m supposed to think about a p » Full Story

I was truly shocked at the sudden passing of NBC’s Tim Russert, moderator of “Meet the Press.” Much has been written about the man, by people who knew him personally. I » Full Story

If you watch CBS at all, you’ve had no way of missing the ads for Swingtown, the new show premiering June 5. It’s a loosely biographical story about the writer’s parents » Full Story

Generally speaking, season finales just aren’t what they used to be. When I was a kid, I got to see the most awesome cliffhanger of all time: “Dallas’” “Who » Full Story

By Tamar Alexia Fleishman



The programming directors — with their big fat cigars, feet up on a desk, throwing darts at a weekly schedule (yeah, I have a vivid imaginatio » Full Story

Way above and beyond Hollywood’s call to look eternally young, some actors and actresses now look like silly putty that’s been misshapen and stretched. I’ve done a casual and completely unscientific s » Full Story

I am so sick of the way music and dancing is handled on TV. The list of fake entertainment in competition form grows every week: the rating’s behemoth “American Idol,” “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” “Step I » Full Story

I am wound up like a top these days. Usually, I scribe to Dr. Andrew Weil’s admonition not to raise your blood pressure with a constant stream of bad news and politics. I feel like a very tiny cog in » Full Story

Has food programming become as junky as junk food? As of late, cooking shows have become all about the host and nothing about the food. The Food Network, which used to feature such sophisticated foodi » Full Story

It’s an interesting time to start a TV column here, what with the WGA settling the strike. There’s a lot to run through, so let’s get to it.

At times, with mostly reruns » Full Story