By Todd VanDerWerff One of the things that draws me to the medium of television is the way a series can show the process of doing something. Think of how Project Runway gives you a quick shorthand to the process of coming up with new fashions or how the best procedural cop shows take you inside the ...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews (S02E01) Three hundred and sixty-four days after the first season finale, the second season of Breaking Bad finally began last night (Damn you, writers strike!). While we only got seven episodes last year, the show still made a huge impact on the telev...

Mad Men certainly deserves all of the praise thus far received in its first two seasons on AMC, but I always thought it a tad disconcerting that AMC’s Breaking Bad has purred in the background like colorful dry ice. Not only is the series as entertaining, well-produced, and agreeably shrewd wi...

In today's column, I profile Bryan Cranston in advance of Sunday's second season premiere of "Breaking Bad." I didn't have time/space to do a proper advance review, but the three episodes I've seen are very strong, and continue the upward swing the show was on towards the end of its first season. I'...

Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow. Let's do something different this week. Which of these DVDs do you plan on buying? Let us know in the comments section. I can't imagine buying any of these shows. The only two I might be interested in are Just Shoot M...

I watch a lot of television. I’ve broken it down into 4 relatively arbitrary categories: Animated, Comedy, Drama and Sci Fi/Fantasy. I left Reality sows off the list because, really, no one cares. Some may argue with the categories, but, Hell, it’s my list, so screw ‘em. The programs on this l...

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Just like it was for music, 2008 wasn’t really a great year for movies or television … the Writer’s Strike at the start of the year really decimated Hollywood and severely hurt television programming. That said, there were a few really amazing films (highlighted by really amazing a...

Emmy nomination morning is kind of like Christmas morning - you’re all excited about it as it approaches, wary of the potential surprises and the like, etc. But, unlike Christmas that ends in the complete elimination of suspense, the Emmy Awards are the start of a whole new game. In this case,...

Can poor Hugh Laurie ("House") finally win the Emmy, please? He reaped two Golden Globes (2006, 2007), but both times he was nommed for TV's top prize, he got skunked by James Spader ("Boston Legal"). Well, doesn't everybody? Spader's never lost — he's three for three in this c...