Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty. CBS has a new Survivor at 8, then new episodes of CSI and Eleventh Hour. NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock, and ER. FOX has a n...

Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, FOX has a new American Idol , then the season premiere of Hell's Kitchen . The CW has a new Smallville at 8, followed by a new Supernatural . Discovery has a new HowStuffWorks at 8. At 9, CBS has ...

. LAST-MINUTE GIFTS YOU'LL REGRET FOREVER WHEN YOU CARE ENOUGH TO STOP AT SEVEN-ELEVEN ON THE WAY HOME FOR XMAS OK, So You've Had 363 Shopping Days To Pick A Thoughtful Gift. What The F*ck Happened? You've still got two days. But we both know that you can't stand the traffic, the crowds, the kitsch ...

Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Reality-Free Nothing is exempt from betting, including television shows. According to Horizon Media's annual television report, Fox's new show Fringe and CBS' sci-fi drama Eleventh Hour will fare best of the new wave of freshman television shows. Doing worst would be NBC...

The Ex-List: Cliff Lipson/CBS Everyday this week I'll be sharing my quick judgments on the new series presented during last week's Upfront presentations. Be aware that these are not reviews -- they're first impressions based on very short clips. A more detailed take on each new show will be publishe...

“Highest Standards in Television” CBS 2008-2009 Fall Schedule Last year, CBS’ Upfronts were a shock to fans of Jericho, a drama that had struggled mightily in the face of scheduling woes and was upended by a network with extremely high standards; heck, that year they even got rid o...

“Lie to Me�, “Eleventh Hour�, “Fringe� as well as many other TV shows seem to perpetuate the new myth of the super nerd. The hero we seem to want today is educated and intellectual. Look at who is our current president, after all. On “Lie to Me� the lead character Dr. Cal Lightman is...