Over at NJ.com, I’ve embedded video of the trailer to HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” To quote Poniewozik , “On the one hand: anything can look good in a trailer. OTOH: Jesus!” Read the original here: HBO’s "Boardwalk Empire" trailer unveiled

Over at NJ.com, I ranked the top 12 “American Idol” contestants , while acknowledging the absolute folly of last year’s rankings , and while appropriating the tiers concept that Adam Bonin again used today . I’m not feeling very optimistic for tonight, as the combination of an...

Yesterday, I ran an interview with Elmore Leonard about why FX’s “Justified” is one of the few adaptations of his work that he’s happy with (and talks a lot of trash about the ones that displeased him). Today, I have a review of why I like the show: Raylan Givens is a man with...

In today’s column, I interview legendary author Elmore Leonard about FX’s “Justified” (based on a character from several Leonard books) and about why Hollywood has had so much trouble adapting his books in the past. Elmore can talk some smack. I’ll have a review of “Justified”...

Tonight’s “How to Make It in America” was the last I got to see in advance before I wrote my review of the series a month ago. While I still feel the show is engaging but too slight to merit any kind of episode-by-episode reviewing, I’m curious to hear from people who have stuck...

In today’s column, I lament how well NBC’s Olympics coverage is doing in the ratings , given how frustrating so much of it is. I asked a week ago what you thought of NBC’s coverage, and most of you were unhappy with it. That still the case? Here is the original post:  Even on NBC’s...

In this morning’s column , I spoke with “Men of a Certain Age” co-creator Mike Royce about the genesis of the show, its future prospects, and why people underestimated Ray Romano’s acting talents before they saw him on this gem of the show. In lieu of a review of the first season...

If you didn’t get enough podcast flavor from me in this week’s edition of Firewall & Iceberg , I also popped in on this week’s episode of Ryan McGee and Mo Ryan’s DVD commentary-style “Lost” -themed podcast “Orientation: Ryan Station,” where we kibbitz...

Another reader mailbag column today, with readers wanting more attention paid to some of their favorite procedural crime shows, and another question about what NBC should have done to fill the 10 o’clock hour once Jay Leno was sent back to latenight. Here is the original: Reader mail: Show...

In today’s column, I take the occasion of the “Heroes” season finale - which could well be the series’ finale, as well - to look at some other TV shows that went from phenomenon to afterthought surprisingly quickly. Anybody around here actually still watching “Heroes”...