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 review tonight’s hour-long “The Office” baby episode: On tonight’s episode of “The Office,” Jim and Pam are going to have a baby. “The Office” is in the midst of a disappointing season. However tempting it may be to connect those...

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...

It’s Wednesday afternoon, which means it’s time for another episode of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast , this time with Dan and I talking about the Winter Olympics, “Idol,” HBO’s animated comedies, the state of NBC’s Thursday sitcoms, “Burn Notice,”...

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...

As I said in this week’s podcast , I think Super Bowl commercials have been living on their reputation for years now, but if you want to talk about the ads, the anthem, or any other TV-related thing having to do with the game as it goes on tonight, have at it. View original post here: Super Bowl...

In today’s column, I interview Claire Danes and Temple Grandin about HBO’s terrific “Temple Grandin” biopic, which premieres tomorrow night at 8. Read the original here:  Interview: Claire Danes & Temple Grandin talk HBO movie

Over at NJ.com, I have some of the highlights from Conan O’Brien’s last “Tonight Show” episode . Conan’s closing speech was as eloquent as the “People of Earth” statement he delivered to declare he wouldn’t host a “Tonight Show” that aired...

Last night’s “Better Off Ted” combined bagel-related tomfoolery with schnitzel-related foreplay with Phil’s voice-related sexual awkwardness. In other words, it was very funny, as per usual. What did you guys think? The rest is here: Better Off Ted, "Lust in Translation":...

I’m taking some time off post-press tour, but even if I wasn’t, I don’t know that I’d have much to say about last night’s return of “White Collar.” Neither the explanation for the December cliffhanger nor the boiler room case that Neal and Peter worked interested...