New on TV: 4/29/10April 29, 2010Things are about to get a bit more musical on Fox as the network airs a musical episode of the mysterious series Fringe tonight...
New On TV: 4/28/10April 28, 2010Tonight sees the premiere of a new ABC series, Happy Town, which takes a page from the David Lynch series Twin Peaks -- expect creepy characters and strange story lines...
Hulu.com Prepares to Charge ViewersApril 21, 2010Hulu.com, the internet's mecca of free streaming television episodes, and the alternative to cable subscriptions for freeloading college students, is about to change things up with a paid subscription service...
TV Themes Get Nixed from Emmy AwardsApril 21, 2010Television theme music writers have been dealt a blow by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Emmy Award category that has previously recognized the main title theme song for TV shows has been nixed by the awards committee...
Sofa Snark: Music's Past & Future Meet on BroadwayApril 20, 2010Broadway needs to begin taking more chances on new kinds of musicals. While 'American Idiot' shows the future of Broadway musicals, 'Million Dollar Quartet' provides the backstory to the long hard journey that the music industry took to get us to this point. Here's hoping U2 can swoop in next season with 'Spider-Man' the musical and reaffirm that rock music belongs on Broadway...
Sofa Snark: 'Glee' Could Save Arts EducationApril 14, 2010While most prime-time programming is filled with cookie cutter procedural dramas and a seemingly endless number of Law & Order spinoffs, all merely teaching kids how to dispose of a dead body, Glee has quickly turned into a show advocating for a positive change in America, even while maintaining its cotton candy sweetness...
Sofa Snark: 'Addams Family' Dead as DoornailApril 9, 2010After the reported hefty advance sales run dry, it would suit the Broadway community to dispense of The Addams Family as fast as it did that other clunky deadly musical, Young Frankenstein...
Trailer for Showtime's 'The Tudors' SizzlesApril 7, 2010One of TV's hottest dramas, The Tudors, which also boasts a historical premise, returns to Showtime this Sunday, and if the newly released trailer is any indication of things to come, then all hell is going to break loose in King Henry VIII's kingdom...
Maura Tierney Returns to TV in 'Rescue Me'April 6, 2010After battling breast cancer, and being forced to pull out of a new series on NBC, actress Maura Tierney is ready for a return to television, this time in a role she previously played on FX's Rescue Me...
Whoopi Goldberg Stands Up for Jesse JamesApril 6, 2010Jesse James is getting heat from every side of the pop culture and tabloid news world, rightfully so, so it might have come as a bit of a surprise to the Monster Garage star that The View's co-host Whoopi Goldberg defended him...
Rachel Maddow Says No to TelevisionApril 6, 2010MSNBC darling Rachel Maddow keeps plenty of television viewers informed, and often entertained, on her nightly program -- just don't expect her to use TV as her own form of entertainment...
Watch: GLEE Performs Live at the White HouseApril 5, 2010As Gleeks await the return of the hit series Glee, those attending the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll, and anyone tuning in online, were treated to a live performance from the singing and dancing cast...
Tom Hanks to Reunite with 'Bosom Buddies' CastApril 5, 2010Get ready for Tom Hanks in drag, again, as the now movie star will reunite with his fellow Bosom Buddies cast during the upcoming TV Land Awards, marking the first time the gang has joined together in public since the series ended in 1982...
Showtime Previews 'The Real L Word'April 5, 2010Showtime showcased lesbian lifestyles for six season with its sexy drama The L Word, and now the channel is hoping to create new buzz with a reality series called The Real L Word -- the series focuses on a group of women living in West Hollywood...
Anna Paquin's Bisexuality Crashes WebsiteApril 2, 2010'True Blood' star Anna Paquin helped singer Cyndi Lauper launch a gay rights campaign for the True Colors Fund Thursday by appearing in a service announcement...
DirecTV Could Rescue FX's 'Damages'April 2, 2010FX's original series 'Damages' hasn't been faring well with viewers -- less than a million viewers are tuning in each week -- so word of cancellation wouldn't be surprising, however DirecTV might be lending a hand to rescue the legal-thriller...