How To Write Your Very Own ProceduralMaking fun of the formulaic and unrealistic nature of TV procedurals is almost as tradition-bound as the prodceurals...
Opening Weekend: Girls gone wild in Hanna, Your Highness and Soul SurferThere will be blood—in the Amazonian quests of Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan and AnnaSophia Robb
TV: Holding Out For a HeroLast night’s Justified was a terrific episode that ended with a perfect, powerful "funny/serious" moment masterfully played by...
Why good just won’t cut itWELLS: All the candidates are doing their jobs, but the real moment of peril lies ahead
Obama: ’questions’ about ’destructive’ oil sands; Senator wants trade inquiryPresident Obama was asked about oil sands at an energy town hall today in Pennsylvania. He said it was a "good thing" to get oil...
Glenn Beck to end his show (again)The Fox show will end having lasted only a little longer than his CNN Headline News show
What would a U.S. government shutdown mean for Canada and Republicans?’A shutdown is still fairly likely’
The Birth of TV ContrarianismI once read an article about the quality TV -- this was in a book of essays we were assigned for school, and this one wasn’t...
The U.S. News BluesIt looks like Scott Pelley will, as expected, replace Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News when she steps down soon. I don’t know...