Okay, with “American Idol” airing its only hour-long Tuesday performance episode for a long stretch, I’m gonna offer up some quick thoughts on the top 8 women while “Lost” buffers in the DVR… As Simon and Ryan said (and as Adam Bonin at Throwing Things likes to point...

Very funny “Big Bang Theory” last night, I thought. I probably would have watched an entire episode that was nothing but the guys pulling different items out of their cardboard box of geek treasures, and/or an entire episode of the guys trying to psych each other out in their hands-on-a-hard-ring...

A review of last night’s “How I Met Your Mother” coming up just as soon as I get on a stool so I can fall off it… “Of Course” was frustrating me for a good chunk of its running time, then saved itself in the final minutes with a reminder that “HIMYM” can...

A review of tonight’s “Chuck” coming up just as soon as I hear the sound of liberty… “My best friend is a spy? This is unbelievable. This is the best news I’ve ever heard!” -Morgan I’m absolutely on-board with the darker direction “Chuck” has...

Dealing with the ongoing comment apocalypse in the “Chuck” episode post has occupied far too much of my day, so I’ll be quick on last night’s “Big Bang Theory.” Sheldon’s Tuvan throat singing was funny (even if they went to the well once too often), and I liked...

This shouldn’t come as a shock given my love for dance movies , but I’m pumped for the return of America’s Best Dance Crew . The fifth season kicks off on MTV tonight (at 10/9c) where we’ll be watching southern teams battle for their spot on the show. By now, I pretty much know...

Zac Efron has been looking to break out of the High School Musical mold lately by picking some more grown-up roles. Today comes news of his two latest projects: first, he’s signed on to star in Fire , based on the graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis, and he also has another project lined up,...

It’s a recycled photo for a recycled episode of “The Office” - specifically, for a clip show that was advertised only using scenes from the framing device. On the one hand, I was happy to see many of these clips again (the Creed montage alone was worth the price of admission). On the...

A review of last night’s “Community” coming up just as soon as I spend money on breakaway clothing… 14 episodes into its debut season (which just added three more episode, as part of NBC’s push to avoid repeats post-Leno-in-primetime), “Community” is still exploring...

On the last day of 2008, I predicted (after watching a bunch of January and February screeners) that 2009 was going to be a very good year in TV . And that’s exactly how things turned out . I don’t know that 2010 will live up to that, but I’ve been watching screeners for the past few...

Having run through my favorite TV shows of the decade and the year , and then having invited comments yesterday on your favorite films of ‘09 , I guess the only thing that’s left is a movies of the decade list, which follows after the jump… First, a few caveats. In this decade, I had...

I’m of two minds about tonight’s “Dexter.” On the one hand, Jennifer Carpenter continues her strong work this season, and the final sequence was one of the more exciting cat-and-mouse moments the show has done. On the other hand, to get to that moment, Dexter has to get an IQ...

Have you missed out on the wild and crazy ride that is The Vampire Diaries ?  Do you want to relive all the excitement of the show again from the beginning?  You’re in luck, because the CW, in a sign of immense faith in the freshman series, is dedicating an entire week of programming...

During last week’s So You Think You Can Dance results show, head judge Nigel Lythgoe lost all of his British reserve and fastidious manners when the audience booed his harsh critique of tween sweethearts Nathan Trasoras and Mollee Gray. In a moment that reminded us why British TV audiences used...

Some thoughts on last night’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” coming up just as soon as I recharge the mitzvah… There may have been funnier episodes of “Curb” this season (”Vehicular Fellatio” comes to mind), but none have felt as satisfying on so many levels as...

I haven’t written about “Saturday Night Live” this season because I tend not to get to the show for a day or two, and very little of it is good enough to be worth writing about. (”SNL” can be funny during non-election seasons; this one just hasn’t been.) I did watch...

We had a party last week on Brothers and Sisters , and it seems as though the celebration continues tonight.  On “The Wine Festival,” the Walkers are presented with a chance to save their business and get back on top.  Despite that hopeful prospect, more conflicts between lovers...

Quick thoughts on last night’s “White Collar” coming up just as soon as I have a round of drinks and Parcheesi… I didn’t write about last week’s episode, and I don’t think “White Collar” is a show that, as presently constituted, is going to get regular...

You can rarely accuse a romantic comedy of being original, and the set up for Leap Year is no different. Amy Adams stars as Anna, a woman who’s waiting for her boyfriend (Adam Scott) to propose when she learns that according to Irish tradition, women are “allowed” to propose to men...