Brian Lowry

Jack Bauer is back, and enthusiasm regarding "24: Live Another Day" (or really, at 12 episodes, another half-day) will likely be split, depending on whether news of the project evoked,...

"Star Wars" announced its new cast this week, which of course lit up the Internet like someone had just blown up the Death Star. Which is kind of strange, since...

Other than the not-inconsequential egos of cable-news personalities, it's hard to see Fox News' end game in its recent tit-for-tat squabbles with "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" - with...

Ann Richards is best remembered for her skewering of George H.W. Bush at the 1988 Democratic National Convention ("Poor George. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth"),...

Having chosen to live so completely in the public eye, can Tori Spelling still muster an authentic emotion in front of the cameras, as opposed to looking like she's performing...

Being gracious doesn't come naturally to David Letterman . So while he had already essentially provided his blessing to the choice of Stephen Colbert to replace him as host of...

Brass-knuckled negotiations are nothing new in the TV business. But there has traditionally been an understanding that getting the best deal shouldn't mean crippling the other side -- not out...

CBS follows its relatively rare trip into single-camera comedy, "The Crazy Ones," with the appealing "Bad Teacher," buoyed by stage actress Ari Graynor's head-turning performance (regardless of the show's success)...

After a decidedly rough patch, the Hallmark Hall of Fame gets a bit of its mojo back in time for Mother's Day with "In My Dreams," a magical-realist-tinged romance pairing...

" Scandal " often brings to mind Stephen J. Cannell's story about pitching "The A-Team" to Brandon Tartikoff. The legendary producer fondly recalled that the wilder the pitch became (until...