Brian Lowry

"Friends With Better Lives" is a promising title for a sitcom, cleverly designed to tap into the suspicions -- from marrieds tethered by kids to singles looking for love --...

Hugh Jackman hasn't suffered for flashing his claws from time to time. Nor has Christian Bale or George Clooney been permanently scarred by time spent under Batman's cowl. Superman ,...

The last thing TV needs is another nostalgic sitcom narrated by a young boy (indeed, it's almost time for a moratorium), but "Surviving Jack" conjures a few amusing moments, courtesy...

The adrenaline ante has been so upped on episodic dramas as to somewhat devalue the "shocker" label. So credit the producers of "The Good Wife" with delivering a genuine jolt...

PBS has acquired a patina of cool since "Downton Abbey" and "Sherlock" arrived, but public television can't -- and probably shouldn't -- shed its stodgy image. Cases in point are...

James Rebhorn - who died Friday at the age of 65 - was the quintessential character actor, and as such a representative of a proud if sadly disappearing breed. Rebhorn...

Myths die hard in the media, especially if there's a good, familiar story undergirding them. So it is with the NCAA basketball tournament, and the notion of a "Cinderella team"...

There is a contingent in the U.S. media that will take umbrage over every non-serious thing President Obama does. And before the next president is sworn in, maybe it's time...

Television news frequently uses personal stories to shed light on broader issues, an approach that works to varying degrees. While the message in "Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times...

Two basketball documentaries air this weekend in advance of the NCAA tournament, with one earning championship honors and the other settling for the old college try. ESPN seldom connects the...