Brian Lowry

A scripted eight-part miniseries from a subdivision of ABC News, "The Assets" is an unexpectedly good placeholder for regular time-period-occupant "Scandal," if perhaps a little too slow-going to connect with...

For years, the interests of TV networks and newspapers were pretty closely aligned, or seemed to be. Broadcasters trotted out new shows in the fall. Newspapers dutifully reviewed them and...

The buzz surrounding Chiwetel Ejiofor's performance in "12 Years a Slave" should throw a bit of heat toward "Dancing on the Edge," the five-part Starz miniseries in which he stars....

Packing a great deal of story into a one-hour package, "Pure Evel: American Legend" tells us as much about where we are now as it does daredevil motorcyclist and '70s...

Criss Angel loves TV, but the feeling isn't entirely mutual. After having done the A&E; series "Criss Angel Mindfreak," the magician is back with a Spike showcase, "Criss Angel BeLIEve,"...

Hallmark Channel is trying to replicate the soft-focus feel of its movies in series form, so why not go to the source? Exec producer Martha Williamson anchored CBS' Saturday night...

Perhaps appropriately, BBC America follows the Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick" -- half biopic, half Lindsay Lohan exploitation showcase -- with "Burton and Taylor," which not only employs the surnames...

To proclaim "American Horror Story: Coven" more disciplined and less feverishly twisted than the two previous flights of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's FX franchise requires grading on a curve....

In advance interviews, Megyn Kelly has insisted that she is "not an ideologue," but rather a news anchor. Yet the premiere Monday of her Fox News Channel program, "The Kelly...

For a nonprofit enterprise, PBS has an unexpected fascination with the 19th-century retail business. First, it was "Mr. Selfridge," about a department-store visionary. Now, it's a seven-part "Masterpiece Classic" series,...