Brian Lowry

ABC has shrouded "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" in mystery worthy of the secret organization at its center, hiding the pilot until Comic-Con and finally giving critics a look at its...

If the CBS-Time Warner Cable standoff is like most of these fracases, it will be settled relatively soon. Even in the midst of summer -- when networks generally have fewer...

Even in comic books -- a medium tailor made to flights of fancy -- the concept of bending time and alternate universes can become a trifle tedious. As such one...

Politico dubbed its latest report on the prospect of radio owner Cumulus dropping mega-hosts Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity a "major shakeup for the radio industry," but it's hard to...

Depending on one's point of view, the back-to-back appearances by Robin Williams -- in a new sitcom -- and Arsenio Hall -- in a new latenight talkshow -- at CBS'...

Nobody usually wins in a latenight-host baton pass, except perhaps the New York Times' Bill Carter and his literary agent. So NBC was perhaps understandably bracing for public-relations headaches associated...

Poor HBO. If it wasn't for the billion or so in annual profit and glittering array of stars beating a path to its door with pet projects, you could almost...

In television, the burdensome label "quality" can be a hard sell to audiences. But as this year's Emmy nominations demonstrate, you can sure as hell market it. Netflix's arrival as...

Eight years after his death, Johnny Carson is living on in a new medium -- via iTunes. Beginning Tuesday, the Apple service will make material from "The Tonight Show Starring...

Dennis Farina, a former Chicago cop who as a popular actor played a cop on "Law & Order" and elsewhere, has died. Lori De Waal, his representative, says Farina died...