Brian Lowry

Remember "Ben & Kate," the sweet little comedy about oddball siblings Fox aired — and pretty quickly canceled — earlier this season? Turns out the network developed a logical single-camera...

Fifteen years ago today, "Seinfeld" signed off for the last time. It averaged a staggering 76.3 million viewers, per Nielsen estimates, at the time the sixth-most-watched entertainment event (excluding Super...

Fox talked a pretty good strategic game during its upfront presentation. If only more of its shows -- based, admittedly, on the limited view from the cut-down clips shown --...

Given his history, it's a wonder Christopher Guest and HBO haven't hooked up sooner, what with the cultish devotion to his understated satires "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind."...

Beyond their good works, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel's TV showcase helped simplify film criticism, bringing a gladiatorial thumbs-up or thumbs-down ruthlessness to such analysis. It was also a handy...

Like a lot of female comics, Amy Schumer seeks to distinguish herself in part by proving she can be just as filthy as the boys, and other than genitalia, there's...

An unhealthy side effect of covering TV too long is beginning to think like executives and producers. So as reports began dribbling out about the suspects in the Boston Marathon...

Having mastered season-long arcs filled with fabulous guest characters -- and coming off brilliant back-to-back seasons -- "Justified" is perhaps to be forgiven for a slow start in hitting the...