Maureen Ryan

Here's how much "Mad Men" (9 p.m. Sunday, AMC) creator Matthew Weiner cares about the design details of his show: He and his staff have had conversations about whether the...

It's hard not to encounter delays -- sometimes pleasurable ones -- everywhere you go at San Diego Comic-Con. Arriving at the annual convention of comic book enthusiasts and pop-culture connoisseurs...

"Lost" and "Heroes" came to San Diego Comic-Con this year with entirely different things to prove. The shows made very different offerings to fans, hoping to sustain their goodwill until...

Not sure how to increase your general awesomeness? Wonder no longer. "The Bro Code," a book of advice by Barney Stinson of CBS' "How I Met Your Mother," will be...

After years of stability in its lead cast, "CSI" has been rocked by a series of changes in the last year or so. The biggest, of course, is the departure...

There's big news from the Television Critics Association press tour regarding "Damages": Ted Danson will be back as Arthur Frobisher on the FX show. His performance in Season 1 as...

At the Television Critics Association press tour, I spoke to the Fox network's chairman, Peter Liguori, about "Virtuality," the pilot "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer Ron Moore and co-executive producer Michael...

Q: With so many shows on television, how do you decide which to review? A: Great question, and I'm happy to say that I have no definitive answer. I try...

'Psych" (which returns 9 p.m. Friday, USA) is the most amiable and goofy of detective shows, thankfully. At the height of summer, who wants to clog up the brain with...

It might be easier to say what "Fringe" isn't, rather than try to define what it is. The Fox show, which debuts Sept. 9, isn't "Lost." It isn't "Alias." According...