Maureen Ryan

A tangle of complicated emotions -- love, hate, pity, anger and despair -- roil any addict's family. A&E has a TV show that delves into those deep waters with compassion...

A strange feeling came over me when I was watching the Season 2 premiere of "Saving Grace" (9 p.m. Monday, TNT). I actually wished that the episode was longer. In...

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson of "The Closer" (8 p.m. Monday, TNT) doesn't like to feel powerless. According to Kyra Sedgwick, who plays her on the hit TNT show, the...

I've been reading the unofficial lists of Emmy semi-finalists that Tom O'Neil has been posting at the Gold Derby site (goldderby.latimes.com). And I was struck, once again, by an idea...

News, notes and observations: *In a recent interview (watch this space for more about this show, which returns on USA July 10), "Burn Notice" creator Matt Nix shared a little...

How often can you say you admire a reality TV star? Not too long ago, reality programming was the shock to the system that the TV industry needed. Outsize characters...

I'm certainly not the first to draw parallels between "Lost" and "Battlestar Galactica," two rewarding dramas chock full of dense mythologies. But there seemed to be more coincidences than usual...

You have questions about your favorite TV shows; I may have answers: Jenna: Any idea what will happen on "Monk" after the death of Stanley Kamel [who played the detective's...

Walking into the New York studio of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" isn't an overwhelming experience. The talk-show studio in NBC's 30 Rockefeller Plaza is small and not exactly in...

Fashionistas, take note: Season 5 of "Project Runway" begins filming in New York this week. And you can rest easy if you've heard rumors of changes to the show's judging...