Maureen Ryan

'In Plain Sight" (9 p.m. Sunday, USA) is a rare misstep on the part of USA Network, which in the last few years has had enviable success with breezy escapist...

Any adaptation of Michael Crichton's thriller "The Andromeda Strain" (8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday on A&E) needs to do one thing: serve up a heaping helping of paranoia. The four-hour...

Given that we're living through a long, grinding presidential campaign, do Americans really want to revisit the most extreme partisan battle of the recent past? The enthusiasm for "Recount" (8...

The fallout from the writers strike is becoming apparent as the TV season wraps. It's always tough to pen a good finale, but when writers have to cram a lot...

A few people have asked via e-mail what I thought of the May 15 season finale of "The Office," given that I found the previous week's episode, "Job Fair," seriously...

Spotted in the suburbs of the Windy City, one TV-centric scribe counting the days until the sure-to-be-scandalous Monday finale of "Gossip Girl" (7 p.m., WGN-Ch. 9). Why the change of...

'The Unit" has been renewed for another season. That's good news for fans of that CBS show, but much more news emerged from the "upfront" week in New York, where...

It has always been theoretically possible. But until May 8, I didn't believe there could be a truly terrible episode of "The Office." I was proved wrong. A lot of...

It's easy for a young woman making her way in the big city to get lost. Just ask Betty Suarez. As its second season wore on, "Ugly Betty," which follows...

'Storm Over Everest" (9 p.m. Tuesday, WTTW-Ch. 11) is an undoubtedly beautiful and interesting film. But as participants of the disastrous May 10, 1996, Mt. Everest expedition recount the deaths...