Maureen Ryan

HBO has confirmed an airdate for the final batch of new "Sopranos" episodes. The final nine episodes will begin airing on April 8. David Chase will write and direct the...

Is Oprah Winfrey muscling in on Barbara Walters' territory? Walters usually does a pre-Oscar special in which stars weepily describe how lucky they are just to be nominated, what kind...

Say goodbye to the beach, the Bait Shop and Seth Cohen's witticisms: "The O.C." is history. Ratings for the Fox show have tumbled in recent seasons, especially after the teen...

David Letterman has extended his contract with CBS through the fall of 2010. That means the CBS late-night host will be on the air one year longer than NBC's Jay...

Various television pundits have weighed in with ideas about how and why "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," the highly hyped new NBC drama about a comedy show from "The...

Robert Remini, The House in Conflict. (402), 10-11 a.m. Nov. 4, The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St. The retired history professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago brings...

"Lost" doled out a few new clues in its season premiere Wednesday: We learned that Ben, the character formerly known as Henry Gale, is not gentle at all. As the...

Given the quick banter, swooping camera movement and buzzing activity on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," you may find it hard to track the players on the fictional sketch-comedy...

Producer Dick Wolf may be mad that NBC has moved his flagship "Law & Order" to sleepy Fridays, but he's not going down without a fight. Looks like he's taking...

Your biggest problem this fall is time. Even as the Emmys (7 p.m. Sunday on NBC) honor last season's TV, there's a bumper crop of fine new shows waiting in...