‘Wicked City’ review: A trifling and thoroughly inert drama
There is a mystery at the heart of "Wicked City," but it's not captured by anything that happens on screen. Actually, the confounding questions about this program are legion. Why...
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TV review: ‘Jane the Virgin’ season 2
The collective exhale can begin. Loyal viewers of the CW comedy "Jane the Virgin" may have had some fears about whether it would be able to sustain the quality of...
TV review: ‘Manhattan’ season 2
Early in the second season of "Manhattan," William Petersen strides into the isolated New Mexico encampment housing the scientists at work on the first nuclear bomb. Petersen's fantastic performance as...
Men, too, must join the effort to bring diversity to TV
Lifetime's acclaimed summer drama "Unreal" opened with a memorable image: Shiri Appleby's character, Rachel, the producer of a reality dating show, "Everlasting," was sprawled on the floor of a limousine,...
‘Mad Men’ star Kiernan Shipka takes drama in stride
"Mad Men" is deliciously complex, but you could almost sum up the AMC drama by calling it a prelude to Sally Draper's inevitable years of therapy. Sally, played by 10-year-old...
‘Mad Men’ star Kiernan Shipka takes drama in stride
"Mad Men" is deliciously complex, but you could almost sum up the AMC drama by calling it a prelude to Sally Draper's inevitable years of therapy. Sally, played by 10-year-old...
‘Chuck’ has an Awesome sidekick
Being Awesome is Ryan McPartlin's job description. No really, it is. On the enjoyable NBC spy show "Chuck" (7 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5), McPartlin plays the handsome, athletic brother-in-law of the...
Ellen brings sunny side to ‘Idol’ judging debut
Ellen DeGeneres has an easygoing vibe about her, so it made sense that her first appearance as a judge on "American Idol" was relatively low key. DeGeneres' debut as a...
So many questions raised in ‘Lost’ premiere
It may take a while to process everything from Tuesday's season premiere of "Lost," but this is certain: It was fantastic. I was on the edge of my seat as...
For ‘Lost,’ the end is near
Nobody has to explain the importance of endings to Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, executive producers of "Lost." Fans of the show have been speculating not only about what will...