Maureen Ryan

Whether they were sitting in the Beverly Hilton ballroom or watching NBC's telecast at home, audience members watching Sunday's Golden Globes might have had the same reaction that viewers of...

It'd be nice to think that the era of magical thinking is ending at NBC. Conan O'Brien delivered a much-needed reality check to the network Tuesday, telling his corporate overlords...

Last year, Michael Ventrella of Bartlett realized he had a big problem. The heaviest-ever contestant on "The Biggest Loser" (7 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5) said his late-night lifestyle as a DJ...

An unusual thing started to happen last season during tapings of "The Big Bang Theory," a winning comedy that has become a breakout hit for CBS (8:30 p.m. Monday, WBBM-Ch....

Veteran spy John Casey is a man of few words and many grunts. And thanks to the deft performance of Winnetka native Adam Baldwin, Casey's grunts -- which can signal...

A quick glance at some of the most notable TV returns and debuts of early 2010. Jan. 10: "Chuck" (8 p.m., NBC), "Big Love" (8 p.m., HBO), "Return to Cranford"...

This decade's singular moment in culture could just as easily have been a YouTube video as it might have been a book, a film, an album or an opera. Such...

There's no way to list every show or development that altered television in the last decade. But the influence of certain technologies and programs transformed what we saw on our...

Saturday: "Castle" (9 p.m. on WLS-Ch. 7). Novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) investigate the murder of a polar explorer, but the investigations aren't the...

If you can look past the guns, motorcycles and leather jackets on "Sons of Anarchy" (9 p.m. Tuesday, FX ), you can discern a story of idealism colliding with reality....