Christopher Meloni Says Farewell To SVU
After 12 seasons of fighting sexual deviants, the Emmy-nominated Christopher Meloni is leaving the Special Victims Unit.... read more
Saturday Night Live Review: "Justin Timberlake/Lady Gaga"
Recapping Saturday Night Live is a bit like reviewing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Both throw familiar characters on display with little subtlety or surprise, with the occasional musical number tossed in. They’re long-running institutions locked in routine that end with celebratory waving. That works for a once-a-year holiday parade for kids, but rigid repetition isn’t the best way to do comedy.... read more
Friday Night Lights Review: "Swerve" (Episode 5.06)
Well, I’ll be honest. Up until the last 10 minutes of this episode (and still, even then), things were looking bleak in our favorite Texas town. Halfway through our final Friday Night Lights season, everyone — everyone — in Dillon is in trouble.... read more
Parks and Recreation Review: "The Bubble/Li'l Sebastian" (Episode 3.15)
After a short and shaky first season, Parks and Recreation has established itself as an all-time classic sitcom over the last two years, and for one simple reason: character. Its ensemble of excellently realized characters is as deep as Newsradio’s and Arrested Development’s, with crucial contributions from every regular and too many minor recurring characters to list here. This cast is about as close to perfect as you’ll find on TV, and hopefully they’ll be working together for years to come.... read more
Modern Family Review: "See You Next Fall" (Episode 2.23)
Last night’s Modern Family episode focused around one word: insecurity. As Alex prepares her valedictory graduation speech from junior high school—that kiddie pool of self-loathing and self-doubt—the rest of the Dunphys and Pritchetts are tapping into their own insecurities as they prepare for the ceremony.... read more
Watch Iron & Wine Perform on Leno
Sam Beam stopped by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to perform a track off of Kiss Each Other Clean.... read more
CBS Announces 2011-2012 Primetime Schedule
CBS has unveiled its primetime schedule for the 2011-2012 season. A few new shows will emerge, but most of the changes involve shuffling around established programs.... read more
Snoop Dogg Proposes "Hood" Version of X Factor
Snoop Dogg is hoping to develop a television show to find “America’s hottest hood artists.”... read more
Watch Death Cab for Cutie Perform on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Death Cab for Cutie visited Jimmy Fallon last night, performing “You Are a Tourist” on the late-night show.... read more
Seth MacFarlane Bringing The Flintstones to Fox
Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show has plans to revive the classic prehistoric cartoon The Flintstones. The updated cartoon is set to hit Fox in 2013.... read more
NBC Announces 12 New Scripted Shows
Prime-time television will see some major changes in the 2011-2012 season, as NBC recently announced 12 new scripted shows for the fall.... read more
Friday Night Lights Review: "Kingdom" (Episode 5.05)
If you want to learn how to make incredible television, if you want to understand what art is, if you want to see unparalleled acting and writing and music, and if you want to create something that will leave viewers so riveted they’ll be crying at the episode’s end without even realizing they’re crying, then watch this episode of Friday Night Lights.... read more
Community Review: "For a Few Paintballs More" (2.24)
Most television shows aren’t hits, and when they’re not that means very little certainty that they’ll be around for another year. Especially in the last few years decisions over what will return have really come to down to the wire, such that while the current season is right now winding down we’re still getting announcements about which shows have and have not been given another order. So when the final episode of Community was being written, it seems unlikely they knew that on March 17 the show would be picked up again—less than two months ago our little-watched show (relatively... read more
Ashton Kutcher Replaces Charlie Sheen on Two And A Half Men
The long-awaited replacement for Charlie Sheen on CBS’s hit show Two And A Half Men has finally been revealed: Ashton Kutcher.... read more
Mos Def Joins Dexter, Drops Def
Hip-hop artist and actor Mos, formerly known as Mos Def, has signed onto the sixth season of Dexter.... read more
It Takes a Community... To Embarrass a Writer
Paste writer Adam Galanter took a trip to the set of our current favorite sitcom Community, which ends its second season tonight. He spoke with the show's stars and ended up in his own little comedy. read more
Modern Family Review: "Good Cop Bad Dog" (Episode 2.22)
Last night’s episode of Modern Family focused on role reversal, with the family heads intentionally—or unwittingly—trading places with their partners. The good cop, bad cop routine worked with varying results among the Pritchett and Dunphy clans.... read more
Fox Cancels Breaking In, Traffic Light, Lie To Me and More
The notoriously finicky Fox has canceled a slew of shows whose ratings had them “on the bubble,” including Lie To Me, Human Target, The Chicago Code, Traffic Light and Breaking In.... read more
Fox Options Go The F**k to Sleep
Fox 2000 has optioned Go the F**k to Sleep, a satirical parenting self-help book by Adam Mansbach.... read more
Glee Music Producer Launches Label
The executive music producer of Glee has announced the launch his record label, Anders Music.... read more
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