Creator of Reno 911! to Helm New Pilot for NBC
Two months after announcing the end to Reno 911!, Thomas Lennon will create a new pilot for NBC.... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: The Guild
WatchTheGuild.comIf fans of The Guild’s creator and star Felicia Day can be considered a cult following, that cult is quickly growing into a full-on religion. Her web series has been streamed more than 25 million times, and she’s already eclipsed the million-followers mark on Twitter. Not bad for a show about a group of online gamers that was considered too niche when the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress originally pitched it to the networks.... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Wainy Days
WainyDays.comIf dating in New York seems daunting, David Wain’s absurdist comedy series Wainy Days may terrify. Wain (writer/director of Role Models) plays himself serial dating his way through Manhattan. His suave pickups (“Champagne usually knots up my colon, but let’s throw caution to the wind!”) somehow always work, but rarely last past the first night.... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Ctrl
NBC.com/Ctrl Arrested Development’s Tony Hale stars in a new NBC web series about a beaten-down office worker with a very literal keyboard—CTRL Z creates a real-life do-over, CTRL B gives him boldness. But these newfound quickly get out of control.... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Alive in Baghdad
AliveInBaghdad.orgIn 2005, Brian Conley launched Alive in Baghdad as a counter-point to the soundbyte-driven news coverage of the American occupation of Iraq. The series features weekly video vignettes about daily life in the country, told from the civilian perspective. As our collective attention has shifted away from the war, funding problems have slowed the series' production to a halt, but the 150+ archived episodes are worth checking out.... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: The Roots on Jimmy Fallon
Weeknights at 12:35 p.m. on NBCAs the the house band for Jimmy Fallon, the hardest working hip-hop band in the world takes a much deserved break from incessant touring for the comforts of 30 Rockefeller. We talked to the band’s co-founder and drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson on the show’s 100th episode, and here’s what he had to say about his new gig: ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Embedded
Check local listings for time and networks, beginning Oct. 14Join Mos Def as he freestyles through the streets of Osaka, Japan; Death Cab For Cutie’s Nick Harmer as he follows his passion for photography; or Amanda Palmer as she goes thrift-store shopping in San Francisco with Lykke Li. This new series aims to peak inside the everyday lives of musicians like Common, Silversun Pickups, Ben Harper, Thievery Corporation, Passion Pit and The Decemberists. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Subterranean
Sundays at 1 a.m. on MTV2The spiritual descendent of 120 Minutes, MTV2’s Subterranean has supplied videos for indie-starved insomniacs since 2003. Longtime host Jim Shearer has moved on, but the show still catches up with underground noisemakers while broadcasting the latest videos from the likes of The Dead Weather, Phoenix, Mason Jennings and Peter Bjorn and John. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Austin City Limits
Check local listings for time, on PBSFor decades, Austin City Limits has been the place for live music on TV. In recent years, the show has moved beyond its classic roots and blues leanings, opting instead for an eclectic mix of artists. The show’s 35th season opens with Dave Matthews Band, and will also feature Sonic Youth, M. Ward, Willie Nelson, Pearl Jam, Okkervil River, Andrew Bird, Ben Harper and Elvis Costello. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: College GameDay
Saturdays at 10 p.m. on ESPNFrom the campus of the day's most interesting match-up, college football's finest analyst Kirk Herbstreit and his cohorts capture both the x's and o's of the game and the tribal passion that surrounds it. It's the kickoff not just to college-football watching, but to the best fall Saturdays.... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Cake Boss
Mondays at 10 p.m. on TLCBuddy Valastro isn’t just the master baker, he’s the head of a 99-year-old Sicilian family business with his mother, four sisters and three brothers-in-law. The drama is worth a chuckle, but the cakes really steal the show. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Top Chef
Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on BravoThe sixth season of this addictive foodie-survival challenge takes place in Las Vegas, home to approximately 10 million celebrity-chef auxiliary restaurants and 20 million casino buffets. If early favorite Kevin Gillespie doesn’t win, we’re pulling for his Atlanta counterpart, Hector Santiago. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: The Soup
On E!The Soup promotes its own brand of recycling. Hosted by Joel McHale, who puts his Cheshire-cat grin to brilliantly sarcastic use, the clip show turns TV’s most vile garbage—narcissistic reality-show stars, bumbling Good Day LA anchors, and loopy talent-show judges—into vicious comedy and incisive cultural criticism. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: The Rachel Maddow Show
Weeknights at 9 p.m. on MSNBCRachel Maddow stormed the gates of MSNBC last fall, wielding a wit as sharp as her intellect. It was a welcome coup for viewers possessed with an attention span and a sense of humor but who aren’t quite convinced The Daily Show is the only alternative to the three-ring circus of cable news. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Project Runway
Thursdays at 10 p.m. on LifetimeAfter five gangbuster seasons on Bravo, television's best, most creative reality show makes its Lifetime debut along with new companion series. Here's hoping they can "make it work."... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
(Two-hour special in November on SyFy)This prequel movie, directed by Edward James Olmos, will clarify some of Galactica’s unanswered questions, namely the Cylons’ titular genocidal stratagem. Events from the first two seasons will be shown from the Cylons’ perspective, at last explaining the meaning of “they have a plan.” ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: V
Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on ABC, beginning Nov. 3ABC’s remake of the 1983 miniseries stars Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell as an FBI agent who sees through the aliens’ friendly posture toward Earth’s inhabitants. While scientists led the fight against the aliens in the original series, religion gets a turn this time with Father Jack Landry (Joel Gretsch) joining the resistance. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
On BBC AmericaThe second of four hour-long, standalone Doctor Who specials—which will be the last episodes to feature the 10th Doctor, David Tennant—has a bit of a zombie vibe, but some of the show’s creepiest stories have been the best. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Stargate Universe
Fridays at 9 p.m. on SyFyA long-running franchise launches a new spin-off about a group of humans who have been transported far across the universe and are now trying to return to home. (Where have we heard that before, Capt. Janeway?) But SyFy seems to be pulling out all the stops for what promises to be a darker, less silly and more action-packed Stargate series. ... read more
Fall Guide to Good TV: Friday Night Lights
Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on DIRECTV's The 101With the question posed by its Season 3 finale—"What's life like after Dillon High School?" for both students and the ousted Coach Taylor—still hanging in the air like a 40-yard pass, not much about this unexpectedly affecting series' future is clear. But we're hoping for more heartwrenching drama, dreamy cinematography and excellent music.... read more
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