USA Network Sets Final Season of ‘Burn Notice’
USA Network will call it a wrap for “Burn Notice” at the end of its seventh season that begins June 6. Fox Television Studios’ spy vehicle created by Matt Nix has been a pillar of the cabler’s sked...
View Article‘Community’ Lands Renewal from NBC
“Community” has squeaked out a fifth season renewal from NBC. And the Greendale Community College gang undoubtedly owes a debt to the expanding SVOD marketplace for persuading NBC that it was worth...
View ArticleCBS Captures 18-49 Crown, Makes It a Clean Season Sweep
You can put away the fogey jokes, because CBS has climbed to the top of Demo Mountain. With as many of the top scripted series among adults 18-49 as its three rivals combined, the Eye has captured the...
View Article‘Smash’ Crash: After Finale, Seeking Lessons for TV
Hollywood has a way of deriving the wrong lessons from both failure and success. So in bidding a final farewell to “Smash” — which wrapped up its tumultuous two-season run with a “Let’s dump this on...
View ArticleHBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Draws 5.4 Million for Third-Season Finale
One week after a vocal minority of “Game of Thrones” fans vowed to bail on the series after its especially violent “red wedding” episode, the epic fantasy show drew its second-largest audience to date...
View Article‘Mad Men’ Finale: Both Sides Now
SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading if you haven’t seen the finale of “Mad Men.” I can’t remember a “Mad Men” finale that laid quite so much track for the storylines of the subsequent season. For the show’s...
View Article‘Breaking Bad:’ Why the Ending Doesn’t Really Matter
Reading some of the overheated coverage of “Breaking Bad” as the series builds toward its finale brings to mind an old Spanish teacher, who chided students for putting the emphAHsis on the wrong...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Dexter’ Finale’s Sloppy Sendoff
“Dexter” had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and Sunday night’s series finale — despite its emotional flourishes — merely underscored that this was a series well past its...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Breaking Bad’ Finale Gets the Chemistry Just Right
In today’s hyper-caffeinated age, precious little lives up to its hype. But the “Breaking Bad” finale — perhaps appropriately — got the chemistry just right. From the first frame to the last on a...
View Article‘Breaking Bad’ Finale Soars to Series-Best 10.3 Million Viewers
AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” one week after picking up the top Emmy drama prize, capped its meteoric ratings rise Sunday by surging to series highs in its finale — despite facing formidable season premieres...
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