'American Idol': Bury My Heart in Aspen
Last night's American Idol took us away from the busy, bleating cities, out of the smog and smoke to a crisp and clean and, most importantly of all, monied place that the locals call Aspen.
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Last night on Idol we met a man born without ears, a girl who likes hunting, and an old contestant came back from the dead.
Last night's American Idol took us away from the busy, bleating cities, out of the smog and smoke to a crisp and clean and, most importantly of all, monied place that the locals call Aspen.
Counter-programming The State of the Union Address.
Last night was, finally finally finally, the season finale of this most ugly and unpleasant season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Yeah, the suicide season.
A teeny bikini, a man named Wolf, and Jim Carrey's daughter all awaited us in the third audition episode.
Recapping night two (of a thousand) of American Idol.
Let the recapping of American Idol season 11 begin.
Two good shows about law enforcement, aka shows about people shooting guns, premiered last night: FX's excellent Elmore Leonard-inspired Justified and TNT's TV-verite Southland. Both are smart, solid entertainments that you should watch. Trouble is, they're on at the same time.
Fox debuted its engaging-enough new mystery series last night.
Another day, another horrifying multicamera sitcom that makes us scratch our heads in confusion.
The troubled new Chelsea Handler sitcom is a total mess.
Once you watch one episode of this show, you're in for the whole season.
On a dull TV night, we had to think a little bigger to find entertainment.
Two of Showtime's grimiest series premiered last night.
The premiere of Lifetime's new "All Star" edition of its design competition show failed to thrill.
ABC's Revenge returned to the airwaves last night with a big, conclusive episode that wrapped up one recurring character's storyline in soapy fashion. And also a bit frustratingly.
Last night ABC aired the premiere of their eagerly unanticipated new sitcom Work It, a bizarrely dated show about two unemployed guys who dress like women to get jobs as pharmaceutical sales reps. And boy was it unpleasant.
As television slowly returns after a brief winter's nap, it's inevitable that some nights of programming will be worse than others. And wooftie if last night's slate wasn't full of stinkers! Which piece of gunk did you watch?
Fox has given us the greatest Christmas present it could: This season of The X Factor is over.
This season of Work of Art has come to an end.
We hate to see them go, we love to watch them leave. Yes, two Showtime shows, Dexter and Homeland, had crackerjack season finales last night.
All the new shows have stopped until after the new year, so what is there to watch?
Last night saw the finale of the The Real World: San Diego and we're kind of sad to see it go.
Did you hear? NBC's loud, ridiculous early reality show Fear Factor returned to the desperate network last night (looking forward to that Friends reunion!) and, well, it was somehow the same more than ever.
Last night Boardwalk Empire ended with a bang, and Luck began with a whimper.
This Steve Carell-free season of The Office started off wobbly, but is finding its footing.
Bravo's art competition series is its weirdest show. It's also weirdly entertaining.
We're done with this show for a while.
It's really gotten time they put Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to bed.
Last night was the premiere of a new TLC special called Virgin Diaries. It was, as expected, deeply embarrassing.
Today we mourn the loss of Prime Suspect.
We'd love to talk about all the fun stuff that happened on TV last night, but we can't. Because our DVR hates us.
Today we sing the praises of some typically unsung TV heroes.
Watching last night's episode of Terra Nova, Fox's time travel dinosaur serial, we came to a realization: It's a very, very strange show.
Whoaaa. Last night's television offerings gave us three grim twists or surprises that jarred us out of our holiday stupor. Let's take a look at each one.
Today we think about why 'The X Factor' just doesn't work.
Gossip Girl decides to go after... Gossip Girl.
The second season of HBO's period crime saga has reinvigorated what began as a somewhat plodding series.
Last night one of our favorite TV couples had a moment.
TV's most sex crime-centric show does a really good job at casting. Let's celebrate that.
Ringer has found its sense of humor, its inner silliness, and has thus become an enjoyable Tuesday treat.
While many watched Bob Costas interview Jerry Sandusky last night, ABC was airing something far more uplifting.
We're glad that the heretofore listless season of The Walking Dead got interesting last night.
Let's imagine a scenario in which maybe, just maybe, you watch a certain television program about vampires and their diaries.
Today we're looking at an unpleasantly unsettling scene on FX's American Horror Story. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution.
Last night saw the unveiling of a "controversial," sex-filled episode of Glee that wound up being pretty darn good.
A substance-fueled reality mystery was finally addressed last night.
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