Today: Paz de la Huerta loses a job, a certain pilot seems suspicious, and two Australians get sexily stranded.
Television seems to become more of a true art form with each passing year, and 2011 continued the trend with bold, ambitious storytelling and bitingly smart writing. Here are our picks for the best (and some of the worst) TV this year.
Last night Boardwalk Empire ended with a bang, and Luck began with a whimper.
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.
The second season of HBO's period crime saga has reinvigorated what began as a somewhat plodding series.
Now that nearly all the new shows of the fall TV season have premiered (Once Upon a Time and Grimm both unmagically limped onto the scene last week), let's take a look at who we like the best right now. From listless New Yorkers to men with half a face, these are our favorite TV characters right now.
Today in film and television: The Corrections lines up its parental unit, GMC wants in on The Cannonball Run remake, and how Jerry Bruckheimer slashed the Lone Ranger budget.
Redford has wanted to play Branch Rickey, the man who signed Jackie Robinson, for years
The show starts with a literal bang, and some critical bangs, too
An end to Tumblr shots of decapitated dolls
On the next season of the HBO drama, same old gun fights, more KKK meetings
Could they have pounced on Game of Thrones any quicker?
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