It's a bloody good, gory hour, and I don't know how Southland will top this. But I can't wait to see what's around the corner.

This four-part adaptation of Shakespeare’s historical cycle (“Richard II, “Henry IV, Part 1,” “Henry IV, Part 2” and “Henry V”) spotlighting the battle to win and to hold the English crown is both brilliant and eminently accessible.

This Boardwalk is rife with treasure.

This is the best ensemble of any show anywhere, and watching these gifted actors bounce off each other is a joy. Damages proves capable hands can craft a thriller for TV.

By dramatizing the true stories of the men who fought there, Spielberg and Hanks craft perhaps their most psychologically grounded work.

Mad Men is off to one crazy-good start.

Fox’s Human Target is the closest thing on TV to swigging a keg of Red Bull. It’s one hour of pure energy, a blast of fun action and stunts.

TV Land's first original sitcom is the surprise of the summer, a sparkling, breezy comedy, in no small part due to the casting of this year's It Girl, 88-year-old Betty White as a cantankerous caretaker.

Will The Event turn out to be another "FlashForward" or the next "Lost"? I'm betting cautiously on the latter.

A serial killer, a state execution, slapstick involving a baby--Fox's new Raising Hope is deliciously demented and easily the funniest new show of fall.

The first two hours are marked by surprising twists and betrayals. TV's most cunning series is back in session.

The three-week, six-hour miniseries introduces a colorful, international cast of characters who live and breathe to create one moment of perfection under the limelight.

Southland's cast remains one of its best selling points.

The most endearing, functional dysfunctional family in all of TV gets off to multiple good starts in the new season of Showtime's The United States of Tara.

This is no CBS crime procedural, and viewers deserve the chance to delve into this smart mystery for themselves.

For a topic that sounds as dry as a fund prospectus, the acting and pacing is exceptional.

I loved the pilot, mostly because I could never predict where the story was going, a rarity in prime-time TV.

Life may be short, but this comedy is not long enough.

Louis-Dreyfus won Emmys for both "Seinfeld" and "The New Adventures of Old Chrstine," and seems the best candidate to win another for her work here.

There hasn't been a show since "The Sopranos" so concerned with bodily functions, and it makes its oft-compared predecessor "Sex and the City" look like a TeenNick production. But it's also fresh, bracing and original.

You'll worry the Big Apple will swallow them up. Mostly, you'll wonder how Breaking Amish will turn next.

If there's a nighttime soap any better, I haven't seen it.

Broadchurch answers your summer prayers for top-notch drama.

Mad Men is back with another ridiculously addictive season.

For those looking for yet another quality show for their Sunday nights, Low Winter Sun soars high.

Just be grateful to be back in the neighborhood. [26 Sep 2005]

The characters carry themselves with the kind of decency, maturity and occasional playfulness that is virtually unseen on prime time.

What separates “Tara” from “Jackie,” of course, is that Tara’s family is aware of Tara’s problems and supports her. In creator/writer Diablo Cody’s world, even the most damaged among us can lead healthy lives if they are loved for themselves. That’s a comforting message.