After a well-crafted and moving episode set against the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the best drama on television ends its third season on Sunday. ...more

November 5, 2009

The troubling and intriguing "Breaking Bad" returns for a second season on AMC at 10 p.m. Sunday, with sad sack anti-hero Walt White sinking deeper into desperation, paranoia and darkness. Not for the faint of heart or those looking for happy endings, "Breaking Bad" is a character study of a good and unassuming man who, when faced with a terminal illness and financial ruin, turns to crime and murder. ...more

March 6, 2009

As 2008 comes to a close, we look back at a year in which the biggest TV star was a senator from Illinois who became the first black man elected president. ...more

December 25, 2008

I've had an appetite for nostalgia this week. I've been watching back-to-back episodes of the first season of "Mad Men." For anyone not familiar with the AMC series, it's a throwback to the early 1960s, which delves into the lives of sharply suited and carefully coiffed employees of a New York City ad agency. ...more

December 17, 2008

I've had an appetite for nostalgia this week. I've been watching back-to-back episodes of the first season of "Mad Men." For anyone not familiar with the AMC series, it's a throwback to the early 1960s that delves into the lives of sharply suited and carefully coiffed employees of a New York City ad agency. ...more

December 17, 2008

Hugh Jackman has been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2008 - just a week before his epic movie "Australia" hit theaters next Wednesday. ...more

November 20, 2008

Hugh Jackman has been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2008 — just a week before his epic movie "Australia" hits theaters next Wednesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

Light up an unfiltered Camel cigarette, pour a glass of Scotch and pop a Swanson's frozen Salisbury steak dinner into the oven. ...more

October 23, 2008

Becoming a dissolute ad executive from another era takes persistence and attention to detail. It is not merely a matter of scoring an early '60s Kingsbridge suit by John Taylor Ltd. of Tarrytown ($110 at Cheap Jack's in midtown Manhattan) and a skinny Harry Rothman tie ($45). You can't just vacuum up Lucky Strikes. No, if you want to be a piece of serious collateral damage in the phenomenon that is AMC's "Mad Men," which just won an Emmy for best drama series, you've got to get the lingo down. To know your dolls from your sweethearts, I mean. ...more

October 5, 2008

Retro '60s drama "Mad Men" and legal thriller "Damages" were poised to take a shot at making Emmy Awards history Sunday as basic cable's first best-series nominees. ...more

September 21, 2008