"We are family. We shall achieve the greatness that is your birthright. Together," says Jeremy Iron's Borgia pope in the season opener of Showtime's addictive historical drama The Borgias. These Borgias might be family, but it seems doubtful that the titular clan will ever be as united as their pontiff...

"Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret" goes the tag line to ABC Family's breakaway hit Pretty Little Liars. It sets up viewers to expect a certain kind of now-familiar teen trope: pretty people doing terrible things in nice clothes. What it doesn't prime viewers for is the...

As viewers, we've all had the experience of watching a show and just not connecting with a character. There are always going to be characters populating the dial that just annoy us. What can shows do to make these characters more palatable? How about embracing the very things people don't...

Gossip Girl, you know I love you but we have to talk. I've been a longtime fan of yours but the current fifth season really isn't your gossipy best. I say this with all my XOXO but it's hard to change without talking about the problems.

So let's talk...

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost walk into an apartment. The premise of Syfy's BBC remake Being Human, back for a second season January 16th, might sound like the beginning of a joke but the show takes itself deadly seriously.

Strap on your Stetsons because FX's Emmy-winning hit Justified is returning on Jan. 17 for a third season. It's been far too long since we've checked in with sarcastic law man Raylan Givens and watching the first four episodes I realized how good it felt to be back in the...

Every USA Network ad boasts about its characters. Apparently, at USA Network they are welcome. This has lead USA to develop a crop of shows in the Monk mold: big stand-out characters doing wacky things. This isn't to disparage the formula because it produces some very entertaining programming. Just this...

I recently stumbled upon the Canadian sitcom Men With Brooms, which aired last year on the CBC channel in Canada. Men With Brooms wasn't picked up for a second season, making the 12 episodes of the first season the entire run of the series. That's a real shame in my...

In part one of our interview with The Borgias' David Oakes we talked about what audiences could expect for Juan in the show's upcoming second season. In part two of our interview we discuss with Oakes the other Borgia show, what it's like working with Jeremy Irons, cast...

Showtime's drama The Borgias is based on the infamous pope of that name and his even more infamous children. Like all good soapy historical dramas, The Borgias is full of sex, murder, inappropriate sibling relationships and very pretty costumes. Ahead of the release of the first season on...

It's that time of year again. There's a chill in the air, carolers singing and around every corner of the Internet is another best-of list. As the clock ticks down on 2011 and we prepare ourselves for the apocalypse (next year is 2012 after all, didn't you see that John...