These days, our knowledge of celebrities too often originates with paparazzi images and snarky quotes by anonymous "insiders." After a while, it's eas...
Thursday nights on NBC: They defined the second half of the nineties as "Must-See TV." But beyond the anchors of Friends and Seinfeld, and later Will ...
While art is often said to mirror life, what about those uncanny incidents in which a prescient artist foreshadows real-life events? What about major disasters that appear in fictional form years before shocking the world in real time?
When I used to chronicle my TV habits for Nerve, I maintained that I wasn't raised by TV ā I would say it was more of a nanny. But in truth, there w...
"Will & Grace" is often cited as a pioneering sitcom in terms of its portrayal of openly gay characters and relationships. But one of the show's stars...
Imagine if "Will & Grace" had worked together, rather than lived together, and both characters were men. That seems to be the basic set-up behind "Par...
Eric McCormack is challenging himself on his new role, as well as apparently challenging some of his long-time fans. He went on "Conan" (Weeknights, 1...
Gone are the days when no one could take a joke about what might happen in a bed shared by two men or two women. These days, we know gay sex is just as funny, and sometimes tragic, as the other kind.
As children become teens, we've prepared them with mixed messages of love and hate. Pair that with the complexity of identity development and we have the perfect recipe for bullying.
There's a lot of talk by the networks about reaching out to the Latino audience, but little action. Networks need to be brave enough to pick up shows with Latinos in starring roles. Learn from what works and what doesn't work, then try again until you succeed.
NEW YORK -- In a move to inject new life into its kookiness, "30 Rock" is going live this week.
It will be the second such outing for the NBC comedy,...
Since the ratings-high Season 5 premiere of "Mad Men" this week, fans can't stop talking (and thinking) about a sexy dance number from Megan Draper (J...
We already wished "Gossip Girl" actor Penn Badgley a happy 25th birthday, but we came across this clip from his first role on television and had to sh...
Sean Hayes' return to TV just took another big step forward. The project is near a deal to sign Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan and his writer partne...
A true example of the present-day American Dream in our world of social media, Justin Halpern went from tweeter, to book writer, to co-creator, co-executive producer and writer for his very own TV show in less than a year.
In light of last week's announcement of the 2010 Emmy nominees, let's take a look at this year's nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series and the winner...