As Tribeca Festival Turns 10, Grumbling Subsides

Television Review | ‘The Paul Reiser Show’

An Idle Star With Time for Trouble

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

“The Paul Reiser Show,” which begins on NBC on Thursday, is a comedy about Mr. Reiser’s persona as a former Hollywood star who gets into silly scrapes. Sound familiar?

• Video

Television Review | 'Gun Fight'

Looking Down the Barrel of a Debate

By MIKE HALE

A documentary by the Academy Award winning director Barbara Kopple examines the right to bear arms, using the Virginia Tech shootings as a point of departure.

Television Review | 'Happy Endings'

Take ‘Friends’ to Chicago, Then Hit Fast-Forward

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

“Happy Endings,” which has its premiere this week on ABC, is both a retro version of “Friends” and a more superficially progressive one.

• Video

Front-Runner for CBS Anchor Is ‘60 Minutes’ Reporter

By BRIAN STELTER

Some of Scott Pelley’s colleagues worry that becoming the anchor of the third-placed “CBS Evening News” would be a demotion.

• Couric’s Rocky Five-Year Path to a Likely Parting With CBS

Actors in Smaller Studios, Making Pictures for the Smaller Screen

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Instead of heading to television and movies, many young entertainers are now going to small production start-ups that specifically make video for the Web.

True to Mission, Comedy Central Still Strong at 20

By BRIAN STELTER

Twenty years on, Comedy Central is still the TV leader in comedy, its endurance the result of talent-spotting and demographic marketing.

• Interactive Timeline: Two Decades of Comedy Central

Couric’s Rocky Five-Year Path to a Likely Parting With CBS

By BILL CARTER

As Katie Couric and the network negotiate how to end her five-year run as anchor of “CBS Evening News,” interviews show that her hiring was part of a larger experiment to lift the newscast’s ratings.

• Post a Comment | Magazine: Katie Couric Has a Few Regrets

The TV Watch

New Job, but Still Chasing Bad Guys

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

NBC is reintroducing “Law & Order: Los Angeles” on Monday night with a two-hour special and a new role for Alfred Molina.

Fighting Teenage Pregnancy With MTV Stars as Exhibit A

By JAN HOFFMAN

Community educators and parents are using shows like MTV’s “Teen Mom” to prompt discussions about sex education and romantic relationships.

Snookinomics: Profits From a Tan

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

Rutgers University paid Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi $32,000 to talk about drinking and tanning last month.

Television

Discomfort Zones

By DAVE ITZKOFF

Will Ferrell has big shoes to fill as he plays the interim manager on “The Office” after Steve Carell departs.

• Meet the New Boss: Will Ferrell Clocks In at ‘The Office’

A Heroic Fantasy for Skeptics

By DAVE ITZKOFF

“Game of Thrones,” based on a series of novels by George R. R. Martin, is finally coming to HBO after having been reshot at the pilot stage, and recast.