January 16, 2012
Channel Surfing: 'Betty White's Off Their Rockers'
Checking in on "Betty White's Off Their Rockers," an NBC show that might get a regular slot.
As “American Idol” begins its new season on Fox on Wednesday, it faces competitors in “The X Factor,” also on Fox, and “The Voice” on NBC.
George A. Custer’s path to the Little Bighorn was largely a quest for personal fame, according to “American Experience” on PBS.
“Alcatraz,” a new Fox drama from the J. J. Abrams brain trust, concerns a detective hunting inmates who disappeared when the prison closed in 1963.
Paula Deen’s announcement that she has Type 2 diabetes has added impetus to the debate on the national diet.
An influential coterie knows that dressing for the red carpet is not just about looking fetching for fans; it can also win roles and lucrative contracts.
Vanilla Ice, whose “Ice Ice Baby” was a 1990 monster hit, has a show on the DIY Network about home remodeling: “The Vanilla Ice Project.”
Kiefer Sutherland and David Mazouz star in the new Fox drama “Touch,” about a child who doesn’t communicate in any traditional way but has special powers.
“Napoleon Dynamite” makes its way to the small screen — with the same creators, cast and story — as an animated series on Fox.
“The Fades” on BBC America and “Lost Girl” on Syfy are the latest series trying to feed an apparently bottomless American hunger for dark and sexy science fiction.
Taxidermy is the wholesome family business at the center of “American Stuffers,” a reality TV show on Animal Planet.
Eddie Brill books comics for “Late Show With David Letterman.” He also does stand-up and teaches comedy workshops. Is there a conflict of interest?
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” is Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s third film about the 1993 murders of three children in West Memphis, Ark.
A new Fox series, “The Finder,” created by Hart Hanson, focuses on a man with a knack for locating missing people and things.
Rob Schneider’s new sitcom, “Rob,” is predicated on ethnic humor, even though he and his fellow writers make a few weak attempts to subvert their own stereotypes.
Ms. Darcel played parts ranging from peasants to nobility in movies from the 1940s and ’50s.
As insiders see it, the investment is worthwhile: the right red-carpet turnout can help a performer change lanes.
Susan Sarandon, Parker Posey, Alan Cumming and others toast a young heartthrob’s debut.
Here is a series of vignettes from Bill Cosby’s 50-year television career, showcasing examples of what has made him so good for so long.
The actor Timothy Olyphant has worked steadily since the 1990s, but in “Justified” he has found his defining role.