Dear non-"Chuck" fans: Why you should give Chuck Bartowski a chance
It's exciting, it's dramatic and it is, simply, fun, says Alan Sepinwall. "Because the comedy is so strong, the cast is so likable, and everyone involved so obviously has a passion for making the show as entertaining as it can be, there's a sense of joy around 'Chuck' that's infectious," he explains. "Rare is the episode that doesn't make me smile for the hour."
"Chuck's" formula is getting creaky // Meet Chuck 2.0 // A "Chuck" primer
Vik Sahay: I'm not like Lester! // Adam Baldwin has to juggle comedy, seriousness
Zach Levi: "Chuck" should go on road // Subway: "Chuck" deal is hard to duplicate
How will Ellen juggle "Idol" with her talk show?
"It's going to be challenging," she says. "I moved my schedule up on the show so I'll shoot the show earlier in the day and jump in the car and run over to "Idol." It will be energizing also because I'll be able to come on my show the next day and talk about things that happened that people didn't get to see."
Meet your "Idol" guest judges
Check out Neil Patrick Harris, Avil Lavigne, Mary j. Blige, Shania Twain, Katy Perry, Victoria Beckham and Joe Jonas on the judging panel.
Beauty school gets in trouble for pitching a "ghetto" reality show
Students at the Alameda Beauty College are up in arms over the reality show pitch, which casts them as inner-city unwed moms and the new owners as white, naive suburbanites.
"Big Love" returns with a 9-episode "compromise"
Why just nine episodes? "It was a demand about getting the show ready for January that shortened the order," co-creator Will Scheffer says of starting the season so early in the calendar year, which was made to accommodate HBO's "The Pacific." As for this season, he says, "We've become much more integrated into the deeper meaning of what polygamy is and whether it is a fundamentally viable lifestyle. Whether this can really work in true consenting adult relationships between women and a man."
"Big Love" is really 2 stories // Storylines are becoming ridiculous
Morgan Spurlock: "The Simpsons" wanted a look at the show through "my eyes"
“I think I was picked because maybe everybody else was busy," he jokes when talking about “The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!." “I was kind of the one that was left over. When Al Jean and everybody called me up, they wanted to make a documentary that kind of looked at the series, but did it in a way that was a little different than kind of a pat on the back kind of show. They wanted to know what my take would be in terms of looking at the show through my eyes, which I thought was a cool and fun thing to get to do.
Some of the best characters go unmentioned // Homer vs. Mickey Mouse
Watch Homer's Letterman Top 10 // The Top 25 "Simpsons" peripheral characters
