FX boss: Subtlety, not marketing, may have doomed "Terriers"
FX president John Landgraf insisted that his studies show that the Shawn Ryan drama was marketed correctly. But he notes that viewers just didn't take to "Terriers" perhaps because of its subtlety. "I'm not sure subtly is something the American public is buying in droves today," he told TV critics in a rare post-cancelation conference call. "Just look at 'Jersey Shore,' 'The Kardashians,' 'The Walking Dead,' 'Sons of Anarchy' to what is selling in the political space, I wouldn't say subtly and nuance is considered the most successful popular content in America today." PLUS: "It's like putting a dog down," says creator Ted Grffin. Exec producer Tim Minear adds that "this was the most painful and the most painless all at the same time."
Ed O'Neill: Jane Lynch didn't deserve her Emmy — his TV wife did
Sue Sylvester is "just a one-note character," says the "Modern Family" star, adding that his TV wife, Sofia Vergara, was much more deserving. "I don’t think people realize how hilarious she is. She’s so sharp with her wit, it’s amazing," he says. PLUS: Sofia Vergara may become the new face of Kmart.
Joel McHale signs on for 2 more years of "The Soup"
McHale's re-commitment comes as "The Soup" celebrates its 300th episode.
Coming to Animal Planet: Heidi Fleiss
The former Hollywood madam is set to star in a reality show about her exotic bird collection.
"Freaks & Geeks" may reunite next year at PaleyFest
Judd Apatow says his groundbreaking series may be in for a reunion exactly 11 years after its cancelation.
Watch a glimpse of the final "Big Love" season
"We are all unholy."
Why Jimmy Kimmel is the new Johnny Carson — the king of late-night
According to Heather Havrilesky, Kimmel has late-night's best monologue — and swagger, imagination and the quick wit to separate himself from other hosts. As she notes, "When you flip from Conan to Leno to Letterman, or stay up for Carson Daly or Fallon or Ferguson, even though you might appreciate Ferguson's bizarro self-deprecating digressions or Fallon's raw enthusiasm, Kimmel is the only host who will make you laugh out loud more than a few times per episode. He's got the sharpest monologue, the most interesting digressions and skits, and the best interviewing skills." PLUS: "Dancing" boosts Kimmel's ratings.
"Little People, Big World" ends with the Roloffs completing their "mission"
"It was our lot in life and we accepted it as our mission," says Matt Roloff, who notes that his wife is sad to say goodbye to the TLC series.
Starz greenlights a drama traveling back to 1960s Miami
"Magic City" follows life in Miami just as Fidel Castro takes control, focusing on the intersection of entertainers, politicians and mobsters.
"Skating" star rushed to the hospital
Brandon Smith reportedly had trouble breathing this morning. UPDATE: Another medical emergency as a "Skating" pro is slashed by a skate.
Still-married Kelsey Grammer, 55, engaged to his 29-year-old girlfriend
With his divorce to "Real Housewife" Camille Donatacci unsettled, Grammer got engaged to his flight attendant girlfriend, whom he suffered a miscarriage with several months ago.
Rabbit ears survive in the HDTV era
Digital TV antennas have become all the rage among people sick of expensive cable bills.
On revealing what caused the zombie outbreak, Robert Kirkman says: "I'm certainly not afraid of giving people answers, and I don't think it ruins anything or takes anything away by giving some people some tidbits … I wouldn't want to go too much past (what 'TS-19' revealed), as far as getting into an actual cause, or anything like that. But I think that where it went was a good tease. And it also brought up more questions than answers. I think that's always a good thing." PLUS: 
Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald and Michael Pitt deserve to be honored beyond the "devalued" Emmys, says Ginia Bellafante. She adds: "'Boardwalk Empire' is meditation on compromise — the sins we can live with and the sins we can't, as Nucky aptly put it. Nucky can clearly live with “Godfather”-style killings, racketeering and power mongering of a kind beholden to no ethical code, but he cannot live with his tragic, intimate betrayals."
"The plots are really secondary to the show’s winning, easy-going style and its bittersweet tone," says Matthew Gilbert. "This isn't John Cassavetes, but there’s something of the director's spaciously paced, slightly improvised technique about the way the men on the show interact as they take their regular hikes and breakfast at the diner. Both their banter and their confrontations have a loose, natural quality."
"This reality show isn’t about a reformed alcoholic struggling to stay sober," says Alessandra Stanley, "it's another goofy Kardashian-ish showcase for an unreformed show-business addict who is willing to put everything, including his two daughters, on display. The blithe way Mr. Hasselhoff finesses his image problem might have been a problem in the past, but nowadays jokes about serious drinking aren’t taboo, they are de rigueur."
The biggest challenge, says Williams is showing that there is a difference between his "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Wire" characters. "There's no Omar in Chalky," he says. "They are driven by different things, different moral codes. Omar was driven by the hunt, while Chalky is a straight-up-and-down businessman."
Season 3, he says, will be looked back upon as a perfect fit for the series. "But yeah," he adds, "I was little surprised that people just hated that f–kin' baby, man. (Laughs.) They just hated that f–kin' baby and I was like, uh, OK. They just didn't give a s–t. I got a lot of angry tweets saying, 'We don't care about the baby.' And I get it, but I wouldn't do anything differently."
