Category — Reviews

Following the trend of tough-talking female law-enforcement cable series such as TNT’s “Saving Grace” and “The Closer,” USA Network serves up Mary McCormack as U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon, who helps those in the witness-protection program.

Michael Crichton’s novel, which involves a deadly disease that is unleashed when a satellite crashes into a small town, is remade again, this time as a miniseries.

The hanging chad is recounted in HBO’s TV movie featuring Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr., and Laura Dern.

CW does “The Bachelor” country style as ten city girls look to win farmer Matt’s affection.

PBS’ Masterpiece brings an adaptation of David Haig’s play about the impact the death of Rudyard Kipling’s son (Daniel Radcliffe) had on the poet.

Doctor Who brings another spinoff into its universe with The Doctor’s companion (1973-76), Sarah Jane Smith. The life involving aliens isn’t that far behind her as she continues to investigate with the help from three kids.

The final season picks up from last season’s revelations of Cyclons amongst the crew and the return of the presumed deceased Starbuck.

PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre concludes its Jane Austen series with a new BBC adaptation of the Dashwood sisters’ views of love and marriage.

The English comedienne returns to cable television in a sketch-comedy series with Ullman impersonating famous political figures and celebrities.

Heads will roll in the second season of The Tudors. Henry and Anne are king and queen, but this stops neither Henry’s roving eye nor his suspicion of those closest to him.

Parker Posey is a book editor who asks her estranged sister to carry her baby.

A guidance counselor returns to work at her old high school.

The Molloys’ find their identies as the Rich’s threatened not only by cousin Dale but by Dahlia’s urge to leave their scheme.

The seven-part miniseries on the life of the second US president is based on the book by David McCullough.

Comedians debate pop culture subjects with The Daily Show’s Lewis Black as the judge.

Life is not a musical for the 12 Kansas teenagers in the eight-episode long documentary.

Julianna Margulies returns to serial television as a lawyer who fights for justice even as her personal life is a mess.

A New York detective seeks his true love to break the curse of immortality.

Contestants are given 1 million dollars and are challenged to use it to help as many people as they can.

The Farrelly brothers’ produced comedy about a group of single-again 30-somethings in Boston.

The MySpace show about 20-somethings moves up to network television.