No Picture
Recap

Recap of Downton Abbey Season 5 premiere

Recap of Downton Abbey Season 5: Episode 1 premiere (original airdate Jan. 4, 2015) There are some Downton Abbey fans who, in keeping with the genteel manners of the show, would never pirate the season early from the U.K. or read the millions of words spilled on spoilers. For those who waited, and even for those who could not, we recap the long-anticipated premiere of Season 5. It opens with Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) on a bicycle, gazing lovingly at a little girl. Of course this is Edith’s child whom she can’t lay claim to because she had her out […]

Celebrity Apprentice Season 14
Competition

Who hates whom? Donald Trump spills Celebrity Apprentice secrets

In the slick Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, famous from The Apprentice, Donald Trump works on a high floor, overlooking Central Park. Golden shovels, framed magazine covers (featuring Trump through the ages), football helmets and plaques share space. Trump, in a white French cuff shirt and red silk tie, stays behind his huge desk. It’s a rare desk these days — no computer, just neat piles of paper. On a recent frigid day, Trump, 68, discusses the seventh cycle of The Celebrity Apprentice, returning to NBC with a two-hour premiere Sunday, Jan. 4, at 9pm ET/PT, then airs Mondays beginning Jan. […]

No Picture
Drama

Laura Carmichael and Michelle Dockery talk Downton Abbey Season 5

The strains of the piano theme “Did I Make the Most of Loving You?,” not heard for nearly a year, are bound to delight those who adore Downton Abbey when it returns to PBS for a fifth season Jan. 4. When Season 4 ended, viewers who revel in these genteel times were left wondering about the characters. At the start of Season 5, it’s 1924, about six months since things left off, and a most modern time — far too modern for the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville). His usual instinct, to stand resolute against any change, continues […]

No Picture
7 Questions With...

The Middle’s Patricia Heaton shares her favorite moments, answers our 7 Questions

Of all the mothers on TV, Patricia Heaton’s Frankie rings truest. So much for the Real Housewives of anywhere — Frankie’s the real deal: no heels, no full makeup and no afternoons filled with lunching out and shopping. Now in its sixth season, ABC’s The Middle (Wednesdays) continues to find amusingly relatable storylines. And Heaton, a mother of four boys ages 21, 19, 17 and 15, can more than relate to Frankie, although she’s happy she’s got boys vs. her complicated TV daughter Sue (Eden Sher). “They are much easier than girls. There is never too much emotional drama. Boys […]

No Picture
TV News & Program Updates

Preview: Tensions are high in BBC America’s The Game

It’s a sad commentary on the state of the world when the Cold War is viewed nostalgically, as it is in BBC America’s The Game. The six-episode series, premiering on BBC America Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 10pmET, stars Tom Hughes (Dancing on the Edge) as MI5 agent Joe Lambe, a young man haunted by his lover’s murder and his own betrayal against his country. His boss, whose name is Daddy (Brian Cox, The Bourne Supremacy), runs a tight department, but double-crossers lurk among his agents. Creator Toby Whithouse (Being Human) captures the tensions and mood of 1972, and to ensure […]

No Picture
7 Questions With...

“Two and a Half Men” star Jon Cryer answers our 7 Questions

When Two and a Half Men returns for its 12th and final season on CBS Thursday, Oct. 30 at 9pmET, Jon Cryer will truly be the last man standing. Cryer’s gearing up for his final run as the whining, penny-pinching Alan, who still lives in his late brother’s Malibu beach house, but now mooches off Walden (Ashton Kutcher). Facing the end of this era, Cryer says, “It’s the final season. We are going to have fun with it, and be as profane and tasteless as always. “With Walden adopting a child, it will be a heartfelt journey,” he continues. “There […]

No Picture
TV News & Program Updates

Adam Levine on how “The Voice” took him into a different stratosphere

While some celebrities hate answering questions, talking about themselves and promoting their TV projects Adam Levine revels in it at a makeshift press conference at a Manhattan steakhouse. The superstar shares some of his thoughts on being a part of The Voice (airing on NBC Mondays and Tuesdays), his adoration for his fans and more in “7 Questions With…” 1. You’re at a magazine rack and can only pick three titles. Which ones do you choose? Mad, Car and Driver, Golf Digest. 2. If your TV carried just three shows or networks, what would they be? ESPN for Lakers games […]

No Picture
7 Questions With...

Interview: Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran shares tips, favorite ideas and more

Shark Tank‘s Barbara Corcoran sums up situations quickly, trusts her gut and speaks her mind. This approach serves her well. A self-made, most assured businesswoman, Corcoran is one of the originals on ABC’s Shark Tank, which returns for a new season Friday, Sept. 26 at 8/7c with a two-hour premiere. An author and investor in an array of business interests outside of the New York real estate company that bears her name, Corcoran admits she’s made plenty of mistakes (Cactus Jack Body Jac is one example), but she’s learned from all of them. Here she shares some of her life […]

Stalker CBS Dylan McDermott
Drama

Dylan McDermott taps inner demons in new CBS thriller “Stalker”

In the opening scene of CBS’ Stalker, a woman is doused with gasoline. Running from her attacker, she takes refuge in her car. He pours gasoline on that, too, then flicks a lighted match at the car. She’s hysterical, crashes the car and it explodes, instantly killing her. It’s a horrifying image and one that begs the question of just how far this drama from The Following’s creator Kevin Williamson will go. “The Following was always sort of meant to be this little horror movie every week, and it was a popcorn thriller. It was meant to be a page‑turner, like […]

No Picture
7 Questions With...

“Sleepy Hollow” star Tom Mison shares his secret ritual

To slip into character as Ichabod Crane on FOX’s Sleepy Hollow, Tom Mison has a secret ritual he tells us about exclusively. “No one in the world knows this,” Mison says, dropping his voice a bit conspiratorially. “I have a little Sleepy Hollow playlist on a day when the wig and coat are not enough, and that playlist helps a lot.” He listens to Tom Waits — because who screams “Revolutionary era” more than the gravelly voiced singer? “I am a huge fan,” Mison says of Waits. “I have been lobbying the producers when we reveal the third apocalypse, ‘please […]