A notable and transformative shift has taken place at NBC. The network has chosen to bet its Thursday night on more serious dramas in hopes of aligning its programming with the viewing preferences of American audiences.
For seven years NBC tried to tell everyone that 30 Rock was a hit. It was not. Critics enjoyed it but no one was rabidly watching it like Modern Family. The Blacklist is the ONLY holdover for new shows from last season and that is only good because James Spader is truly "the man".
Holding court after a sumptuous brunch honoring Hilary Swank for receiving Montblanc's Creative Impact in Acting award and Variety's "Class of 10 Acto...
Question: What do science fiction, fantasy and horror have in common? Answer: they are the genres honored annually, for the past four decades, by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
Back in July at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel announced that the title of the next Avengers movie would be "The Avengers: Age of Ultron." In the comics,...
"Hostages" unfolds with the crisp efficiency of a humorless event planner checking tasks off a list; the similarly decent "Blacklist" at least features the hambone performance of James Spader.
If one of the world's most wanted criminals strolled into the FBI and surrendered, offering valuable intel on terrorist threats and deadly assassins w...
NBC's "The Blacklist" premieres Mon., Sept. 23 at 10 p.m. ET, and HuffPost TV has an exclusive preview of the opening scene from the first episode to ...
Throughout the FBI's prolific history of profiled fugitives, there have been a select few who have managed to slip through the fingers of federal agen...
Well, summer is over, folks, so now it's time to hang out with our real best friend: Television. I'm always interested in what could be the next big show, and even interested in a show that is not only big, but actually good.
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" has found its Ultron. James Spader ("Lincoln," "The Office") will play the role of the title villain, facing off against the...
What's the best new drama of the 2013-2014 TV season? HuffPost TV rounded up 19 of the top TV critics in the country to share their picks, and seven n...
Why would one of the most wanted criminals in the world voluntarily turn himself in to the FBI? NBC's "The Blacklist" (premieres Mon., Sept. 23 at 10 ...
Harry Lennix is an actor's actor, and 2013 is proving to be a banner year with a string of starring roles including NBC's highly anticipated new series The Blacklist alongside James Spader.
When author Mary Gaitskill published Bad Behavior in 1988, critics around the world praised her bold and original collection of short stories. The author spoke with The Slant about why she thinks the book has endured and which story she thinks is the strongest.
We've seen the pilots of NBC's new shows, and while they're not for review (things often change drastically before the shows are set to premiere), we ...
With over $25 million in ticket sales since its limited release bow on Nov. 9, "Lincoln" is just the latest adult-oriented drama to strike gold at the...
Lincoln may be what America needs right now to remind us what politics, for all its messy, dispiriting ugliness, can and should be about -- doing the right, moral thing to better us all.
Two time Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis ("My Left Foot," "There Will Be Blood") looks every bit the 16th president of the United States in a new poster...