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Why ‘The Good Doctor’ is fall TV’s only breakout show

Why ‘The Good Doctor’ is fall TV’s only breakout show

November 14, 2017

“The Good Doctor” (Mondays at 10 p.m. on ABC/7) is a good show. Of equal note, it’s a hit show, and the only breakout of the fall season. About a surgical resident named Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore)...

Transgender people on TV

Transgender people on TV

November 7, 2017

By Neal Justin Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Joe Biden once credited “Will & Grace” for shifting public perception on gay rights issues. But one cast member believes the show...

Horror music maven ‘grew up in a haunted house’

Horror music maven ‘grew up in a haunted house’

October 31, 2017

Aliens, witches, demons and ghouls: Tyler Bates has written music for the best (and worst) of them. If you shuddered during “Dawn of the Dead” or “Halloween II,” felt a chill watching the TV...

Jason Alexander’s new series hits new comedy not

Jason Alexander’s new series hits new comedy not

October 17, 2017

LOS ANGELES — “Hit the Road,” the new AT&T Audience Network series from Jason Alexander, is a blend of the offbeat craziness of “Seinfield” with the musical beat of “The Partridge Family.”...

Aiming for a horror boom: The producers of the blockbuster film ‘It’ ponder the genre’s future in Hollywood

Aiming for a horror boom: The producers of the blockbuster film ‘It’ ponder the genre’s future in Hollywood

October 17, 2017

LOS ANGELES — The Beverly Hills offices of KatzSmith Productions are filled with the kind of treasures one would expect from the company that helped create “It,” currently the highest-grossing horror...

‘The Gifted’ offers different look at Marvel Univers

‘The Gifted’ offers different look at Marvel Univers

October 10, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Raising teenagers can be a difficult task in the best of situations. Now, imagine what that would be like if those teenagers possessed mutant powers so incredible they have become the target...

End of the line for ‘The Middle’

End of the line for ‘The Middle’

October 3, 2017

LOS ANGELES — “The Middle” has reached the end. The ninth season of the ABC comedy about a middle class family living in the Middle America city of Orson, Ind. will be the last. Coming to such a...

ABCs Inhumans is uncertain of itself, but Foxs The Gifted is more convincing

ABC’s ‘Inhumans’ is uncertain of itself, but Fox’s ‘The Gifted’ is more convincing

September 28, 2017

Mutants have come up in the world. Once, they were monsters fumbling at the door, former humans warped and usually diminished by scientific overreach or accident _ cousins to zombies, something to avoid. Marvel's...

‘Modern Family’ star Nolan Gould has grown up on TV; so what comes next?

‘Modern Family’ star Nolan Gould has grown up on TV; so what comes next?

September 26, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Georgia native Nolan Gould has grown up on television; he was only 10 when he was cast to play Luke Dunphy on “Modern Family.” But don’t go feeling sorry for how the young actor...

6 key questions about fall TV season

6 key questions about fall TV season

September 19, 2017

The idea of an actual “fall TV season” now almost feels like something you might find in a thrift shop. It’s a little bit dowdy, and threadworn. It’s something everyone once got excited about....

Top 10 TV shows of the fall

Top 10 TV shows of the fall

September 19, 2017

From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Young Sheldon,’ the top 10 TV shows of fall: ‘The Vietnam War’ Ken Burns, America’s history professor, leads his most daunting class to date with this 18-hour documentary...

Among all the Emmy breakthrough moments, add Riz Ahmed’s and Aziz Ansari’s awards for shows that destroy Muslim stereotypes  (PHOTO)

Among all the Emmy breakthrough moments, add Riz Ahmed’s and Aziz Ansari’s awards for shows that destroy Muslim stereotypes (PHOTO)

September 19, 2017

LOS ANGELES _ Two Muslim men, on prime-time TV, clutching shiny metal objects close to their black garments amid an unsuspecting crowd. No, this wasn't "Homeland," and those weren't weapons. It was the...

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