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Why America is making an appointment with ‘The Good Doctor’

Why America is making an appointment with ‘The Good Doctor’

November 30, 2017

By Neal Justin Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Freddie Highmore has seen the light. After four years of playing a murderer-in-training on A&E’s “Bates Motel,” the actor has...

Diaz, Preston pushed by roles in ‘The Dating Game Killer’

Diaz, Preston pushed by roles in ‘The Dating Game Killer’

November 28, 2017

LOS ANGELES — The fun part of “The Dating Game” was the person trying to blindly select a potential date — from three people who could be heard and not seen — never knew who was going to come...

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)...

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...

Gunman changed life of ‘Flint’ star Jill Scott

Gunman changed life of ‘Flint’ star Jill Scott

October 17, 2017

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Singer-actress Jill Scott didn’t start out to be a singer OR an actress. She was a poet. She actually earned some acclaim as a poet and even traveled with her verses tucked...

‘Ghosted’ stars Robinson, Scott look to scare up some big laughs

‘Ghosted’ stars Robinson, Scott look to scare up some big laughs

October 3, 2017

LOS ANGELES — There’s something strange in the Fox TV neighborhood. Who are you going to call? Well don’t put a shout out to either of the versions of “Ghostbusters” because while the network’s...

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...

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...

Seth MacFarlane plots a new course with ‘The Orville’

Seth MacFarlane plots a new course with ‘The Orville’

September 5, 2017

By Rick Bentley Tribune News Service (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Space: the final frontier for Emmy-winning Seth MacFarlane. His are the new voyages of “The Orville.” Its 13-episode mission is to explore...

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