Emily Todd VanDerWerff's posts

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, May 14. All times are Eastern.

Mr. Magoo wasn’t supposed to become the star of a continuing series of cartoons, much less one of the biggest…

Zack: After last week’s moderate plot stall, “The Six Ungraspables” (the title is a reference to a Zen koan,…

ABC is in last place. It has been since NBC vaulted past it on its way to first place. (Let me repeat that: In the…

Judging a series based on an upfront sizzle reel is probably just as ill-advised as judging that same show by its…

Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel Studios’ attempt to bring its franchise-driven storytelling to the small…

“So Did The Fat Lady”

As Erik Adams mentioned in his post announcing Fox’s schedule for next fall, the network has rolled out an idea for…

All through this long weekend after NBC so cruelly cut down Community, the cry has gone out over social media to…

Todd: What the holy hell was that, Sonia?

For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The…

Being on a long-running sitcom has plenty of benefits for an actor. The pay is good, and the hours are relatively…

This Game Of Thrones post is for people who have read at least the first three books in the book series. It is…

As always with NBC in the last 10 years, the kneejerk assumption with a new fall schedule is to jeer and laugh about…

NBC announced its fall schedule this morning, along with a renewal for Parenthood and confirmation that the upcoming…

You’d think the networks would have pretty much everything figured out in advance of their upfronts presentations to…

Somewhat unexpectedly, CBS has renewed evergreen procedural The Mentalist for a seventh season. For a time, it…

After enduring a long Friday filled with discussion of the finer points of the Tennessee tax code (seriously), ABC ha…

Every week of its second season, series showrunner and developer Bryan Fuller will be talking with The A.V. Club abou…

In what will hopefully, please God, be the last news of this Friday before upfronts week but almost certainly won’t…