Mary McNamara, Television Critic
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TELEVISION REVIEW
Agatha Christie's beloved spinster is back on PBS. Her first case: 'A Pocket...
AN APPRECIATION
She embodied many fairly significant shifts in how women were viewed, on...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Whoopi Goldberg and Gary Cole costar in second season premiere of the recovery...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Blessedly, there's no singing in the ABC Family show, just lots of gymnastics...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Unlike other couples-based reality shows, 'Wedding' takes holy matrimony...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Jada Pinkett Smith's nurse is a tough rule-breaker, but the TNT show is no groundbreaker.
TELEVISION REVIEW
Edie Falco is a highly competent but drug-using ER nurse on a new Showtime...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Theater fans, take note. Andrew Lloyd Webber put out a call for a Maria in...
TELEVISION REVIEW
But in reality, this Sci Fi movie is bad, bad, bad, from the script to the...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
The brutes and their guns who helped build a new style of TV show have been...
MOVIE REVIEW
The lesson that the movie, with its G rating and Disney imprimatur, imparts is...
SERIAL STORYTELLING
An apparently cataclysmic financial disaster begins our tale -- an experiment in...
THE EPISODE: LOVE'S LABOR LOST
One gut-wrenching episode from 1995 still packs a powerful punch, and a...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic play a mystery writer and a cop working...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Tom Selleck's good-guy appeal and a strong supporting cast make for an...
REVIEW
Note to Hugh Jackman: What was that all about?
TELEVISION REVIEW
Four women's romantic lives are jammed with issues you've seen before. But the...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Coming together to put on a show is just plain fun.
TELEVISION REVIEW
Miniseries with Dougray Scott has intrigue and accents.
TELEVISION REVIEW
'The Last Templar' is the latest in the hot quest-for-holy-relic trend. It knows...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The Sherlock Holmes template has worked so well on “House" that really it was only a matter of time...
REVIEW
The show never fully recovered after an opening clunker thanks to the five...
It's youth versus maturity. Change versus experience. A lot like our presidential race. The results could...
THE WATER COOLER
No one's saying it's easy to give those big, broody performances.
TELEVISION REVIEW
Long-lost relatives and loved ones are reunited, and well, tears flow.
TELEVISION REVIEW
The National Geographic Channel show returns with a compelling report on dogs...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
In an Olympics in which the host country almost seems to be trying too hard to...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Rory Kennedy's documentary is a too-short encounter with the dogged, last-of-...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Campbell, the former member of 2 Live Crew, juggles a porn career, two sons...
THE WATER COOLER
Year after year, Wilkinson gives some of the finest performances seen in...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Bravo's new reality series is more about self-promotion than romance.
TELEVISION REVIEW
The suburbs are left behind, but the show remains a delectable trifle.
TELEVISION REVIEW
Showtime's series about the life of a prostitute is surprisingly boring.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Mom turns her children on to her music. Then it's a night out at a show for...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
'The Deadliest Catch' and 'Ax Men' show gritty work. Fictional TV is stuck in...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
The leads are out and the quirky best friends are in: See the successes of 'Baby...
FAMILY & KIDS
Child carriers, strollers and other equipment that help the trip roll more smoothly.
TELEVISION REVIEW
New comedy tries to be like 'Fresh Prince,' but this show oozes offensive...
TELEVISION REVIEW
A quick primer will get you up to light speed on one the best shows on...
TELEVISION REVIEW
It's got a talented cast, but 'Miss Guided' rehashes a well-worn premise:...


