Tim Goodman's TCA Journal No. 3: A Love Letter to PBS

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Tim Goodman’s TCA Journal No. 3: A Love Letter to PBS

The public broadcaster, boosted by the success of ‘Downton Abbey,’ deserves kudos for its impressively diverse bounty of programming riches.

Tim Goodman’s TCA Journal No. 2: Mitch Hurwitz Talks Secret ‘Arrested Development’ Project

Season 5 might be coming, but have you heard about Season 4? No, the other Season 4 that the creator recut (but hasn’t aired).

Tim Goodman’s TCA Journal No. 1: Networks Need to Go Big or Go Home

The Television Critics Association press tour, otherwise known as the Death March With Cocktails, kicks off Wednesday. More than ever, networks need to get noticed or go home.

THR TV Critics Debate: Searching for Snubs After the Best Emmy Nominations Ever

The TV Academy largely got it right this time around, but THR TV critics Tim Goodman and Dan Fienberg still found (a few) things to gripe about.

Tim Goodman: Finally, the TV Academy Got the Emmy Nominations Right

Let’s give credit where it’s due: Though not perfect, the Emmy nominations made a giant leap in fairness this year.

THR TV Critics Debate: The Best and Worst of 2016 at the Midpoint

Tim Goodman and Daniel Fienberg discuss The Year of OJ and another six months of Too Much TV.

Critic’s Notebook: Who Will Write the First Great Rock ‘n’ Roll TV Drama?

With ‘Vinyl’ canceled and ‘Roadies’ a disappointing mess, why can’t television have a great drama based on rock ‘n’ roll?

Critic’s Notebook: The True Inspiration For Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’? Who Cares?

THR critic Tim Goodman on the legal battle over the 45-year-old rock tune — and why everyone involved should go fly a kite

Critic’s Notebook: A Complicated Appreciation of the Great ‘Game of Thrones’

I think ‘The Americans’ is the best drama on TV; but I’ll rewatch the HBO series first.

Critic’s Notebook: Why Being Critical of Broadcast Television Matters

Despite the sad state of affairs that the upfronts couldn’t truly mask, some smart moves might be happening with the networks

Critic’s Notebook: The Sadness of Upfronts

Oh, sure, broadcast networks seem super exciting now, but wait until the carnage of fall and beyond.

Critic’s Notebook: The Sadness of Upfronts

Oh, sure, broadcast networks seem super exciting now but wait until the carnage of fall and beyond.

Critic’s Notebook: How the Television Academy Can Save Itself By Nominating ‘The Americans’

The FX series is the best drama on television — not one of the best, the best — and the Golden Globes have given the Emmys a golden opportunity.

Critic’s Notebook: The Creative Evolution of Louis C.K.

His passion to push creative boundaries probably means the end of Louie as we know it, but not the show itself.

Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Night Manager’ Glosses Over Its Flaws With Beauty and Talent

The AMC-BBC miniseries, an updated take on a John Le Carre novel, is short, pretty and entertaining — it just might not be as good as advertised.

Critic’s Notebook: Why the Return of HBO’s Best Shows Actually Spells Doom

The former king of prestige television has all its greatest current shows — ‘Veep,’ ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ — premiering tonight. But then what?

Tim Goodman: Memories of Prince in My Living Room (Figuratively and Literally)

THR’s chief TV critic (a former music critic) reflects on seeing the legend up close, taking him for granted and helping the uninitiated learn to love him.

Critic’s Notebook: Can HBO’s ‘Vinyl’ Be Saved?

With the first season coming to a close Sunday night, the show never delivered on its promise — but a course correction in season 2 could make the difference (hint: stick to the music).

Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Walking Dead’ Finale Passes up the Opportunity to Be Better

The 90-minute season finale featured maybe 12 good minutes. And it won’t matter a bit to the show’s fans.

Garry Shandling: Self-Deprecating Outsider and Ultimate Industry Insider

His death is a tremendous loss, but Shandling leaves behind two of the greatest comedies ever created about the entertainment industry.

THR TV Critics Debate: When to Stop Watching a Show (and Why)

Ditch the ‘The Catch’? Stick with ‘Baskets’? Give ‘Daredevil’ another look? THR TV critics Tim Goodman and Daniel Fienberg discuss the often fraught decision of whether or not to abandon a show.

R.I.P., Coach: Tim Goodman on Ken Howard and ‘The White Shadow’

Ken Howard was a consummate character actor, but on ‘The White Shadow’ he was also a compelling leading man, writes THR’s chief TV critic.

Good Luck Silencing Keith Olbermann (and Is That MSNBC on the Phone?)

As ESPN seeks to clamp down on a man who can’t live without commentary, he looks more and more like the kind of person the left-leaning cable network might want to ask back.

Quick Take: Comedy Central’s ‘Why? With Hannibal Buress’ Needs to Find Purpose Fast

It’s never really fair to review first episodes of new late-night shows, but ‘Why? With Hannibal Buress’ will need to get funnier and figure out why it exists in a hurry.

Tim Goodman: Despite Glaring Oversights, Emmys Did Better Than Expected

THR’s chief TV critic laments missed opportunities but also believes new rules helped make the Emmy nominations fairer and more representative of the quality of the TV industry today.

Tim Goodman on Emmy Nomination Process: Take the Final Step to Fix It

A year after proposing changes, it’s clear they weren’t major enough to fix pointless snubbing.

Tim Goodman: When You Opt for the Orgy, You’re Out of Ideas (Or Why ‘True Detective’ Is Beyond Redemption)

The much-discussed orgy scene in the latest episode of ‘True Detective’ was unsexy, unconvincing and symptomatic of the whole season’s heavy-handed, wrong-headed, desperate approach to storytelling.

TCA Journal No. 1: Don’t Drown in the Stream

The Television Critics Association summer press tour kicks off. Not surprisingly, there’s too much TV. Who will stand out, who will survive and who will get rewarded for the effort?

TCA Journal No. 2: How the Success of ‘Daily Show’ Might Not Have Much to Do With Trevor Noah

Comedy Central and its flagship late-night program are facing a much bigger challenge than replacing a host.

TCA Journal No. 3: Most Memorable Sessions…So Far

It’s a long slog, but there are also a lot of valuable moments.

TCA Journal No. 4: Welcome, Broadcast Networks! Now Show Us You’re Alive

Attention NBC, ABC and company: Cable, PBS, Netflix and Amazon have all been here, and it’s time to stop being their go-to joke.

TCA Journal No. 5: Which Series are Generating Buzz

Just getting in the conversation matters, since it’s so hard to break out of a crowded field.

Tim Goodman: Jon Stewart Finds a Lovely, Perfect, Emotional Way to Go Out

Jon Stewart’s very last ‘Daily Show’ was a master class in how a TV icon should say goodbye — with grace and appreciation and the understanding that emotion has to be expressed, whether you want it to be or not.

TCA Journal No. 6: Welcome To the Platinum Age Of Television — And Good Luck With That

Television has never been so great – nor so depressingly difficult to survive.

TCA Journal 7: Worrying About the HBO-Showtime Quality Gap

Yes, there are big rivals out there in TV land — FX and Starz included — but the old HBO-Showtime battle still intrigues.

Tim Goodman’s Final TCA Journal: Nobody Escapes Unscathed

It’s the last day of the summer TCA press tour, meaning it’s time for me to get on my soap box and dole out some tough lessons. Ready?

Tim Goodman: Why ‘Mr. Robot’ Ran Away With the Summer

USA’s ‘Mr. Robot’ is the little show that shouldn’t have, but did — and star Rami Malek is the reason.

Tim Goodman’s First Take: Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Offers “Weird, Creative Zing”

Colbert takes over for David Letterman and reveals some surprising sides to his odd and energetic personality.

Tim Goodman: Why I Was Wrong About ‘You’re the Worst’

THR’s Chief Television Critic’s mea culpa about one of the funniest shows on TV, which returns on FXX on Wednesday.

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’: Joe Biden and Wonky Guests Are Great But Celebrity Chats Could Be Improved

The ‘Colbert Report’ alum can clearly own the “smart” end of the spectrum, but he’ll need to do better at stargazing.

Critic’s Notebook: Searching For Stephen Colbert

The late night host is entering his fourth week on the air but still seems reluctant to just be himself.

Tim Goodman: How to Not Get Canceled in the New World of Television

The third-season renewals of ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ and ‘Tyrant’ reiterate the changing nature of the game and provide one possible template for how to survive ‘Peak TV.’

Does Dead Mean Dead on ‘The Walking Dead’? THR Critics Debate

Tim Goodman and Daniel Fienberg disagree over whether Sunday’s big ‘Walking Dead’ twist was real.

Your Show Is Dead (or the Age of Denial in Broadcast TV)

Real talk: Aging broadcast networks must come to terms with a changed landscape — or bleed out financially.

Tim Goodman: Why Won’t the Dead Stay Dead on TV?

Nobody believes it when a character dies these days.

TV Critic’s Notebook: 1,715 Shows and One Question, “What to Watch?”

The total number of series (and distribution platforms) has soared, leaving audiences drunk on choice with primetime, broadcast, cable and streaming TV offerings: “It goes almost without saying that qualitatively, television is off the charts today.”

Tim Goodman: Golden Globes Noms Aren’t Worth Getting Angry About (Just Have More Champagne)

These nominations are, however, a clarion call for the Emmys to redefine itself. And if that happens, even Lady Gaga’s nomination is acceptable.

TCA Journal No. 1: It’s End of Days in the Land of Cable

We’re fast approaching a moment when entire cable channels — not just their shows — will unravel.

TCA Journal No. 2: A Cable Revolution No One Saw Coming

Kevin Reilly is turning TNT and TBS into destinations for high-end scripted fare in a bold move that could shake up the cable landscape.

TCA Journal No. 3: Stop Blaming Entertainment Presidents for Network Failures. What?

It really is a bizarre TV-industry world now: Good or bad schedules are no longer the end-all metric for a network head’s performance evaluation.

TCA Journal No. 4: The Time NBC Universal Revealed Netflix Ratings

This is a little bit like someone being able to read your bank statement when you haven’t given them access to it.

As Paul Lee Era Ends at ABC, Channing Dungey Steps Into a No-Win Job

The exec is inheriting an underperforming network that just entered midseason with dubious prospects.