Oh baby! 'Parenthood,' 'In Plain Sight,' and other important TV things I need to tell you

You know how on TV shows when a child is about to go off to college, the parent grabs them and tries to impart all the knowledge they possibly can in their remaining minutes together? That's kind of how I feel about today's column. I'm trying to remember everything I want to tell you before...

November sweeps comes to an end this Wednesday and I thought now would be the perfect time to check in on some of my favorite new shows this season and see how they're doing. And, in honor of Thanksgiving, I'll start by saying what I'm thankful for. "V:" What I'm thankful for: Ah, there's so...

You have to laugh at AMC's official description of Sunday's season finale of "Mad Men." "Don has an important meeting with Connie. Betty receives some advice. Pete talks to his clients." I'm all for keeping important plot twists and turns under wraps, but could they be any more vague? It's like a haiku about the...

I think you know my television pet peeve is when I'm able to play predict-a-plot. You know when ten minutes into a crime drama, you say "that's the killer" and you turn out to be right. Or to pick a very current example, you think you already knew what was up with the new neighbors on...

If I were ABC, I would be very worried that other networks would be plotting to steal my development executives away. I know we have had our issues with the network in the past (see the cancellation of "Eli Stone," "Samantha Who?," and "Life on Mars") but you have to admit they've been on a...