The broadcast networks are making Friday nights a little more interesting this season. Once home to some of TV’s biggest shows—think “Dallas” or ABC’s “TGIF” comedy hits—Friday has fallen out of favor at the networks in recent years. The night has become home to cheap reality fare, newsmagazines and...
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TV critics and Emmy voters don’t always see eye to eye, but when it comes to the delights of Don Draper, the two camps are completely copacetic. Avoiding any signs of a sophomore slump, AMC’s “Mad Men”—which in September snagged the drama series Emmy—soared to the top of TelevisionWeek ’s semiannual...
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DirecTV’s The 101 Network will air the critically claimed and controversial series “Wonderland” in its entirety beginning Jan. 14. The series about the lives of doctors at a New York psychiatric hospital aired for two episodes on ABC in 2000. DirecTV’s run of the series, which begins after the season...