Sorry for the short notice, but we won’t have our regular TV chat this Thursday. If you’ve already posted questions or comments, I’ll transfer them over to next week. The Nov. 12 chat is scheduled and should appear on the…

Honestly, I was hoping for Neil Patrick Harris. But ABC’s choice of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to co-host the show (set for March 7) still strikes me as odd. Martin, sure; he’s hosted twice before. Baldwin is a wild…

Aliens alarm Elizabeth Mitchell in "V."

ABC’s new spin on the ’80s miniseries “V” made its debut Tuesday night, and I like it even though I’m not a huge science fiction fan. The opening was riveting, I thought, and I’m interested…

Can we now say definitively that no female team will ever win “The Amazing Race”? Every time an all- female team has seemed competitive, the gods of “TAR” have stepped in to slap the women back with a potentially insurmountable physical…

Shocking news at Sterling Cooper on "Mad Men."

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Ever since “Mad Men” fans  noted that Margaret Sterling, Roger’s daughter, was set to get married on Nov. 23, 1963, we’d been sure that creator Matthew Weiner planned to tackle the assassination…

From sci-fi to “SpongeBob,” this week has a little something for everything. Here are a few highlights.

‘V,’ 7 p.m. Tuesday on ABC
Even if you’re not a huge science-fiction fan, check out this new ABC series, a fresh and timely spin on…

Here’s the transcript from my Oct. 29 live discussion about TV. Next week’s chat is already scheduled, so if you’re reading this and think of questions and comments, click here to post them now.

My colleague Kevin C. Johnson has this up on his blog, The Blender, but it’s TV-related, so I’m reposting it here.

Legendary game show host Bob Eubanks is bringing some of the most popular game shows he has hosted over the…

Our regular Thursday TV chat is set for 1 p.m., and some good questions and comments have already come in. Join in by posting yours now; then come back at 1 to follow along live, or read the transcript when…

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What we learned Sunday night on “The Amazing Race”: It’s too darn hot in Dubai. We all should have paid more attention in math class in case we ever needed to calculate the value of gold. And if you’re afraid of…