07.31.2009 12:33 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Robin Williams tries out new material on TV critics.
Feeling upbeat after fighting through a post-”Sopranos” slump, HBO has renewed all three of its Sunday night shows – “True Blood,” “Hung” and “Entourage” — for next summer. Think June. Cumulatively, “True Blood”…
07.27.2009 5:15 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It’s blood red. It’s fizzy. It’s Tru Blood, the fictional drink from HBO’s “True Blood,” soon to appear on store shelves in the real world. Flavored with blood oranges, the beverage “boasts a crisp, slightly tart and lightly sweet tang,…
07.16.2009 4:03 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gail: Hi, everybody. What a busy morning with the Emmy nominations coming out, with so many extra nominees in each category. I hope some of you want to give a shout-out to your favorites who did get nominated or lament…
06.07.2009 8:00 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) faces the music on "Weeds."
It’s a busy week for TV, with lots of premieres and season premieres — every one of them on cable. (Sorry; it’s summer.) Here are seven biggies.
“The Closer”
8 p.m. Monday on TNT
One…
05.11.2009 2:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
'True Blood': Sookie and Bill.
Deadly new twists threaten Sookie Stackhouse and everyone around her” in the 12-episode Season 2, HBO warns/promises. The comedy-drama-thriller-mystery-romance from Alan Ball (”Six Feet Under”) started slowly but built enough audience by its second outing to be…
09.08.2008 9:47 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
HBO’s new vampire dramedy, “True Blood,” debuted Sunday night; I’ve seen the first two episodes, and I wanted to like it way more than I do. It’s from Alan Ball (”Six Feet Under”), based on a series of Southern Gothic vampire novels…