Image via Wikipedia   Writer-producer David E. Kelley (“Ally McBeal,” “Boston Legal,” “L.A. Law”) should have a patent on legal series like tonight’s opener of NBC’s “Harry’s Law” (10 p.m., Channel 2). Kelley’s absurdist series ask the viewer to wildly suspend disbelief ...

  Time Warner Cable announced this evening that it has reached a national deal in principle with Sinclair Broadcasting that means local programming on Fox affiliate WUTV and WNYO will continue to be carried. TWC said the deal, which came hours before a midnight deadline, is expected to be completed ...

Image via Wikipedia This is what I’m thinking: * It was hard not to laugh at the statement from the owner of The History Channel about why the eight-part miniseries on “The Kennedys” isn’t going to air on the A&E network channel. The A&E claim was that the eight-part series starring ...

Image via Wikipedia I was at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” in New York City on Monday, prepared to ask the host of the fake news show a question in the few minutes he talks to the audience before a taping. I wanted to ask if the satirical show was going to be different because it was ...

Image by i heart him via Flickr When it comes to beautiful scenery, ABC’s new medical drama premiering tonight, “Off the Map,” is off-the charts. From the first high dive into the water, the look of this series from the producer of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice” is breathtaking. It ...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife   It isn’t quite a knockout but the new FX series premiering at 10 tonight, “Lights Out,” has enough emotional jabs at the heart to make many viewers want to go all 13 rounds in the first season. It also has a strong cast of compelling characters that ...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Despite all those promos for NBC’s “The Cape” that ran during the network’s NFL playoff doubleheader Saturday, the show about the comic book superhero landed with a thud Sunday on WGRZ-TV. The lame two-hour premiere of the heavily-publicized “The Cape” ...

Image via Wikipedia NBC is looking for “Heroes” again Sunday. The lame superhero show “The Cape” isn’t the answer and fails on multi-levels. It isn’t suspenseful, it isn’t funny and it isn’t well-acted. I’ll grant it one thing. It isn’t as complicated as “Heroes,” the series ...

Image by drinksmachine via Flickr It was Tonawanda native Jeff Glor’s turn today to shine in the series that CBS’ “The Early Show” is doing this inaugural week on its four new anchors. And Glor did Buffalo — and Canada — proud. In the “Questions and Anchor” segment, Glor ...

Image via Wikipedia Time Warner Cable subscribers won’t be getting the Free Showtime Preview this weekend that includes the premieres of two new series, and that’s a shame. Not because TWC will be missing the new drama starring William H. Macy, “Shameless,” which makes some of the other ...