HBO has canceled "Bored To Death" & more but has renewed "Enlightened." --- Louis C.K. to host next White House Correspondents dinner. --- Tintin the 3-D movie is great! See it _and_ get the '90s TV series on DVD. --- The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan is also here. more ›

Tonight will be the "Bored To Death" season finale - please watch and pray that HBO brings this gem back again for another season. --- Why, why, why is AMC putting "The Walking Dead" on hiatus until Feb.? Makes no sense. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

National treasure Dick Cavett guest stars on tonight's excellent episode of "Bored To Death" (HBO @ 9pm). --- Last night's "Boardwalk Empire" focused on the Thompson brothers, we have insight. --- Lots of news items + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

Last night's "Walking Dead" premiere broke basic cable records all but ensuring a 3rd season. --- #SNL disappointed for a 2nd week in a row. --- "Sons of Anarchy" gets a 5th season. --- "After Lately" back in Nov. --- More news & The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

No lowest common denominator TV for us tonight, we'll be checking out the season 3 premiere of HBO's "Bored To Death" at 9pm followed by Laura Dern's debut series "Enlightened." We've got TV news & The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight in the full post. more ›

With gift-exchanges coming fast and furious over the next couple weeks, we reviewed the DVDs we've received and watched so far this year and summarized some gift possibilities for you including picks of contemporary TV shows now on DVD as well as shows that left the airwaves ages ago. When you've seen an old favorite show in reruns and have said aloud: "Why can't they make a show like this anymore?" You are right, so go and get some of the old ones on DVD. more ›

This weekend's TV had some great moments: Friday's season finale of "Real Time With Bill Maher" still has clips bouncing all over twitter, most of which were of zingers from Michael Moore. Did anybody watch Scarlett Johansson on SNL? We didn't. Sunday was the big night where significant (and intense) plot advancements occurred in "Dexter", "Boardwalk Empire", and "The Walking Dead". more ›

Fox has pulled "Running Wilde" from it's line up with a possible return of the show on November 30th - it's a shame that a show with this much talent can't find it's sea legs. There's been a lot of supposition that the network has been fiddling with the show from the beginning, so how can you fix a show that the network broke? A better questions is: why would they be bringing it back? We love Will Arnett and David Cross and hope to see them in something that isn't screwed from the get-go. more ›

What could be more important tonight than the debut of Conan O'Brien's new show, "Conan", on TBS at 11pm. Books have literally been written in to tell the story of how O'Brien got to this point in his career. Sure he's got Seth Rogen and Jack White guesting but they're not the reason to tune in tonight. It's no surprise that Letterman and Leno have lined up some heavy hitters as guests, from Han Solo to The Terminator but they won't hold a candle to Conan's storming of the late night airwaves. more ›

National Geographic's "Great Migrations" premieres on Sunday at 8pm followed by another new program at 9pm (see the promo vid above). Perhaps the most recent example of such stunning nature photography would be the BBC's "Life" which aired on Discovery earlier this year. I haven't seen the entire series but I was completely bowled over by the footage of everything from wildabeests to penguins. What I do hope to see is some discussion about how humans have affected these ancient migratory paths and to the detriment of these animals. more ›

Comedian Jim Norton (featured in the video interview we did) will be a guest star in this Sunday's episode of HBO's "Bored To Death" in a part written specifically for him by series creator Jonathan Ames. Check it out, his appearance is very funny - Sunday, 10pm, HBO. more ›

This weekend's picks include a stand-up comedy special by the incredible Bill Burr (tonight), Sundance's "Iconoclasts" and "SNL" with Bryan Cranston (tomorrow), and "Dexter" followed by an awesome "Bored To Death" (Sunday) - read why in the full post! Plus we picked a winner of the Butters DVD. more ›

One last megablast of premieres this weekend with at least 21 series and season premieres over the next 3 days. We have our eyes on "Dexter" and "Bored To Death". Also, "Saturday Night Live" returns with Amy Poehler as host. more ›

On Tuesday evening we went to the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City to see the first two episodes of HBO's "Bored To Death" as part of their celebration of the second season premiere of the series. We snapped a lot of photos and we got to speak to the following attendees... more ›

The TV Junkie went to the premiere event for the second season of HBO's "Bored to Death" and snapped some photos of various cast members, including Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, and series creator Jonathan Ames. more ›

This was the interview that almost never was and might never be again. After lucking out last year and speaking with Ted Danson, Jason Schwartzman, and Jonathan Ames in New York at the Paley Center for Media on their "Bored to Death" featured evening, I somehow secured an actual interview slot with Jonathan Ames near his summer residence in Venice Beach in late August. We were to speak with Mr. Ames about the film adaptation of his novel, The Extra Man, starring Kevin Kline and Paul Dano as well as inspirations behind his HBO series "Bored to Death". more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, "Boston Med", "The Daily Show" (Arcade Fire), "The Colbert Report" (Chuck Close), Fallon (Mickey Rourke; Kids in the Hall) more ›

Last fall we interviewed Jason Schwartman, Ted Danson, and HBO's "Bored to Death" series creator Jonathan Ames, and we're pleased that the second season of this hilarious show is moving forward. Please check out the trailer above! more ›

As we know, last night had the excellent season finale of "Bored to Death" which we gave you a sneak peek of but it also had the finale of the multi-Emmy winning "Mad Men" on AMC. "Mad Men" generally had a great season with only a couple sleepy episodes but the finale was incredible. Maybe Don is finally free of Betty but the plight of the kids had our female viewing party members crying with most feeling that Don was much better off without "that crazy Betty". What will keep us pining for the next season is the momentum that was built up with what was ostensibly the launch of a start-up '60s-style. Summer of 2010 can't come too soon. more ›

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The season finale of HBO's "Bored to Death" is this Sunday at 9:30pm and it is a must-watch. There are plenty of McShows out there but this is not one of them and nor will it ever be. The brainchild of author and memoirist Jonathan Ames, the show about an author and part-time amateur private investigator bursts with uncompromised originality in every episode. more ›

There's already some news about how this season is going in terms of viewership for the big networks: all the big networks have larger audiences with the exception of ABC. NBC is still struggling in 4th place and its "Jay Leno Show" has about 1/2 the viewership of its rival networks at that hour. Leno did an interview over at Broadcasting & Cable to get some positive press and alludes to a desire to return to the 11:35pm slot. more ›