What if your future husband was a guy from your past, and finding him came with a deadline? That's the premise of The Ex List, a relationship dramedy premiering Oct. 3 that's based on a hit Israeli series. Elizabeth Reaser (last seen as Ava, Dr. Karev's patient-turned-lover on Grey's Anatomy) stars as the aptly named Bella Bloom, a florist who gets surprising news from a psychic. She's already dated "the one," and she's got a year to find him or she'll never marry.

Is he a longtime love, a one-night stand, a boy she had a crush on in … Read More

What if your future husband was a guy from your past, and finding him came with a deadline? That's the premise of The Ex List, a relationship dramedy premiering Oct. 3 that's based on a hit Israeli series. Elizabeth Reaser (last seen as Ava, Dr. Karev's patient-turned-lover on Grey's Anatomy) stars as the aptly named Bella Bloom, a florist who gets surprising news from a psychic. She's already dated "the one," and she's got a year to find him or she'll never marry.

 Is he a longtime love, a one-night stand, a boy she had a crush on … Read More

If you've avoided Friday Night Lights because you're not a football fan and think there's too much pigskin on TV as it is, you're missing out on one of the best relationship dramas TV has to offer. Set in a Texas town that literally revolves around its high school football team, the two-year-old drama—which returns to NBC in January—is about more than the game. Loaded with compelling characters and complex emotional relationships, FNL has at its center the marriage of Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his school guidance counselor wife Tami (Connie Britton), arguably the most realistic portrayal of … Read More

The lives of the rich and over-privileged have always fascinated us, especially when we find out they're just as screwed up as the rest of us. It's what made the original Beverly Hills, 90210 such soapy, addictive fun, and appointment TV in the '90s. This fall, the CW is hoping lightning will strike twice with its new version of the series, a spinoff featuring a new cast but following a familiar new-family-in-town formula– with a few familiar faces.

Jennie Garth will reprise her role as Kelly Taylor, now a guidance counselor at her … Read More

Whether it's the forbidden thrill or the lure of immortality and hot sex, vampires have always fascinated, from Dracula to Anne Rice's Lestat to the sexy bloodsuckers of TV's Buffy, Angel and Moonlight, and the hero of the Twilight book series. Banking on viewers' unlimited "blood" thirst, Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball has adapted Charlaine Harris' Dead Until Dark for HBO into an fascinating series centering on the relationship between a telepathic waitress and a 173-year-old vampire, and it's as steamy as the humid Louisiana bayou it's set in.

In this parallel universe, the invention of synthetic blood has … Read More

Those who weren't in the workforce 46 years ago might find Mad Men a bit of a shock. Not only do the employees of the Sterling Cooper advertising agency smoke and drink at work, the men are sexist pigs, and the women, still several years away from feminist bra burning, play second fiddle—when not fiddling around with their bosses. With its detail-perfect setting, twisty plots, and vivid characters, this fascinating peek into the not-so-distant past highlights how much has changed in the past four decades. Or has it?

Certainly,  as Emmy-nominated star Jon Hamm, who plays … Read More

If you're ever feeling like you've got it rough at work, watch an episode of Mad Men for a reality check. Not only do the women on this show find themselves on the underside of a mostly impermeable glass ceiling, they've got to deal with men who freely objectify their secretaries without fear of harassment lawsuits. Set just four decades ago at a Madison Avenue advertising agency, the award-winning AMC series brilliantly blends office and sexual politics in a heady mix of great characters, intriguing storylines … Read More

On the surface, Joan Holloway is a secretarial stereotype: the super-sexy, head-turning queen bee of the office, the one who's having a hot affair with her married boss. But as played by Christina Hendricks, Joan is so much more, and one of the many delights of Mad Men, AMC's Emmy-award winning series. It's hard to imagine anyone else in the part, but creator Matt Weiner originally envisioned "a mousy kind of a bossy sidekick" character, "and then he saw me and luckily he changed his mind," smiles Hendricks, who's relishing every moment of the role.

"She's so fun because she's so … Read More

Eyebrows rose all over Hollywood when Oscar winner Holly Hunter signed on to star in the TNT drama series "Saving Grace." Why would the star of The Piano, Broadcast News and Thirteen take on the weekly grind of TV in yet another police procedural series? Well, this is no ordinary cop show, and Grace has more complicated issues than an astrophysics library's magazine rack.

She's smart and good at her job, but Detective Grace Hanadarko is also a hard-drinking, hard-living woman who has an honest-to-God guardian angel (Leon Rippy) and an active sex life—she has lots of rowdy romps with … Read More

"The Closer" has been a cable TV ratings hit since its debut in 2005, and its success has a lot to do with its star, Kyra Sedgwick. It's no surprise that Sedgwick has earned two Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of deputy police chief Brenda Johnson, as she's made the quirky character a fascinating figure.

We all know women like Brenda, maybe a little too well: she's capable, even brilliant at work, but can't quite get it together personally. She's a slightly frumpy, somewhat ditzy, sweets-addicted southerner who ruffled feathers when she arrived in Los Angeles … Read More