Read more TV series stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25554/tv-series.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:06:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73979/best-tv-series-of-the-00s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom the standard (No. 16, Friday Night Lights ) to the quirky (No. 29, Wonder Showzen ), the long-running (No. 8, Lost ) to the canceled-too-soon (No. 4, Freaks and Geeks ), The Onion runs down the 30 best shows of the '00s: No. 1, The Wire : This drama “unfolded...http://www.newser.com/story/73979/best-tv-series-of-the-00s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 14:49:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71689/cougar-town-deserves-scorn-not-yuks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCougar Town is our nation’s newest guilty pleasure—“‘guilty’ in this case meaning ‘it makes you want to stick your head in the oven’ and ‘pleasure’ referring to the feeling humans get from having their fingernails ripped off one by one,” writes Heather Havrilesky for Salon. Tina Fey and Julia...http://www.newser.com/story/71689/cougar-town-deserves-scorn-not-yuks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 11:57:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71575/8-weekly-world-news-characters-that-could-hit-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWho needs Batman when you can have Bat Boy? The iconic Weekly World News creation is expected to arrive at a TV near you now that the tabloid has signed with CAA, according to the Hollywood Reporter . "You're seeing an embrace of the fringe," says WWN ’s CEO. "Zombies were...http://www.newser.com/story/71575/8-weekly-world-news-characters-that-could-hit-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69657/sissy-spacek-joins-big-love.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSissy Spacek will join the cast of HBO’s Big Love , the LA Times reports. Spacek will be a regular cast member on the show’s upcoming fourth season, playing a DC lobbyist. Her first appearance comes in the third episode. Spacek raises the cast’s profile considerably: she won a best-actress Oscar...http://www.newser.com/story/69657/sissy-spacek-joins-big-love.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 12:41:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67738/thirtysomething-hits-dvd-but-is-it-still-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThirtysomething is finally on DVD, much to the excitement of baby boomers everywhere—and Seth Stevenson, who, inexplicably, loved the show as a 14-year-old boy. “I wondered: Would I find it even more compelling now that I’d actually reached my 30s?” he writes for Slate. But, though the performances are...http://www.newser.com/story/67738/thirtysomething-hits-dvd-but-is-it-still-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 10:59:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67598/paquin-i-take-off-my-bra-for-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSassy Anna Paquin has absolutely no trouble stripping down for scenes in HBO's steamy series Tru Blood , she tells Nylon in a let-it-all-hang-out interview. "I'm sorry, maybe there are women who keep their bras on while they have sex. I don't happen to be one of them," quips Paquin, who...http://www.newser.com/story/67598/paquin-i-take-off-my-bra-for-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 4:00:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66308/behind-mad-men-arewomen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe misogynists who populate Mad Men's character ranks might make you think otherwise, but seven of the show's nine writers are women—a rarity in Hollywood, where 80% of primetime programs in 2007-08 had no female writers. “A lot of people think women can only do women shows,” one female...http://www.newser.com/story/66308/behind-mad-men-arewomen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 14:21:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64940/10-most-addictive-shows-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJack Bauer doesn't even have to torture you to keep you glued to your couch, reports the Daily Telegraph, scoring nearly a fifth of the votes for most addictive show in a survey of some 3000 couch potatoes. “Although crime doesn't pay, as our list reveals, it most certainly pulls...http://www.newser.com/story/64940/10-most-addictive-shows-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 13:19:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60733/wife-to-remain-in-charge-of-falk-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeter Falk's wife will remain in charge of the former actor's care and affairs, but must allow bimonthly visits with his adopted daughter under a new conservatorship established by a Los Angeles court. The former Columbo star, 81, suffers from severe dementia and no longer remembers his trademark detective role....http://www.newser.com/story/60733/wife-to-remain-in-charge-of-falk-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 3:22:23 CDT