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The 'Glee' Phenomenon : Timeline
A scene from the 2009 pilot for "Glee": The show's unlikely success led to a string of proposed series centered around singing maids, singing mothers, and other vocal creatures.

The ill-fated search for the next Glee: A timeline

Ever since those final notes of "Don't Stop Believing" in the Glee pilot, rival networks have tried repeatedly to replicate the show's success. Most have failed

 
The 'Glee' Phenomenon : Opinion Brief
"Glee" honored Whitney Houston by packing its hour-long episode with renditions of the singer's most iconic songs, including "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."

Did Glee do Whitney Houston's songs justice?

The Fox musical series honored the late music icon by tackling her notoriously hard-to-sing hits, including "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"

 
The 'Glee' Phenomenon : Slideshow
8 Glee controversies: A slideshow

8 Glee controversies: A slideshow

The show's positive portrayal of a transgender character — the latest in a long string of button-pushing plots — is drawing the ire of Bill O'Reilly

 
Mad Men : Fact Sheet
There may be no character more maligned than Betty Draper, but her surprising weight gain as revealed in last week's episode may have warmed her icy edge.

Mad Men: The 'Fat Betty' backlash

Fans and critics were stunned by the famously svelte character's drastic weight gain — and they can't stop talking and griping about it

 
Mad Men : Instant Guide
Megan Draper's performance of "Zou Bisou Bisou" at Don's birthday party has become the "Mad Men" premiere's most talked-about scene.

'Zou Bisou Bisou': The scoop on the bizarre French song from the Mad Men premiere

Don Draper's new wife performs a competely unexpected burlesque routine, immediately earworming a '60s French song into fans' heads. What was that ditty, anyway?

 
Mad Men : The List
in the "Mad Men" season premiere, the action has been propelled forward to 1966.

7 reasons Mad Men's season premiere is 'insanely riveting'

A long 17 months after its discombobulating season four finale, AMC's drama finally returns Sunday night. Here's why the new episode is worth the wait

 
Mad Men : Opinion Brief
This week, Newsweek dedicated its entire issue, inside and out, to a 1960s-style celebration of the fifth season of "Mad Men."

Is Newsweek 'shilling' for Mad Men?

The venerable weekly goes all out to celebrate the hit show's return, festooning its newest issue with ads that pay homage to the 1960s

 
Mad Men : Burning Question
If "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner gets his wish, fans will be completely surprised by what befalls Don Draper in next week's 5th season premiere.

Has Mad Men's spoiler phobia gone too far?

With the long-awaited season premiere airing next week, the show's creator pens a letter to reviewers begging them not to reveal a single plot point

 
Fall TV 2011 : Slideshow
Dennis Quaid and Roseanne Barr

The 10 most exciting fall TV castings (so far): A slideshow

Dennis Quaid as a rodeo cowboy turned sheriff, the return of Roseanne Barr, and 8 more pilot castings generating unbridled enthusiasm

 
The 'Glee' Phenomenon : Analysis
The "Glee" Michael Jackson tribute divided critics to an almost unprecedented degree.

Glee's Michael Jackson tribute: 'Unbelievably awful'?

New Directions pays homage to the King of Pop, and critics seize the opportunity to quote one of the episode's many Jackson songs: It was "Bad"

 
Fall TV 2011 : The List
The only redeemable or relatable thing about Fox's newest sitcom "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" is the title, critics say.

5 reasons critics hate I Hate My Teenage Daughter

Piling on, TV reviewers find Fox's new sitcom mean-spirited, clichéd, "icky," and — worst of all — not funny

 
Mad Men : Analysis
"Mad Men" may stretch on for three more seasons, but Matthew Weiner is already considering how Don and company will say goodbye, and not everyone is pleased.

Mad Men's ending revealed: Is Matthew Weiner's plan satisfying?

The creator of the retro AMC drama confesses that he knows how the series will conclude — with a flashforward to modern day

 
The 'Glee' Phenomenon : Opinion Brief
Characters Blaine and Rachel get busy for the first time with their respective boyfriends in the popular show's controversial sex episode.

Glee's 'touching' sex episode

Two teen couples — one of them gay — lose their virginity on the hit Fox series. Was it as controversial as advance hype led us to believe?

 
Fall TV 2011 : Analysis
Former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is hellbent on avenging his wife's death in AMC's new western drama "Hell on Wheels."

Hell on Wheels: Can AMC revive the TV western?

The network that brought back the '60s with Mad Men, and fueled a zombie resurgence with The Walking Dead, turns its sights on the Old West

 
Fall TV 2011 : Opinion Brief
Brian Williams' primetime news magazine show, "Rock Center," debuted on Halloween night, and featured an interview with guest Jon Stewart.

Rock Center: Can Brian Williams make hard news a primetime hit?

NBC's attempt at reviving the news magazine genre rests on the shoulders of its venerable (and jocular) Nightly News anchor

 
Fall TV 2011 : Opinion Brief
Allen Gregory is a Louis-Vuitton-toting, Pinot-Grigio-sipping seven-year-old without, some critics say, any redeeming qualities.

Allen Gregory: Jonah Hill's 'snotty' new animated series

Fox's latest cartoon comedy introduces audiences to the world's most pretentious 7-year-old. Not everyone is enchanté to meet him

 

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