Alan Ball

Geek confession time! When the show True Blood first premiered on HBO, I wasn't a fan. Quite frankly, I felt as if the show was treading too closely to territory that belonged to my all-time favorite vampire series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." But as the...

WHAT: Cornerstone Theatre Company's next production, "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress," opens Thursday, Feb. 7. Alan Ball's comedy celebrates the female spirit as five reluctant and, of course identically clad, bridesmaids duck out of a wedding...

This post has been corrected. Please see below for details. It's a big day in TV renewal land with the news that five cable series are getting new seasons, in addition to the renewal of CBS' entire daytime lineup. The five series that are continuing...

Here are some major changes coming to the TV schedule this week: MONDAY: “The Bachelor” starts its 17th season at 8 p.m. on ABC.  Sean Lowe, who was rejected by Emily Maynard on “The Bachelorette,” takes the title role this time....

“Banshee” on Cinemax is a new action drama series following the world of crime and corruption stewing under the seemingly idyllic surface of rural Pennsylvania Amish town Banshee. “I spent 15 years picturing this day, and I got to tell...

Midseason used to be a time for networks to put on series that weren’t good enough to make the fall lineup. The thinking was: The money has been spent to make these episodes, so let’s try to get something out of them by plugging them for shows...

It's my final column of the year and, for that matter, the new millennium — not to mention of all time. Unless it isn't. I'm so confused. Anyhow, let's look at the highs and lows of 2012 — not that you have much choice if you're going to...

Were you expecting Bill Compton to have a master plan? To be nice Bill all along and not some crazy vampire religious zealot? It could have happened that way. But yeah, it didn't. The opposite happened. When Eric and Sookie track him down in his Massive...

Think of it as TV's Comic-Cannes. Since its inception 42 years ago, Comic-Con International has been a celebration of fanboy ......

“True Blood” creator Alan Ball received a warm send-off in his final Comic-Con International appearance as the showrunner of the ......

"Falling Skies"will invade San Diego Comic Con on July 13, the latest TV series to announce a panel at the giant fan event July 11-15. Last year more than 100 TV shows were represented at SDCC, and this year's list is growing larger every day. For cast...

Why, Joe Manganiello, do you think both star/producer Channing Tatum and director Steven Soderbergh had you in mind for the role of Big Dick Richie in “Magic Mike?” “Whatever ex-girlfriend talked to them, she should be on the...