James Purefoy

Time to suit up. "How I Met Your Mother" will throw Barney's bachelor party at 8 p.m. Monday on CBS. Frances Conroy returns as Barney's mom, and Ralph Macchio plays himself. Recent Mondays have been mainly a showdown between "The Voice" and "Dancing...

"Bates Motel": It is impossible for me to overstate how truly fabulous Vera Farmiga's performance is in the crazy, creepy yet emotionally resonant prequel to "Psycho." The setting is "Twin Peaks"-evocative and the writing is terrific, if a bit overly...

Reality rules this week, whether the topic is dancing, singing, Australia or Jon Stewart. Some highlights to keep in mind: "Dancing With the Stars" brings back Maks Chmerkovskiy and Chelsie Hightower to perform at 8 p.m. Monday on ABC. The show offers...

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 7 -13, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     --------------------   The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Tonight Show...

Natalie Zea says she prefers doing comedies, but her characters in two high-profile dramas find themselves in peril this week. "Oh, God, I know. I gotta get away from this," she said Friday with a chuckle. "I've got to go do some sort of slapstick...

You just can't keep a good cannibal down. More than three decades after he first murdered and chomped his way to pop culture infamy, sophisticated serial murderer Hannibal Lecter is back, alive and well-fed. And although he has gone from the big...

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 24 - 30, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     --------------------   SERIES Whitney Whitney (Whitney Cummings)...

How to compete with the much-hyped season premiere of "The Voice"? The broadcast networks are going very different routes Monday. Fox has been teasing that the episode of "The Following,"at 9, will be especially chilling. Serial killer Joe (James...

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 11 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES "Last Man Standing" "Home Improvement'...

Fox will have more killing and comedy next season. The network announced Monday it was renewing Kevin Bacon's serial killer drama "The Following" and the comedies "The Mindy Project," "New Girl" and "Raising Hope." "New Girl" will return for a third...

There are 2,000 pounds of bacon waiting to be served to 2,000 people gathering on Saturday for the sold-out BaconFest Florida at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. But before you do the math, factor in another 350 pounds of Bacon: Kevin and Michael. While...

Once upon a midnight dreary, Kevin Williamson became weak and weary--fielding questions on the violence seen in Fox’s upcoming horror drama “The Following.” The creator and executive producer, who is also behind the CW’s “...