Merritt Wever

Jon Hamm is a loser. It's not often you can write a story with that line in it, but when you're talking about the Emmys, it's a fact. Despite being the driving force behind one of the most acclaimed series in TV history, Don Draper has yet to take him...

LOS ANGELES -- Stop us if you've heard this one before: HBO dominated the Emmy nominations announced Thursday morning, picking up 81 nods for viewer favorites such as "Boardwalk Empire" and "Game of Thrones" as well as comedy newcomers "Girls" and "Veep."...

NEW YORK — Anton Chekhov is always with us in the theater. But this summer his work has been especially prevalent, serving as an inspirational model for such contemporary playwrights as Tracy Letts, Andrew Upton and Annie Baker. Having recently...

We're looking at TV's scene stealers. These are the stars you should know by name! We know you know all the cast members of Modern Family by name now, right? When the show first debuted it was Married With Children's Ed O’Neill who was most...

Josh Charles talks about the season finale of "The Good Wife" and his character's very tumultuous year....

HBO's "Game of Thrones" will return for its second season April 1, the network announced Friday. The 10-episode Season 2 will see the rise of the Imp (Emmy winner Peter Dinklage) as the Hand of the King and several new characters coming to Westeros. It...

Showtime cancels 'United States of Tara' but renews 'Nurse Jackie...

The last season of "Nurse Jackie" ended with a cliffhanger. Jackie was backed into a corner. Her husband Kevin and best friend Dr. O'Hara confronted her, in her kitchen, with a full-on intervention. Kevin discovered the P.O. box where Jackie......

Recently, I’ve been trying to figure out where "Nurse Jackie" fits in the echelon of Showtime series. The natural instinct is to group Jackie Peyton with the likes of Nancy Botwin from "Weeds." Both are strong women caught up with......

Happy Mothers Day. Belated, I know, but what better Mothers Day present than a new episode of ‘Nurse Jackie?’ She is, as her cocoa mug proclaims, the world’s greatest mom. On top of having two daughters of her own, Jackie......

Most actors have great stories to tell. But not many actors can say they hung out at Chicago's Melrose Diner with Liza Minnelli. Now that's a story. Stephen Wallem, a longtime Chicago actor who plays the acerbic but kind nurse Thor on "Nurse Jackie" (9 p....