Lauren Ambrose

The TV season officially ends Wednesday night, and programmers quickly turn to summer scheduling. The top offerings as the season ends: "Modern Family" concludes its season with a visit to Florida for the funeral of Phil's mother. The episode, at 9 p.m....

**1/2 (out of four) In an indie film about a single mom struggling to make ends meet, you can pretty much assume that at some point she'll lose money and spend time in a strip club. It's just par for the course. “About Sunny,” however,...

One night in a La Quinta motel room, comedian and storyteller Mike Birbiglia jumped through a second-story window while acting out one of his dreams, ending up in the hospital with a leg full of broken glass. Well, it's a living. Since then he has...

A&E's two-part movie miniseries Coma (Sept. 3-4 at 9pm ET) is based on the Robin Cook novel and comes from executive producers Ridley and Tony Scott (Tony died in an apparent suicide on Aug. 19) boasting an all-star cast: Lauren Ambrose, Steven Pasquale,...

The long holiday weekend contains two dramas of note. “Breaking Bad” concludes its scorching, eight-episode summer run at 10 p.m. Sunday. The AMC series will end next summer with eight episodes. For Labor Day, A&E is presenting medical horror....

The Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser airs at 8 p.m. Friday on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and other channels. There will be performances by Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Alicia Keys and Tim McGraw. The celebrities taking part include Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Michael...

Highlights on the TV schedule today: 1. Michelle Obama headlines the Democratic National Convention from Charlotte, N.C. ABC, CBS and NBC devote the 10 p.m. hour to the conclave. You'll find more extensive coverage on cable news, PBS (which starts at 8 p....

Tony Scott may not have won raves for his movies, but he certainly did for his television work. Scott produced “The Good Wife,” the best drama currently on broadcast television, with brother Ridley Scott. The CBS legal series starring Julianna...

A classic game of "Who can you trust?" develops again at a metropolitan hospital in A&E Network's recent miniseries adaptation of the Robin Cook novel. The 1978 movie was set in Boston, but this version relocates the story to Atlanta, where a medical...

Thanks to medication and spending every night in a sleeping bag, comedian Mike Birbiglia has his sleepwalking episodes under control. Well, except during times of intense anxiety—such as when he co-directs, co-writes and stars in a movie based on...

May 4 The Avengers A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. In Imax 3-D. Walt Disney...

The residents of Earth get a reprieve from death - for better or worse - in this made-for-Starz series, the fourth round of the "Torchwood" science-fiction franchise. John Barrowman and Eve Myles are among the returning stars, with Bill Pullman as an ex-...