Victor Garber

The propulsive hostage thriller "Argo," the third feature directed by Ben Affleck, just plain works. It's heartening to encounter a film, based on fact but happy to include all sorts of exciting fictions to amp up the suspense, whose entertainment...

Long before he became a film actor and director, Ben Affleck was a TV actor. Do you remember him as quarterback Joe Willie Clemons in “Against the Grain”? Probably not. The series lasted just a season — 1993-94 — on NBC, but it was...

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....

Most talk about NBC's new nighttime soap Deception, which premieres tonight at 10, has centered on two things: the fact that its lead character is a black female  (Det. Joanna Locasto, played by Caliornication‘s Meagan Good) and the show's seeming...

In television Monday: ESPN will clean up in the ratings with the BCS National Championship Game at 8:30 p.m. Notre Dame and Alabama, two of the most storied teams in college football, play in Miami Gardens. Here's hoping it's a good game. CBS, Fox and The...

NBC has unveiled its plans for midseason, including the start date for the next cycle of “The Voice.” The Peacock Network decided to do two editions of the popular singing contest this season. Once the fall show ends, “The Voice”...

"Big Brother" took a huge turn Thursday night when Daniele and Jeff, two of the strongest players, were ejected. Jeff turned the tables on Daniele, and her friends got back at him in the season's biggest surprise. As the show ended, Jordan and Rachel were...

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Big Sexy' on TLC...

In a movie landscape heavily populated with dude flicks such as "The Town" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," Hollywood got a welcome shot of estrogen Wednesday night with the premiere of "You Again." Kristen Bell, Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis,...

The stars came out to witness Daniel Radcliffe's sorcery go corporate Sunday at opening night of Rob Ashford's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York. "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"...

In its fifth season finale, "30 Rock" gets weird....

For set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image. In the case of the visual inspiration of Hartford Stage's production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," it was the suggestion of a garden maze by director Darko Tresnjak. The result is...