Television

Latest Reality TV: Dancing (Along) With the Stars of Nickelodeon

“Dance on Sunset,” a new dance and variety show on Nickelodeon, is in many ways a throwback to “American Bandstand,” “Soul Train” and other participatory programs.

At the Port, Peril Is Around Every Corner

“America’s Port” is out to prove that there is peril around every corner, or at least in front of every camera.

Space Opera Returns: One Last Step for Mankind

“Battlestar Galactica,” now in its final season, remains one of the more beguiling series on television, an action-adventure drama that travels through time and space to explore morality, politics and metaphysics.

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At NBC, Supersizing the Season

NBC’s promises include fewer reruns, 65 weeks of new shows, the return of favorites like “E.R.” and “Friday Night Lights,” and more product placements from sponsors.

Gladiators of the Dance in the Arena of Reality TV

Bravo has now come up with “Step It Up & Dance,” a competition that makes literal the cuts and bruises of the career-building genre.

NBC to Revive a Mainstay of Early TV

Sponsors will get a say in content and its name on the show.

Like the Candidates, TV’s Political Pundits Show Signs of Diversity

Both MSNBC and CNN this election season have given new prominence to a handful of contributing commentators from varied backgrounds and perspectives: blacks, Hispanics and women.

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Daughters, and Other Secrets of Nursing the Elderly

“Caring for Your Parents” examines a handful of families in and around Providence, R.I., who have turned their lives over to the physical and emotional needs of elderly parents.

Getting a Platoon’s-Eye View of the War on the Ground

Deborah Scranton had a good idea with “The War Tapes,” the 2006 documentary about the Iraq war that she made from video shot by soldiers themselves, and she shows that it’s still an illuminating gimmick in “Bad Voodoo’s War.”

Drug War in Detroit, Macho Style

Poor Detroit. First the scandal and resulting criminal charges involving the city’s mayor, and now “DEA,” the new Spike TV series that begins on Wednesday.

Serving Platters of Minced Politician

The co-creator of “The Daily Show” finds freedom to ridicule whom she wants how she wants, in a live show.

Tackling Directing and George Clooney

John Krasinski speaks about his fitness routine, the origins of his passion project and the simple pleasures of punching George Clooney in the face in “Leatherheads.”

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One New American, Imitating Many

In her new series on Showtime, Tracey Ullman continues to skewer the personal foibles of Americans large and small.

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The Dukes of Broadway

Hanging out with Tom Wopat and John Schneider, better known as good ol’ boys Luke and Bo Duke of the 1980s-era television show “The Dukes of Hazzard”.

The Dashwood Quest for Civil Unions

Andrew Davies’s latest adaptation of Jane Austen proves again that we should all suffer the misfortunes of real estate endured by the downgraded heroines.

Obama Communicates, Even Without Words

If the fluttery response of the five hosts of “The View” is any harbinger, Senator Barack Obama will not have trouble assuaging female voters.

Multiple Personalities, All of Them Disordered

“Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union,” a new series that arrives Sunday on Showtime, is a one-woman travelogue of American fame, folly and misfortune.

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Nasty, but Not So Brutish and Short

No matter how much sex “The Tudors” has given us, it is a show that never gets quite dirty enough.

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Take a Room. Fix It Up. Showpiece!

The democratization of taste continues with “Myles of Style,” a decorating show that began this month on HGTV.

Behind in the Ratings, CBS News Hopes for Help From a Debate

CBS News, which lags well behind its competitors in most areas of television news, wants a debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the worst way.

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Spears’s Bit Part: Not a Comeback

Britney Spears's small guest appearance on the CBS show “How I Met Your Mother” was a boon for the network, but that doesn’t mean that Ms. Spears is well again and on her way back to former glory.

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A Different Sort of ‘Hey Kids, Let’s Put on a Show!’

There’s a commendable use of bait-and-switch in “Autism: The Musical” on Tuesday night on HBO, beginning with this documentary’s title.