Different as “Lost” and “Supernatural” may seem to most, there are actually a number of thematic parallels — as our good friend Mo Ryan, aka The Watcher, points out in this post.

There’s really no excuse for any genre fan not to have seen at least one episode of this show.  Honestly, folks, it’s on TNT every weekday.  In fact, the only thing that gets me to the gym in the morning is knowing I can switch on those “Supernatural” repeats while I do my cardio. …

Matthew Fox. Photo courtesy of ABC.

Dear Mr.  Fox: First off, congratulations to you and the rest of the “Lost” cast and crew for making six seasons of a drama that will leave the TV landscape noticeably poorer when it ends. Not every actor can say he was part of such a revolutionary experience.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, can we talk about this “I’m done with TV” business?

Granted, any person can understand your desire to take a break from the TV industry. The production schedule is  grueling.  The publicity merry-go-round, probably quite draining. We know you appreciate your fans,  but you seem like a guy who dreams of the day he can peacefully enjoy a meal at a diner somewhere in Oregon. …

Last night, however, our old pal Golden seemed hung over before he even hit the door. …

Fringe, Momentum Deferred

Now that the fall TV season is in full swing, it’s impossible to watch it all… even with your trusty DVRs.  Lucky for you, we have full recaps of all your favorite shows.  Here’s the line-up for last night.  But remember, they are full of spoilers!

“Fringe”: Momentum Deferred (aired 10/8)

“Grey’s Anatomy”: Tainted Obligation (aired 10/8)

“FlashForward”: 137 Sekunden (aired 10/8)

“Bones”: The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (aired 10/8)

“Project Runway”: A Fashionable New Beginning (aired 10/8)

“The Mentalist”: Red Badge (aired 10/8)

“CSI”: Working Stiffs (aired 10/8)

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Zac Posen to model-in-waiting: "Wait...wait...never mind, show's over."

Oh Mischa Barton, we were so looking forward to seeing you on our TV screens again.  Just not in this tragedy.

The CW decided to spare us more episodes of “The Beautiful Life,” the Ashton Kutcher-produced series about models pursuing their big break. That makes “TBL” the first casualty of the 2009-2010 season, and makes me glad that I didn’t put money into an office pool.  Having seen Fox’s “Brothers,” which makes its hideous debut this evening,  I thought for sure that it would win that honor. But alas, “TBL” couldn’t even survive long enough for other U.S. viewers to make that discovery for themselves.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Wednesday night’s “TBL” episode, its second (and last), only attracted about…

Post-show photos of Emmy host Neil Patrick Harris, courtesy of Wire Image

Neil Patrick Harris’s Emmy conquest is now official: The overnight Nielsens indicate that the ratings were actually up over last year’s telecast. That’s significant, because the award show’s numbers have been in decline for several years now.

Barney Stinson’s alter-ego did not defeat football on NBC, which walked away with 18.5 million that night, but an estimated 14.5 million tuned in  to the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards telecast, keeping it in second place throughout the evening. (Which, truthfully, isn’t that surprising when one considers that every other broadcast network pretty much got out of its way.)

Of course, a number of viewers would never watch the Emmys — even if Angelina Jolie played host and promised…

Neil Patrick Harris owned it as host of the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards telecast.

Yes, live blogging is all the rage, but your IMDb bloggers are located on the West Coast… only not in L.A., where the awards were produced.  But why should that stop us from sharing our experience of seeing it for the first time?

Sure, we already know who won: We updated the IMDb homepage in real time, which means moments before host Neil Patrick Harris launching into his clever opening ditty (which flirted with Christina Hendricks and Jon Hamm within the same verse) we knew “30 Rock“  and “Mad Men” repeated their wins in the Best Comedy and Drama categories. (See the full list of winners on our Road to the Emmys award page.)  And yes, we’ve…

New faces, new dramas, same pool.

That could refer to Press Tour itself, since most of the conference involves around 250 electronic and print journalists being trapped in a hotel, but no.  This happened to be a CW publicist’s intro to the panel for “Melrose Place,” which is aining for as much multi-generational attention  as possible.

Executive producer Todd Slavkin expects the new “Melrose Place” to attract the teen audience The CW so deeply covets as well as their older sisters and brothers (and mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles). Reminding critics that the original has only been off the air for 10 years, that means the 15-year-olds who watched it back then are now 25 and presumably bored. “‘Melrose Place’ is a huge international franchise, that title,”…

Fictional bloodsuckers and yours truly, we’re simpatico. Even so, “The Vampire Diaries” pilot didn’t do it for me…but I couldn’t quite say why until we watched the promo reel at The CW’s TCA panel this morning.  It opens with the following: The first time the innocent Elena (Nina Dobrev) lays eyes on the mysterious…

President of entertainment Nina Tassler, however, captured the day by reveling in NBC’s…