Another May weekend, another deluge of season finales — though none are likely to blow the mind with as much daring, panache and imaginative fervor as BBC America's gloriously inventive Doctor Who (Saturday, 8/7c), which signs off until next time-travel with one of its trippiest yet emotionally powerful episodes to date. Steven Moffat's typically clever script, brimming with colorful incident and characters grandly heroic or villainous, finds a nifty way to salute the 50-year history of Doctors as we learn more about the impossibly irrepressible companion Clara (the smashing Jenna-Louise Coleman), first seen in a cosmic haze — "I don't know where I am ... Sometimes I think I'm everywhere at once" — with only one constant to guide her: "I have to save the Doctor." That same impulse prompts lizard lady Vastra, her wife Jenny and the stalwart Strax to summon Clara to a psychic conference call, interrupted by the menacing "Whisper Men" (reminiscent of the ghoulish Gentlemen from Buffy's classic "Hush" episode).
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Is no news good news for fans of The Cleveland Show?
Weeks after a blog run by the leaders of The Animation Guild reported that the animated series was canceled, Fox sources have denied the claim, saying that no decision has been made about the show's future.
At least part of the reason for The Cleveland Show's hazy future is the fact that Fox's Sunday animation lineup is...
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There'll be a force to be reckoned with on Criminal Minds next month: Star Wars alum Mark Hamill will guest-star in the drama's two-part season finale, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
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CBS topped Sunday, thanks to the Academy of Country Music Awards, while Mad Men's Season 6 premiere returned steady.
The three-hour awards show averaged ...
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CBS topped a slow Sunday that did not see a single show grow.
The Amazing Race led the way for CBS, drawing 8.7 million viewers and a 2.2 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down two-tenths from last week. The Good Wife (9.02 million, 1.5) was flat and The Mentalist (9.8 million, 1.6) dipped ...
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