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Cheers & Jeers: Nurse Jackie --- Just What the Doctor Ordered

Cheers to Nurse Jackie for recuperating from its creative ills in Season 4. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! After spending much of its past two seasons repeating itself, Showtime's hospital dramedy has shown vital new signs of life. Jackie's cleaned up its act by sending Edie Falco's drug-addicted caregiver into rehab and forcing her to face the consequences of her actions, including her affair with Eddie (Paul Schulze). Husband Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) kicked her out and is now threatening to take away her daughters — and we don't blame him.

Mon, Apr 30, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Nurse Jackie --- Just What the Doctor Ordered

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gets Political on HBO's Veep

For Julia Louis-Dreyfus, playing U.S. Vice President Selina Meyer in HBO's new sitcom Veep feels like a homecoming. "I'm familiar with the culture of Washington because I grew up there," says the graduate of the tony D.C. private school Holton-Arms. "[First Daughter] Susan Ford and her Secret Service went to my high school, and Amy Carter went to my sister's. So I know that area."

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Daddy's (and Mommy's) Girls

Cheers to Zosia Mamet for keeping it in the family business. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!  The daughter of playwright David Mamet and actress Lindsay Crouse is stealing scenes on a...

Mon, Apr 16, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Daddy's (and Mommy's) Girls

Cheers & Jeers: Calling It a Night?

Cheers to Up All Night for going out on a high note.

Fri, Apr 13, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Fairly Legal --- Yes, Virginia!

Cheers to Virginia Williams for letting her hair down — literally and figuratively — on Fairly Legal. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! The How I Met Your Mother alum spent Season 1 of USA's quirky dramedy emanating a...

Fri, Mar 30, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Fairly Legal --- Yes, Virginia!

Cheers & Jeers: Top Model --- Oh, Canada!

Jeers to America's Next Top Model for turning into North America's Next Top Model.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.The increasingly daft ...

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Top Model --- Oh, Canada!

Cheers & Jeers: NCIS ---Rocky Road to Justice

Cheers to Rocky Carroll for his rock-solid performance on this week's NCIS. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.

Wed, Mar 28, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: NCIS ---Rocky Road to Justice

Cheers & Jeers: The Good Wife — Matthew Perry's Not Making Friends

Cheers to Matthew Perry for his nuanced dramatic work on The Good Wife. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! The Friends alum has been burning through TV series in recent years — RIP Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Mr. Sunshine. He's doing another...

Mon, Mar 26, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: The Good Wife — Matthew Perry's Not Making Friends

Cheers & Jeers: Conan --- Let's Get Small!

Cheers to Conan for getting big laughs out of tiny furniture. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! TBS' lanky goofball recently introduced a miniature version of his late-night set as part of the wildly popular "Puppy Conan" segment. He vowed to host an entire hour from the mini-desk and couch, and last night he delivered on his promise with the deliriously surreal episode "Honey, I Shrunk the Set."

Wed, Mar 21, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Conan --- Let's Get Small!

Cheers & Jeers: Smash --- Song of Bernadette

Cheers to Bernadette Peters for bringing Smash exactly what it needs: a true diva.

Tue, Mar 20, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Smash --- Song of Bernadette

Cheers & Jeers: Nikita --- Suddenly, Seymour!

Cheers to Nikita for letting Aaron Stanford get in on the action.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.His character, genius hacker Seymour Birkhoff, has mostly been stuck behind his super-computers while ...

Mon, Mar 19, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Nikita --- Suddenly, Seymour!

Cheers & Jeers: Community's March Madness

Cheers to Community for failing to purge all the weirdness from its system.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Fri, Mar 16, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Community's March Madness

Cheers & Jeers: Modern Family --- Send in the Clowns!

Cheers to Modern Family for once again proving it's the greatest show on Earth.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.In the midst of a creatively uneven third season, ABC's Emmy-winning sitcom rallied with its funniest episode in ages. Not since Chuckles bit the dust on The Mary Tyler Moore Show has a clown's funeral led to such uncontrollable laughter. The death of an esteemed joker led to a hilariously ill-fated ...

Thu, Mar 15, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Modern Family --- Send in the Clowns!

Cheers & Jeers: Justified --- Call Me Madam

Cheers to Joelle Carter for breaking bad (in a good way) on Justified. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Her character, Ava Crowder, opened the FX drama by gunning down her abusive husband, Bowman. Two and a half seasons later, she's evolved into a Bonnie to her ex-brother-in law Boyd's Clyde. This week, she gave shelter to an abused prostitute — and proceeded to lure her pimp, Delroy (William Mapother), into a trap and shoot him down.

Wed, Mar 14, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Justified --- Call Me Madam

Cheers & Jeers: The Good Wife's Great Guests

Cheers to The Good Wife for recruiting a blue-chip guest cast. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. Even by the CBS drama's lofty standards, this week's roster of visiting performers was impressive: Dylan Baker reprised his Emmy-nominated role as venture capitalist and unlikely ladykiller Colin Sweeney, this time accused of sexually harassing — and impregnating — a former employee (Morena Baccarin, on leave from Homeland).  Opposing Alicia Florrick and Co. was Grey's Anatomy mom (and Richard Burton's daughter) Kate Burton, and presiding was the honorable Emmy winner Bebe Neuwirth.

Mon, Mar 12, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: The Good Wife's Great Guests

Cheers & Jeers: Top Model --- Ewww, Baby!

Jeers to America's Next Top Model for turning into America's Next Tot Model.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.In a disturbing challenge, the ...

Thu, Mar 8, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Top Model --- Ewww, Baby!

Cheers & Jeers: Katy Perry Can't Keep Hope Alive

Jeers to Katy Perry for turning from "Teenage Dream" into a nightmare on Raising Hope.

Wed, Mar 7, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Katy Perry Can't Keep Hope Alive

Cheers & Jeers: Smash Crashes and Burns

Jeers to Smash for taking this week's title, "Let's Be Bad," literally.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Tue, Mar 6, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Wanted Dead or Alive

Cheers to The Walking Dead for a pulling off a jaw-dropping twist of fate. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! SPOILER ALERT: STOP READING NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE! The title of this week...

Mon, Mar 5, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: SVU's Mariska Hargitay: Right on Target

Cheers to Mariska Hargitay for doing career-best work on Law & Order: SVU.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.You'd think after 13 years of playing NYPD sex-crimes Det. Olivia Benson — and losing her ...

Thu, Mar 1, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: SVU's Mariska Hargitay: Right on Target

Cheers & Jeers: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Rocks!

Cheers to Jimmy Fallon for proving he's got the beat — comedically speaking. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Saturday Night Live used to be TV's premiere late-night musical showcase, but after its recent run of off-key guests (Lana Del Rey, Karmin, Sleigh Bells), the skitcom's alum has...

Wed, Feb 29, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Rocks!

Cheers & Jeers: Justified Finds Another Lostie

Cheers to Justified for adding another piece of work to its rogues' gallery. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Faced with the prospect of filling Margo Martindale's Emmy-winning "sh--kicker" boots, FX's down-home crime drama has wisely decided to flood the zone with as many baddies as possible. We've recently been introduced to Neal McDonough and Mykelti Williamson — both alums of...

Wed, Feb 22, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Justified Finds Another Lostie