Commentary: TV To Be Thankful For

With the entire country in turmoil over—take your pick—health care, the economy, two ongoing wars and Sarah Palin-mania, Thanksgivin... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Nov 24th, 2009 | 9:30AM 0

Commentary: Suggestions For Aaron Sorkin’s TV Return

That he hasn’t been part of a successful television show since the mid-90s didn’t really diminish the outpouring of joy that spread ... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Nov 19th, 2009 | 10:38AM 0

Commentary: TV Controversies - Protesting The Protests!

Not to go all ‘Seinfeld’ on you, but when did saying someone used the f-word start meaning the “f-word” and not the “f-word?�... More

42-Inch Television | TV News | Christopher Rosen | Nov 12th, 2009 | 10:01AM 2

Commentary: Should ‘30 Rock’ Change For Ratings Success?

It would be nice if acclaim and success went hand-in-hand, but unfortunately they don’t. We live in a world where ‘Transformers: Rev... More

30 Rock | 42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Nov 10th, 2009 | 2:26PM 2

Commentary: Speculations On The ‘Mad Men’ Finale

If you plopped Anna and her alien minions from ‘V’ down in front of a computer and showed them the amount of blog space devoted to �... More

42-Inch Television | Mad Men | Christopher Rosen | Nov 5th, 2009 | 12:50PM 0

Commentary: How Low Can TV Go?

A funny thing about the lowest common denominator: it keeps getting lower. So when Glenn Beck compares the Democratic efforts for health... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Nov 3rd, 2009 | 9:24AM 0

Commentary: Is ‘Grey’s’ On The Mend?

For much of the past few seasons, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ has been a series whose viewers fit neatly into two categories: those who loved... More

42-Inch Television | Grey's Anatomy | Christopher Rosen | Oct 29th, 2009 | 8:14AM 9

Commentary: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Talent Rich, Laughs Poor

Ah, the end of October. The time for trick or treating (try to stifle the giggle when someone asks who you’re supposed to be after you s... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Oct 27th, 2009 | 11:16AM 18

Commentary: 4 Steps to Fix Jay Leno

Sometimes you have to wonder: if entertainment writers didn’t have NBC to kick around, what would they actually write about? The netwo... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Oct 22nd, 2009 | 9:36AM 39

Commentary: Why Obama Should Rise Above The Fox News Fray

Watching ‘Mad Men’ obsessively has taught me that in an advertising campaign, you never cede the higher ground to the competition—... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Oct 20th, 2009 | 12:17PM 126

Commentary: A Wish List Of ‘30 Rock’ Guest Stars

When ‘30 Rock’ premiered back in the fall of 2006, it seemed destined to become the next ‘Arrested Development:’ the type of cul... More

30 Rock | 42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Oct 15th, 2009 | 8:26AM 0

Commentary: The Case For ‘Degrassi’

Spending five hours on a Saturday afternoon binge-watching ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’ might not be your idea of a good time, bu... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Oct 13th, 2009 | 9:48AM 2

Commentary: Commitment, It’s So Hot Right Now

As if you needed further proof that times have changed: tonight’s sure-to-be tear jerking edition of ‘The Office’—y’know, the ... More

42-Inch Television | The Office | Christopher Rosen | Oct 8th, 2009 | 7:22AM 1

Commentary: In Late Night TV, Getting Personal Matters

Remember when late night television was nothing more than a place for warmed over political jokes and sixth grade-level sexual innuendo?... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Oct 6th, 2009 | 8:39AM 4

Commentary: Do Stars Make Sitcoms, Or Do Sitcoms Make Stars?

Here’s a classic chicken versus egg debate for the first day of October, one to ponder as you sit down to write that monthly rent chec... More

42-Inch Television | TV News | Christopher Rosen | Oct 1st, 2009 | 7:39AM 3

Commentary: What ‘Melrose Place’ Needs In Order To Succeed

Here’s one thing I know about ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street,’ starring Hollywood’s go-to guy for creepy losers, Jackie Earle Haley,... More

42-Inch Television | Christopher Rosen | Sep 29th, 2009 | 8:32AM 0

NCIS: Los Angeles: What’s All The Buzz About?

It takes about five minutes to get fully immersed into the pilot of ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’—premiering tonight at 9 p.m., following th... More

42-Inch Television | NCIS | TV News | Christopher Rosen | Sep 22nd, 2009 | 8:09AM 2

Deciphering TV’s Thursday Night Logjam

If looking at the upcoming recordings list on your DVR before shuffling off to work this morning made you feel a bit claustrophobic, you... More

42-Inch Television | TV News | Christopher Rosen | Sep 17th, 2009 | 8:19AM 2

Commentary: Meet the New Jay; Same as the Old Jay

(Editor's Note: Christopher Rosen, familiar to readers of the New York Observer, brings his take on the world of TV to Fancast, starting... More

42-Inch Television | TV News | Christopher Rosen | Sep 15th, 2009 | 8:44AM 21