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The former TV critic for Salon writes in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine that the new series — it isn’t a “remake,” because it’s a “continuation” – is too slick, too insincere, too Hollywood, with its bland young stars who remind her of Abercrombie & Fitch models, or actors in “a swashbuckling high-capitalist adventure directed by Michael Bay,” or the cast of any prime-time soap: “just another gaggle of energetic, beautiful people with international ambitions and very little body hair, bedding and double-crossing one another…”

The availability of kids TV shows on Netflix is only a small, contributing factor in the recent ratings challenges of such networks as Viacom's Nickelodeon, Turner Broadcasting System chairman and CEO Phil Kent told an investor conference on Thursday.

The season's second episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" was up from last Thursday's premiere and gave FOX a huge advantage in young viewers and a slim lead overall on Wednesday night.

“American Idol” ratings may be down for the show’s eleventh season, but that has no bearing on the sales figures for this season’s winner, Phillip Phillips. Phillip’s coronation song “Home” earned the highest debut on the Digital Songs chart this week. The song hit number two on the charts with 278,000 downloads.

Less than a week after the season finale, the health of winner Phillip Phillips remains at the center of the American Idol discussion. The 21-year-old singer underwent eight surgeries during his time on the series to treat a buildup of kidney stones. Caused by a congenital condition, the stones have rendered his right kidney largely ineffective, prompting him to temporarily rely on a stint and the need for an operation that would bring about a more permanent solution.

"You know what? You're the angel of death." Another day, another body to bury. Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) sets the mood for the new season of True Blood with a stern lecture to his best friend Sookie (Anna Paquin), claiming that bodies pile up wherever she goes. Harsh, but true. And since Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) is back and pissed off, we can expect a much higer body count this time around…

The Reeds are in! EW.com has a list of new characters coming to HBO’s Game of Thrones in season three. Fans have been wondering which names from George R.R. Martin’s third Song of Ice and Fire novel A Storm of Swords will be introduced next year, especially since the lengthy book is being divided into two seasons.

The Miami Dolphins have agreed to be featured on the HBO documentary show “Hard Knocks,” head coach Joe Philbin announced today.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” visited Tampa, Florida, Monday night for a round of auditions that included a brass band, an escape artist and a TV theme singer. Judges Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel and Howard Stern decided which acts would go home and which would advance.

Some people would call TV season over since all the primetime shows are officially on hiatus, but there's still a crazy amount of good television coming our way in the summer!