If the top twelve media personalities (including Rush Limbaugh, Oprah, Simon Cowell, etc.) alone banked a total of $829 million last year--then when will our culture wake up to the fact that what we see on the air is not so much a reflection of culture but a reflection of what generates money for media…

I had the good fortune of going to an advance screening of the premier for “Kings“–a TV show based on the Old Testament story of David and Goliath and the succession of kings that follows–with the cast and writer, Michael Green, available for Q&A afterward. It was fantastic. And so were all the episodes that…

“Torchwood: Children of Earth,” the “Doctor Who” spinoff miniseries currently playing on BBC America, is so good that I have practically forgotten the mediocrity that was “Torchwood’s” second season and can forgive all of its distracting stunt casting and convoluted story lines. With this five-night event, the series about a super-secret evil alien fighting, Cardiff-based…

I am no flash in the pan Susan Boyle fan. I have been following her rising star with both interest and anxiety as she has navigated life after being runner-up on “Britain’s Got Talent.” Overnight singing sensation Boyle was hospitalized after the talent show’s end and then much was written about her antics and missed…

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