Ken Tucker

Editor-at-Large, Entertainment Weekly and EW.com

Ken Tucker watches a whole lotta TV (that's why he calls his blog Ken Tucker's Watching TV) whenever he's not reading books and listening to music (his music reviews can be heard weekly on NPR). His TV passions range from Fringe to Parks and Recreation, from Breaking Bad to Modern Family.

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Ken Tucker's TV Good night, and a few more opinions and recommendations

by Ken Tucker | Feb 15, 2013 11:05 PM

Here's the way I began this blog in 2008: "Hello. I’ll use this space to: talk about what…

Ken Tucker's TV 'Southland' season premiere review: Hot town, hot tempers, hot show

by Ken Tucker | Feb 13, 2013 10:01 PM

Southland returned for its fifth season on Wednesday night energetically unrepentant: This is a cop saga at once…

Ken Tucker's TV State of the Union speech and Christopher Dorner: The attention of TV news was divided

by Ken Tucker | Feb 12, 2013 09:18 PM

Coverage of a California cabin thought to hold former LA police officer Christopher Dorner ran right up to…

TV Article Viva Fey's Revolution! '30 Rock' Signs Off

by Ken Tucker | Feb 08, 2013

After 138 episodes and 14 Emmy wins, NBC's quirky comedy unspooled its final send-up on Jan. 31. Critic Ken Tucker ponders where the series' last episode falls on the spectrum of famous TV-show finales.

TV Review Killing Lincoln

by Ken Tucker | Feb 06, 2013

A fascinating, sometimes frustrating, factoid-packed mixture of history and drama, Killing Lincoln is a two-hour TV movie based…

Ken Tucker's TV 'Law and Order: SVU' with Mike Tyson tonight: Using a convicted rapist to play a victim of rape

by Ken Tucker | Feb 06, 2013 11:41 AM

Tonight on Law & Order: SVU, you can watch convicted rapist Mike Tyson portray a victim of rape.…

Ken Tucker's TV 'Smash' season premiere review: Jennifer Hudson, more of a 'Bombshell' than Katharine McPhee? Plus, why 'hate-watching' should be mothballed

by Ken Tucker | Feb 05, 2013 10:01 PM

As someone whose knowledge of musical theater began most forcefully listening, as a child, to my mother's vinyl…

Shelf Life A revealing new book collects 'Comics About Cartoonists': Dark, happy, surreal, suicidal

by Ken Tucker | Feb 04, 2013 04:57 PM

Sean Howe’s recent history of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story was only the latest chronicle of one theme…

Ken Tucker's TV What was the best Super Bowl ad? This one. About farmers. With the voice of Paul Harvey.

by Ken Tucker | Feb 03, 2013 09:23 PM

What was the Super Bowl ad that stopped you in your tracks? What was the one that sent…

Ken Tucker's TV 'House of Cards' review: Netflix gives Kevin Spacey and David Fincher a finely nasty showcase

by Ken Tucker | Feb 01, 2013 08:39 AM

House of Cards finds Kevin Spacey being waspish, supercilious, and meanly clever -- in other words, just the…

TV Recap 'House of Cards' series premiere recap: Episodes 1 and 2: A Finely Nasty Showcase

by Ken Tucker | Jan 31, 2013 11:00 PM

Netflix's drama features Kevin Spacey at his waspish, meanly clever best

Ken Tucker's TV 'The Americans' premiere review: Are you rooting for these Russians?

by Ken Tucker | Jan 30, 2013 10:37 PM

So how long did it take you to buy into the premise of The Americans, the new FX…

TV Review Smash

by Ken Tucker | Jan 30, 2013

Like a Broadway production still under construction, one that has survived brutal out-of-town-preview reviews, Smash is now in…

Ken Tucker's TV 'Dallas' season premiere review: Larry Hagman's J.R. remains the big draw, but John Ross is worthy evil spawn

by Ken Tucker | Jan 28, 2013 10:01 PM

Dallas came back with back-to-back season premiere episodes that confirmed that this reconfiguration of Dallas Classic is potent…

Photo Gallery: SAG Awards 2013 SAG Awards predictions: How'd we do?

by Anthony Breznican, Ken Tucker | Jan 25, 2013