同情者

　　The network has renewed its drama series for a third season. The pickup for the series, produced by Warner Bros. Television and Fox Entertainment, comes seven weeks after The Cleaning Lady wrapped its 12-episode second season.

　　NBC开发的《Good Girls》讲述三个标榜自己是好女孩的郊区已婚妇女，决定跳离安全地带，掌控自己的生活，已确定在美国时间2月26日首播。Christina Hendricks饰演Beth，是「女孩们」的领导者，疲惫的她理解到自己生活吃了大亏 – 她的丈夫D ean在搞外遇。沮丧﹑愤怒﹑厌倦了生活的她决定不当乖乖牌，然后与好友Ruby及妹妹Annie跑去抢劫一间超市。虽然抢劫过后她充满内疚及恐惧，但她亦发现自己全新﹑强大的一面。Mae Whitman饰演Beth的妹妹Annie，她是个单亲妈妈，害怕失去儿子的监护权，所以同意打劫是为了用钱请好律师﹑Retta饰演Beth好友Ruby。

　　After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock, played by Academy & Emmy Award Winner Kathy Bates, rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.

　　该剧根据同名经典黑色小说（noir novel）改编，由奥斯卡影后凯特·温丝莱特（Kate Winslet）主演。故事发生在美国经济大萧条时期，女主人公Mildred Pierce Beragon与失业的丈夫Bert（Brian F. O'Byrne）分了手，靠一份女服务员的工作维持生计。她一方面想维持自己的社会地位，另一方面又渴望独立和自由。在为生活奔忙的同时，她还要想尽一切办法赢得女儿Veda（Evan Rachel Wood）的爱与尊重。Guy Pearce扮演Mildred的情人，一个富有的花花公子。James LeGros扮演Bert以前的商业伙伴。Melissa Leo扮演Mildred的好友。Morgan Turner扮演童年时的Vada。
　　可以预见，明年金球奖和艾美奖与电视迷你剧有关的主要奖项都将归属这部剧集。
　　By 天涯小筑-donatino

　　《识骨寻踪》主角David Boreanaz、Emily Deschanel在与剧组经过漫长的谈判后，终于签了新合约，FOX续订12集的第12季为最终季。

　　《哈利·波特》小重聚，“唐克斯”娜塔莉亚·特纳和“马尔福”汤姆·菲尔顿将主演Youtube打造的新科幻剧《起源》(Origin)，日本人气男模Sen Mitsuji也出演主要角色。由《生化危机》导演保罗·W·S·安德森执导前两集，Mika Watkins(《特洛伊：陷落之城》)任运作人和编剧，《王冠》《古战场传奇》制作方Left Bank Pictures等出品。
　　讲述一群彼此不认识的人发现自己被困在一艘本应前往遥远星球的宇宙飞船“起源号”中，这些遭遗弃的乘客们团结起来求生，但很快发觉其中一人说了谎，身上藏着秘密。特纳饰演Lana，坚韧不拔、强硬的她很快成了小团队的领袖人物；菲尔顿饰演Logan，愤怒的年轻人，故事中的“反派”，对自己和他人都极具威胁；Mitsuji饰演Shun，跟Lana一样很有领袖气质。

　　Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. In the hospital, Supt. Strange, visits Morse to push him to take early retirement, while Dr. Millicent 'Millie' Van Buren gives him her book on a 140 year-old court case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman, Mrs Joanna Franks, traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in three boatmen being sentenced to death and two of them hanged. Morse starts to read Millie's book and dreams about it. He soon has a number of problems with the case.
　　Why weren't the three men also charged with theft? Why did Mrs Franks take a boat instead of a train that was much faster and comfortable and only slightly more expensive? Why didn't she abandon the boat after she complained about lewd behavior of the crew at the shipping office in Banbury? Why did she then drink and 'socialise' with the crew? What happened to her 'carpet bag' with which she arrived on the boat but which was not mentioned in the court case, nor was it stored in the archives with her, almost empty, trunk? The trunk was marked with initials of her first husband who had died. How did it happen that her shoes were found on the boat but nobody saw her return to the boat from the forest?
　　PC Adrian Kershaw does some brilliant leg work for Morse. He studied history and has invaluable background knowledge. For instance, he mentions that the boatmen had bad reputation because they worked on Sundays and did not attend church. Later a chapel was built for them in Oxford.
　　The dead woman's clothes and the shoes found on the boat are submitted to modern forensic investigation. The result is that the shoes did not belong to the dead woman found in the water because she was much taller.The shoes were never used in the forest.
　　Only Mrs Franks' husband, Charles Franks, was called to identify the body of the dead woman. He claimed that, while her face was darkened and disfigured, he found a birth mark behind her ear. The prosecutor welcomed that information "that only a husband or a lover would know". The accused were not shown the body. The defense attorney merely claimed that the guilt of the three men was not proved. All three accused claimed to the end that they were innocent. One of them was not executed because he embraced Christianity in prison.
　　Morse instructs Kershaw to investigate if Charles Franks benefited from his wife's death and, indeed, he pocketed 300 pounds insurance money. Case closed: Charles Franks murdered a tall women and dropped her in the canal after meeting Joanna in the forest. If Joanna Franks jumped off the boat at the same time as the dead body hit the water, she swam to the bank and joined her husband. The couple changed their names, in the case of 'Charles Franks' a second time after he 'died' as Joanna's first husband. The fourth boatman, a youngster who was not charged, was probably paid by Joanna to give false testimony.
　　Morse travels to Ireland and has a grave of Joanna's first husband exhumed. The coffin contains bags of sand and some stones.

　　Miranda（米兰达·哈特 Miranda Hart 饰）是一个身高一米八三、身形魁梧、胃口极佳、常常被人误叫做“sir”的名副其实的女汉子。她开了一家半吊子的玩笑商店，请了自己最好的朋友Stevie（萨拉·哈德兰 Sarah Hadland 饰）做店老板。Miranda妈妈最大的愿望就是把芳龄35的女儿嫁出去，积极为她安排各种各样的相亲。事实上，Miranda早就有意中人，他就是帅气高大又带点憨直的厨师Gary（汤姆·艾利斯 Tom Ellis 饰）。
　　在第一季的结尾，Miranda没来得及告诉Gary自己的心意，他就接受了新工作，远赴香港。三个月过去了，Miranda还没走出低潮期，餐厅里却来新的大厨。Miranda和新大厨竟擦出火花，但就在这时，Gary回来了……

　　该剧根据《大小谎言》作者莉安·莫里亚蒂同名新书改编，大卫·E·凯利(《大小谎言》)、约翰-亨利·巴特沃斯([明日边缘])共同操刀剧本，并运作剧集，妮可·基德曼主演并担任剧集执行制片人。故事讲述在一家以治愈和令人转变为目标的精品健康度假村里，九位在城市中饱受压力困扰的居民来到这里向 往一种更好的生活方式。在为期10天的静修期间，度假村的指导玛莎（妮可·基德曼 饰）将照顾他们，玛莎的目的是重振他们疲惫的心灵和身体。然而，这九个“完美”陌生人并不知道将会发生什么。

　　《法律与秩序：特殊受害》，于1999年开始播出，是首播于1990年的美国电视史上播映时间最长犯罪剧集《法律与秩序》的三部姐妹剧之一。其它两部分别是2001年开播的《法律与秩序：犯罪倾向》(Law & Order: Criminal xfplay5.com Intent)，和2005年《法律与秩序：陪审团》(Law and Order: Trial By Jury) 。
　　被残忍杀害的年轻女子、被虐的婴儿、被近亲性侵害的女童、家暴阴影下手足无措的妇女、失调扭曲的家庭关系、很想用心，但每每力有未迨的父母、杵在社会家庭人际边缘、人性的灰色地带。SVU每回总是触动那块让人无从防备的柔软地带。
　　可爱的孩童、无辜的弱势个体(受性侵害者、同性恋、精神病患)，每个人都多少有些经验感触的亲子与家庭关系。不见得要多复杂的剧情----忙于工作单亲母亲剧烈摇晃死自己的一岁多幼女、幼小无辜的女孩在母亲一时的暴怒下被辗压击碎。一方面可以多了解那种拉扯，在工作亲子关系中的心力交瘁；可爱时像天使，哭闹起来却像恶魔一样让人抓狂的孩子。要怎么控诉那为了舍不得孩子继续受到病痛折磨，而毅然决定停止呼吸器的母亲？所以就算这是再滥情的一种扮演与操控，每每还是让观众的心揪成一团…而溃不成军…
　　Law & Order: Special Victims Unit对于一部procedural drama来说，情节及其设计是成功的关键。SVU在这方面是相当不错的，同时也继续着Law & Order系列的传统。对各个主角的私生活，几乎都不接触。这样的好处就是可以使观众随时看任意一集，而不必担心情节不连戏。坏处就是观众群不断地更换。 Easier to attach, easier to detach. L&O: SVU最大的卖点是sex crime。
　　得力于出色的写实派创作班底，《法律与秩序》最厉害的一点是“尽量接近真实”。虽然快节奏的电视剧无法完全还原艰难的司法程序，但该剧仍然力求细节真实。相反，爆炸、飞车、追逐、打斗、枪战之类的场面极少出现，作为主角出现的两个警察在整整22集里一枪都没有开过，查案全靠两条腿一张嘴。相信所有对司法部门有所了解的人都会认同，这才是法律系统真实的运作方式。很多司法界人士和警察都对该剧赞誉有加，喜欢的人说“这就是现实”，不喜欢的人则批评它“像普及教育课，不像电视节目”。该剧的风行，深刻地影响了美国的电视行业，此后出现的警匪电视剧都更加注意纪实味道和团队精神，比如《犯罪现场调查》（CSI）和《纽约重案组》（NYPD Blue）。
　　与其它警匪电视剧最大的不同在于，《法》片把焦点完全集中在司法程序，对各个主角的私生活几乎不接触。在一个小时的剧集中，警察查案，控方审案。这样的好处就是可以使观众随时看任意一集而不必担心情节不连续。和它形成鲜明对照的是《纽约重案组》，在讲述真实犯罪和侦破细节的同时，也着意刻画警察的平凡生活，并加入了各式各样的恋情。最绝的是，《法》片的许多故事都直接来自报纸的社会新闻，所以在某些集的结尾，才会出现这样的字幕：“本集故事受某某案件启发，但人物与具体情节都纯属虚构，绝无影射涉案人士之意。

　　如今，从 "名人圈" 里 "卸甲归田" 的Jane当上了加利福尼亚调查局（CBI）专案调查组的独立顾问。他利用自己的"超感"特长连续破获了多起公众关注度高的疑难悬案，惊人的破案效率和成功记录让很多人连呼"神人"。但是在调查局内，大家都知道Jane的底细－－他是个缺乏纪律感、不愿意按规矩办事的家伙。
　　古板严肃、一切只知道照本宣科的高级特工Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney, "PrisonBreak")拿Jane非常头疼－－一方面，她公开排斥Jane，认为他虚伪、自恋、华而不实，喜欢卖弄自己，不希望他留在自己的团队里。她尤其憎恨Jane公私不明、轻重不分的性格，认为他总有一天会威胁到所有人的安全。但另一方面，她也不得不承认：Jane的作用无人可替代，他的判断力对同事们来说非常有价值。

　　第七季故事从1963年讲起，助产士们发现自己受到了前所未有的个人生活和专业上的考验。她们一起面对麻风病、中风和亨廷顿氏病等挑战，同时护士Crane发现她的权威受到意想不到的质疑，修女Monica Joan则被迫接受一场来自失败的考验，同时，西印度助产士Lucille Anderson的加入为这个团队带来了新的能量。
　　根据詹妮弗•沃斯回忆录改编的、英国广播公司（BBC）出品的剧集《呼叫助产士》讲述了上世纪五六十年代伦敦东区一群助产士的生活经历。剧集拥有庞大而忠实的观众群体，第六季的最高收视率超过了1100万。