Nashville Recap: History Repeating

Deacon turns into a living, breathing country song in this week’s Nashville: He gets the girl, he kinda loses the girl, he definitely loses another girl, and he’s out a dog and a job. Take it to the bridge! Meanwhile, Juliette tries to drown her sorrows re: Dante, but they just strap on swimmies and float to the top of her list of stuff to ugly cry about. On a related note, Gunnar needs therapy. There, I said it. READ MORE

American Idol Top 3 Performance Night Recap: No Place Like Hometown Visits [Updated]

Since 2002, American Idol has maintained key sponsorships with Coca-Cola, Ford and AT&T, and that’s all good — seeing how it ensures the show’s weekly themes aren’t always variations on “Gregorian Chants” and/or “Tunes That Have Entered the Public Domain.” Still, after yet another gut-wrenching Hometown Visits episode featuring the Season 12 Top 3, I can’t help but wonder: Isn’t Fox long overdue to pursue a partnership with the good folks at Kleenex? READ MORE

Hart of Dixie Finale Recap: New York State of Mind

The following story contains spoilers from Tuesday’s Hart of Dixie. Read on at your own risk.

Channeling her inner Kelly Taylor, Zoe ends up choosing …READ MORE

Dancing With the Stars Week 8 Results: Did the Right Couple Go Home?

Following Andy Dick’s inevitable departure last week, we entered a new, anything-goes era on Week 8 of Dancing With the Stars. Or perhaps I should say, anyone goes, because from here on out, no celeb (except maybe Zendaya) is truly safe from a shocking ballroom boot. READ MORE

The Voice Recap: Fishin' in the Dark [Updated]

People say the darndest things on The Voice. Tonight’s Live Playoffs episode — featuring the members of Team Shakira and Team Blake fighting to make the Season 4 Top 12 — found host Carson Daly dropping this bomb mot: “It’s clear tonight that Blake [Shelton] doesn’t know where ‘the girl place’ is.” (Somewhere, someone at Parents Television Council HQ is firing off a strongly worded email.) READ MORE

Castle Recap: Opportunity Knocks

This week on ABC’s Castle, upon cracking a case involving a murder-by-drone strike, Beckett found herself being targeted  — in a surprising way.

The Case of the Week concerned an enemy-laden Wikileaks-type webmaster who was killed by what at first blush appeared to be a car bomb. In actuality …READ MORE

The Voice Live Playoffs (Night 1) Recap: True Colors Shining Through [Updated]

Things we learned on Night One of The Voice‘s Season 4 Live Playoffs:

Shakira is nothing more than “a little ant in the infinity of the universe.” (Her words, not mine.) Usher has either very dubious taste in music or a very sneaky strategy …READ MORE

Mad Men Recap: Meet the New Boss

“I don’t like change,” Peggy declares at one point in this week’s Mad Men. “I just want everything back the way it was.” Too bad, Peg, because your entire world is about to shift in seismic fashion. After a very methodical start to the season, the AMC drama ramped up, big time, with the packed “For Immediate Release.” READ MORE

Revenge Recap: Change of Plans

Sunday’s Revenge might as well be titled “Aiden and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” First, Takeda’s file reveals to Daniel that the Brit’s father was the baggage handler who smuggled the bomb onto ill-fated Flight 197. Then, not only is he fired by his romantic rival, but he’s also canned by Takeda. (Who knew mysterious mentor types could do that?) Yet neither of those things …READ MORE