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Jonathan Bernstein's week in US TV

  • Louis CK accepts award on stage at The Comedy Awards 2012

    Louie and Awkward: season slate offers cringe comedy and surreal laughs

    Jonathan Bernstein: Is Louis CK more of an Adele or a Woody Allen, and how is the second season of Lauren Iungerich's Awkward shaping up?

  • Emily Mortimer and Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom

    Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom: not so great, not so wise

    Jonathan Bernstein: The jokes are lame, the lectures endless – and it seems as though Sorkin just doesn't have anything fresh to say

  • Dallas actor Larry Hagman promotes solar powar company

    Dallas 2.0 and Suits stuck in baffling 1980s time warp

    Jonathan Bernstein: While Dallas and Suits struggle to stay contemporary, Pretty Little Liars manages to do so with a sense of menace

  • Kelly Clarkson

    The Glee Project and The Choice open backdoor to equal opportunity

    Jonathan Bernstein: In a way, both shows have turned out to be less predictable than their original as stereotype-free contestants sing it out

  • Bunheads ABC Family

    Bunheads: warm up for a new invasion of the swans this summer

    Jonathan Bernstein ABC Family's Bunheads is the newest addition to dance fever on TV. But don't let the weak beginning fool you

  • Men at work tbs pilot

    Summer TV season high on comedy shows but sadly short on actual comedy

    IFC, TBS and MTV would like you to spend your summer watching their shows, but the comedy will leave you feeling cold

  • Howard Stern

    Howard Stern on America's Got Talent: star of a show that can't make stars

    Jonathan Bernstein: I'm a huge Howard Stern fan, and I like the idea of him on America's Got Talent – I just don't think it's a very good show

  • The Pitch episode one AMC

    Mad Men of reality TV: The Pitch is so boring it would drive Draper to drink

    The Pitch and Shark Tank are both trying to sell you something, but only one of them is really offering something worth buying

  • Whitney Cummings

    Whitney Cummings: the newest lady of late night but hardly the most annoying

    The star of Whitney and creator of 2 Broke Girls will compete with Chelsea Handler, Kathy Griffin and Amanda de Cadenet

  • "Down In L.A."

    The Canadians are coming to US TV – but don't let that put you off

    Jonathan Bernstein: The LA Complex and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil are two of the best shows to come out of Canada in recent years

  • Southland

    Robert de Niro's agonising NYC-22 needs Southland-style funding slash

    Jonathan Bernstein: There's nothing surprising or captivating about CBS's new Sunday drama, but a stripping-down might be able it save it

  • Girls

    Lena Dunham's Girls is no successor to Sex and the City

    Jonathan Bernstein's week in US TV: From HBO's new comedy to Don't Trust The B-- and Best Friends Forever, these stories of female friendship owe nothing to Carrie et al

  • Washington as Olivia Pope

    Kerry Washington and Jennifer Love Hewitt: starring roles in star vehicles

    Jonathan Bernstein: Scandal's top dog is the kind of part most actors would kill for; The Client List features an, um, masseuse, with a heart of gold

  • Game of Thrones HBO

    Game of Thrones to the new Magic City: a tour of TV's power plots

    Jonathan Bernstein: Starz's latest is assembled from the remnants of Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire; meanwhile, Justin Bieber goes Punk'ing

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