With all its dirty laundering and pop psychologizing, Dickens probably should have had “Behind the Novels” appended to its title.

Monk goes to Manhattan, but should have stayed home; Paris Hilton goes West, ditto; John Landis stalks a chatterbox salesman.

A remake of Doctor Zhivago proves that when you take the revolution out of a revolutionary novel, something’s bound to be lost in translation.

With "Snoops," David Kelley veers perilously close to Aaron Spelling territory; then again, why shouldn't Gina Gershon have her own show?

Television critic John Leonard reviews A Letter From the Deep, Biography: James Baldwin, Da Ali G Show, 1st to Die, The Pill

John Leonard reviews Crash of Flight 111, Until the Violence Stops, A Place of Our Own, and more.

The stories in ABC's "Arabian Nights" may be familiar, but the Borscht Belt humor and cute Israeli star add a frisson of Peace Accord to the project.

Some of our most distinguished actors give voice to the searing oral histories provided decades ago by freed slaves, in the invaluable Unchained Memories.