‘Parenthood’ Series Finale Review: One Last Ugly Cry With the Bravermans

How an emotional, pitch-perfect series finale cemented this special show in our hearts. A tear-soaked homage to TV’s most perfect, most underrated series. (Got a Kleenex handy?)

Where ‘Mad Men’ Left Off: A Primer for Season Seven

After seven glorious years, Mad Men—the story of bigwig executives who drink all day, charm clients, and sleep with their secretaries—is set to embark on its seventh and final season on April 13. The first episode of the season is ironically titled “The Beginning.” The season will be broken up into two installments of seven episodes, meaning that the final 14 episodes of Mad Men will be spread over a two year time span. In preparation for Sunday, we're recapping where season six left the series' main characters—though God only knows where they'll end up.

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As Ratings Plunge NBC Considers Dumping David Gregory From Meet The Press

About time! He's a hack and both he and his producer should be gone. MTP used to be a Sunday morning ritual for me....I stopped watching long ago....I may as well have been watching FOX News.

NBC’s Meet The Press is cratering under David Gregory, which is why the head of NBC News is meeting with him to discuss “format changes” to the show. If Meet The Press continues to struggle, Gregory will be gone.

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An Insane Number Of Americans Binge-Watched 'House Of Cards'

On Friday, Feb. 14, Netflix released the long-anticipated second season of its political thriller, "House of Cards."

By the next Monday, 2 percent of Netflix's 33.4 million U.S. subscribers watched the entire 13-episode season, according to a new report from the networking company Procera.

That works out to 668,000 U.S. Netflix subscribers who watched all 649 minutes, or almost 11 hours, of the new "House of Cards" season over 72 hours, if this third-party data is to be believed. That's dedication.

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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Netflix Subscription

Netflix houses a massive number of TV shows and movies that can be difficult to navigate, especially since your preferences are altered by every move you make. Fortunately, there are things you can do, to expand your cultural horizons make sure you always find the best possible thing to binge watch. HuffPost TV spoke to the Vice President of Product Todd Yellin to try to understand the science behind the (approximately) 76,897 micro-genres that Netflix currently offers. Here's how to get the most of your subscription, according to the "guru" of entertainment content.

Play movies and shows that you've already seen and know you like from outside of Netflix ...
The Netflix algorithm is guided by both implicit and explicit data, but the implicit information is rated more heavily. In English, that means: what you actually watch is weighted more heavily than what you say you like to watch. For example, it couldn't hurt to let your favorite movie run in the background of your screen, because that will influence your categories much more strongly than telling Netflix you like it by simply rating it five stars or adding it to your queue. "People aren’t always accurate or honest about their own tastes," says Yellin. And that's why they've geared the algorithm to provide titles to reflect actual rather than projected streaming behavior.

... and don't stop after the first few minutes.

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Amazon’s First Original Shows Will Premiere This Month

After rolling the dice with eight original pilots, Amazon will premiere Alpha House (a John Goodman–led comedy about a frat house of senators) and Betas (a John Daly–led comedy about start-up nerds in start-up land) this month. You'll get three free episodes of each (the pilots are already streaming), starting with Alpha House on November 15 and Betas on the 22nd, and then you'll have to sign up for Amazon Prime to see the rest. Unlike Netflix, Amazon will roll out new episodes week-to-week, instead of dropping them in a binge-ready storm.

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Restart the clock! '24' is coming back

NEW YORK -- It’s time to load some new batteries in the clock: Jack is back!

Fox officially announced that its reviving its high-octane drama “24” for a 12-episode limited run, which is set to roll out next summer.

“24: Live Another Day” will reunite executive producer Howard Gordon, who went on to find success with Showtime’s “Homeland,” with Mr. Jack Bauer himself, Kiefer Sutherland.

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Ann Curry - The End

Arsenio Hall Back to Late Night

Talk show will air in fall of 2013 on CBS.

‘30 Rock’ Lands Final Season

Will Liz Lemon get married? NBC is renewing 30 Rock for a seventh and final season, according to TV Fanatic, and is also bringing back Parenthood, another popular comedy, for a fourth season. And despite threatening to leave the network, Alec Baldwin will indeed return as Jack Donaghy for the seventh season.

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‘House’ to End After 8 Seasons

Everybody lies—even the makers of the show House? Probably not, in this case. The producers and Fox announced that the wildly popular medical drama—based on the character Sherlock Holmes—will end this season after eight years on television.

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AMC Confirms ‘Mad Men’ Return

Break out the cigarettes and whiskey: Don Draper returns on March 25. AMC confirmed the new season of Mad Men will kick off with a two-hour season premiere airing at 9 p.m. that day. The following week’s episode will air in the show’s regular 10 p.m. timeslot and will be directed by Jon Hamm. AMC also announced that Season 2 of The Killing will premiere on April 1.

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