Californication

By Eric We also give our take on the “How I Met Your Mother” season premiere, ponder the fate of NBC’s sitcom “The IT Crowd,” and have good news for fans of “My Boys” on TNT and Showtime’s “Californication.”

By Eric Correction: Justin Kirk did not play Mary-Louise Parker’s husband in “Angels in America.” Patrick Wilson did. Kirk played — and was nominated for an Emmy for — Prior Walter/Leatherman in the Park. The fact that she thinks “Angels” is dated and overrated does not excuse or explain Brill’s er...

By Brill We review what may turn out to be our favorite series of the summer, AMC’s “Mad Men” (premiering Thursday, July 19), about early 1960s American society against the backdrop of a New York ad agency (photo, left). Finally, we consider the implications of a BET lunch accompanied by a gospel ch...