Dexter

 United States And indeed, this play by the bad boy of Irish drama is intended as a farce -- albeit one with more scenes of butchery than even the Showtime serial killer Dexter Morgan could stomach (and these messy Irish boys lack Dexter's clinical precision). ...

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By Tempo All in all, if Season 3 hasn’t matched the jewel-like perfection of Season 1, neither does it contain anything like the massive blunder of Season 2 -- a murder mystery that almost blotted out every other worthy story line and upset the show’s delicate balance of scrupulous reality and fin...

By Tempo Now that the fall season is well underway, it’s time to see where things stand. Here’s a progress report on what’s been great and not so great on new and returning TV shows: Best furrowed brow: Kevin McKidd as Maj. Owen Hunt on "Grey's Anatomy." It's a good thing his blue eyes and crinkled brow ar...

By Tempo In the drama category, “Dexter,” from pay-cable channel Showtime, also got a nod, along with critically favored broadcast-network hits “House” and “Lost.” Rounding out the category is perennial (and inexplicable) Emmy favorite “Boston Legal.”

By Tempo The Peabody Award winners were announced today, and the list of honorees for this prestigious award is once again chock full of excellence. 67th Annual Peabody Awards Winners Announced Brian Williams to host Awards Ceremony on June 16 at New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

By Tempo DEXTER also stars Julie Benz ("Angels," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Jennifer Carpenter ("The Exorcism of Emily Rose"), Erik King ("National Treasure"), Lauren Velez ("Oz"), David Zayas ("Michael Clayton") and James Remar ("Sex and the City").  John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton and Clyd...

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By Tempo “Dexter” (Showtime): The powerful Season 1 finale “Dexter,” which aired in 2006, made addicted viewers ask: How on Earth will the writers top this? This year, the answer was: very cleverly. It was brave of “Dexter’s” creative team to have the serial killer’s bodies surface so early in Sea...

By Tempo There were several other rewarding strands that were layered through the second season: Dexter’s cat-and-mouse game with not only his own colleagues but also with a crafty FBI agent, Frank Lundy (well played by Keith Carradine); an even more suspenseful game of evasion and denial with...

By Tempo CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said Tuesday that the programs from the cable network Showtime, including the critically acclaimed “Dexter,” could air on CBS "in the near future," according to the Hollywood Reporter. Showtime and CBS are corporate siblings.

By Tempo As viewers saw on the Sept. 30 Season 2 premiere of "Dexter," Dexter Morgan is a changed man. (Note: Episode 1 of "Dexter's" second season is up on Yahoo TV for a few more days.) This terrific Showtime series, which airs 8 p.m. Sundays, is giving us a much more tentative serial killer this year.

By Tempo From the start (my original review is here), “Dexter,” which is based on the novels of Jeff Lindsay, was an unexpectedly compelling creation. You’d think a show about a serial killer would be dark and downbeat, but in its first few episodes, “Dexter” offered a unique blend of black comedy a...

By Tempo Recommending a drama about a serial killer is the last thing I thought I’d ever do; there are already too many shows -- and not just crime procedurals -- that lean too heavily on this reliable old chestnut. But to deny yourself the engrossing “Dexter” (9 p.m. Sunday, Showtime) based on its subj...