Articles by Robert Lloyd

573 articles since 2003

An epic of Dickensian proportion

National | By Robert Lloyd | 12:00AM, November 5
And so we came to the last day of a serial that lasted nearly two years – an epic of Dickensian sweep and proportion, full of laugher (hearty, bitter, satirical) and tears (of sorrow, of joy, of frustration), with an enormous cast of characters that a generation ago would have been considered unlikely at best – the stuff of speculative fiction. Read more
 

Truth, evil and the riches of syndication

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 31, 2008
Come with me now to a time of magic! Read more
 

Remember, TV is about intimacy

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 26, 2008
In the beginning, the TV picture was small and fuzzy and black-and-white. Read more
 

Stylista’ is straight off that fashion-show rack

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 22, 2008
Mr. Read more
 
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Trying to unravel the mystery of a distant dad

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 21, 2008
“Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives” is not your usual edition of “Nova,” the PBS science anthology. Read more
 
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Rita’ rocks, but can it deliver?

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 20, 2008
Lifetime Television, no longer officially the Network for Women (but unofficially, yes, still), tonight presents its first situation comedy in a decade, “Rita Rocks.” Read more
 
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As drama, ‘Proof’ is anemic

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 18, 2008
“Living Proof” is a new Lifetime TV docudrama about Dr. Read more
 

Lavish ‘Crusoe’ with a luxury treehouse

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 17, 2008
It’s not quite fair to say that the treehouse is the star of “Crusoe,” a 13-week NBC series that takes off from, but does not strictly speaking adapt, Daniel Defoe’s “The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner,” to give it only part of its full title. Read more
 

Starter’ moves to next round

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 10, 2008
“The Starter Wife,” premiering tonight on USA Network, picks up from last year’s miniseries of the same name. Read more
 

Life on Mars’ finds life in the U.S.

Entertainment | By Robert Lloyd | October 9, 2008
As a fan of the original British “Life on Mars,” whose American makeover begins tonight on ABC, I approach the redo at a disadvantage. Read more
 
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