As good as its surprising first season was, "Justified" entered rarefied heights in its second season, earning critical acclaim (a well deserved Emmy for Margo Martindale, plus nominations for Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins) as well as fanboy huffing here at Warming Glow, where all of the show's trappings -- a shoot-first protagonist, complex characters, femmes fatales, bourbon, snappy one-liners, and noir undertones -- appeal equally to our intellectual proclivities and baser instincts.

Elephant in the Room (Comedy Central) -- Patrice O'Neal's stand-up special will air at 8 p.

When HBO released the first footage of "Game of Thrones's" second season, my passion for the series was stoked to the point that I demanded the show start filming seasons back-to-back, Lord of the Rings-style.

Leslie David Baker is better known as Stanley from "The Office," a no-nonsense character who for years served as an unsmiling counterbalance to Michael Scott's juvenile antics.

"The ratings are in.

NBC broadcasts the nightly news live every day at 6:30 p.

Well well well, if it isn't our old friend, Patti Stanger.

Sons of Anarchy (FX) -- Part 1 of a two-part season finale.

UPDATE: Now with high-quality video.