TV for Grownups
By Year
- Ellen Burstyn of 'Political Animals' Talks Life, Love and Spirituality
- '60 Minutes' Goes In-Depth on Marriage and Alzheimer's
- 'Alias Grace': Better Than 'Handmaid's Tale'
- 'Assisted Living,' 'Twilight Zone' Reboot Prove Grownups Rule Television
- 'Avengers' Star Don Cheadle on Aging, 'Black Monday' and Success
- 'Being a Celebrity Has Made Me Accountable'
- 'Biggest Loser' Guru Bob Harper Says You Can Get Slim and Trim for Good
- 'Blacklist' Star Harry Lennix Talks About Making a Gospel Musical
- 'Dallas' Returns, Lightning Strikes Twice
- 'Dietland': A Feminist Comedy That Hurts
- 'Disjointed': Pot Yuks
- 'Doc Martin' Star Martin Clunes on His True-Crime Hit 'Manhunt'
- 'Empire' Matriarch Is Full of Surprises
- 'Every day is lovely' for Lorraine Toussaint
- 'For the People': 'Grey's Anatomy' With Lawyers
- 'General Hospital' Marks Huge Milestone
- 'Get Shorty': Now a TV Hit
- 'Golden Girls’ Café Opens
- 'Hit the Road': 'Seinfeld's' Costanza Turns Rock Star
- 'Homer at the Bat' Turns 25
- 'House of Cards': Who Needs Kevin Spacey?
- 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Now Must-See TV
- 'Laugh-In' TV Show Turns 50
- 'Longmire' Is Back — on a New Network
- 'Longmire': A Martinez Peaks at 69
- 'Looming Tower': Hulu's 9/11 Blockbuster Series
- 'Loudermilk': Ron Livingston, Insult Comic
- 'Mad Men' Meets Old Hollywood
- 'Moonlight Sonata' Director on Deafness, Dementia and Hope
- 'Murphy Brown' Reboot: 4 Things to Know
- 'National Dog Show': A Thanksgiving Tradition
- 'Roseanne' Episodes That Will Make You Think
- 'Roseanne' Reboot: It's Grownup And Great
- 'SNL' Star Julia Sweeney Comes Back in 'Shrill'
- 'Saturday Night Live' Turns 40!
- 'Schoolhouse Rock' Made Us Smarter
- 'Showtime at the Apollo' Lands on Prime Time
- 'The Alienist': TNT's Big Killer Thriller
- 'The Conners': There's Life After Roseanne
- 'The Cool Kids': At Last, Another Show About Grownups
- 'The Deuce': Prestige Sleaze TV
- 'The Fix': Marcia Clark on Her ABC Murder Mystery
- 'The Last O.G.': Tracy Morgan Better Than Ever
- 'Thirtysomething' Is 30 — and Counting
- 'Thirtysomething' Turns 30
- 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Is the Best Yet
- 'Top of the Lake': Killer Drama
- 'What's My Name: Muhammad Ali': A Superb Documentary
- 'Wormwood': A Real LSD Murder Mystery
- 'Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling': The Grownup Who Invented Modern Comedy
- 10 Great TV Series to Binge Watch
- 10 More TV Reboots: 'Murphy Brown' and 'Magnum, P.I.' Among Those Coming Back
- 10 New Midseason Television Shows
- 10 Questions With John Larroquette
- 10 Questions for Lori Loughlin
- 10 Questions for Paul Rudd, star of ‘Living With Yourself’
- 10 'Star Trek' Captains: Where Are They Now?
- 11 Christmas Shows You Won’t Want to Miss
- 11 Midseason TV Shows You Won't Want to Miss
- 12 Amazing Women Who Changed TV Forever
- 12 Can’t-Miss New Fall TV Shows
- 12 Must-See TV Shows for Spring 2016
- 12 Shows Perfect for Binge-Watching Now
- 14 Fall TV Shows You Should Watch
- 19 Fall TV Shows for Grownups
- 2015 Fall Television Preview
- 2018 Emmys: Henry Winkler and Jeff Daniels Win Big; Grownups Rule Behind the Camera
- 2018 Summer TV Preview
- 2019 Emmys: Patricia Arquette, Peter Dinklage and 5 Other Actors Over 50 Win Big
- 2019 Summer TV Preview
- 5 Differences Between Candice Bergen and Murphy Brown
- 5 New Amazing 'Finding Your Roots' Stories
- 5 Questions for Bradley Whitford
- 5 Questions for Jean Smart
- 6 Grownups We Want to Win an Emmy Award
- 6 Life Lessons From Tony Danza
- 7 Life Lessons We Get From 'Gilmore Girls' — including Grandma Emily
- 7 Returning Shows to Watch
- 8 Reasons Everyone Is Watching ‘Poldark’
- 8 Reasons to Watch 'The Crown' Now
- 9 Stars Who’ve Surprisingly Appeared on ‘Star Trek’
- 9 TV Shows to Watch Now
- <i>The Kids in the Hall</i> Return to TV
- A Boomer's Look at 'Another World'
- A Grownup's Guide to Late Night TV
- A Guide to British TV in America
- A New Voice for Kermit the Frog
- A Pioneering Police Woman
- AARP Alaska Announces Line Up For Television Program
- AARP Alaska Television Program Now on YouTube
- AARP Live is Back
- AARP Segment Debuts on KSBI-TV
- AARP TV Programs Airing on Prairie Public
- AARP to Air Don Rickles’ Final Series
- AARP's Samantha Brown Hosts New Travel Show
- AARP’s Top 10 Emmy Moments
- Accessorize Your TV Viewing
- According to Jim
- Alice Cooper on 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and His Bad Past
- Amy Sedaris Wants to Take You Home
- Andre Braugher Stars in 'Last Resort'
- Angela Bassett Stars in New Fox Drama '9-1-1'
- Angela Lansbury Stars in New 'Little Women'
- Ann Dowd on 'The Handmaid's Tale' and Her Grownup Success
- Anne Heche in NBC's 'The Brave'
- Apple Puts Its Bite Behind 'Amazing Stories'
- Apple TV+ Launches With Jennifer Aniston's 'Morning Show'
- Are You Master of The 'Seinfeld' Domain?
- Are You Ready to Jump Into TV Streaming?
- Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97
- At 71, Quin Bommelje Dances to Stardom on 'America's Got Talent'
- Back In Business
- Back With 'Better Things'
- Barbara Hershey: X Marks the Spot
- Barbara Walters: Making News for 50+ Years
- Ben Stiller on 'Escape at Dannemora': A Real-Life Jailbreak Thriller
- Beth Hall's Passion for Poker
- Betty White Trivia
- Beyond the Networks: More 2017 Must-See TV
- Billy Bob Thornton on 'Goliath': 'I Play It As If It's Me'
- Binge-Watch Amazon's 'Sneaky Pete'
- Bob Costas: What I Know Now
- Bob Newhart 2.0
- Bob and Sol and Grace and Frankie
- Bonnie Bedelia Is Bent on Busting Camille Braverman Loose
- Boomer Stars Are All Over TV
- Boomers Stream TV Like Crazy
- Brian Austin Green on the New '90210'
- Brolin on Streisand: 'My Wife Is Delicious and Generous'
- Brown Is the New 'Orange'
- Bryan Cranston Wins a Top Acting Honor at 2019 Tony Awards
- CCH Pounder: Coming of Age on 'NCIS'
- Camryn Manheim Is ‘Living Biblically'
- Can't Figure Out What to Watch on TV?
- Carl Weathers Nabs New Role
- Carol Burnett Ready for Return to TV
- Carol Burnett to Host Kids Comedy Show
- Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, Together for the Last Time
- Carrie Fisher's Life, Now on Cable
- Cast of 'Cheers': Where Are They Now?
- Catch These Foreign-Language TV Hits
- Catching Up With Carl Reiner
- Celebrating 50 Years of 'Carol Burnett'
- Celebrating Newspaperman Ben Bradlee
- Cesar Millan: In Quiet Command
- Cher and Reba McEntire Among 2018 Kennedy Center Honorees
- Chris Rock Returns With New Netflix Special
- Classic Game Show Reboots You’ll Love
- Conan O'Brien Ends His Shutdown
- Curiosity Thrills This Cat
- Dana Delany on Her New Show, 'The Code'
- Dana Delany: What I Know Now
- Dancing Like a Star
- Dancing With the Stars: What I Learned
- Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel Coauthor 'Lunatics' — a Comic, Absurd Novel
- Dave Chappelle to Receive the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- David Cassidy Died of Alcoholism, Not Alzheimer's
- David Hasselhoff's Still Hot
- David Hyde Pierce: What I Know Now
- David Letterman Is Coming Back!
- Demián Bichir Runs a Miami Hotel Full of Sexy Secrets in 'Grand Hotel'
- Dennis Quaid Has a New Look
- Diahann Carroll Recalls Her 'Dynasty' Diva Days
- Dick Van Dyke, 'Consummate Entertainer'
- Discover 6 Top Shows You'll Watch This Fall
- Do You Remember These Boomer TV Shows?
- Documentary Explores Enduring Appeal of the Typewriter
- Dominic West on Turning 50 and PBS's 'Les Miserables'
- Donald Sutherland as J. Paul Getty
- Dr. Phil Teams Up With AARP
- Elizabeth Vargas Opens Up
- Ellen Burstyn at 86: 'I'm All Right With Aging, and It Paid Off'
- Emilio and Gloria Estefan Get Gershwin Prize
- Emmy Awards 2017: Grownups Will Win
- Emmy Gives a Huge Nod to Actors Over 50
- Eric Clapton Doc 'Life in 12 Bars' Reveals Genius
- Eric Clapton Opens Up in Documentary
- Ernest Borgnine's Big Night
- Exclusive: Netflix's 'Medal of Honor' Recognizes War Heroes
- Fall TV Preview: 11 New Shows We Want to See
- Fall TV Preview: 13 Shows We Want to See
- Fatherhood on the Fringe
- Favorite Funny Lady Carol Burnett
- Final 'Friends' Star Turns 50 as Show Turns 25
- Find Your State's Favorite Holiday TV Show
- For Susan Sarandon, a New Day Dawns
- Forest Whitaker Confesses He’s Fascinated By the ‘Godfather of Harlem’
- Fran Drescher Tawks
- Fran Drescher on 'Funny Women of a Certain Age' and 'The Nanny' Reboot
- Furry Fun at Animal Planet's 'Dog Bowl'
- Gayle King Live!
- Gayle King: Ready to Talk
- Gee, Wally, Where Are They Now?
- George Lopez Turns 50
- Getty Kidnapping TV Drama Bests Movie
- Girl Talk: Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless
- Gloria Steinem: In Her Own Words
- Good News for ‘Downton Abbey’ Fans
- Got British 'Queen Fever'? PBS Has a Cure
- Great Mother-Daughter TV Pairs
- Grownup Hit 'Poldark' Back on PBS for 4th Season
- Grownups Grab 51 Emmy Nominations
- Grownups Make History at the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors
- Hail to the Chief: Keith Carradine
- Happy Birthday, Betty White!
- Hector Elizondo: In His Stride
- Help John Stamos Celebrate America With the Beach Boys
- Hey, Hey Monkees Fans
- Hill Harper and His Team of Dreamers
- Hoda Kotb Named ‘Today’ Coanchor
- Honoring the Man Who Honored Soldiers
- How 'Roots' Changed TV Forever
- How Linda Lavin Got Her New Role
- How to Better Hear Your TV
- How to Watch TV Today
- Is It Time to Own Your Life?
- Is That Really Amelia Earhart in That Photo?
- It's a Festivus for the Rest of Us!
- It’s a ‘Dynasty’ Reboot
- Jack Ryan Returns
- James Comisar: Screen Gems
- Jane Fonda And Lily Tomlin
- Jane Fonda and Robert Redford at Peak Power
- Jane Pauley Turns 60
- Jane Seymour Saddles Up for Season 2 of 'The Kominsky Method'
- Jay Leno Embraces the Future
- Jeff Daniels Stars in New Netflix Series
- Jeff Daniels, Everyman
- Jeff Goldblum: 'I'm on the Brink of My Best Work'
- Jerry Mathers
- Jessica Lange Can Finally Relax
- Jimmy Smits Returns to NBC With New Law Series
- John Cleese: 5 Fun Thoughts About Aging
- John Goodman Can't Quit
- John Grisham Is Passionate About 'The Innocent Man'
- John Leguizamo, All Jokes Aside
- John Ratzenberger Gives Kids the Tools to Build a Future
- John Stamos Still Wants to Be a Beach Boy
- John Walsh, Host of 'America's Most Wanted,' on What He's Learned From Life and Loss
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus Turns 50
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- Katherine Heigl Replaces Meghan Markle on 'Suits' Season 8
- Kathie Lee and Hoda Sip Wine and Get Serious and Silly in an Exclusive Poolside Video
- Kathy Bates Finds a Fitting Role
- Kathy Bates on Road Trips, Surviving Cancer and Being a Late Bloomer
- Kathy Bates: She's Smokin'
- Katie Couric to Host Talk Show
- Ken Burns Tackles Vietnam
- Ken Burns on Baseball
- Ken Burns' Latest Take on American History Is 'Country Music'
- Ken Burns’ New Documentary Celebrates the Mayo Clinic
- Kevin Bacon Says He's Not Done With Movies
- Kevin Nealon Plays Daddy
- Kyra Sedgwick Is Back
- Kyra Sedgwick's New Sitcom, 'Call Your Mother,' Is the Cure for Our Pandemic Blues
- Larry King Signs Off
- Latino Culture Under Attack in Arizona?
- Life Lessons
- Linda Evans Recalls Career Highlights
- Linda Ronstadt and 'Sesame Street' Among 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees
- Live From New York: Frankie Manning
- Look Who's Back on TV
- Loretta Devine: Still a Dreamgirl
- Lou Diamond Phillips Gets Paternal on 'Prodigal Son'
- Lucy Lawless on Xena, 'My Life is Murder,' and Her Heroes Columbo and Jack Klugman
- Marg Helgenberger Testifies About Her New Show, 'All Rise'
- Marilu Henner's Incredible Memory — and Her Tips for Improving Yours
- Marlee Matlin Joins Season 3 of 'Quantico'
- Marlo Thomas' Mother's Day Tribute
- Marlo Thomas: 'That Girl' Grows Up
- Mary Tyler Moore Dies at Age 80
- María Antonieta Collins
- Matthew Broderick's Christmas Presence
- Maya Angelou's Final Words
- Meet Dance Champ Corky Ballas
- Meet Doris Burke, the World’s Best Basketball Broadcaster
- Meet the Kentucky Derby Bugler
- Megan Mullally Says Age Brings Confidence
- Michael Douglas on 'The Kominsky Method': It's Like 'Grumpy Old Men'
- Morgan Freeman Finds Religion in 'The Story of God'
- Mount Airy, North Carolina
- Must-See Summer TV
- My Generation Nominated for Emmy
- NBC's Lester Holt Is All About the Low Notes
- Nathan Fillion Plays LAPD's Oldest New Cop on 'The Rookie'
- Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Discerning Doodler
- Netflix Cooks Up Multigenerational Fun
- Netflix's 'Lost in Space' Premiere Is out of This World
- Never Mr. Nice Guy
- New Elvis Film Tells a Tale of Two Kings
- New Streisand Concert Movie Debuts on Netflix
- New TV Shows for Meryl Streep and Candice Bergen
- New ‘Nancy Drew’ Heading to NBC
- Nicole Kidman: Mature Actors Are 'Powerful'
- No Longer Just Netflix
- Noah Wyle, Long Past 'ER', Takes on 'The Red Line'
- Norah O'Donnell Goes Solo at CBS
- Norah O'Donnell Takes 'CBS Evening News' From NYC to D.C.
- Norman Lear Accepts TV for Grownups Honor
- Norman Lear's Greatest Hits
- Norman Lear: 1st TV for Grownups Honoree
- On 'Celebrity Apprentice,' Schwarzenegger Is New Chief Terminating Officer
- On Streaming Services, Nostalgia Rules
- One Dream at a Time
- Oprah Is Over
- Oprah Joins '60 Minutes'
- Paging Our Favorite TV Doctors
- Patricia Arquette Takes on Motherhood in 'Otherhood'
- Patricia Clarkson Dominates HBO's New 'Sharp Objects'
- Patricia Heaton on ‘Carol’s Second Act’ — and Your Own
- Patrick Stewart Is Back as Captain Picard in 'Star Trek'
- Paul Reiser Is Back with 'Mad About You' Reboot
- Pierce Brosnan on 'The Son': '65 Is a Great Age to Be'
- Pity the Fools on 'Dancing With the Stars'
- Popular TV Show — Stars Reunite. Return to 'Dallas'
- Prime Time Grows Up
- Q&A With the Cast of 'Wine Country'
- Ray Romano Grows Up
- Ray Romano Talks Oscar Noms, His Unlikely Career
- Remembering the ‘Black Sheep’ Mouseketeer
- Review: 'John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons' Is Irresistible
- Revisiting 'Twin Peaks'
- Richard Linklater's Career Story
- Richard Schiff on Why Grownups Love 'The Good Doctor'
- Rob Lowe Plants a New 'Bad Seed'
- Robbie Robertson on 'Native America': 'This Story Goes Back 15,000 Years'
- Robert Finley, 65, Seizes Stardom on 'America's Got Talent'
- Robin Roberts Turns 50
- Ron Howard, 'Breakthrough' Artist
- Ron Perlman Leads the Pack
- Roseanne Barr and John Goodman Are Back
- Rosie O'Donnell Plays a Bipolar Grandma in 'SMILF'
- Ruth Wilson on 'Mrs. Wilson' and Her Real, Polygamous Grandpa, the Spy
- S. Epatha Merkerson Lets Her Hair Down for 'Chicago Med'
- SAG Awards: 8 Grownup Actors Have a Good Shot to Win
- Saluting Desi Arnaz
- Sarah Jessica Parker Finds Hope in 'Divorce'
- Say Haaa!
- Second Bananas: An Appealing Bunch
- See Al Pacino Bewildered by Guilt in 'Paterno'
- See Bobby Kennedy's Evolution in New Documentary
- See Jane Laugh
- Sharon Stone: A Star Is Reborn
- So You Think You Can Dance?
- Soledad O'Brien
- Spike Lee on TV's 'She's Gotta Have It'
- Spring TV Preview
- Stacy Jenel Smith Favorite
- Stars Over 50 Who Found New Life on TV
- Steve Harvey's New Year's Resolution and Plans for Life's 'Second Half'
- Stream This! 5 TV Options for a Long Weekend
- Summer Binge Watch Guide
- Summer TV Offers Feast for Grownups
- Summer TV for Grownups
- TEST-Favorite TV Doctors
- TV Delivers a Blast From Your Past
- TV Miniseries: More Than a One-Night Stand, Less Than a Long-Term Relationship
- TV Stars Shine at the 2013 Primetime Emmys
- TV Tech: What's the Surest Way to Find Your Shows?
- TV Tsunami Strikes America
- TV for Grownups: The Summer Lineup
- TV’s ‘Mannix’ Dead at 91
- Tabitha Returns in New Sitcom
- Talk Show Host Arsenio Hall Tells Why He’s Back On Late Night and Who Takes Priority in His Life
- Ted Danson, Take Two
- Terry Bradshaw Talks Football
- The 12 Best TV Shows of the Past Decade
- The 20 Funniest Sitcoms Ever — We Dare You Not to Laugh at Our Slideshow
- The 4 Best Grammy Moments for Grownups
- The Best Shows to Binge-Watch Over the Holidays
- The Best TV Shows You're Not Watching
- The Best of 'Little Big Shots: Forever Young'
- The Couples of 'Downton Abbey'
- The Endless Mexican Revolution
- The Immortal Betty White
- The Ladies of 'Hot in Cleveland' Are Hot in Hollywood — and Anywhere Else
- The Megachurch Lady
- The Royal Wedding on TV, Part 1
- The Royal Wedding on TV, Part 2
- The Ubiquitous Alec Baldwin
- The Ultimate ‘Saturday Night Live’ Quiz
- The Women to Watch
- There’s a Reason Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb Are the Toast of Morning TV
- These Grannies Are on Safari
- Things They Don’t Teach You in School
- This Sitcom Isn’t Funny
- Tim Allen's the 'Last Man Standing'
- Tim Robbins to Star in Stephen King-Inspired ‘Castle Rock’ Series
- Time to Cut the Cable TV Cord?
- Tony Awards: Grownups Break Broadway's Age Barrier
- Tony Danza's Latest Role
- Top TV Moms: Where Are They Now?
- Tracey Wigfield on ‘30 Rock’ and Her New Show
- Treat Williams, America's Dad
- Trekkie Alert!
- Trekkie Alert: 'Star Trek' Returns to the Small Screen
- Two and a Half Men's Holland Taylor
- Tyler Perry and Mary J. Blige Take Top 2019 BET Awards Honors
- VIVA su segunda juventud
- VIVA su segunda juventud!
- Valerie Harper Joins 'Dancing With the Stars'
- Valerie Harper: What I Know Now
- Viola Davis' Secret Weapon: Julius Tennon
- Virginia Madsen, Killing Us Softly With Her Words
- Walter Cronkite, ‘the MC of our Civic Life’
- Wanda Sykes: A Funny Thing Happened ...
- Watch CNN's '1968' and Relive a Tumultuous Year
- Watch More of the Winter Olympics Live
- Watching 'Mad Men,' Boomers Revisit Their Youth
- Welcome to the 2017 Fall Season
- We’ve Got Your 'Game of Thrones' Cheat Sheet
- What Do These TV Words Mean?
- What Kelsey Grammer Has Learned From His Tragedies and Triumphs
- What to Watch on Holiday TV
- What to Watch on TV This Week
- What to Watch on TV and Streaming This Week
- What's So Funny About Carol Burnett?
- What's So Funny? Tim Conway, That's What!
- When Life and Art Merge
- When Worlds Collide
- Which Dress Will Sparkle Brightest at the Golden Globes?
- Which TV Screen Fits You?
- Whistle if You Love Andy Griffith
- Who Will Get Emmy Nods This Week?
- Who Will Win Tonys? Hint: Most Are Over 50
- Who's the Next Betty White?
- Why Ken Burns Does What He Does
- Why Paul Reiser Is Having a Moment
- Willard Scott Has Always Been a Clown
- William Hurt Goes to School
- William Shatner at 87: 'I'm at My Zenith!'
- William Shatner: Still Beaming
- Woody Woodpecker Turns 70
- ‘Happy Days’ Star Erin Moran Dead at 56
- ‘Karate Kid’ Sequel to Bring Back Stars
- ‘Thank You, Betty White’
- ‘Uncontrollable Wit’