Television

By ROB OWEN
Friday, October 20, 2006
As the 24-year-old, "Star Trek"-loving Japanese office drone who's been endowed with the power to teleport, Hiro Nakamura immediately became the breakout character on NBC's "Heroes" (9 p.m., EDT/PDT, Monday).

For actor Masi Oka, Hiro is his biggest role yet.

By ANDY SMITH
Friday, October 20, 2006
CBS has pulled the plug on "Waterfront," the TV series filmed in Rhode Island starring Joe Pantoliano as a charismatic, ethically shady mayor of Providence.

By TERRY MORROW
Thursday, October 19, 2006
"Masters of Horror" _ the scariest show on cable _ is back with more frights.

This critically acclaimed anthology series (10 p.m. Friday, Showtime) boasts three new directors this season along with a slate of veterans from last season.

By TERRY MORROW
Thursday, October 19, 2006
"I'm trying to fit this into a lunch break," "Grey's Anatomy" co-star T.R. Knight says at the beginning of a sit-down interview on the set. "So let's get going."

It sounds like the right moment to offer an apology for cutting into his eating time.

By TERRY MORROW
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Matthew Settle's wanderlust has been quenched a bit.

After years of globe-hopping for starring roles in HBO's "Band of Brothers," TNT's "Into The West" and the big screen's "The Celestine Prophecy," the 37-year-old Tennessee native is settling down a bit with ABC's "Brothers & Sisters."

"I know I liked to travel in the past, but, now, I am happy to be at home," he says.

By ROB OWEN
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
It might not seem like it would take much effort to create foreign editions of PBS's "Sesame Street." It seems like an easy translation: Dub the Muppet segments into the native language and create a few scenes with local child and adult actors.

The new "Independent Lens" documentary "The World According to Sesame Street" (9 p.m.

By TERRY MORROW
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Like the frustrated talk show host she plays on "Brothers & Sisters," Calista Flockhart is getting her house in order.

"I've really missed acting," the 42-year-old actress says.

By TERRY MORROW
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Skeet Ulrich doesn't fool around when he roughs it.

In 2001, when he lived in rural Virginia, he lived in a 19th-century house with no heat or running water.

By TIM GOODMAN
Sunday, October 15, 2006
With the launch of the fall season pretty much over until November, here's what we know so far:

It's been ugly. And it will get uglier. And we're not talking about "Ugly Betty," either.

There are no definitive answers yet on a slate of new series that showed a lot of potential _ most of it yet unrealized.

By TERRY MORROW
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Frustrated by his network experience with Fox's "Arrested Development," David Cross is taking the reins of his own show _ the animated comedy "Freak Show."

"The genesis of this show started when I was actually working on 'Arrested Development,' which shot here in L.A.