Ellen Gray

Daily News TV critic Ellen Gray has been paid to watch television since 1994. And yes, it's very nice work if you can get it.

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Tonight´s "Fringe" involves a mysterious stranger and . . . Tabasco sauce.

Ellen Gray: 'Runway' is a New York kind of show

Posted 11/19/2009

PROJECT RUNWAY. 10 tonight, Lifetime. I'VE BEEN trying to figure out what's gone wrong between me and "Project Runway," which lately has me wondering if I want to be in or out.

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Big numbers for Leno's first night

Ellen Gray: Shifting gears on 'Anarchy' bikers - 11/17/2009: SONS OF ANARCHY. 10 tonight, FX. FOR ALL the people who've asked me about FX's "Sons of Anarchy" in recent months – from Daily News readers and Philly.com chatters to my sister's boss - this one's for you:
Ellen Gray: 'Glass': Troubled girls' lives in plain view - 11/16/2009: THE GLASS HOUSE. 9 tonight, Sundance Channel. ONE YOUNG WOMAN dreams of being a rapper, while another would like to find a husband who wouldn't beat her and instead help her escape a home where she's been sexually abused.
Ellen Gray: 'Prisoner' remake not very telling - 11/12/2009: THE PRISONER. 8 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, AMC. THE 1960s have been very, very good to AMC, whose Emmy-winning "Mad Men" transformed it from a cable channel known exclusively for classic - and sometimes not-so-classic - movies to a player in the realm of original series.
Ellen Gray: 'Collision': Stories from the crash - 11/11/2009: COLLISION. 9 p.m. Sunday, Channel 12. GAPER DELAY. Who hasn't slowed down to take at least a glance over the highway divider at someone else's very bad day?
Ellen Gray: 'Mad Men's' season finale went just fine - 11/10/2009: SO MUCH television, so little time: _ I'm still thinking about the season finale of AMC's "Mad Men," which defied my expectations, at least, by turning out to be much more than the anticlimax to last week's Kennedy assassination episode.
Ellen Gray: An updated 'V' debuts tonight - 11/03/2009: V. 8 tonight, Channel 6. JUST WHAT would you be prepared to sacrifice for universal health care? That's one of the questions posed tonight as ABC resurrects the sci-fi thriller "V" from the ashes of a couple of quarter-century-old miniseries (and a one-season spinoff) and sets it loose on a post-9/11 world.
Ellen Gray: Showbiz politics - 11/02/2009: POLIWOOD. 7:30 tonight, Showtime. BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA. 9 p.m. tomorrow, HBO. WHAT A difference a year makes.
Ellen Gray: A plea for 'Community' - 10/29/2009: COMMUNITY. 8 tonight, Channel 10. PARKS AND RECREATION. 8:30 tonight, Channel 10. WHAT IS it with television and Halloween? It's a question Phillies fans likely won't be asking themselves tonight as two of NBC's newest comedies play dress-up opposite Game 2 of the World Series on the first night of the so-called November sweeps.
Ellen Gray: 'Sunny' creator, homeboy McElhenney, enters 5th season - 10/28/2009: IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA. 10 p.m. tomorrow, FX. WITH ANY luck, Rob McElhenney will bring the sunshine with him.
Ellen Gray: 'Friday Night Lights' debuts new season on DirecTV - 10/27/2009: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. 9 p.m. tomorrow, DirecTV's 101 Network. THERE'S NOTHING fair about television, where more than ever we get what we pay for.