second-season

How fitting that the second-season premiere of Bravo's stimulating reality competition Work of Art: The Next Great Artist 9/8c challenges the eclectic new cast — including one who goes by the name "The Sucklord" — to transform pieces of cringeworthy kitsch into gallery-ready art.

Matt's Guide to Wednesday TV: A Good Knight for Guest Stars 2011

The second-season order for the show is currently at 13 episodes.

NBC Orders Six More Scripts of Harry’s Law 2011

Thursday's party for the second-season premiere of IFC's "Portlandia" at the American Museum of Natural History could have doubled as the set of the show, which features rocker Carrie Brownstein and Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen as stereotypical Oregonians.

Hipster View of the World 2012

Many fondly recall the ratings peak: a second-season episode, built around Doug's efforts to save a boy from a storm drain, that drew close to 50 million viewers.

It's about time 'ER' is taken off life support 2009

The second-season story, which featured a heroic effort by Dr. Doug Ross (George Clooney) to save a boy caught in a flooded culvert, "was the first time we really went outside of the ER in a really physical, muscular show," director Christopher Chulack says.

Behind the special scenes of 'ER' 2009

In your opinion, was that just second-season growing pains, or did the writers lose sight of what their audience loved about this show to begin with?

Ask Matt: Why We Love The Middle, Tonys-vs-Oscars, Glee Project, Grey's and More! 2011

Matt Roush: I didn't see the first season which aired on Britain's Sky1 and wasn't imported here, but it does seem that with the sudden and violent dispatching of Armitage's character in the second-season premiere, the tone purposefully shifted into what amounts to an over-the-top action cartoon.

Ask Matt: Rescue Me, Louie, Ted Danson on CSI, Community, and More! 2011

Barf-bag alert: On the second-season opener of Discovery's Man, Woman, Wild 9/8c, survivalist husband-wife Mykel Hawke and Ruth England are "Lost at Sea," stalled in the Bermuda Triangle, and when things get really desperate, Ruth administers an enema at sea to her dehydrated, seasick mate. ...

Matt's Guide to Weekend TV Sept. 2-5 2011

The terrific second-season finale found Terry happily settling into a potential long-term relationship with fellow ex-thespian Erin (the luminous Melinda McGraw) and leaving his job working for pal Owen (the equally Emmy-worthy Andre Braugher) as a car salesman after discovering what he really wants to do is direct.

Cheers & Jeers: Scott Bakula Gets Better with Age 2011

But thanks to some second-season cast changes, pretty much everyone else except mother hen Hetty Linda Hunt has been partnered up, too.

Exclusive: NCIS: Los Angeles Blows Up! 2011