Contributor: Marcus Yoars

Thanks to grass-roots online publicity, free song downloads and solid buzz on peer-to-peer networks, this indie band’s debut bowed at 24.

Two weeks as the nation’s No. 1 pop album

Disc hit No. 1 with first-week sales of 540,000 copies. “Déjà Vu” was a Top-5 single. “Ring the Alarm” rose to 11.

Disc sold 500,000 copies. “Face Down” became a Top-5 modern rock hit.

Debuted at No. 2. The title cut cracked the Top-10.

This Top-3 pop and country album spawned the hit single “Alcohol.”

Million-selling album hit No. 1 on the pop and R&B charts and spawned the popular single “I Luv It”

Like the ‘Extreme Makeover’ franchise or Amy Grant’s short-lived ‘Three Wishes,’ this series aims to radically change lives…

Seinfeld alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus knows all about being on a show about nothing. Maybe that’s what attracted her to this CBS sitcom.

‘Avatar’ is one of TV’s top animated series among boys ages 9-14. It’s time to take a closer look at a Nick hit to see which way the arrow points…

UPDATED REVIEW: Like its franchise siblings, this sunglasses-loving crime drama lives and (mostly) dies by the evidence.

“We all use math every day to forecast weather, to tell time, to handle money. We also use math to analyze crime, reveal patterns and predict behavior.”

UPDATED REVIEW: Seth MacFarlane is not known for his restraint. But American Dad may give us MacFarlane at his most foul.

Allison Dubois sees dead people. She wakes up to them. She hears them while grocery shopping. They encroach on her dreams.

“No family members were harmed in the making of this sitcom.” OK. But that didn’t help this slovenly series survive the season. (It may return this summer on ABC.)