Aaron Barnhart

Aaron Barhnart is TV critic for the Kansas City Star and the founder of TV Barn.com.


Recent Stories by Aaron Barnhart

With Leno Off ‘Tonight,’ is There a New King of Late Night?

Posted November 3, 2009 at 4:09 AM

When Americans are looking to soothe their frazzled nerves after a long day, late-night TV shows have always been happy to oblige. But these days, the world of late night is as topsy-turvy as the real world we’re trying to......

Barnhart on Letterman: This is Creepy-—Telling a Story About Having Sex With Your Employees to People Who LAUGH and APPLAUD

Posted October 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Wow.I don't know where to begin with David Letterman's bizarro, play-it-for-laughs on-air admission that he had sex with staff members.On the one hand, good for him for telling a fairly unvarnished account of being blackmailed by a Connecticut man for......

A Show I'm Mad About, And it's Not on HBO. Come Join the Fun

Posted August 19, 2009 at 1:52 AM

This may not be the golden age of television, but perhaps it’s the titanium age: high quality in large quantities.There are so many good shows now that the people who watch TV for a living are being forced to specialize.......

Matt Damon’s ‘History’ is made (finally), With Marisa Tomei

Posted August 5, 2009 at 11:21 PM

     In the movie “Good Will Hunting,” Matt Damon’s character sees a book on a shelf. It is “A People’s History of the United States” by radical historian Howard Zinn.“This,” Damon tells his shrink, “will knock you on your ass.”That......

Video: From San Diego, my Conversation With 'Simpsons' and 'Futurama' Creator Matt Groening on the Past and Future of Comic-Con

Posted July 25, 2009 at 1:09 PM

...