Critic's corner

0 Comments | USA TODAY, June, 2008 | by Robert Bianco

*We know Regis Philbin will pick up a prize: He's getting the lifetime achievement award. Otherwise, everything is up for grabs at the Daytime Emmy Awards (ABC, tonight, 8 ET/PT), the more laid-back little sister of the prime-time Emmys. Cameron Mathison and Sherri Shepherd (who is nominated against Philbin in the "talk-show host" category) host.

*Say this for Camp Rock and the other Disney tweener singalongs: They do help introduce younger viewers to the conventions of the musical form. But once your kids have seen Rock, let the older ones stay up for The King and I (FMC, tonight, 10:30 ET/PT), so they can see what the form can do in the hands of the masters. (Camp Rock preview, 13D)

*PBS' Masterpiece Mystery! introduces new host Alan Cumming and new series...