Monthly Archives: January 2012

It’s a miracle “Chuck” (NBC, 8 and 9 p.m.) lasted long as it did. Though I know it had its partisans, it only had enough fans to barely hang on for five seasons. They kept making season finales that would serve as series finales because it was never clear they were coming back. The end [...]

Examining humor can be a deadly business. But it can also be the basis of some pretty amusing conversations, as was “The Green Room with Paul Provenza.” The newest talk show about comedy, on the same network, is “Inside Comedy” (Showtime, 11 p.m.) from David Steinberg, the longtime comedian and writer turned director. He has [...]

I hadn’t realized how much I missed Kiefer Sutherland from network TV until the clock ran out on “24.” He’s back tonight in something that looks very good. “Touch” (Fox, 9 p.m.) is the latest series from “Heroes” creator Tim Kring about a father trying to break through to his emotionally challenged son, who seems [...]

With a Republican debate every other night, it seems, for weeks running, it might be a change of pace to hear Barack Obama deliver his State of the Union (ABC, NBC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, 8 p.m.). Look for him to be as upbeat as possible, with half the room clapping [...]

Clear the decks and cheer on the players of the next Super Bowl. They’ll come from the winners of the conference championships, Ravens vs. Patriots (CBS, 3 p.m.) and Giants at 49ers (Fox, 6:30 p.m.). And when the NFC Championship is over, they put in another one hour audition episode from San Diego on“American Idol” [...]