Category Archives: What’s On TV

With a more flattering title than her last comedy foray (“Fat Actress”), Kirstie Alley returns to cable also playing an actress of substance, who is shocked to find the child she gave up for adoption standing at her stage door one night in “Kirstie” (TV Land, 10 p.m.). That the 28 year old schlub who [...]

As Big Cat Week rolls along on Nat Geo Wild, they bring in a celebrity to look over the animals. Noted animal lover Betty White is brought into three Southern California zoos to coo over the lions, tigers and cheetahs. “Betty White Goes Wild” (Nat Geo Wild, 9 p.m.) doesn’t compare that well to other [...]

Dan Harmon was separated from his creation “Community” before last season. His first return to TV comes on a new animated show he’s created with Justin Roiland. “Rick & Morty” (Cartoon Network, 10:30 p.m.) is about a mad scientists who moves in with his daughter’s family. It’s all pretty weird. A cartoon you expect this [...]

For being a Golden Age of Television, there aren’t so many great TV shows on at one time that the return of one doesn’t quickly fill the bill as all purpose entertainment. “Treme” (HBO, 9 p.m.) could have faded with dignity last season, but an admittedly truncated, five-episode final fourth season puts a epilogue on [...]

It may seem like there are a load of new Christmas movies on cable every year, but actually they’re all just variations on one story: An overworked single city woman has to also work on Christmas, is sent to a small town or maybe her own hometown for the holidays, is immediately confronted with a [...]

Barbra Streisand returned to her roots in October 2012, performing at the new Barclays cener in Brooklyn. The concert was captured in a special ‘Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn” that plays on “Great Performances” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). She’s joined by trumpeter Chris Botti, singing group Il Volo and her own son Jason [...]

It’s one of the oldest and strangest parades in American history. “Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade” (NBC, CBS, 9 a.m.) marks the formal appearance of Santa Claus, but it also has a bunch of performers who stop and lip synch performances in a manner certainly not done in other parades. Those performers this year include Ariana Grande, Fall [...]

Thanksgiving Eve is ushered in with a smorgasbord of old Turkey-based “SNL” sketches from the years, from Paul Simon in a bird suit from season two to the family that kisses too much. Adam Sandler sings his turkey song, but they could also play his Hanukkah song this year. At two hours, “The Saturday Night [...]

There’s nothing too different about two shows on cable regarding law enforcement in action in Houston and in Boston. Both certainly want to see their suspects’ hands right away. “Boston’s Finest” (TNT, 9 p.m.), returning for its second seasion, follows a couple of precincts wary of July 4th activities in the wake of the Boston [...]