Wednesday TV: A Fall Hit: ‘Up All Night’
With a half dozen new and returning shows tonight, you might be fooled into thinking that the fall season is here on broadcast TV. It certainly has one of the…
Tuesday TV: New ‘Ringer’; ‘90210,’ ‘Parenthood’ Return
The first new network show of the fall broadcast season brings Sarah Michelle Geller back as twin sisters in “Ringer” (CW, 9 p.m.). The ne’er do well sister takes her…
‘Empire’ Already an Emmy Winner
Days before the big TV event, most of this year’s Emmys have already been handed out. True, most of the Creative Arts Emmys, as they are called, are technical in…
‘Spartucus’ Star Dead at 39
As star of“ Spartucus: Blood and Sand,” he easily vanquished squadrons of foes. But actor Andy Whitfield could not in the end win the battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He died…
How the Comics Page Marked 9/11
It’s always a bit worrying to find that all of the Sunday comic artists have agreed to have a similar theme for a day’s strips. It happens naturally on Christmas,…
Monday TV: Gaga with Gaultier, ‘Pad’ Ends
The networks’ fall TV season by and large begins next week, but The CW tries to get some attention once more by starting a bit early. They begin with a…
On TV Tonight: A Hopeful ‘Rebirth’
The best film among the onslaught of works on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is one by a first time documentary filmmaker that begins to scratch the surface of the…
Your Other 9/11 Choices
Robert De Niro, right, is enlisted to provide brief opening remarks to “9/11: Ten Years Later” (CBS, 8 p.m.), largely a replay of the original TV film by the French…
A Soft Landing for HBO’s ‘Entourage’ Finale
The gang on TV's "Entourage" (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) never seemed to grow up in their years in Hollywood. Eight years after one of the guys from the borough became a…
Other Sunday TV: Finales for ‘Curb,’ ‘True Blood’
It’s a night of finales on HBO. In addition to “Entourage” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.), ending its run, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO, 10 p.m.) ends its eighth season with a finale…