Saturday TV: Final Four, ‘Bridesmaids,’ Redneck Finales
His kids shared an award last year, so he gets to be the host this year: Will Smith presides over the 25th "Kids Choice Awards" (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.), which brings…
Friday TV: ‘Magic City’ Sneak
It doesn’t officially premiere until Sunday, but first full episode of the new series “Magic City” (Starz, midnight) gets a sneak preview tonight after “Spartacus: Vengeance” (Starz, 10 p.m.). “Magic…
Bruce Springsteen in Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen’s affinity with Philadelphia goes back decades to “before the E Street Band,” he said at the Wells Fargo Center Thursday, the second of two sold out shows. Almost…
Heejun Gone Too Soon on ‘Idol’
Viewer voters got the last laugh Thursday as Heejun Han, whose deadpan humor flummoxed judges and took a bit of the starch out of the show’s deadly serious starmaking process,…
Thursday TV: Pauly D Goes Solo, New ‘Rules’
The “Jersey Shore” season and its reunion are over; here come the spin-offs. The first of them is from a more northern shore: Johnson, R.I., home of Paul DelVecchio, better…
‘Idol’ Singing Improves
The clueless, easy to please "American Idol" judges couldn't understand what got into the nine remaining contestants this week. They were all singing so well. It may have had something…
Wednesday TV: ‘Whitechapel’ Returns, ‘Whitney’ Finale
The inventive British import “Whitechapel” (BBC America, 10 p.m.), which solved modern murders by comparing them to historical cases, returns for a new season tonight. Rupert Penry-Jones and the ever-familiar…
Navratilova First Elimination from ‘Dancing’
One of the most competitive contestants on “Dancing with the Stars” was also the first to be eliminated this season. Martina Navratilova, who has won 18 Grand Slam singles tennis…
Tuesday TV: Evesdropping Scandal, New ‘Best Ink’
Leave it to “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) to lay out the full extent of Rupert Murdoch’s shocking and widespread wiretapping scandal. The report by Lowell Bergman in…
Martina’s ‘Dancing’ Double Fault
She may be one of the greatest tennis players ever, but Martina Navratilova isn’t such a great ballroom dancer, it turns out. And after posting the lowest number on last…