Obama Slow Jams the News
It was sort of an appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” but more a case of “Late Night” going to where President Obama was – talking to college students…
Tuesday TV: New ‘Complex’; Streisand, Houston Saluted
Young people scamper off to Hollywood to make it big? It’s the familiar premise to a new series imported from Canada, “The L.A. Complex” (The CW, 9 p.m.) starting tonight.…
If Only Roger Sterling Had Met Jack Webb
Who wears a suit to an acid trip? Until Roger Sterling on "Mad Men" Sunday, it was only Jack Webb on a classic episode of "Dragnet" from 1968. Had Roger…
Monday TV: Motown Night on ‘Dancing,’ ‘Drag Race’ Finale
It’s Motown week on “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 8 p.m.), which means that there will at least be pretty good music. And one contestant ought to have a leg…
‘Mad Men’ Gets Trippy
Those wondering how the early 60s men in flannel were going to fit into the crazier, psychedelic mid to late 60s as time marches relentlessly on in “Mad Men” got…
On Tonight: Hail to the ‘Veep’
“Veep” (HBO, 10 p.m.) is a raucous, profane, adrenaline rush of a political sendup, set in the second most powerful office of the land, where every political action seems overshadowed…
Also on Sunday: Fox Celebrates Silver Anniversary
With all the other major networks at least twice their age, “Fox’s 25th Anniversary Special” (Fox, 8 p.m.) is a way to celebrate a quarter century since its first prime…
Saturday TV: ‘Franchise’ Peek, ‘Tree of Life’
It seemed at first a random choice to have the newly named Miami Marlins be the focus of the new insider reality series “The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins” (Showtime,…
The Faucets and Fatalities of ‘Mad Men’
Gee, I was all ready to be one of those nit-picky people who zero in on one detail of a “Mad Men” episode – a song, a phrase, a scrap…
Friday TV: Two New Titles on CMT, ‘Fringe’ Far, Far in the Future
Two new reality series on the former country music channel gives insight into women we haven’t necessarily been clamoring to follow. “Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country” (CMT, 9 p.m.)…