Sunday TV: Handful of Great Series Start
The first official week of the TV season is capped by a day when more good TV series start than any other day of the year. First, of course, is…
April’s a Teen in New ‘Turtles’
There’s something usually very chilly and off putting about the precision and robot-like motions of computer generated animation. But it turns out to work very well for a new incarnation…
Also On Saturday: ‘Homeland,’ ‘Shore’ Marathons
To prepare for Sunday’s second season premiere, the Emmy-winning first season of “Homeland” (Showtime, noon) is rerun in a 12 hour marathon. Subscribe and see what all that Emmy fuss…
Friday TV: ‘Made in Jersey’ Alongside ‘Fringe’
With the cynical intent to cash in on that now fading Viacom product “Jersey Shore” the latest CBS legal procedural puts the slightest bump in the hair of Janet Montgomery,…
What’s Next for ‘Last Resort’?
Shawn Ryan, creator of ABC’s new “Last Resort,” isn’t afraid of its global hot spots being very close to real life hot spots. The main drama occurs when the nuclear…
Creating Another New Sherlock
When executive producer Rob Doherty began putting together “Elementary,” he started seeing Sherlock Holmes all over the place. “I see his fingerprints on almost every procedural show,” he said at…
Thursday TV: New ‘Last Resort,’ ‘Elementary’
The most compelling new network drama of the new season is undoubtedly “Last Resort” (ABC, 8 p.m.), which begins with a chilling act of insubordination on a sub when troubling…
Andy Williams, Huckleberry Friend
It’s difficult to imagine how influential Andy Williams was in American cultural life, and not just because kids like me had to growup wearing matching red sweaters with his brother…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Neighbors’
Dumb is the aim of the deliberately absurd new sitcom “The Neighbors” (ABC, 9:30 p.m.), about a family that moves into a neighborhood that is otherwise populated with aliens trying…
Pam Anderson First to Go on ‘Dancing’
Pam Anderson’s return to “Dancing with the Stars” didn’t result in much improvement in her ballroom style. In fact, this time she was first to go on the all-star edition…