Also On Tonight: The Golddiggers of 2012
What is the nature of greed that it makes the desperate not try to go out and get jobs, but to travel thousands of miles to dig for gold? There…
Thursday TV: Bones and Stars on ‘POV’
Idling on a beach, I sometimes wonder why the rings on a shell are so much like the rings of Saturn. The connectedness of earth to space and especially to…
Also on Tonight: Whole Lotta Halloween
There are so many Halloween episodes this week, you may feel out of candy by the time trick or treat day comes. They also may serve to make you feel…
Wednesday TV: World Series and Whitney
The World Series (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) begins in San Francisco, still giddy from its Game 7 NLCS win Monday. The Giants have home advantage for Game 1 of the fall…
On Tonight: Reliving the Cuba Missile Crisis
It was fifty years ago this week that the world was on the brink in a way it had never been before – a superpower confrontation that threatened global annihilation…
Also on Tuesday: Climate Doubt, Alt Debate
It’s a strong night on public television, which is topped by an important “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) that looks into the industry the grew up around those…
When is Too Long for a Good Show?
The announcement today that “Homeland” has been signed for a third season shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody who has seen the Emmys it won and the prestige it’s brought…
Monday TV: Game 7 in Debates, NLCS
The third and last Presidential Debate (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CSPAN, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, Univision, 9 p.m.) takes place tonight in Boca Raton, Fla., with CBS’ Bob Schieffer…
Remembering George McGovern
George McGovern, who died Sunday at 90, was a decent guy, an anti-war candidate with a crackling, plain-spoken voice – the perfect guy for a recent high school graduate to…
Sunday TV: ‘Too Many Stars’ and ‘Mr. Bug’
A great array of comic talent is upstaged by a single musical moment on the annual “Night of Too Many Stars” (Comedy Central, 8 and 10 p.m.) fundraiser. Jon Stewart…