Monday TV: More Like Christmas Eve TV
There's no getting around Christmas Eve, which changes just about everything about normal Monday programming, all but wipes out late night and brings to prime time big movies. "It's a…
Sunday TV: ‘Iron Chef’ Finale, Full ‘Sound of Music’
The fifth season winner of "The Next Iron Chef" (Food Network, 9 p.m.) is named by host Alton Brown after a final competition between Alex Appleman, Amanda Freitag and Alex…
Saturday TV: Magoo’s Dickens Special Returns
It made a huge impression on me as a kid: TV’s first animated Christmas special, with a clever approach to the Charles Dickens story that would soon become so overplayed…
Friday TV: ‘Christmas in Washington’ with PSY
The Year of Gangham Style ends with its You Tube proponent PSY performing before the First Family and many others at the annual "Christmas in Washington" (TNT, 8 p.m.) concert…
Down at The End of the ‘Shore’
When it began, it was kind of a shock. Like a “Real World” minus the diversity. Eight likeminded club kids who cared most about their bodies and hair and partying.…
Cowboy Takes ‘The X Factor’
No more highway work for Tate Stevens, the country singer who won the second season of “The X Factor” Thursday. It couldn’t have been too much of a surprise, as…
Thursday TV: Snooki’s Goodbye, ‘X Factor’ Finale, Story of Nim
Nature has already destroyed Seaside Heights and now "Jersey Shore" (MTV, 10 p.m.) is being cast off after six seasons. What once seemed fun because they were so weird and…
Wednesday TV: Tiny Cheerleaders and Beauty Queens
The new “Cheer Perfection” (TLC, 10 p.m.) focuses on a top cheerleading squad in Arkansas and like “Dance Moms,” is built around a tough taskmaster, Alisha Dunlap, who keeps the…
A Winner is Named on ‘The Voice’
Cassadee Pope, the 23 year old pop-rock singer from West Palm Beach, Fla., who left her band to compete in “The Voice,” won the title and its $10,000 recording contract…
Remembering Chet McPhee
Friday was one of the darkest days in the history of Connecticut, but miles away from Newtown in a dank radio studio in Hartford, there was another loss. Chet McPhee…