One of my favorite comedies is the funny and wryly observed “Portlandia” in which Fred Armisen of “Saturday Night Live” gets to be creative and funny in a way that…
I was a little surprised to find I was on “ABC World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer” Thursday night, for even a couple of seconds. America’s leading reality TV blogger…
In the rush of nominations this week for awards next year, “Homeland” was an early, if predictable, front-runner, leading all of the Golden Globe nominees, announced this morning, with four,…
Lyric soprano Ailyn Perez, left, winner of this year’s Richard Tucker Award for young opera singers, is the focus of tonight’s “Live from Lincoln Center” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local…
It was the most audacious sounding mash-up of megalegends, but just the kind of thing that would be a highlight of a show full of them, “12-12-12: The Concert for…
It’s still a quaint idea that a big concert with classic rockers can be a balm to any situation - hunger, terror attack or hurricane. Or maybe Sandy was a…
The master of Indian sitar, whose music influenced Western music at the highest levels, died Tuesday near San Diego. Ravi Shankar was 92. The office of India Prime Minister Manmohan…
It makes some sense that there are so many series about the Amish on TV. The Amish themselves don't use electricity and never see all the series that exploit them.…
Shocking to hear of the death Sunday of Jenni Rivera, the Mexican singer with a career going a million miles an hour before she died in a jet crash with…
Why do so many dramas hinge on showdowns in forlorn abandoned factories? Aside from the barren atmosphere and all manner of possible hazards, it’s probably also really cheap to shoot…