Monday TV: Mel Brooks, Another Country Award
What looks to be an event with all the production quality of a CSPAN show -- Mel Brooks sitting down in Los Angeles to talk about his career with a…
Come from Behind ‘Amazing Race’ Win
If "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" was on a Viacom owned cable network, the conspiracy suspicions about the surprising win of Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge on "The Amazing Race" Sunday…
Sunday TV: ‘Amazing Race’ Finale, Christmas Movie Blitz, Big Cats
Twenty one installments in, "The Amazing Race" (CBS, 8 p.m.) retains its original appeal of wanderlust and cutthroat competition. Except that this season, most of the teams have been helping…
‘SNL’ Out-Foxxed
You knew things weren't going well on "Saturday Night Live" when the most promising comic bit for Jamie Foxx was one about a slave uprising film with Leonardo DiCaprio as…
Saturday TV: Giving and Holiday Movies
Joel McHale goes from snark to sincere (or ought to) when he hosts the second American Giving Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.), honoring community charities. Glenn CLose is among the honorees;…
Friday TV: ‘Restless’ Miniseries, Video Game Awards
For those who can't wait until next month for their fix of Lady Mary on "Downton Abbey," Michelle Dockery, with her hair down, plays a single mother circa 1976 who…
Two Final Fours in Singing Competitions
Why wait until March for madness, with two Final Fours set in the season's two major singing competition shows. Two women went home on both “The Voice” Wednesday and “The…
Thursday TV: Vogue Looks Back, Panic 911
Vogue magazine has been reluctant to celebrate anniversaries in the past, because they always want to look forward, Anna Wintour says in the documentary “In Vogue” The Editor’s Eye” (HBO,…
Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012
One day before his 92nd birthday, jazz great Dave Brubeck died at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday. The pianist and composer was one of the first huge stars of…
Wednesday TV: Grammy Noms from Nashvile
The Grammys aren’t until Feb. 10, but tonight is The Grammy Nominations Concert Live (CBS, 10 p.m.) in which many of the top categories will be announced on TV (and…