Friday TV: Recovery and Reba
When there’s a disaster, there’s never a telethon far away. Tonight’s is a hastily-planned affair to aid those affected by the hurricane that just occurred Monday. “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together”…
Ancient Coins and Paul Ryan
While writing a story recently about the artistic tastes of the presidential candidates for the Washington Post, I started looking into the collecting habits of their running mates as well.…
Thursday TV: Country Awards, ‘Voice’ vs. ‘X Factor’
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, right, return for the fifth time to host The 46th Annual CMA Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Performers include Jason…
Maybe There’s Just More Material There
It’s not clear which jobs would be plentiful if Mitt Romney gets elected. But comedy writers would apparently have it easy. A new study by the Center for Media and…
Wednesday TV: Halloween and Simon Too
Ostentatious displays of costumes usually marks Halloween for the daytime shows, always looking to outdo each other and their own previous seasons with crazier outfits. In the wake of the…
Top Dancer Goes Home on ‘Stars’
If you want to start being paranoid about election results a week early, how about this: The person with the highest average score on “Dancing with the Stars” was eliminated…
Tuesday TV: Ellen Gets Twain Award, Tracking Big Money in Politics
Recorded at the Kennedy Center last week before weather became an issue, “Ellen DeGeneres: The Mark Twain Prize” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) gathered a number of stars and…
Joking Through the Storm
They were those kind of shows that would stand out among thousands in late night. Both “Late Night with David Letterman” and “Late Show with Jimmy Fallon” chose to go…
Report from Hurricane Sandy’s Path
It was the second hurricane aiming toward D.C. in just over a year since we lived here, so we sort of knew the drill. Though there wasn’t an effort toward…