Thursday TV: New ‘Last Resort,’ ‘Elementary’
The most compelling new network drama of the new season is undoubtedly “Last Resort” (ABC, 8 p.m.), which begins with a chilling act of insubordination on a sub when troubling…
Andy Williams, Huckleberry Friend
It’s difficult to imagine how influential Andy Williams was in American cultural life, and not just because kids like me had to growup wearing matching red sweaters with his brother…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Neighbors’
Dumb is the aim of the deliberately absurd new sitcom “The Neighbors” (ABC, 9:30 p.m.), about a family that moves into a neighborhood that is otherwise populated with aliens trying…
Pam Anderson First to Go on ‘Dancing’
Pam Anderson’s return to “Dancing with the Stars” didn’t result in much improvement in her ballroom style. In fact, this time she was first to go on the all-star edition…
TV’s Newest Doctor: Mindy Kaling
There are a lot of new female doctors in prime time this season. To add to the bunch on “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice” and “Hart of Dixie,” there’s “Emily Owens,…
A Real Brother Inspires ‘Ben and Kate’
There’s a real Ben behind the character of the same name in the new Fox sitcom “Ben and Kate.” Show creator Dana Fox describes her brother Ben Fox as “sort…
Tuesday TV: ‘Vegas,’ ‘Mindy,’ ‘Ben, Kate’
Period dramas haven’t done so well on broadcast Tv after the failures in recent years of “The Playboy Club” and “Pan Am.” The latest window into the 60s is “Vegas”…
Half Points on New ‘Dancing’ Season
One thing about an “all-star” edition of “Dancing with the Stars,” as seen from the two hour premiere Monday, is that the dancing begins at a very high level. Each…
TV Mailbag: ‘Mob Doctor,’ MDA Totals
A friend writes: I wish 'The Mob Doctor' were just 'Mob Doctor' so to be more like 'Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer' a property with which it shares wonderfully thought out premise.…
Monday TV: ‘Partners,’ Carl Sandburg
“Modern Family” swept the Emmys again Sunday, and as it sets the pace in comedy ratings in network TV, it is also the most influential factor in the crush of…