Candidates’ Favorite Shows Win
In an effort to bring the fractured country back together, Emmy voters showered its awards on both Mitt Romney’s favorite show – “Modern Family” and Barack Obama’s favorite, “Homeland.” And…
The New Fall Season: Five to Watch
It’s no secret that it’s the worst new fall TV season in years. As networks allow cable take the mantle of quality drama, broadcast execs inexplicably play it safe. Really…
The New Fall Season: Five to Avoid
Here’s the list that was tough to compile – so many shows qualified! How to pick the very worst? Each of the worst shows were different on their own. “Animal…
The New Fall Season: Sundays
We wind up a week’s worth of looking at the new fall season night by night with what has become the most prestigious night for television (at least on cable).…
Sunday TV: Emmys, Emmy-worthy ‘Treme’
THE 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) ought to be just that much more wry with the addition of Jimmy Kimmel as host. When he arose at dawn to…
The Wealth of Humor of Mitt Romney
The comic possibilities of Mitt Romney’s campaign are so rich, you might think the cast of “Saturday Night Live” may all end up voting for him just to keep the…
Saturday TV: Creative Arts Emmys, Football
Because there will only be time for a dozen awards or so to be given at tomorrow’s main Emmy Awards, dozens of other awards were reserved for the 2012 Creative…
The New Fall Season: Fridays
Fridays are almost as bad as Saturdays when it comes to starting new shows. But there are at couple of new ones scheduled for the last night of the workweek,…
Whats On Friday: Vegas Arts Center, ALMA Awards
The grandiosity comes a bit thick and tedious on the special “From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Homer Simpson Regrets His Vote
The turnaround on "The Simpsons" may be quicker than I thought. At least it was a short enough period of time for this topical scene meant to help promote the…