After feeling a little proprietary about the whole strangers-locked-in-a-fake-house with cameras thing when “Glass House” started, the 14th season of the original “Big Brother” (CBS, 9 p.m.) begins, with a…
Some of the most promising dramas starting new seasons tonight may be the hardest to find. The fifth and final season of “Damages” (DirecTV, 9 p.m.), the strong series starring…
The thing that I forgot about Tennessee Tuxedo is that he was supposed to be educational. Sure, you get distracted by Don Adams' distinctive voice, the cockeyed hat and his…
Some think the AIDS crisis is over, but every 10 minutes, someone in the U.S. contracts AIDS and half of them are black. The AIDS rate in Washington D.C. is…
Another July Fourth came and went last week largely without that big American moment a person is supposed to feel on the occasion of the birthday of his country. It…
One of the great cable success stories, “The Closer” (TNT, 9 p.m.) comes to an end with the short, six-episode summer season that begins tonight. Kyra Sedgwick’s award winning performance…
Ernest Borgnine, who had one of the longest careers of any Oscar winners, died Sunday at 95. The big man whose film credits include “Marty,” for which he won his…
Kevin Whatley returns for a new Inspector Lewis caper on “Masterpiece Mystery" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) alongside Laurence Fox as his sidekick Detective Sergeant Hathaway. A weekend marathon…
On a steaming Saturday in the District earlier this summer Andrew Zimmern was making his way through the flourishing greens of the Common Good City Farm, an oasis in what…
His training techniques still come with a disclaimer (“seek a professional opinion”), have resulted in some copycat shows (“Dogs in the City”) and calmed hundreds of canines. But the new…