Puzzling Through the MTV Movie Awards
There may have been a time when the MTV Movie Awards were a big deal in Hollywood – a irreverent coronation of popular movies that were usually ignored by the…
Richard Dawson Has Died
I was just thinking of Richard Dawson the other day. The British actor, who came to fame in the U.S. through a role on “Hogan’s Heroes,” but went on to…
Sunday TV: New Western, Finale of ‘Thrones’
The Western is alive and well, judging from ratings of last week’s “Hatfields & McCoys,” which beat most everything on TV. Seems just the right time, then, to introduce “Longmire”…
Mrs. Landingham Dies Again
It’s great that some older actors can still get parts. But invariably it’s in a role in which they’re dying or about to. It happened twice to Kathryn Joosten in…
Saturday TV: Fixing Lives, Many Alices
Iyanla Vanzant -- the author, talk show host, inspirational speaker and no relation to Little Steven -- has a new show on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network in which she counsels…
Friday TV: ‘Whale Wars’ Returns, Magic Ends
The guys from “Whale Wars” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.) return for a new season, energized. The problem is, so are the Japanese whaling fleet they’ve been following. Weather doesn't cooperate…
Thursday TV: Ballet Dancers, Mountain Men
From a network whose other new reality show this week, “The Catalina,” was so tawdry that E! wouldn’t have touched it, tries to class things up with “Breaking Pointe” (The…
‘America’s Next Top Model’ Not American
She may not become a top model either, but for sure the latest “America’s Next Top Model” is not American. For the finale of the “America’s Next Top Model: British…
Chuck Grassley’s History Problem
The success this week of its big “Hatfields & McCoys” miniseries brings greater attention than ever to the History Channel, which beat even broadcast numbers. It made me wonder how…
Wednesday TV: Dogs and Hockey on Network TV
You know things are going to be thin on network TV this summer when one of the first new shows is a straight up knockoff of “The Dog Whisperer.” “Dogs…