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Friday TV: Going Back to ‘Portlandia,’ Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’
One of the funniest and best-observed comedies on TV, “Portlandia” (IFC, 10 p.m.) returns for a second season at the top of its game. Fred Armisen is consistently more creative…
Thursday TV: Congressman Cao
With the new year already marred by another ugly partisan showdown, the timely “Mr. Cao Goes to Washington” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) shines a light on a man…
Remembering Patti Page, 1927-2013
She gets a bad rap in the history of rock 'n' roll. Her "How Much is that Doggie in the Window" is often cited as the kind of music in…
Wednesday TV: ‘The Hour’ Finale, Multi ‘Mobbed’
The second season of “The Hour” (BBC America, 9 p.m.) gets extra credit for keeping us entertained with well-paced, gripping, beautifully looking period drama at a time when most TV…
New Year’s Day TV: The Jewish Influence on Broadway Musicals
What sounds at first like an exceedingly semetic way of looking at the Great White Way, a new examination on “Great Performances” (PBS, 9:30 p.m., check local listings) titled “Broadway…
Starting 2013 With a Whimper
Does New Year’s Eve just get inherently less interesting as one gets older? It was never much more exciting to see a calendar turn than to see the odometer turn…
Considering ‘Women Who Rock’
The “Women Who Rock” exhibit is in its final week at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. The exhibit, organized by the Rock and Roll…