Tuesday TV: ‘Smash’ Back, Silicon Valley Visit
"Smash" (NBC, 9 p.m.) returns for another try in a second season. The Marilyn Monroe musical is poised to open on Broadway, but there are complications. Primarily there are more…
Blackout Made Super Bowl Memorable
So what was that all about? The nation's biggest TV audience is amassed and we have this: a football game weighted to one side, and then to another; an array…
Monday TV: Kelley’s Back, Strong Church Doc
David E. Kelley, who had multiple shows on TV at once, from "Chicago Hope" to "The Practice" with "Ally McBeal" to "Harry's Law," returns to the medical procedural on the…
‘Elementary Stab’ at Post-Super Bowl Slot
It's always a matter of some discernment each year when the network that gets the Super Bowl decides which of its shows to showcase following the game. Some choose new…
Sunday TV: Bowls, in Both Super and Puppy
Apparently there's a football game on tonight. Baltimore vs. San Francisco (CBS, 6:25 p.m.) represents Super Bowl XLVII. It's not just the game, though; it's the other fuss, the overdone…
Saturday TV: Lifetime Widow Pic ‘Betty & Coretta’
Black History Month takes a strange turn tonight with the TV movie "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), about the friendship and alliance between the widows of Martin Luther King…
Stage Review: ‘Our Town’ at Ford’s Theatre
The history is fairly palpable in the new production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Ford's Theater. It's the 75th anniversary production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that reflected life…
Friday TV: Image Awards, Super Bowl Concert
Black History month gets a quick start with The 44th NAACP Image Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.). The event, held live from Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, honors standouts in the…