Wednesday TV: LCD Soundsystem Shuts Up
When LCD Soundsystem called it quits in a farewell concert at Madison Square Garden two years ago this month. Fans still mourn the loss of James Murphy's band that brought…
Tuesday TV: A New Network from Esquire
Say hello to Esquire television, which takes over what used to be G4, with more programming tailored toward guys (but unlike the magazine nothing about tailoring at all). Also missing…
Battles Wind Down on ‘The Voice’
The Battle Rounds are winding up this week on "The Voice," to make way for the slightly different Knockout Rounds next week (when competitors on the same team go up…
Monday TV: Real Good ‘Rectify’
Immediately after the wrap-up of one of the best dramas of the spring, "Top of the Lake," Sundance continues its string of high quality TV with "Rectify" (Sundance, 10 p.m.).…
Sunday TV: ‘All the Presidents Men’ 40 Years Later
Younger generations may not know all they should about the Watergate incident that occurred 40 years ago, which is covered in the documentary "All the President's Men Revisited" (Discovery, 8…
Saturday TV: Hilary Swank vs. Malaria
Hilary Swank stars in a new original movie about an American who takes her son to Africa for an adventure and loses him to malaria. She also meets a British…
Friday TV: Shrinking Glaciers, ‘Hemlock Grove’
Pull yourself away from the latest example of extreme weather (with floods and mid-April snows) to see evidence of climate change on a huge global scale, as photographer James Balog…
Thursday TV: Photographer at Front Lines
There was something different about the style of war photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington. He wasn't only interested in gunfire and mayhem; he really wanted to connect with the people…
Competing for ‘Idol’ and Boston
One thing about having an all female final five on "American Idol" is that the quality of the singing and hence the entire show has gone up. And having a…
CNN Drops the Bomb
When breathless news came Wednesday that CNN almost singly had a scoop nobody else had, that a suspect had been arrested in the Boston Marathon bombing, there was the fleeting…