Thursday TV: New ‘Graceland,’ ‘In the Flesh’
The new series "Graceland" (USA, 10 p.m.) begins its annoyance by naming itself after Elvis' home for no particular reason. The place it names is a super-expensive beach house where…
Wednesday TV: Home Shopping Girls, CMT Awards
It's a good sign that some reality producers also see the humor in some of the worst home shopping networks. One of the worst, DSN, is celebrated in the new show…
Tuesday TV: More Wicked Women, ‘Talent’ Start
On the theory that there are not enough awful women on reality TV yet, here comes "Pretty Wicked Moms" (Lifetime 10 p.m.), a gaggle of bad mothers who give their…
Theatre Review: ‘Stupid @#$%ing Bird’
Reinventing theater is easier said than done – and easier still said with an expletive. Thus we have Aaron Posner’s "Stupid @#$%ing Bird," an adaptation of Chekhov’s "The Seagull" that just…
Monday TV: ‘Mistresses’ and Two Moms
The latest British series to be misunderstood by American TV is "Mistresses" (ABC, 10 p.m.), a midseason series pushed off to the summer netherlands. What was an honest and fairly…
Government Shutdown for ‘Veep’
Inaction has consequence in Washington, so when Selena Meyers couldn’t come to a budget agreement, there is a resulting government shutdown on this week’s “Veep.” That means garbage doesn’t get picked…
Sunday TV: ‘The Killing’ Returns From Own Killing
It's still raining in Seattle, in the welcome but unexpected return of "The Killing" (AMC, 8 p.m.). The effective, atmospheric thriller, canceled by its network until Netflix stepped forward to…