Monday TV: More ‘Gasland,’ More Chilling
Josh Fox's first "Gasland" film set the tone for the fight against fracking for natural gas with its indelible images of contaminated tap water going up in flames. It also…
Toasting the ‘Family Tree’ Finale
Christopher Guest's sweet TV series "Family Tree" ended its first season Sunday in Los Angeles, where half of the eight episodes were set. It had followed a character played by…
Revealing the Racists on ‘Big Brother’
Big Brother caught up with the controversy about the racism of its houseguests Sunday as it ran, in montage form, the worst bits of bigotry from two dim blondes on…
Sunday TV: More from Young Inspector Morse
Inspector Endeavour Morse returns for a four episodes of prequel capers on "Masterpiece Mystery!" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), the first about a doctor found dead in a public…
Saturday TV: ‘Brooklyn DA’ Hangs It Up
We're back from vacation, only to find most of TV is on vacation as well. The short summer season of the documentary series "Brooklyn DA" (CBS, 9 p.m.) comes to…
‘Life’s Too Short’s Brief Return
I was among the few who enjoyed Ricky Gervais' "Life's Too Short," the Ricky Gervais series about a fictional Warwick Davis that drew the humor of dwarves from a different…
Anna Nicole: on TV Again
Any tabloid tale is fair game for a Lifetime movie. If they've done Jodi Arias and Amanda Knox, then why not Anna Nicole Smith, except that her death came so…