From Al Gore to Al Jazeera
Day One of the new Al Jazeera America, taking the place of Al Gore's old Current TV, began Tuesday with a special that was meant to emphasize what an achievement…
Elmore Leonard, Detroiter, 1925-2013
Elmore Leonard, who died today at 87, was not only one of the great crime writers of the day, whose work was the basis of TV and movie scripts from…
Tuesday TV: ‘The Life of Muhammad’
The end of August doesn't seem like the best spot to dump all three episodes in the three-part history "The Life of Muhammad" (PBS, 8 p.m.). The BBC-made survey of…
Monday TV: Takeovers by Computers, Law
Even before his fall network comedy debuts, Seth Green appears in a new miniseries, a science fiction film called "Delete" (Reelz, 8 p.m.), set in a world where computers have…
Drinking to Excess on ‘The Newsroom’
Sunday's episode of "The Newsroom" is titled "One Too Many," and like most episodes of Aaron Sorkin's ambitious tale of contemporary journalism it could refer to the number of the…
Recruited to Play a Serial Killer
Even after they told Ken Giglio about a gig he'd been hired to do -- playing a starring role on "Who the (Bleep)," he didn't know all the details. "The…
Sunday TV: Lindsay Meets Oprah
As if to prove herself from her latest round of rehab, Lindsay Lohan hosted an episode of "Chelsea Lately." But still she doesn't get the A-OK until she passes the…
Mailbag: More Questions on Cote
The "NCIS" diehards who can't abide by Cote de Pablo leaving the show are not satisfied with network explanations of the departure. Asked about what happened, Viacom chair Les Moonves…
Saturday TV: A New Sports Network Starts
ESPN gets its first run for its money as Fox Sports 1 takes over the slot where Speed once was. Though it may be early, the inaugural "Fox College Football…
Report from The Beach
The weather has been odd this summer on the Outer Banks. In a season when heat and humidity doesn't quite describe the intensity of summer in Washington D.C. (where the…