Also On Monday: Oscar Docs, ‘Voice’ Battles
"Mondays at Racine" (HBO, 9 p.m.) is an Oscar-nominated documentary short about a beauty parlor who dedicate one night a month to women undergoing chemo. It's followed by two other…
Battered Brody Back on ‘Homeland’
To remedy the fact that the first two episodes of "Homeland" this seasoned no sign of Nicholas Brody, arguably the show's co-star, the third was practically all him. He appears…
Sunday TV: Pace Improves as ‘Walking Dead’ Returns for Season Four
"The Walking Dead" (AMC, 10 p.m.) gets a healthy start for its fourth season because its colony of flesh and blood survivors is doing well. Absorbing an influx of newcomers…
Bruce Willis, Back to ‘SNL’ After 24 Years
After a couple of episodes of its new season that desperately went after younger audience, "Saturday Night Live" reached back for a host nearing 60 in Bruce Willis this week.…
Saturday TV: ALCS, Ice Ice Amish
The exploitation of the Amish for TV purposes continues unabated when the one-hit 80s rapper goes without electricity and his phone for a month to live among the plain dressed.…
Playlist 10-11-13
Started with some Byrds and topical "Shut Down" from the Beach Boys, then a bunch of They Might Be Giants because they're in town for the comedy fest. Also, some…
Friday TV: Jay Z Fest, Baldwin Talk Show
"Made in America" (Showtime, 9 p.m.), Ron Howard's film of Jay Z's two-day Made in American music festival held last year in Philadelphia, makes its TV debut. Jay Z is…
The ‘Glee’ Goodbye to Finn
The "Glee" farewell to Finn Hudson, who started the series as pretty much the main character, was finally staged Thursday. The actor Cory Monteith overdosed in July and the show…
Thursday TV: New ‘Alice,’ ‘Glee’ Tribute
Lewis Carroll has had the Disney treatment once before, in the 1951 animated feature of "Alice in Wonderland." Some license was taken in that, but not nearly as much as…
Culpepper Karma on ‘Survivor’
They may not have been any contestant on "Survivor" called out, cussed and given the finger as much as Brad Culpepper, the NFL star leading the losingest tribe on season …