Saturday TV: It’s Just the Same Christmas Movie, Over and Over
It may seem like there are a load of new Christmas movies on cable every year, but actually they're all just variations on one story: An overworked single city woman…
Friday TV: Garth vs. Babs
Barbra Streisand returned to her roots in October 2012, performing at the new Barclays cener in Brooklyn. The concert was captured in a special 'Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn" that…
Turkey Shoot on ‘The X Factor’
Family gatherings, stuffed turkey, cranberry sauce. For "The X Factor," Thanksgiving is also a time to crush dreams. On an episode when no family connection failed to be exploited, the…
Thursday TV: Parades, Muppets and Gaga
It's one of the oldest and strangest parades in American history. "Macy's Thanksgiving Parade" (NBC, CBS, 9 a.m.) marks the formal appearance of Santa Claus, but it also has a…
Wednesday TV: ‘SNL’ Stuffing for Holiday
Thanksgiving Eve is ushered in with a smorgasbord of old Turkey-based "SNL" sketches from the years, from Paul Simon in a bird suit from season two to the family that…
Cee Lo Left With a Song on ‘The Voice’
Cee Lo Green got to perform, but the last remaining member of his team went home Tuesday on "The Voice." The judge who always seems to make the most eccentric…
Tuesday TV: Cops in Houston and Boston
There's nothing too different about two shows on cable regarding law enforcement in action in Houston and in Boston. Both certainly want to see their suspects' hands right away. "Boston's…
‘Generation Cryo:’ New Kind of ‘Catfish’
Amid all its other wrong turns, MTV has done a good job from time to time presenting documentaries of young people telling good first person stories about their lives. The…
Monday TV: HBO’s ‘Toxic Hot Seat’
A weird way for the tobbaco industry to get the heat off of it for causing so many house fires over the years was to shift the blame to furniture:…
Seeing ‘Nebraska’ in Nebraska
I got to see "Nebraska" over the weekend in the Omaha theater that director Alexander Payne helped establish. He wasn't there, though he was part of a couple of events…