Sunday TV: ‘Blackout’ a Disaster All Right
Beware a TV movie not given a description of fiction or documentary; whose style is pegged as "Blair Witch Project." That usually means: amateurish actors, no production values, shot with…
Also on Sunday: ‘Civil War 360’
Historians are coming around to the view that the Civil War that continues to deeply affect the United States wasn't one with just two stories, North and South, but three.…
Norton Utility Needed on Flat ‘SNL’
If "Saturday Night Live" hopes to mine this week's episode for some material to use in a prime time Halloween compilation special Thursday, good luck to them. The Edward Norton-hosted…
Horror and Horrible Halloween Flicks
The last Saturday before Halloween brings the expected harvest of horror films. Among them are a couple of originals. "Zombie Night" (Syfy, 9 p.m.), despite a cast that includes Shirley…
Muggers Stole My Radio Show
I have a perfectly good reason I didn't make it to the station tonight for my Friday night show on Radio CPR. I got mugged on the way there. I…
Friday TV: Dull ‘Dracula’ After ‘Grimm’
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has gone from playing Elvis to playing Henry VII and now, a very short "Dracula" (NBC, 10 p.m.). For whatever reason, he's back as a turn of…
Thursday TV: MTV Goes ‘Scrubbing In’
For those who think "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC, 9 p.m.) has gotten a little dull in its 10 seasons, the reality series "Scrubbing In" (MTV, 10 p.m.) jumps in, with a…
Wednesday TV: The World Series Begins
Two well-matched, longtime clubs meet at Fenway Park to begin the 109th World Series of St. Louis at Boston (Fox, 8 p.m.). Mary J. Blige sings the National Anthem and…
Battles End on ‘Voice,’ But Not Steals
The battle rounds wound up Tuesday on "The Voice," and it would seem that each team has their teams with which to go forward. But instead of sticking with the…
Gates’ New African-American History Series
It's a relief that Henry Louis Gates Jr. has for now given up his genealogy show and returned to the African-American history that first inspired him. His new six-part "The African…