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…
Friday TV: Happy Birthday Ann Blyth
Evan Rachel Wood was pretty good opposite Kate Winslet in the HBO version of the James M. Cain story three years ago. But it was Ann Blyth who nailed the…
Thursday TV: ‘Pitch’ and ‘Owners Manual’
It never worked as a companion show to "Mad Men," but the reality show that follows a contemporary ad agency's campaign strategy, "The Pitch" (AMC, 11 p.m.) returns to stand…
Gia of ‘The Bachelor’ Takes Her Life
I'm used to writing of contestants losing on "The Bachelor," but not of suicide deaths. Sadly, that's what happened to Gia Allemand, 29, the cheery and exotic standout from Jake…
Wednesday TV: ‘Duck Dynasty’ Returns
The hottest reality show on cable looks like a ZZ Top reunion series. That's mostly because of the foot-long beards and sunglasses of the Robertson family, but "Duck Dynasty" (A&E, 10…
The Saga of ‘Citizen Koch’ and PBS
When public television withdrew funding for a documentary on the Koch Brothers, as widely reported last spring after an investigation by The New Yorker, it was feared it was it…