Revealing the Racists on ‘Big Brother’
Big Brother caught up with the controversy about the racism of its houseguests Sunday as it ran, in montage form, the worst bits of bigotry from two dim blondes on…
Sunday TV: More from Young Inspector Morse
Inspector Endeavour Morse returns for a four episodes of prequel capers on "Masterpiece Mystery!" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), the first about a doctor found dead in a public…
Saturday TV: ‘Brooklyn DA’ Hangs It Up
We're back from vacation, only to find most of TV is on vacation as well. The short summer season of the documentary series "Brooklyn DA" (CBS, 9 p.m.) comes to…
‘Life’s Too Short’s Brief Return
I was among the few who enjoyed Ricky Gervais' "Life's Too Short," the Ricky Gervais series about a fictional Warwick Davis that drew the humor of dwarves from a different…
Anna Nicole: on TV Again
Any tabloid tale is fair game for a Lifetime movie. If they've done Jodi Arias and Amanda Knox, then why not Anna Nicole Smith, except that her death came so…
Travel Journal: Marketing the Sunset
Just over a week ago, a big full moon traveling a few thousand miles closer than usual made a big worldwide impression, especially from photographers with long lenses that made…
‘Dome’ a La King, Under Glass
If it wasn't from Stephen King, "Under the Dome" (CBS, 10 p.m.) would be laughed off pretty quickly, even as summertime fare. The series about a town that has a…
Desperate ‘Devious Maids’
How removed is Eva Longoria from her Latino roots? Enough not to see the latest soapy series she's executive producing is mostly just stereotypes. Yes, "Devious Maids" (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) is…
What’s On TV in Eurasia
America like to think it creates the entertainment for the rest of the world. But I have to say, from a hotel room in central Turkey, there is scarcely a…
James Gandolfini, 1961-2013
Shocking, of course, to hear of the death of James Gandolfini today in Italy at only the age of 51. A great actor with serious gravitas, he played a big…