Songs That Won’t Get Played at Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral
They spent the day eulogizing the former prime minister, who likely put a stamp on British politics, for better or for worse, for more than a decade But few political…
Monday TV: Two Strong Documentaries
Complaints about television would wither if you spent most your time watching absorbing, commercial-free documentaries on important topics. Two of them are on tonight. Eugene Jarecki's "The House I Live…
Don Draper Alone in a Dark Wood
Something is all wrong about Don Draper with a tan. The makers of "Mad Men" have made it their passion to keep everything authentic on the show that returned for…
It’s All About ‘Mad Men,’ One More Time
Maybe I did something to give too much away the last time a new season started. Or I wrote something Matthew Weiner didn't like. Most likely of all, a mere…
Also on Sunday: With ACMs, Too Much Shelton
If there's a way that Blake Shelton can be overexposed it may happen tonight as he co- hosts The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) with…
Melissa McCarthy Kills Again on ‘SNL’
Melissa McCarthy is the rare performer who rather than being an ornament as host of "Saturday Night Live," a flashy tool to help the rest of the cast do their…
Saturday TV: Final Four Finally Here
Are you still in it? The Final Four comes down to this, in prime time from Atlanta (but no longer in March): Wichita State vs. Louisville (CBS, 6 p.m.) and…
Friday TV: ‘Vice,’ ‘Vegas’ and Marauders
It's never bad to have a new documentary series bent on presenting undercovered hotspots of the world. The new "Vice" (HBO, 11 p.m.) grows out of the hip-hop magazine of…
‘The Office’ Readies to See ‘The Office’
Steve Carell appeared momentarily in Thursday's farewell season episode of "The Office," but only as part of the clips that served as the trailer to the upcoming TV documentary series, finally…
Roger Ebert, 1942-2013
It was a shock to hear of the death of Roger Ebert Thursday at the age of 70. Only two days earlier, he had announced his "leave of presence" as…