‘The Office’ is Farmed Out
The final season of "The Office" offered a glimpse at what might have been Thursday: a true spin-off involving life on the beet farm with Dwight. NBC ultimately turned down…
Thursday TV: Following the ‘Funeral Boss’
In December, TLC initially shelved its special "Best Funeral Ever" (Discovery Fit & Health, 9 p.m.) because its outrageous themed ceremonies at a Dallas funeral home seemed at odds with…
‘American Idol’s Season-Long Wild Card
"American Idol" is said to have eliminated the Wild Card option this year - whomever voters choose to eliminate will stay gone. But there is one one wild card the…
A Couple of Nights at the Opera
After a couple of initial, lesser attempts, Giacomo Puccini first found his footing in opera with "Manon Lescault," an adaptation of a popular 19th century novel that had already been…
Wednesday TV: Rogosin Salute, ‘Survivor’
Those carefully-cast and practically-scripted reality shows are sometimes called "docu-series." Which is an insult to actual docudramas as developed by filmmaker Lionel Rogosin in the late 50s. His documentary work,…
Tuesday TV: ‘Preacher’s Daughters,’ Chefs
A special heartache for preachers are their occasionally wayward children, whose actions sometime reflect poorly on their family and profession. Of the young women followed on the new "Preachers' Daughters"…
‘Bachelor’ Chooses Mate for TV Wedding
The three-hour season finale of "The Bachelor" seemed longer than a papal conclave. All that had to happen was one choice between two women. When that finally occurred beside a…
Monday TV: ‘Kings Point,’ End for ‘Bachelor,’ J.R.
While visiting her grandmother at a retirement community in Delray Beach, Fla., Sari Gilman started bringing her camera. After a while she had a narrative of the tough old birds…
Sunday TV: ‘The Client List’ Returns
The police are at Riley's house as the second season starts for "The Client List" (Lifetime, 10 p.m.). So maybe the season won't last too long for Jennifer Love Hewitt…