Monday TV: Kelley’s Back, Strong Church Doc
David E. Kelley, who had multiple shows on TV at once, from "Chicago Hope" to "The Practice" with "Ally McBeal" to "Harry's Law," returns to the medical procedural on the…
‘Elementary Stab’ at Post-Super Bowl Slot
It's always a matter of some discernment each year when the network that gets the Super Bowl decides which of its shows to showcase following the game. Some choose new…
Sunday TV: Bowls, in Both Super and Puppy
Apparently there's a football game on tonight. Baltimore vs. San Francisco (CBS, 6:25 p.m.) represents Super Bowl XLVII. It's not just the game, though; it's the other fuss, the overdone…
Saturday TV: Lifetime Widow Pic ‘Betty & Coretta’
Black History Month takes a strange turn tonight with the TV movie "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), about the friendship and alliance between the widows of Martin Luther King…
Stage Review: ‘Our Town’ at Ford’s Theatre
The history is fairly palpable in the new production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Ford's Theater. It's the 75th anniversary production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that reflected life…
Friday TV: Image Awards, Super Bowl Concert
Black History month gets a quick start with The 44th NAACP Image Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.). The event, held live from Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, honors standouts in the…
Farewell to ’30 Rock’
Tough to say goodbye to one of the smartest and most consistent network comedies of the century. "30 Rock " (NBC, 8 p.m.) bids farewell after seven seasons and a…
Also on Thursday: Already Doing Harm
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" has been adapted and ripped off so many times on TV, it's hardly surprising that there's yet another one posing as…
Spies Next Door in ‘The Americans’
You couldn't find a more pleasant couple to watch in a new TV show than Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell. He was the standout actor in "Brothers and Sisters"; she's…
Also on Wednesday: Commercials with Commercials
There's one day a year people really pay attention to commercials, and it's this Sunday. But to stretch out that moment, and to pretend that past years really gave us…