‘Mad Men’ Returning April 7
Here's another reason to long for the spring: the sixth season of "Mad Men" returns to AMC April 7 with a two hour episode directed by creator Matthew Weiner. There's…
New ‘Amazing Race’ Teams Named
Twin brother OB/GYNs, hockey playing brothers, father-son cancer survivors, roller derby moms, a pair of Southern firefighters and two female country singers -- one related to John Wayne, the other…
On Tonight: A Whiz-Bang Look at Drones
Because it's a science show, the approach on "Nova" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) toward drones is more of the gee-whiz, ain't technology cool point of view. While it's interesting to…
Also On Wednesday: Attenborough’s Legacy, Mora Kimora, Atlantans to Avoid
Richard Attenborough celebrates his nearly six decades in nature filmmaking with a three part series on "Nature" (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) that tracks not only his work from…
Tuesday TV: ‘Taste’ of a New Show, Odd Travel
For what started as another "American Idol" copycat show, "The Voice" has certainly been influential in reality TV, inspiring first the dating show variation "The Choice" and now the cooking…
The Inaugural, Max Headroom Style
It felt like I should go down and see the inaugural today since I'm a D.C. resident. But "seeing" is not quite what happened. Amid the crowds, the immense security…
Monday TV: Unfollowing ‘The Following’
Talk about the wrong series for the wrong time. The high budget serial killer yarn "The Following" (Fox, 9 p.m.) features too many rooms of bloody bodies as it tries…
What’s on TV: Introducing Saturdays on a Sunday
Can't count the number of times the hottest acts of the UK have failed to make a spark in the U.S. Groups in general have had a problem. But in…
Monaghan’s ‘Wild Things’ a Tribute to Irwin
Dominic Monaghan, the British actor from "Lost" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, finds a new vocation tonight in hosting his own extreme animals series. "Wild Things with Dominic…
On ‘Ripper Street,’ Clothes Make the Man
The latest period piece for TV is "Ripper Street," which is more successful than the BBC America's last scripted show, "Copper," though it covers roughly the same time. "Ripper Street" (BBC…