TV Tonight: Plummer Takes on Barrymore
Christopher Plummer won a Tony portraying another great actor, John Barrymore, in the 1997 one man play "Barrymore" that ran nine months to rave reviews. In the work by William…
Also on Friday: Billy Joel in Russia, 1987
It seems a little late for a film on Billy Joel's 1987 tour of Russia, a time when he was still married to Christie Brinkley and Alexa Ray was just…
Thursday TV: British Invasion, Ann’s Farewell on ‘Parks & Recreation’
I have to say much lauded reunion of the surviving Beatles at the Grammys Sunday wasn't that big a deal. Ringo Starr was purely an ornamental additional drummer to Paul…
Wednesday TV: The Man Who Gave Us Bond
Eventually, when the original James Bond adventures have long ago run out and cable has replayed "Goldfinger" (BBC America, 8 p.m.) to the breaking point, it may be time to…
Tuesday TV: State of the Union and Such
The President's State of the Union Address (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS, CSPAN, CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, Fox News, 9 p.m.) is the annual civics ritual. But more than that,…
Remembering Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
The death of Pete Seeger Monday at 1994 brings to an end of one of the great names in American music, a personification of folk music and the folk spirit,…
Tonight On TV: All About ‘The Mother’
As "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS, 8 p.m.) nears its end it presents one of its most unusual episodes tonight -- its 200th -- as it concentrates solely on…
Also On Monday: Doc on Herblock
Herbert L.Block wielded one of the darkest pens in editorial cartooning and he did it for a long time -- 55 years at the Washington Post through 13 Presidents and…
Sunday TV: Pairing Up for the 56th Grammys
Since only about 10 of the 82 awards will be given during the three hours of primetime allotted to the 56th Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.), it will all be…
New Tonight: ‘Black Sails’ on Starz
After Jack Sparrow to Captains Phillips and Hook, pirates seem among us again, eough to warrant a limited series about the adventure. "The Black Sails" (Starz, 9 p.m.) is an…