Monday TV: Finding Hope in Fading Towns
If basketball is king in rural Indiana, then the winless team is the goat. Such is the case for Medora, a tiny town in southern Indiana with a population of…
Weighing Humanity in ‘Walking Dead’ Finale
Fewer people showed up for the season finale of "The Walking Dead" Sunday than watched the season start. Both were still a considerable amount of people for a cable drama…
Sunday TV: Another Season of ‘Selfridge’
I figured a drama about a department store magnate might be worth one episode of "Masterpiece Classic" (PBC, 9 p.m.,check locallistings), two tops. Instead the BBC made a whole season…
‘SNL’ Review: C.K. Return is Just O.K.
The first time Louis C.K. hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 2012 it was quite an event -- one of those high water marks for the show. His return Saturday seemed…
Saturday TV: Wahlberg Awaits the Slime
Mark Wahlbeg is the unexpected host of the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.). It can't be from his cation movies, maybe its the reality show "Wahlburgers" that as…
Friday TV: Patina Miller Sings on PBS
"Live from Lincoln Center" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) kicks off its 39th season with a performance by Broadway star Patina Miller, who told reporters at the winter press…
Thursday TV: Mean Dad for Laughs
There is a false notion that if a family comedy is based on a witers' actual experience, then it must be funnier as well. That's he idea for "The Goldbergs,"…
Wednesday TV: A Final Case for ‘Psych’
One of the great influential cable series of this century was "Monk," which blended a caper with a kind of light-heartedness not often seen since screwball films. From that same…
Final ‘Voice’ Battle Round, Until the Next
The judges have been a little grabby during the battle rounds on "The Voice" this season. Just about every one of them has picked up their allotted steals already. The…
Tuesday TV: Schama’s ‘Story of the Jews’
The author and historian Simon Schama has made his mark as one of TV's most animated and erudite hosts with his past histories of art, England and America. He seems…