Obama Between Two Ferns
Barack Obama added to his comedy resume this week with a sterling performance on Zack Galifianakis' showcase of non sequiturs, "Between Two Ferns." After a couple of minutes of banter,…
Tuesday TV: ‘From Dusk Til Dawn’ to TV
Robert Rodriguez turns his 1996 cult movie into a more regular thing with the new "From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series" (El Rey, 9 p.m.) in which the ruthless Gecko…
No Love in Ugly ‘Bachelor’ Finale
Juan Pablo Galvais has been turning women off with some regularity on "The Bachelor" all this season. Even on his finale Monday, he said something that so offended one finalist…
Monday TV: Hard to ‘Believe’
If nothing else, the new drama "Believe" (NBC, 10 p.m.) has a great pedigree: A new J.J. Abrams show co-created and directed by Alfonso Cuaron, who just won best director…
‘Girls:’ When Role Playing Goes Wrong
Twenty hours after finishing her "Saturday Night Live" hosting debut (I'm counting daylight savings time's start), Lena Dunham was back at work on "Girls" Sunday with the episode she warned…
Resonant, Harrowing ‘True Detectives’ End
Despite all the elaborate predictions and end stories being cooked up by fans, the finale of HBO's "True Detectives" Sunday sidestepped most of it. The identity of the killer was…
‘Cosmos’ Comes at a Crucial Time
For all the hype about "Cosmos" (Fox, 9 p.m.) and the fact that it's breaking new ground for a new millennium, updating the Carl Sagan classic in a manner so…
Also On Sunday: ‘Resurrection’ Seems Familiar, ‘True Detective’ Reaches its Finale
There's a very complicated explanation to refute the notion that "Resurrection" (ABC, 9 p.m.) is a remake of the much better French import "The Returned" that premiered last summer on…
Lena Dunham Livens Up ‘SNL’
Anyone doubting the comic chops of Lena Dunham need only witness her first hosting job at "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. She added verve and pizazz like no other host…
Saturday TV: Well Done ‘Bountiful’
The adaptation of beloved works with Africa-American casts isn't always successful -- or necessary. I'm thinking of the Queen Latifah remake of "Steel Magnolias" for Lifetime that didn't all that…