Thursday TV: The World Cup Begins
There won't be as big an opening ceremony as there will be for the Olympics there in a couple of years, and most of it won't be available on TV,…
Wednesday: O.J., Not Just for ’94 Anymore
Kato Kaelin's phone has been ringing more often lately, we imagine, given the spate of 20th anniversary specials that reuse the miles of footage of blood-stained gloves, slow moving Broncos…
Mailbag: ‘Fargo,’ ‘Undatatable’ and More
A friend writes, of a "Fargo" episode a few weeks back: How did Lorne Malvo cause the car wreck by storm of fish?' Since it seems to fall in line…
Tuesday TV: ‘Chasing Life’ on ABC Family
ABC Family series tend to be like Lifetime movies that never end. In the newest one, "Chasing Life" (ABC Family, 9 p.m.), Italia Ricci plays a cub reporter at the…
‘Louie’s After School Pot Special
No wonder Louis C.K. took a year to produce his latest season of “Louie.” Every few episodes unfold like a little movie, with the deadpan flavor of 70s independent film.…
Go Big Dread: Absurdist Play About Nebraska Politics
Politics is such a relentless, fulltime obsession in D.C., it may never occur to you to duck into a theater to take in more of it. But Peter Sinn Nachreib’s…
Monday TV: New ‘Murder in the First’
Like his old "Murder One," years ago, Stephen Bochco's new "Murder in the First" (TNT, 10 p.m.) shares a number and the belief in creating an entire season out of…
Fisticuffs and Inspirational Speeches
The new AMC drama "Halt" and Catch Fire had some big shoes to fill. Sliding into the "Mad Men" timeslot was struggle enough, but it also came along just as…
Sunday TV: Jackman Back at the Tonys
Not so long ago, it was exiled to public television, if it was on the airwaves at all. Now, The 68th Annual Tony Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) is one of the…
Saturday TV: 50 Cent Adds Starz’ ‘Power’
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has tried his hand at a number of things from drugs to VitaminWater. Now he tries TV, in a new series "Power" (Starz, 9 p.m.), starring…