Monday TV: A Different Way of Doing Things
Filmmaker Niko von Glasow, himself born with severely shortened arms, covers some determined competitors for the paralympics who make a great case for the term "differently abled,"in his engaging film…
Sunday TV: Back to the ’90s
Having done a kind of sloppy version on the decade before, "The '80s: The Decade That Made Us" (National Geographic, 2 p.m., playing all six of its episodes), the network…
Saturday TV: The 101st Tour de France
It's the European post-holiday sporting event that is part endurance race, part travelogue. The Tour de France 2014 (NBC Sports, 8 a.m.; TV5Monde, 2:30 p.m.) is more de Britain this…
Playlist 7-4-14
Started with the traditional (though not factual) annual birthday salute to Louis Armstrong, before embarking on the whole big Fourth of July playlist. But there was also time to remember…
Friday TV: Fireworks and All That
An unexpected theme of fire and water may emerge during the annual Fourth of July activities. As East Coasters nervously turn to The Weather Channel for updates on Hurricane Arthur,…
Thursday TV: Mae West, Young Man
Saucy American sex symbol Mae West first dressed as the Statue of Liberty in 1938 for a Vanity Fair photo shoot. Then Edith Head recreated the costume for her 1970…
Wednesday TV: New Grilling Competition
Just in time for the holiday weekend is a new food competition series called "American Grilled" (Travel Channel, 9 p.m.), in which backyard BBQ cooks trot out their best stuff…
Tuesday TV: Scanning the Pyramids
On the new "Time Scanners" (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) a structural engineer Steve Burrows uses all manner of new technology to scan structures and uncover mysteries at famous…
Flirting with WWIII on ’24’
In recent weeks, it seemed that the big event on "24: Live Another Day" had all been prematurely resolved. The errant drones were curbed; the President didn’t explode in Wembley…