Sunday TV: The Last of Worricker
David Hare's "Worricker" series comes to a close with the third and least effective episode, "Salting the Battlefield," on "Masterpiece Contemporary" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). It follows up…
Saturday TV: A Gripping ‘Missing’
Starz' original programming began in genre tales awash in the sex and violence premium cable allows with "Spartacus" and "White Sails." It began to become more rich in recent seasons…
Playlist 11-14-14
Started off the Friday Night rock show with a reprise of Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" in honor of his show here Sunday. Went into some mid-60s…
Friday TV: Another Awards Show
Too early for awards season? You bet it is. But here's The Hollywood Film Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.), on TV for the first time to fulfill the never ending desire…
Thursday TV: Echosmith’s Moment
Something new on VH1: Music! Sam Smith, Bleachers, Aloe Blacc and Echosmith all perform on "You Oughta Know - Live in Concert" (VH1, 9 p.m.), though most people know at…
Wednesday TV: Behind the Clay Army
Today, people might ride with blow-up dolls to get into HOV lanes. A similar ploy, times 8,000, was the plan of Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of a united China,…
‘Survivor’ Quitter Says She Was Rushed
To hear Julie McGee tell it, she wasn’t really ready to quit “Survivor: San Juan del Sur” in last week’s episode; it was the show’s producers were pushing her to…
Avoiding the Concert for Valor
The biggest concert in the known world was occurring just a couple of miles away, but I stayed home to watch it on TV anyway. The trouble with big, genre-jumping…
Tuesday TV: Big Concert Among Many Veteran’s Day Salutes
There is more events on TV saluting Veteran's Day tonight than there have ever been in recent years. That's what 13 years of war will tend to do. The biggest…
Monday TV: Vets on Hikes and Ice
Two documentaries meant to chronicle the American serviceman before Veteran's Day get to their point through unusual means. "The Last Patrol" (HBO, 9 p.m.) chronicles a trip filmmaker Sebastian Junger…