The Remarkable ‘Olive Kitteridge’
Frances McDormand is an inveterate reader. So when a friend handed her a copy of Elizabeth Strout's "Olive Kitteridge" about six years ago, she devoured it. "Loved it," she said.…
Also on Sunday: Walking a Wire in Chicago
Sometimes TV can be as basic as a football game, a long-distance police chase or a guy walking on a wire. When Nik Wallenda walked across the Niagara Falls for…
Chris Rock’s Return to ‘SNL’ (Prince 2)
The last time Chris Rock hosted "Saturday Night Live," I'm convinced, it made him into an A-level comic. An extended monologue that was part of his peerless 1996 "Bring the…
Saturday TV: Finding the Disappeared
"The Disappeared," a new documentary on "Fault Lines" (Al Jazeera America, 7 p.m.) examines the alarming rise of kidnappings in Mexico, with more than 22,000 people since the government's war…
Playlist 10-31-14
A four hour show on Halloween was sort of a test: Could I play three hours of holiday music? Oh yes. We learned a lot of things: There were certainly…