Wednesday TV: Four Hour Countdowns
Once strictly a late night celebration, New Year's Eve has slipped down to fully take over prime time on most networks, sparking a four hour, full night countdowns with a…
Tuesday TV: Kennedy Center Honors
The best show of the holiday doldrums by far is The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 9 p.m.), the lone arts program of the year from broadcast TV, where…
Monday TV: Reality Show, with Singing
The odd midwestern show biz mecca of Branson, Mo., finally gets a showcase in the new "Branson Famous" (truTV, 10 p.m.), but it hardly gets outside of one theater, the…
Sunday TV: Valerie Cherish Says Bye Again
American TV is not yet hip to the British idea of presenting special episodes and big finales for shows during their holidays (rather than slogging reruns). But a good case…
‘Idol’ Couple in ‘Technicolor Dreamcoat’
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” was the musical Bible story Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber put together before they did “Jesus Christ Superstar” (and “Evita” and all the…
Saturday TV: Michael Sam Meets Oprah
Michael Sam, who gained headlines as the first gay player drafted to the NFL, finally sits down with Oprah Winfrey in hbis first interview since he was cut by the…
Playlist 12-26-14
Started with the great new D'Angelo album, paired with some of its antecedents, then moved on to salute Joe Cocker, who died this week and Ian McLagan of the Faces,…
Friday TV: Tsunami Ten Years On
it was a decade ago today that one of the deadliest tsunamis in history hit the Indian Ocean killing more than 250,000, leaving 1.7 million people homeless and affecting 18…
Thursday TV: Brits to the Rescue
The difference between the UK and the US is that on Christmas, families there crowd around the TV for special holiday editions of their favorite shows; in the U.S., all…
Wednesday TV: ‘Wrong Mans’ Return
Get to know the new host of "Late, Late Night," taking over for Craig Ferguson, when James Corden stars and co-writes in the second season of "The Wrong Mans" (Hulu,…