Monday TV: A Bio Film on Susan Sontag
The author and intellect Susan Sontag is profiled as more of a celebrity in Nancy Kates' "Regarding Susan Sontag" (HBO, 9 p.m.), seeming slightly more interested in the many lovers…
Sunday TV: ‘Red Tent’ No Safe Shelter
You'd think from its crimson fabric, it's another holiday movie. But no, "The Red Tent" (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) is the ponderous, two-night adaptation of Anita Diamant's best-selling novel about forgotten…
Franco’s ‘SNL’ Weapon: Nicki Minaj
It was a packed and satisfying "Saturday Night Live" this week and not just because of the usual pre-holiday boost. James Franco has done this job before and, after kind…
Saturday TV: Guardian Angel Overload
The notion of a guardian angel helping someone who could use it at Christmas is probably best known in "It's A Wonderful Life" (NBC, 8 p.m.), the oldest movie still…
Yo La Tengo Turns 30 at the 9:30
After a few big shows in New York earlier this week to really mark the 30th anniversary Yo La Tengo first took to the stage, the band played the sold-out…
Friday TV: Sundance’s ‘One Child’
It might seem that the two night miniseries "One Child" (Sundance, 9 p.m.) may be out of sync with other holiday fare. But the story of a college woman of…
We All Survived ‘Peter Pan Live!’
Although it seems to have received half the viewers of last year's live musical event, NBC's "Peter Pan Live!" was a step up from "The Sound of Music" on a…
Thursday TV: Newbie in ‘Peter Pan’ Tights
It didn't matter that NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!" a year ago got mixed reviews. Enough people watched it live (even to see it fall on its face) to…
Theatre Review: ‘Mutts’ on Stage
One of the best thing I did at my last newspaper was convincing them to run “Mutts,” the comic strip by Patrick McDonnell. A simple strip about dogs and cats…
Wednesday TV: A Tree is Lit
Time to flick on the switch on "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" (NBC, 8 p.m.). The 82nd tree-lighting ceremony features an 85-foot, 90-year-old Norway spruce donated from Pennsylvania. The "Today" crew…