Thursday TV: New ‘McCarthys’ Not So Bad
The last network sitcom to premiere in the fall TV season, “The McCarthys” (CBS, 9:30 p.m., ) isn’t so bad. It shows how much a skilled cast can carry a comedy and…
Wednesday TV: Dylan Thomas’ Demise
The centenary of his birth this weeks is marked by the excess that lead to his death of the poet Dylan Thomas in one of the best TV movies of…
Kelley Caught in ‘Survivor’ Tribe Reshuffle
Being voted off of "Survivor" is a drag. But there were perks after Kelly Wentworth was eliminated from the newly reshuffled Coyopa tribe last week. “Eating! Running water!” she said…
Tuesday TV: The Rise of ISIS
A new "Frontline" (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) looks at the rise of ISIS, a steady rise that went mostly ignored according to the report by Martin Smith that…
Mailbag: ‘Boardwalk’s End, ‘Murder’s Start
A friend writes: How did you think 'Boardwalk' 's finale rated on the satisfaction scale? More intellectually resonant than emotionally, maybe. But extra points for being self-reflexive to a fault…
Monday TV: Soul Brother Number One
While producing the recent bio pic "Get On Up," Mick Jagger thought to also help produce -- and contribute -- to an Alex Gibney-directed documentary on James Brown, "Mr. Dynamite:…
Two Stage Reviews: Ali and Pirandello
The unusual alliance, in 1965, of boxer Muhammad Ali with Stepin Fetchit, the Depression-era comedian and stereotype, seemed so odd that it certainly deserves an imagined play chronicling their interaction.…
Sunday TV: ‘Boardwalk’s End
It's been a wonderful series. "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO, 9 p.m.) fleshed out the bootlegging business that made Atlantic City bustle in Prohibition Days through the character of Nucky Thompson, Steve…
Saturday TV: The Good Witch’s Return
The longest running franchise in Hallmark history involves a good looking witch in a small town. Catherine Bell returns as Cassie Nightingale in the new one, "The Good Witch's Wonder"…
Friday TV: ‘Constantine,’ Bennett, Gaga
The TV landscape has never been littered with so many comic book heroes, but my favorite of the bunch just might be “Constantine” (NBC, 10 p.m..), adapted from a DC comic…