Thursday TV: Dr. Oz With a Knife
He's a favorite of afternoon TV and was guest star on the summer documentary "NY Med." So now, Dr. Mehmed Oz has his own show following his work in surgery.…
Wednesday TV: More ‘Web Therapy’
It's quite a few weeks for Lisa Kudrow. Just before her comedy "The Comeback" returns to HBO after nine years Nov. 9, here she is on the rival premium cable…
Drew Imploded Before Tonight’s Tribe Switch on ‘Survivor: San Juan del Sur’
To look at it now, it would have been so easy for Drew Christy, the impetuous and outspoken dude on “Survivor: San Juan del Sur—Blood vs. Water” to have just…
Tuesday TV: World Series Plays Ball
Trisha Yearwood sings the National Anthem for Game 1 of the Fall Classic, with San Francisco at Kansas City (Fox, 8 p.m.) for the World Series. If it’s basketball you’re…
Monday TV: Domestic Abuse, also Football
It's a dark irony that Cynthia Hill's compelling documentary on domestic abuse "Private Violence" (HBO, 9 p.m.) is playing opposite the NFL, where a number of cases have been recently…
Sunday TV: Devilish ‘Treehouse’ on ‘Simpsons’
The 25th edition of “Treehouse of Horror” on “The Simpsons” (Fox, 8 p.m.) is not only a good one, it actually happens before Halloween (post season baseball has played havoc…
Mailbag: Mulling a Couple of Fox Shows
A friend writes: I think I like 'Mulaney' better than I'm supposed to. I always felt not enough sitcoms really learned from 'Seinfeld' 's example, or maybe that all the…
Saturday TV: Three New TV Movies
While most networks have gotten completely out of the business of TV movies, a few places turn out new films week in and week out. Two of them have better…
Playlist 10-17-14
It's Chuck Berry's 88th birthday, so there was a lot of the pioneer of rock and roll and his wittily written songs. Then there was a lot of Jayhawks, since…
Friday TV: Dave Grohl’s Rock Travelogue
"Foo: Fighters Sonic Highways" (HBO, 11 p.m.) grew out of the band's desire to do something different for an album marking its 20th year. Rather than go to one city…