New Faces and Old on ‘Boardwalk’
Old faces returned to "Boardwalk Empire" Sunday, from Nucky’s brother Eli, in his own kind of exile, working for Van Alden under Capone; and Gretchen Mol’s Gillian, not seen since…
‘The Roosevelts’ Begins on Public TV
If the vivid subjects of "The Roosevelts" (PBS, 8 and 10 p.m., check local listings) dominated the White House for 19 of the first 45 years of the 20th century,…
Also On Sunday: Miss America and Generals
You’d think with the end of “Bachelor in Paradise,” we’d be rid of Chris Harrison for a while. But no, he plays the Bert Parks role on Miss America Pageant (ABC,…
Saturday TV: Francis Scott Key’s Song Turns 200
It's one of the hardest songs to sing, especially at ball games But Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner" has endured as our National Anthem from the time he unveiled…
Friday: Bill Maher Live from D.C. Twice
"Real Time with Bill Maher" (HBO, 9 p.m.) returns for its 12th season an hour early, in a live show from the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall in D.C.…
Thursday TV: A ‘Nutty Professor’ on 9/11
Every year on this date the past dozen years, I'd chide networks for their programming choices and its any tone-deafness to the solemn anniversary of 9/11. Everybody's apparently over that…
Wednesday TV: Vaccines Get Shot in the Arm
You would think a science based show like "Nova" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) would come down a little harder on anti-vaccine advocates, whose fear mongering and shot avoidance…
Tuesday TV: Ebola and Torture in Africa
Things are grim in Africa. That's clear simply from the gripping, boots-on-the-ground reporting on an urgent new "Frontline" (PBS, 10 p.m.) about the effort trying to stop the spread of the ebola…
Rings and Splits in ‘Paradise’ Finale
It takes a long, grueling season to come up with one possible long term romance each time on "The Bachelor." But on this summer's variant "Bachelor in Paradise" seemed to succeed…
Monday TV: The Firefighters’ Life
Just yesterday, Steve Buscemi was putting in good work on the last season premiere of his series "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO2, 8 p.m.; HBO, 1 a.m.) . Tonight, he turns back…