Amazon’s New Batch of Shows
As difficult as it might be to adjust to TV watching on your laptop, the best new shows I've seen unveiled for the fall come on the streaming services. Amazon…
Tuesday TV: ‘Frozen’ Special, Cold War
Having had a hit with "Frozen," the Disney company endeavors to to exploit their good fortune. Not only will "Once Upon a Time" pick up on the story this fall…
Monday TV: ‘Houdini’ Needs More Magic
Adrien Brody seems well cast as the master illusionist in "Houdini" (History, 9 p.m.), a two part miniseries that is full of splendid period art direction. But there is something…
Sunday TV: Shorter Telethon, Minus Jerry
Labor Day Sunday and our thoughts turn to Jerry Lewis, unceremoniously relieved of the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon that made billions for the organization in a run of over 40…
Saturday TV: Finding Hitler’s Stolen Art
It's one of the most spectacular crimes when priceless art gets lifted from museums and collections, where they are in public view all day. Stolen art is often worth millions…
Playlist 8-29-14
As summer ebbs, perhaps the most comprehensive Labor Day set list to date, which ended with a saluted to what would have been Michael Jackson's 58th birthday. A set to…
Friday TV: The Woman Behind the Image
The unforgettable photograph "Migrant Mother" that Dorothea Lange shot for the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s perfectly captured the worry and bleak hopes the Depression brought to everyday families.…
Thursday TV: Football Seeps In
Thursday night, that once must-see showcase of the networks' best, looks to crumble this fall with the simple addition of Thursday Night Football on CBS. Local markets will do a…
Wednesday TV: Healing Races Through Glam
This may not be the way to fix the racial gulf in the U.S., but it's a try. On the new "Girlfriend Intervention" (Lifetime, 10 p.m.), four glammed-up African American…
Tuesday TV: The End of ‘Chelsea Lately’
When she appeared to introduce somebody at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday, Chelsea Handler looked like somebody's mom, coming to pick up Traci from the rave. That's not why…