Wednesday TV: Music Returns to VH1
Once it was the mainstay of the network whose name stood for Video Hits One, but music programming is so rare now on VH1, it's worth noting the premiere of…
‘Downton’ Lowdown for Season Five
"Downton Abbey" stars appear annually at the TV Critics Association summer press tour. PBS is still giddy about its first hit so can't help continually promoting the imported English soap.…
Tuesday TV: More Network Chefs
In an age of "Top Chef," "Iron Chef," "Iron Chef America" (Food, 8 p.m.) "MasterChef" and "MasterChef Junior," her's another entry into the idea of cooking as a competition. "Food…
Monday TV: Manufacturing Bogus Terrorists
The boom in homeland security that followed 9/11 had several casualties, one of them justice, especially when it came to encouraging and then rounding up supposed home grown terrorists. It…
Details on ‘Fargo’ Season Two
The cast will be gone, the story will be different, and so will the time period. But the second season of "Fargo," its writer Noah Hawley said Monday, will again…
A ‘Gotham’ for All Times
Batman has come a long way since the primary-colored pop art of the 1966 “Batman” to the dark brooding Batman sequel “Gotham” that begins with some anticipation on Fox this…
Sunday TV: More Problems in the Future
Summer's the time for sci-fi sagas, apparently. Even on Lifetime, where the new series "The Lottery" (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) follows the premise of a near future in 2025 that has…
God Weighs in on TCA Picks with Darkness
Honoring antiheroes had its consequences Saturday at the 30th TV Critics Association Awards. Just after awarding "Breaking Bad" a repeat win as program of the year on a night that…
Saturday TV: Rumsfeld’s Remade History
Here's a beautiful use of the History channel, otherwise clogged by stuff like "Pawn Stars" (History, 8, 8:30 and 9 p.m.): Running recent documentaries about important events that might otherwise…
What’s Coming up for ‘Homeland’
Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin were away, shooting season four of "Homeland" in South Africa, where Capetown was meant to sub for Islamabad. But the producers appeared at the TV…