Friday TV: ‘The Butler’ Makes Its Bow
Saturday isn't the only night for premium movie premieres. Showtime has lately been dropping them on Fridays as well. That's the case with tonight's "Lee Daniels' the Butler" (Showtime, 9…
More Football Despite Concussions
The NFL gobbles another night of prime time this fall, when "Thursday Night Football" debuts on CBS, where it will likely obliterate competition and top the ratings of all competitors…
Keeping It, Well, You Know, on ‘The Real’
The new daytime talk show “The Real” may well make “The View” look like a grad school economics seminar by comparison. The new show features scattered reality show and pop…
Thursday TV: New Shows, One Naked
A whole load of new shows begin tonight on broadcast and cable. The strongest are a couple of insurrectionist anti-romantic comedies from the network that you might expect from the…
Keeping ‘Parks’ in the Future
While hosting a set visit to the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” set Wednesday for reporters as part of the TV Critics Association summer press tour, show co-creator Mike Schur took time to…
Wednesday TV: A Strong ‘Divide’; ESPYs
These days, not only does all the best TV drama reside on cable, but it's getting to be that even the most minor cable network has its own great fare.…
More from Larry Wilmore
Diversity was the byword during ABC's day at the TV Critics summer press tour. "If you look at shows now that seem to lack diversity," network chief Paul Lee said,…
Tuesday TV: ‘Matador’ Bows on El Rey
Continuing the singular vision of network founder Robert Rodriguez, the new "Matador" (El Rey, 9 p.m.) begins a campy, nearly B-movie storyline of a DEA agent enlisted to infiltrate a…
Meredith Vieira’s Return to Daytime
Amid the young stars of the NBC Network party at the TV Critics Press Tour the other night, the familiar face of Meredith Vieira stood out. The longtime "Today" and…
Tonight: How to Watch a TV Show
David Rees began his career as a cutting editorial cartoonist, whose "Get Your War On" ran in Rolling Stone for years. When he found himself working for the census, sharpening…