Monday TV: Cup Dreams Amid Turmoil
Have you caught World Cup fever yet? It may happen today in Ghana vs. U.S. (ESPN, 6 p.m.), preceded by Germany vs. Portugal (ESPN, 11:30 p.m.) and Iran vs. Nigeria…
Sunday TV: PBS’ Gripping ‘Escape Artist’
Before he parlays his character from the excellent British "Broadchurch" into the remade Fox "Gracepoint," former "Doctor Who" David Tennant dons a barrister's wig in the taut drama "The Escape…
A Ravishing ‘Private Lives’
You’d be hard pressed to find a better night at the theater than the terrific production of “Private Lives” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Doffing the Bard in a season…
English Treatise on U.S. Drones
As the audience files into Studio Theatre’s “Grounded,” Lucy Ellinson is already standing at attention, almost imperceptibly. In the Gate Theatre production directed by Christopher Haydon, she’s behind the mesh…
Saturday TV: Very Fonda the Actress
A starlet who became one of the most controversial names in entertainment, only to re-emerge as a mogul's wife and workout queen and who continued a movie career through most…
Friday TV: Cupcake in Trailer Park
Katy Perry joins forces with Kacey Musgraves before a Los Angeles audience for a new "CMT Crossroads" (CMT, 10 p.m.), where they'll sing Perry's "Roar" and "Teenage Dream" as well…
Thursday TV: The World Cup Begins
There won't be as big an opening ceremony as there will be for the Olympics there in a couple of years, and most of it won't be available on TV,…
Wednesday: O.J., Not Just for ’94 Anymore
Kato Kaelin's phone has been ringing more often lately, we imagine, given the spate of 20th anniversary specials that reuse the miles of footage of blood-stained gloves, slow moving Broncos…
Mailbag: ‘Fargo,’ ‘Undatatable’ and More
A friend writes, of a "Fargo" episode a few weeks back: How did Lorne Malvo cause the car wreck by storm of fish?' Since it seems to fall in line…
Tuesday TV: ‘Chasing Life’ on ABC Family
ABC Family series tend to be like Lifetime movies that never end. In the newest one, "Chasing Life" (ABC Family, 9 p.m.), Italia Ricci plays a cub reporter at the…