A Little Walking Around Theatre
After being told I couldn’t even get in the door at the Spooky Action Theatre until my cell phone was shut off, I thought: They are really cracking down on…
Wednesday TV: Kristen Bell Returns to Host CMT Awards for Third Time
Country continues its march to mainstream, from the newly launched Rolling Stone Country to the 2014 CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8 p.m.) whose host for the third year is out…
Monday TV: Making Nobodies Famous
Making nobodies into stars is what reality TV has been about. Tonight, it gets more specific, in the new show "Famous in 12" (The CW, 8 p.m.) in which five…
Action Heats Up on ’24’
Cutting a season of "24" down to 12 episodes seems to have done something to its velocity, urgency and the amount of action it packs into each week’s show. This…
Monday TV: A Hard Day’s Half Century
The 50th anniversary of the British Invasion is marked by Turner Classic Movies with a restored version of the Beatles' classic "A Hard Day's Night" (8 p.m.), the film that…
‘Veep’ Goes to the Debates
"Veep" is one of the few serialized series that doesn’t need to hit everyone over the head with what’s happened previously before starting every episode. Like Selina Meyer, it just…
Sunday TV: Building a New PC
It's impossible to fill the hole left by the season's end of "Mad Men," but "Halt and Catch Fire" (AMC, 10 p.m.) is a pretty strong entry, depicting the efforts…
The Very Nostalgic Rock Hall Inductions
There should be some consideration in the coming years, not to have an annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony; to skip a year or so. There is…
Also on Saturday: Celebs Impersonate Singers
ABC goes all in for a Saturday night reality show summer, with the return of the lowly "Bet on Your Baby" (ABC, 8 p.m.), because they're more fun than turtle races; and…
Playlist 5-30-14
Another four hour show that skipped around, highlighting shows coming to town by Smokey Robinson, Jason Isbell and The Old 97's. Also, couple of previews of the Rock and Roll…