Saturday TV: All About the Benjamins, Autism
One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder, a 30 percent jump from two years ago, when it was one in 88, the Center for Disease Control reported…
Friday TV: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Awakens
After adapting two earlier Tchaikovsky ballets, "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake," British choreographer Matthew Bourne takes on a third, "Sleeping Beauty," in a version taped at England's Bristol Hippodrome and…
The ‘Parks and Rec’ Mega Finale
Most television series have to keep a deliberate pace -- not a lot can change so as to keep the same equilibrium, cast and tone -- probably so someone tuning…
Thursday TV: New ‘Black Box,’ ‘Bad Teacher’
The wildly uneven new drama "Black Box" (ABC, 10 p.m.) is about a neurologist who is herself bipolar with her own manic episodes. Kelly Reilly plays the willowy doctor who…
Wednesday TV: Monkeys and Surviving
Normally I'm not a fan of the kind of nature movie that anthropomorphizes species in the wild, giving them names, imagining family tales, squabbles and epic struggles. But the photography…
Shakira’s ‘Empire’ Falters on ‘The Voice’
It was a big night for Shakira on "The Voice" Tuesday. She got to perform the title track from her new album, "Empire," only to see the near-collapse of her empire…
Tuesday TV: An Urgent Earth Day Report
The best way to mark Earth Day probably is to leave the set off altogether. But since that's not your choice, may I suggest a concise and eye-opening history of…
Monday TV: Sweet Soul of Muscle Shoals
Filmmaker Greg "Freddy" Camalier makes the case that it is the location, alongside the Tennessee River in Northwest Alabama that provided the magic to make the perfect setting for a…
New Turns for ‘Nurse Jackie’
Because of all the tough situations in "Nurse Jackie," chief of which is the title character's addiction to pills and drugs, people sometimes forget it's a comedy until its cast…
Sunday TV: In This ‘Salem,’ Witches Are Real
The Chicago "super station" tries its hand at original programming with "Salem" (WGN, 10 p.m.), an overheated return to witch hunting days with the caveat that the witches this time…