Sunday TV: Mad Climate, Men
Would we care more about climate change if celebrities were involved? That's the motivation behind "Years of Living Dangerously" (Showtime, 10 p.m.), a new 10-part series that examines different aspects…
Seth Rogen’s Enabling Return to ‘SNL’
Seth Rogen has hosted "Saturday Night Live" a couple of times before, so maybe the novelty has worn off for him. He didn't seem tense or nervous, or didn't have…
Saturday TV: Tentacles from the Deep
It's surprising that the Syfy network has been so slow to follow up the success of hybrid monster B-movies epitomized by "Sharknado." But there's another one tonight, "Bermuda Tentacles" (Syfy,…
Friday TV: Cavalcade of Bombers
The world has had so many madmen among its leaders sometimes even the recent ones will slip your mind. So here's a documentary about "Mad Dog: Inside the Secret World…
Wine and Realization on ‘Parks and Rec’
Planning for the Pawnee Unity Concert on "Parks and Recreation" may go on as long as Barney's wedding weekend on "How I Met Your Mother." But if it continues to…
New ‘Late Show’ Host: Who is Stephen Colbert Really?
CBS did pundits a disservice Thursday by shutting down the burgeoning parlor game of guessing who would be taking over David Letterman's place when he retired next year. It's been…
Thursday TV: ‘FNAwful’ Show Idea
God-fearing country music fans (formerly served by this network) may want to know that the first word in the title of new "FNA USA" (CMT, 10 p.m.) stands for "F'in'…
‘American Idol’ Top 8 Tackle the ’80s
With last week's save, the Top 8 on "American Idol" Wednesday were the same Top 8 from last week, when Sam Woolf was unaccountably saved by judges. Nobody seemed more…
Wednesday TV: Inner Fish, Cat and Mouse
The connection between man and fish are the skull and spine, says paleobiologist Neil Shubin. It was Darwin who said that fish crawled to land to begin evolution into mammal,…
Tuesday TV: Dave Clark’s Tribute to Himself
Fifty years ago, the first group to kick The Beatles out of the No. 1 spot was another English group, the Dave Clark 5. The London band, largely unknown to…