‘House of Cards’ Wins Peabody, Too
The 2013 Peabody Awards, announced Wednesday included some of our favorite shows: "House of Cards," "Breaking Bad," "The Bridge," the Danish series "Borgen," "Broadchurch," "Key & Peele," "Orange is the…
Wednesday TV: Hollywood Collectable Dude
The Reelz channel's march from movies to all manner of reality shows finds a compromise in "Treasure King" (Reelz, 10 p.m.), in which Richie Marcello, a collector who works in…
Adam Takes His Steal on ‘The Voice’
The second set of Battle Rounds on "The Voice," instituted for what Carson Daly breathlessly declares is "the first time in 'Voice' history" actually look suspiciously like the first round.…
Tuesday TV: Mocking Nat Geo on April Fool’s Day
Maybe you turn into the nature programming on National Geographic Channel just so you can make fun of it. That's what the guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 do. Since…
Finale is a Bad ‘Mother’
"How I Met Your Mother" set its course nine seasons ago with a pilot that played havoc with expectations. A sitcom with that title shows you a couple with chemistry…
Monday TV: Finding Hope in Fading Towns
If basketball is king in rural Indiana, then the winless team is the goat. Such is the case for Medora, a tiny town in southern Indiana with a population of…
Weighing Humanity in ‘Walking Dead’ Finale
Fewer people showed up for the season finale of "The Walking Dead" Sunday than watched the season start. Both were still a considerable amount of people for a cable drama…
Sunday TV: Another Season of ‘Selfridge’
I figured a drama about a department store magnate might be worth one episode of "Masterpiece Classic" (PBC, 9 p.m.,check locallistings), two tops. Instead the BBC made a whole season…
‘SNL’ Review: C.K. Return is Just O.K.
The first time Louis C.K. hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 2012 it was quite an event -- one of those high water marks for the show. His return Saturday seemed…
Saturday TV: Wahlberg Awaits the Slime
Mark Wahlbeg is the unexpected host of the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.). It can't be from his cation movies, maybe its the reality show "Wahlburgers" that as…