Also On Monday: Swimsuits and Steinberg
The groundhog blew it Sunday. But a sure sign of spring is the unveiling of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. It's a sexist exercise, sure. But the two hour prime time…
Diversity Comes to ‘Downton Abbey’
One of the more lopsided Super Bowl games in recent history (and not too many memorable commercials to look out for) made it easy to slip over to "Downton Abbey"…
Some Thoughts on the Super Bowl
Well, the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman cast a pall on just about everything in this fake holiday over a football game. The Puppy Bowl seemed dumb and dated in…
The Sad Shocking Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Among the many things dangled before our eyes at the TV Critics winter press tour last month, one of the easy standouts was for Showtime's planned "Happyish." It starred Philip…
Sunday TV: Super Over Blown
The NFL championship game of Seattle vs. Denver (Fox, 6:30 p.m.) in New Jersey will certainly be the most watched and already is the most overblown event of the year.…
Saturday TV: Gabby Douglas and Other Sports
At a time when they could well be bringing back their Amanda Knox film, Lifetime brings something a little more uplifting in "The Gabby Douglas Story" (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). It's…
Playlist 1-31-14
Rather strange edition of the big Friday night radio show began and ended early, but included a Chinese New Year salute to the Year of the Horse, a long retrospective…
TV Tonight: Plummer Takes on Barrymore
Christopher Plummer won a Tony portraying another great actor, John Barrymore, in the 1997 one man play "Barrymore" that ran nine months to rave reviews. In the work by William…
Also on Friday: Billy Joel in Russia, 1987
It seems a little late for a film on Billy Joel's 1987 tour of Russia, a time when he was still married to Christie Brinkley and Alexa Ray was just…
Thursday TV: British Invasion, Ann’s Farewell on ‘Parks & Recreation’
I have to say much lauded reunion of the surviving Beatles at the Grammys Sunday wasn't that big a deal. Ringo Starr was purely an ornamental additional drummer to Paul…