Move Over ‘Girls,’ Here’s ‘Broad City’
As distinctive and funny as HBO's "Girls" is; as emblematic it is of a modern young woman in Brooklyn, they seem like entitled trust fund queens compared to the struggling…
Also on Wednesday: ‘Fashion Fund,’ ‘Wahlburgers’
There would seem to be no reason to have yet another designer competition, but "The Fashion Fund" (Oxygen, 10 p.m.) chronicles a competition that already exists. The Council of Fashion…
Tuesday TV: Stalking Wild Salinger
It was the mystery of the writer, combined with the power of his best known book "The Catcher in the Rye," that made J.D. Salinger an object of fascination. Every…
BenedictMania at PBS’ Press Day
Benedict Nation? Cumber Batches of Love? The mania over the actor Benedict Cumberbatch, the former Dr. Who turned movie star and modern Holmes on "Sherlock" turned the sometimes staid PBS…
Sting Breaks Songwriting Gap with Ship
It's not that Sting has been doing nothing since his last album of new songs. "It was probably eight years where I didn’t feel the urge to write a song,"…
TV Tonight: Start of ‘Klondike’ Miniseries
Nobody expected the network behind the reality series "Gold Rush" and "Bering Sea Gold" to turn out a pretty good scripted miniseries on the Canadian Gold Rush. But "Klondike" (Discovery,…
Also On Monday: ‘Blood Brother,’ Return of the Powerpuff Girls
Looking for authenticity, Rocky Bratt left Pittsburgh for India with no plan, but found himself helping and getting close to kids at an orphanage for children with AIDS and HIV.…
NBC’s Late Night Change-Up Details
NBC's musical chairs of late night start to move very soon, with the farewell appearances on"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to culminate Feb. 6, with his final guests Billy…
New HBO Comedy, ‘Looking’ OK
Because it's fairly young, chatty, urban and bitchy, the new "Looking" (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) seems a naural fit with the network's "Girls." But the new series from Andrew Haigh and…
Also On Sunday: ‘Sherlock’ Doubles British Drama
Benedict Cumberbatch returns with the best of the modern representations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation with a new season of "Sherlock" (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) and an…