Monday TV: Kaitlyn Makes Her Choice
After the hubbub surrounding one Caitlyn on Sunday, the big choice comes from the Kaitlyn on "The Bachelorette" (ABC, 8 p.m.). It's a disheartening choice, between a still-creepy-seeming guy who…
Sunday TV: Caitlyn Takes Control
Nobody said "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" (E!, 7 p.m.) was going to be easy. The most prominent family spin-off tonight begins with "I Am Cait" (E!, 8 p.m.), the…
Saturday TV: Now It’s Tarantulas from Lava
On the heels of Wednesday's "Sharknado 3" (Syfy, 7 p.m.), which is getting a repeat tonight, here's another new hybrid of horror with the same kind of camp factor --…
Playlist 7-24-15
Because nobody was on at 9, I came in early to do something I've always wanted to do, the full "Whipping Post"/"Mountain Jam" from the Fillmore East that took about…
Friday TV: Salute to John Williams
John Williams is saluted on "Great Performances" (PBS, 9 p.m.), by the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel playing, among other things, selections from his score for "Schindler's List,"…
Thursday TV: ‘Wayward Pines’ Way Out
Mysterious TV series usually begin better than they end. Keep that in mind for the season finale of "Wayward Pines" (Fox, 9 p.m.), the claustrophobic new series about a town…
Scandinavian Art Standards: Slipping
“Art is anything you can get away with Check this out,” Marshall McLuhan once said. And I think of that quote every time I sense an artist is testing me,…
Wednesday TV: ‘Sharknado’ Invades D.C.
Talk about extreme weather. Oh, hell yes, it's "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No" (Syfy, 9 p.m.), the over the top shlock franchise that tries to top itself each time out.…
Tuesday TV: ‘Knock Knocking’ It
The good news about the new "Knock Knock Live" (Fox, 9 p.m.) is that it is NOT an hour of Kellie Pickler telling knock knock jokes. Instead, Pickler and a…
Monday TV: The Artist Who Disappeared
The disappearance of painter Edith Lake Wilkinson, who was part of a group that painted portraits and streets capes from the art colony in Provincetown, Mass., and committed to an…