End of ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’
I’m so sad about the end of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.) I can hardly write about it. He’s not just been some kind of…
Thursday TV: Political Season’s First Debates
The irony of Jon Stewart’s last night is that it comes on a night that he would have loved to have covered on his show: The Republican Primary Debate (Fox,…
At TCA: Reassuring the Bachelorette
There wasn't much exciting going on at the ABC Party of the TV Critics Association summer press tour. Mostly we were waiting around for the traditional Tienneman Square style security…
Tyra Returns, With Another New Word
Tyra Banks is back all over. In addition to a 22nd (!) cycle for her "America's Next Top Model" (The CW, 8 p.m.) starting tonight, there is also a syndicated…
Also on Wednesday: Six New Shows
It's not a network's greatest show of confidence to schedule new sitcoms during the dog days of August, at a time when many Americans are on vacations and executives are…
Why Shonda Rimes Killed McDreamy
Shonda Rimes and her production company ShondaLand may own Thursday nights on ABC. But bring her before a group of reporters at the TV Critics Association summer press tour and…
Greg Louganis is ‘Back on Board’
One of the greatest divers in the history of the sport, Greg Louganis swept the springboard and platform competitions in back to back Olympic games in 1984 and 1988, a…
Also on Tuesday: LBJ’s Civil Rights Push
Did aftershocks of the assassination of President Kennedy help or hinder the efforts to achieve a Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act? It's examined in the documentary "JFK…
Monday TV: Comedy Mothers Come and Go
It's one mom in and another mom out as Krista Allen stars in the new sitcom "Significant Mother" (The CW, 9:30 p.m.) about a restauranteur played by Josh Zuckerman who…
Sunday TV: ‘Bachelor’ on the Beach
Despite all the machinations to make you believe the main intent is matchmaking, the "Bachelor" spinoff "Bachelor in Paradise" (ABC, 8 p.m.) proves that sleaze and forced pickups are at…