Friday TV: Thinking Education on 9/11
Kids are back in school, weather is getting slightly cooler, so it's time for a Friday night, multi-network fundraiser for education. "Think It Up" (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, 8 p.m.)…
With Biden, Colbert Suddenly Gets Good
All my hopes for Stephen Colbert changing both late night and all of television faltered a bit after Tuesday's patchy start of "The Late Show," with its pointless George Clooney…
Thursday TV: NFL Season Begins
Never mind the cheating, scandals and arrogance. The NFL is still the biggest game in town (maybe because of all those things). So it's fitting that the ball-deflating team with…
No Trump on ‘The Simpsons’ This Fall
Although he looks like he came from a cartoon, Donald Trump won’t be part of “The Simpsons” this season, executive producer Al Jean says. Though the ever-busy “Simpsons” studio turned…
Wednesday TV: ‘You’re the Worst’ is Back
For their first seasons, I was much more of an advocate of the comedy "Married" than its accompanying "You're the Worst" (FXX, 10:30 p.m.). But the latter, returning tonight for…
Counting Success at Women’s Voices Gala
For an event meant to toast the start of the biggest festival yet for women playwrights, the Women’s Voices Theater Festival kickoff gala Tuesday featured a lot of numbers. Mostly,…
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Era Begins
The most exciting part of the new fall TV season for me comes not in a couple of weeks, when the broadcast networks roll out their new shows, not in…
Also on Tuesday: More from Seth Meyers
Today's the day when another talk show host, Seth Meyers, subsumes into his superhero character for a third season of animated series “The Awesomes” (Hulu, streaming) which employs the voices a…
Review: Modest Mouse at Echostage
Nineties bands, like the bands of the decades that preceded them, are learning that it’s better to retain the name of the beloved old outfit even if everything changes rather…
Monday TV: ‘The Civil War’ in Higher Def
Clear the decks for a week's worth of "The Civil War" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), the landmark Ken Burns documentary from 1990 that celebrates its 25th anniversary with…