Also on Saturday: ‘The Returned’ Does
The second season comes for “The Returned” (Sundance, 10 p.m.) and could it have come on a more suitable night? It starts six months after the first ended, with the…
Friday TV: Raising Spirits on Devil’s Night
They might not find anything more than Geraldo Rivera did in Al Capone’s tomb (in fact I’m sure they won’t), but the fun of the bizarre experiment “Exorcism: Live!” (Destination…
Jay Farrar’s Re-‘Trace’ at the Birchmere
The proof of music that’s truly enduring can now be clearly measured in decades, so with the 20th anniversary of the Son Volt debut “Trace” comes a tour by Jay…
Thursday TV: ‘Bones’ Vs. ‘Sleepy Hollow’
While it seems natural that shows in the “NCIS” or “Chicago P.D.” franchises would freely stage crossover episodes, it’s a bit more odd that a long-running, relatively fact-based show like…
Wednesday TV: More Epic Battles
The World Series has been pretty good so far, but another race that has often been just as fascinating this fall has been the presidential campaigning season, earning big ratings…
Tuesday TV: Killer Amongst the Hair Metal
As edgy as cable TV gets, network consistently gets it wrong in trying to convey the same mood. Take the new “Wicked City” (ABC, 10 p.m.), an anthology series in…
How ‘Supergirl’ Learned to Fly
Comic book heroes have already taken over movie houses and have been slowly proliferating on TV, mostly due to a couple of successful superhero shows on The CW, “Arrow” and…
Also on Monday: Dancing on the Spectrum
Any teenager’s first formal dance can be awkward and anxiety producing, but even more so for those on the autism spectrum. Director Alexandra Shiva’s sensitive “How to Dance in Ohio”…
Sunday TV: Another New Detective
As solid as the other Sunday night British dramas have been on public television, “Home Fires” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) and “Indian Summers” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Dispatch from Iowa’s Political Front
So much of politics is pageantry, and rarely is it in play as much as at the annual Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines the year before a Presidential…