Tuesday TV: Technicolor at 100
It's the 100th anniversary of the patent granted to the developers of Technicolor, the most widely used color process for Hollywood films from 1933 to 1952. The centenary is marked…
When Business Writes History
I expected another benign array of American dates, names and artifacts when the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History opened its new Innovation Wing last week. Zippier display cases, sure. A…
Monday TV: ‘Tough Love’ on Public TV
Of the quarter million children removed from their families last year and put in foster care, the reason for 79 percent of the cases was not abuse, but neglect. A…
Sunday TV: Sharks Attack TV Schedules
They've moved Shark Week up a few weeks to put it more squarely into shark scare season. And sure enough, there's been a half dozen incidents off the coast of the…
Saturday TV: Bikes and Booms
Their nation's help was crucial in winning the American Revolution and today, on the 239th birthday of the U.S., it begins their big namesake bike race. Perfect timing for the…
Playlist 7-3-15
Well, patriotism, such as it is, and songs about the nation dominated the show tonight, of course in a playlist that's become even more predictable (from me) than the ones…
Friday TV: Into July, Darkly
The Friday salute to film noir continues into July on Turner Classic Movies all day with “Johnny Belinda” (6 a.m.), “Key Largo” (8 a.m.), “The Lady from Shanghai” (10 a.m.),…
Under the Spell of Slow TV in Norway
Took a last minute trip to Norway last week and though we spent our time in and around Oslo, it would seem like we saw the whole country. We stayed…
Thursday TV: More Network Food Contests
Have enough cooking shows yet? "Food Fighters" (NBC, 8 p.m.) returns for a second season with a regular person, in this case a Florida reporter, going head to head against…
Wednesday TV: Halle Return
A second season somehow starts for Halle Berry and "Extant" (CBS, 10 p.m.), the bar for success seemingly much lower in the summer than the rest of the year. "Extant," if…