A Queen Becomes an Empress
Even as a recording artist with a similarly royal title, Queen Latifah may not have been destined to play the Empress of the Blues. But her starring as blues great Bessie…
Also Saturday: Louie C.K. on ‘SNL’ Finale
Having turned in a memorable episode last time he was there, Louis C.K. returns to host "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) on the occasion of its 40th season finale.…
Playlist 5-15-15
News of the death of B.B. King meant nearly three solid hours of his music -- so many great recordings he made over so many decades -- and plenty of…
Friday TV: Ballet Slowed Way Down
Ric Burns' history of the American Ballet Theater is at times a corporate-approved biography, at other times an explanation of the necessity of dance itself. Mostly, it's a lot of…
Remembering B.B. King, 1925-2015
B.B. King, who died Thursday at 89, was the man who made you feel good with the blues, with a distinctive and influential guitar style, powerfully soulful voice and gentle…
Dave’s Home Office Through the Years
There's hardly been any better TV this spring than the final David Letterman shows, where stars don't promote their projects, but bring their respect for the longtime host who's changed…
One ‘Crazy’ New Fall Show from The CW
The CW closed out the broadcaster's up fronts Thursday with a schedule that included just one new fall show and another two new titles in midseason. Mostly it continues its…
Thursday TV: Weird ‘Wayward Pines’
Playing a secret service agent in search of a couple of missing colleagues (one with whom he was having an affair) Matt Dillon finds himself in a bucolic, odd mountain…
CBS Upfronts: ‘Supergirl,’ Last ‘CSI’
CBS jumps into the superhero game and schedules the last episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" quite early in the season on the new 2015-16 schedule announced Wednesday at the…
Wednesday TV: Growing a Backbone
Ah, vertebrates! Let's hear it for them/us. Premier natural history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough traces the history of Earth's creatures with backbones that began in the sea and continued on…