Here Comes God
And on the second day of press tour, Morgan Freeman visited. He’s host and executive producer of an upcoming National Geographic Channel series called “The Story of God.” It’s an…
Wednesday TV: More ‘American Crime’
When it premiered last year, John Singleton’s “American Crime” (ABC, 10 p.m.) was so different in approach, style and intent, touching subjects other networks shows never did, that it set…
Old Guys Start the Winter Press Tour
The TV Critics Association Winter Press Tour plugged in Tuesday in Pasadena, where over the next two weeks nearly 200 writers will be presented more than 100 panels about new…
Tuesday TV: Revisiting a Bayou Murder
If any network has a handle on crime procedural it must be the people at Discovery, who have a whole channel dedicated to true crime reenactments, Investigation Discovery. Still, the…
Monday TV: More Bad Dating Metrics
Some of the 28 smitten women on the 20th season premiere of "The Bachelor" (ABC, 8 p.m.) call Ben Higgins, the nondescript runner-up in last season's "Bachelorette," the best "Bachelor"…
Sunday TV: Last Season at the Abbey
That it’s the final season for “Downton Abbey” on “Masterpiece” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) seems about right. Running into 1925, the lifestyles of the mansioned lords and their…
Saturday TV: Evel Knievel vs. Evil Dead
It makes sense that head "Jackass" Johnny Knoxville would be interested in the antics of his predecessor Evel Knievil -- enough certainly to be producer of a documentary on the…
Playlist 1-1-16
First show of the new year was a weird one - a half hour prelude followed 90 minutes later by the conclusion. It was all because Janel and Anthony's show…
Remembering Natalie Cole, 1950-2015
Natalie Cole, who died New Year’s Eve at 65, had a solid R&B career going before she decided to get into the kind of standards popularized by her famous father,…
Friday TV: New ‘Sherlock’ for New Year
On what would otherwise be a first day of a new year marked by football, a rose parade and reruns, there's another effect of the British phenomenons where a big…