Thursday TV: More Bad Teachers
The second in the number of cable comedies about the life of not the best teachers, originating from a regional improv comedy troupe, is the crude and largely unfunny "Those Who…
Wednesday TV: If You Can Remember
Does anybody remember what’s on TV Wednesday nights? Well the whole notion of memory is challenged on a fascinating new “Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) that includes some…
Tuesday TV: Inside Fantasy Football
The Super Bowl may be over, but sports betting continues unabated, especially the betting that goes under the name "fantasy." In a collaborative report with the New York Times, "Frontline"…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
An interview with Julie Newmar, the original Catwoman, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of “Batman.” A Q&A with David Cassidy, who is out on tour 45 years after…
Samantha Bee Breaks Through
The boys club of late night infotainment is shattered tonight with the inaugural episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" (TBS, 10:30 p.m.). The longtime "Daily Show" correspondent is hosting…
Also on Monday: Preventing Terror
Except in some political debate circles, fighting terrorism is not easy. And in Greg Barker's documentary "Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma" (HBO, 9 p.m.), it's downright complex. At what point is…
Theater Review: ‘The City of Conversation’
When Anthony Giardina’s “The City of Conversation” opened at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater in 2014, the depiction of a Georgetown political salon seemed so perfectly reflective of Washington, Arena…
Sunday TV: Roman Numerals Are Gone
The most hyped concussion-making event of the day, Super Bowl 50 (CBS, 6:30 p.m.) occurs in San Diego where somewhere inside all the excess and the overpriced ads it will…
Theater Review: ‘Father Comes Home…’
Suzan-Lori Parks has made her name updating Civil War lore in striking modernist terms in "Topdog/Underdog," the Pulitzer Prize winner from 2001, the same year she won a MacArthur "genius" grant.…
Saturday TV: Death of a Photojournalist
The photojournalist who was kidnapped on Thanksgiving Day 2012 and went missing for two years before his execution video by ISIS is the subject of the documentary "Jim: The James…