Monday TV: ‘Castle’ Comes Tumbling Down
A few season finales fall heavier since the announcements of their demise. So it’s the last you’ll see of “Castle” (ABC, 10 p.m.), which leaves after eight seasons, with no…
NBC Upfronts: Just Three New Fall Shows
NBC began the springtime ritual of broadcast network upfronts Sunday — a time when the network show their roster for the coming TV season in order to lure advertising enthusiasm.…
Sunday TV: The Scourge of Gun Deaths
The statistics continue to be alarming — 33,000 deaths a year. But the solutions are excruciatingly slow in coming in dealing with America’s gun violence crisis. Katie Couric surveys the…
Saturday TV: Eurovision Finales at Last
The biggest pop music competition in the world can finally be seen on U.S. television. The live finale of the Eurovision Song Contest (Logo, 3 p.m.) comes this afternoon on…
Playlist 5-13-16
A Friday the 13th show was chock full of birthday salutes to those still with us -- Stevie Wonder, Danny Kirwan and Overend Watts, among them -- and those who…
All Your Shows Are Going Away
Broadcast networks are clearing the decks in anticipation of next week’s up-fronts, when they announce rosters of new shows they hope will do a little better. Until then, the damage…
Friday TV: Lenny Kravitz Goes on Tour
“Just Let Go: Lenny Kravitz Live” (Showtime, 8 p.m.) is a documentary taken of the rock star during six months of his “Strut Tour” through Paris, Prague, New Orleans and…
Review: Iris DeMent, Loudon Wainwright III
Iris DeMent’s career had already been something of a miracle: a clear voiced Southern gospel wail from a woman who wasn’t even that sure of her religion, whose vocal power…
Thursday TV: Vegas Crime, ‘Scandal’ Finale
The new series “Las Vegas Law” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.) follows the work of Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson and his team of prosecutors as they work on a…
Wednesday TV: Chelsea’s New Talk Show
Chelsea Handler returns to the talk show format, but on a different platform than her last one on E! “Chelsea” (Netflix, streaming) means to shake up the late night format. So…