Also on Tuesday: The New Yorker Streams
It’s not easy to turn your magazine into a television show. Vanity Fair is trying, using its true crime stories on Investigation Discovery. Esquire started its own network, which only…
Monday: Grammys, ‘11.23.63,’ ‘Saul’
Performances are the main point of The 58th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.), where Taylor Swift opens, Lady Gaga honors David Bowie and the surviving Eagles perform in honor…
Give Scorsese’s Electric ‘Vinyl’ A Spin
The dizzying heights of the record business in the early 70s is perfectly captured in the frenzy of music, drugs and change in the next great HBO series. Martin Scorsese…
Also On Sunday: Valentines and Vows
No use trying to ignore Valentine’s Day, which blossoms in a couple of cable movies, as well as in “The Bachelor at 20: A Celebration of Love” (ABC, 8 p.m.),…
Saturday TV: Dunking and Debating
The gravity-defying slam dunk is always a highlight of the high-flying NBA All-Star Saturday Night (TNT, 8 p.m.) that includes the skills competitions and three-point contest of the assembled players in…
Friday TV: The Story of B.B. King
A great case is made for B.B. King as king of the blues in the biography "B.B. King: The Life of Riley" by Jon Brewer making its debut on "American…
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…