Also on Thursday: Already Doing Harm
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" has been adapted and ripped off so many times on TV, it's hardly surprising that there's yet another one posing as…
Spies Next Door in ‘The Americans’
You couldn't find a more pleasant couple to watch in a new TV show than Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell. He was the standout actor in "Brothers and Sisters"; she's…
Also on Wednesday: Commercials with Commercials
There's one day a year people really pay attention to commercials, and it's this Sunday. But to stretch out that moment, and to pretend that past years really gave us…
Tuesday TV: Henry Ford and Some New Shows
Henry Ford's history is long and winding enough to have several good stories in it. For Sarah Colt's film on his life for "American Experience" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Monday TV: ‘Dallas’ and Other Texas Concerns
Even more compelling than the season starting "Who Shot J.R.?" resolution, this season's handling of the death of Larry Hagman, the actor who played J.R. in the original and revived…
‘Girls’ Recap: Coke Is It
Enough of this Brooklyn slacking. Time for Hannah Horvath to get to work! So on Sunday's new "Girls," Lena Dunham's irrepressible character dresses up nice, goes into the self-consciously spiffy office…
Sunday TV: SAG Awards, Hallmark Movie
Dick Van Dyke will win a lifetime achievement award and one of the most interesting awards to TV and movies -- for ensemble work -- will mark The 19th Annual…
Moves Like Levine on ‘SNL’
Adam Levine is one of the rare musicians who have gotten to host "Saturday Night Live." He is also the rare one who has not also been the musical guest…
Saturday TV: More of Judge Goodnight
Luke Perry returns as Old West justice John Goodnight in "Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts" (Hallmark Movie Channel, 8 p.m.), the third incarnation of the series. He plays it lowkey…
Set to Fall: B-Listers in ABC’s ‘Splash’
The new low in reality TV is diving, where already B-level names purposely dive even lower in order to get on network TV. Weeks after a Fox special "Stars in Peril:…