Friday TV: Shakespeare defeats Spartacus
Four hundred years after he was the top of his game, there's still no beating Shakespeare. And a new PBS series is the next best thing to an actual production…
Some Twists for ‘The Office’
"The Office" has been on so long, they're still finding old pranks Jim had elaborately constructed for Dwight years ago that he hadn't found yet. Such was the case in…
Thursday TV: ‘Runway’ Teams, Last ‘Last Resort’
There's a new twist in the 11th season of "Project Runway" (Lifetime, 9 p.m.). the whole time, the designers will divided into two teams and will be judged that way,…
‘Mad Men’ Returning April 7
Here's another reason to long for the spring: the sixth season of "Mad Men" returns to AMC April 7 with a two hour episode directed by creator Matthew Weiner. There's…
New ‘Amazing Race’ Teams Named
Twin brother OB/GYNs, hockey playing brothers, father-son cancer survivors, roller derby moms, a pair of Southern firefighters and two female country singers -- one related to John Wayne, the other…
On Tonight: A Whiz-Bang Look at Drones
Because it's a science show, the approach on "Nova" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) toward drones is more of the gee-whiz, ain't technology cool point of view. While it's interesting to…
Also On Wednesday: Attenborough’s Legacy, Mora Kimora, Atlantans to Avoid
Richard Attenborough celebrates his nearly six decades in nature filmmaking with a three part series on "Nature" (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) that tracks not only his work from…
Tuesday TV: ‘Taste’ of a New Show, Odd Travel
For what started as another "American Idol" copycat show, "The Voice" has certainly been influential in reality TV, inspiring first the dating show variation "The Choice" and now the cooking…
The Inaugural, Max Headroom Style
It felt like I should go down and see the inaugural today since I'm a D.C. resident. But "seeing" is not quite what happened. Amid the crowds, the immense security…
Monday TV: Unfollowing ‘The Following’
Talk about the wrong series for the wrong time. The high budget serial killer yarn "The Following" (Fox, 9 p.m.) features too many rooms of bloody bodies as it tries…