Sunday TV: Finales for ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ ‘Walking Dead’ and ‘Revenge’
It’s finale night for a couple of big shows, and there might be more bodies killed on the third season finale of “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO, 9 p.m.) than the mid-season…
Saturday TV: ‘A Wonderful Life’ Again
George Bailey had a wonderful afterlife. The man who planned a holiday suicide was first saved by an angel and then became just about the only movie character from the…
Neil Young Burning Down the Patriot Center
Neil Young is back on tour with Crazy Horse, and also back using those oversized props of amps, and amp covers, and a giant microphone on stage, a commentary perhaps…
At a House Concert in Mt. Pleasant
I’ve been enjoying knocking around the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood I’ve been living in for about a year. The onetime suburban outpost of Northwest D.C. and terminus of the trolley line…
Friday TV: Cee Lo, Sweet Chariot
It’s the third and maybe last time this week you can see Cee Lo Green perform with the Muppets this week. After duets on “The Voice” and the “Christmas in…
Paige Turns on ‘X Factor,’ Vino Goes Too
She gave one of her most assured performances to date, so of course Rihanna-lookalike Paige Thomas was first to be eliminated from “The X Factor” Thursday night. The two with…
Thursday TV: A Rare Hepburn-Hope Movie
One of the most unusual couplings in film was when Katharine Hepburn starred opposite Bob Hope in the 1956 comedy “Iron Petticoat” (TCM, 8 p.m.) about a romance between a…
A Third Show for Whitney Cummings
She already has two shows on in primetime, but Whitney Cummings, in a desire to get back to something close to standup, and to fulfill a longheld dream, she got…
Wednesday TV: ‘The Hour’ and The Tree
Quality TV drama gets a little dodgy this time a year, with some series ending and others not to start until the new year. Good time for a return of…
New Winner for ‘Dancing with the Stars’
The one finalist on the all-star edition of “Dancing with the Stars” who didn’t have a mirror ball trophy got hers Tuesday, as Melissa Rycroft was crowned “Champion of Champions.”…