Monday TV: ‘Dust Bowl’ End, HALO Awards
The other shoe falls on the two night epic retelling of "The Dust Bowl" (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), but not before a plague of grasshoppers, a Woody Guthrie…
‘Homeland’ Helicopter Hostage
What seemed at just a bad secondary story line involving a daughter and a hit and run accident – a left turn right out of second season “Friday Night Lights”…
The Sound of the Dust Bowl
There were spools of dramatic period newsreel film to fill Ken Burns four-hour, two night documentary on "The Dust Bowl," which begins tonight on PBS. All of it, it seems,…
Also on Sunday: American Music Awards, Oprah’s Favorite Things
Seems like an odd time of the year for awards show, but perhaps in an effort to stand out from the pack, here’s the American Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.),…
Chris Christie as Himself on ‘SNL’
Bobby Moynihan got a break this week on "Saturday Night Live" when Chris Christie came in to do his own impersonation of himself, the New Jersey Governor. It had been…
Saturday TV: Coldplay Concert, Yule Films
“Coldplay Live 2012” (Epix, 8 p.m.) features the band on tour for its Mylo Xyloto tour, playing its hits and such. The film is directed by Paul Dugdale, who did…
Three More Fall Series Sink
ABC pulled the plug on two series Friday -- the ambitious rogue sub saga “Last Resort” and the scary series “666 Park Avenue,” while NBC canceled the dim comedy “Partners.”…
Friday TV: Whitney Salute, ‘Top Model’ Finale
The special network programming that winds up November sweeps may seem more suited for Memorial Day than impending Thanksgiving. Networks are putting their money on prime time specials on dead…
Two Acts Cut on ‘The X Factor’
The put-together rap group Lyric 145 and singer Jannel farcia were victims of the double elimination Thursday on “The X Factor.” Lyric 145, who started out so strong, ended up…
Thursday TV: Stones Look Back, Jersey Shore Telethon
The Rolling Stones are marking their 50th year with a handful of concerts and the release today of a new documentary on HBO that they tightly controlled themselves. For “Crossfire…