Sunday TV: Breaking World Records and ‘Breaking Bad’
Track and field takes over the 2012 London Olympics (NBC, 7 p.m.) with Usain Bolt taking the 100 meter race Gymnastics finals are scheduled in men’s floor and pommel horse.…
Remembering My Friend Kevin O’Hare
One of the highlights of seeing a lot of terrible concerts over a 12-year period at the Hartford Courant was running into my colleague Kevin O’Hare. Even if we spoke…
Saturday TV: Golden Marilyn Anniversary Amid the Gold Medals
Sunday is the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe, an event that still haunts film history, simply for the shimmering, mysterious beauty she left behind in her films.…
Every Which Way But Wild
In creating the new Nat Geo Wild series, “Animal Intervention,” Alison Eastwood is joined by venom expert Donald Schultz in confronting people who have kept wild animals as pets –…
Friday TV: The Barnes Museum vs. Tarzan
Against the written wishes of Dr. Albert Barnes, who created an amazing personal collection of modern art in his suburban Philadelphia home, the whole museum was moved downtown in a…
Discovery Networks’ Giddy Murder and Bigfoot Searching
It could have been any number of things that suddenly turned things dark at press tour Thursday. The sheer oddball of cable offerings, the creeping effects of two weeks at…
Thursday TV: Russell Brand Takes a Break
It’s the last “Brand X with Russell Brand” (FX, 11 p.m.) in front of a brick wall. Following tonight’s season finale, the showcase for Brand’s rants will be retooled for…
Aaron Sorkin Faces ‘Newsroom’ Foes
My bit of theater at the end of the contentious Aaron Sorkin “Newsroom” panel Wednesday was to echo a key scene in the show’s premiere. I scratched out a sign…
HBO’s Icons of the ’60s: Tippi Hedren, Ethel Kennedy
HBO may have missed out on “Mad Men,” but they had two icons of the 1960s on panels at press tour Wednesday in Beverly Hills. Tippi Hedren, who was plucked…
Wednesday TV: Various International Clashes
So far, the primetime coverage of the 2012 London Olympics (NBC, 8 p.m.) doesn’t seem to stray far from Americans, swimming or gymnastics. But it is fun to place sure…