Monday TV: Mixed Feelings on Dogs, ‘Glass House’
The second unusual documentary from HBO in as many weeks, “One Nation Under Dog” (HBO, 9 p.m.) can’t quite decide what it wants to say about American’s obsession with canines.…
Sunday TV: ‘Falling Skies’ returns, ‘Killing’ Solved
A year ago, it seemed that of the big new Steven Spielberg projects on TV, the big budget broadcast TV dinosaur drama was the big deal, while the lowly alien…
Saturday TV: ‘Blue Lagoon’ Bests ‘Cupcake’
It’s almost a right of passage, albeit a creepy one, that Hollywood thinks it needs to remark “The Blue Lagoon” every generation, so young people can be introduced to the…
Friday TV: Highwire Over Niagara
Walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls has been banned for 175 years. But because the economy is so bad up there, they decided to let one of the Flying Wallendas…
A Sanitized ’41’ for His Birthday
Jerry Weintraub produced his bio film on George H.W. Bush, “41” (HBO, 9 p.m.) as if it were a bouquet. In fact, it was to have been screened for his…
Also on Thursday: The Early Days of AIDS in San Francisco
The epidemic of deaths among gay men in the early 80s was a frightening, unexplained scourge on the burgeoning community of San Francisco, where more than 1,000 people were dying…
Back to Southfork: ‘Dallas’ Returns
Television has had its share of remade shows, retooled for a new generation in a process given the computer-age moniker “reboot.” Some, like “90120” and “Hawaii Five-0,” have done better…
Also on Wednesday: Further FLOTUS, ‘Dream Team’
The First Lady has been on a lot of TV shows lately. The most unusual appearance may be tonight’s on “Restaurant: Impossible” (Food Network, 10 p.m..) in which Michelle Obama…
Tuesday TV: NBA Finals, ‘Thorne’ Start
With the Stanley Cup wrapped up, we may turn our attention to the NBA Finals which begin tonight in Oklahoma City, with game 1 of Heat at Thunder (ABC, 10…
‘American Stuffers’ Canceled
One of the news items inadvertently uncovered while reporting a story about the profusion of “redneck” and “hillbilly” shows for the Washington Post was the revelation that “American Stuffers” won’t…