Thursday TV: ‘Scandal’ Mongering,
Some shows are just bad, others are just hatful. “Scandal” (ABC, 10 p.m.), starring Kerry Washington, left, in a preposterous D.C. caper, is in the latter category. She portrays a…
At Baseball’s Season Opener
The start of baseball season is a day always filled with joy and hope – a triumph over winter and the promise of summer all with the crack of a…
Wednesday TV: New Sitcom, Old Pratfalls
Jessica St. Clair has been in about a million things on TV (including "Samatha Who?" "United States of Tara," "Worst Week," "In the Motherhood," "Notes from the Underbelly," "Sons of…
Handful Sent Home on Two Reality Shows
On a night when another round of primaries failed to knock out any candidates, a bunch of people on reality shows were more easily eliminated. Perhaps that is the appeal…
Tuesday TV: Dam Idea, Results for ‘Voice,’ ‘Dance’ and GOP
There are a lot of contemporary parallels in the huge public project sold in the depths of a depression to get Americans to work and create energy found in the…
Is Katherine Jenkins a ‘Dancing’ Ringer?
It's always a big moment each season on "Dancing with the Stars" the first time a celebrity gets a perfect 10 score from a judge. it usually happens in the…
Don Draper Fails to Sign the Stones
Don Draper wasn't that excited to go out to Forest Hills, N.Y., to see the Rolling Stones. He was doing so as a favor to his client, Heinz Beans, to…
Monday TV: Bios of Two Southern Writers, Championship too
Two Southern women who earned worldwide fame for writing a single novel – and never releasing another – are profiled separately tonight on back-to-back editions of “American Masters” (PBS, 9…
Gillian Anderson’s Miss Havisham
A onetime queen of Sunday night, when she held court on “The X-Files,” Gillian Anderson returns as an ethereal and effective Miss Havisham on a new adaptation of Dickens’ “Great…
‘The Killing’ Returns With a Plan
Cynics will likely take note that the second season of “The Killing” (AMC, 8 p.m.) occurs on April Fools Day. Some viewers felt like they were fooled when the first…