Thursday TV: Elephant Freedom, CMT Christmas
David Balding built his whole St. Louis-based circus after his beloved elephant Flora. And though she did a lot of tricks, he realized she would never really be happy until…
Gaga, Grammys and L.L.
Staging a concert to announce the Grammys, as the National Society of Recording Arts and Sciences have done for four years now, all but admits that the most important thing…
Michael Jackson Night on ‘X-Factor’
Michael Jackson’s kids have a dismal life ahead for reasons other than their names -- Blanket, Comforter and Throw Pillow I think is what they are. They also have to…
Tree, Beiber, Both Light Up
Santa Claus hasn’t appeared on the “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” treelighting special in years. But another magical man who can cover a lot of ground in one night did stop…
The Ballad of Herman Cain: The Night I Drove Old Dixie Home
Herman Cain is my name and I served up some pizza plain ‘Til so many calories came, I tore up my bio again In the winter of 95, those who…
Wednesday TV: Concerts for Grammys and Tree
Two concert shows tonight herald upcoming events. Once Grammy nominations were just announced; now they’ve made a big deal for the fourth year running with “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!…
Hating for All
You don't have to have a teenage daughter to hate the new Fox sitcom “I Hate My Teenage Daughter.” Or, as co-creator Sherry Bilsing Graham put it, “I don’t think you…
Donald Faison’s Step to ‘The Exes’
Not so long ago, he was part of the long-running “Scrubs.” So it’s a little surprising that Donald Faison has ended up on the roster of the nostalgia-based cable network…
The Victoria’s Secret Underwear Show
“The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” is as much a tradition of the holiday season as “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” that preceded it by a couple of hours. But it’s…
Remembering Patrice O’Neal
Patrice O’Neal, who died Tuesday at 41, the result of a stroke he suffered last month, was an uncompromising comic who challenged audiences and didn’t mind not being the most…