The First Live ‘X Factor’ Performances for Votes
On the day they announced a second season for “The X Factor,” live performances for audience votes began on season one. It was a fast-moving two hour showcase of 12…
Saturday TV: First College Football Saturday; ‘Get Low’
They’ve been teasing NFL football with preseason games for a month, but college football returns like a sudden midfield pileup. Among the many, many games that kick off the season’s…
Wednesday TV: Blondes on Parade, ‘Top Chef’ in Texas
Blondes battle it out all month on Turner Classic Movies, starting tonight with Marilyn Monroe in “Niagara” (8 p.m.) and “Some Like It Hot” (9:45 p.m.); Jayne Mansfield in “The…
Crowds Boo Arquette Ouster on ‘Dance’
It was all pointing to Nancy Grace’s ouster on “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday. She had the lowest score for the week and the lowest combine scores for the six…
A Great Fall from Fall River
In a town already renown for its basketball, and a family that had its share of stars, Chris Herren was a whiz. He was a once in a generation point…
Tuesday TV: Baseball Gone; ‘Glee,’ ‘New Girl’ Return
The end of baseball means Fox can try to resurrect a season that started well for them. That means the first new episode of “Glee” (Fox, 8 p.m.) in a…
Lake Ahead, Grace Stalls on ‘Dance’
Actress and former talk show host Ricki Lake is slowly pulling away from the pack on “Dancing with the Stars” scoring a 53 out of a possible 60 on two…
‘Today’ Goes Royal on Halloween
How obsessed is the “Today” show with the Royal Wedding, to which they devoted so much time this year? Enough to keep it in mind as their main set of Holloween…
Monday TV: Will Ferrell’s Twain Prize, Halloween
“The Mark Twain Prize” (PBS, 9 p.m.) seems to be less and less about Samuel Clemens and more about who’s available. Hence this year’s 14th annual winner, Will Ferrell, who…
Sunday TV: ‘Allen Gregory,’ Simpson’s ‘Treehouse’
The latest addition to Fox’s Sunday night animation lineup doesn’t look like the others. “Allen Gregory” (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) is the stylishly drawn saga of a super precocious turned pretentious,…