Tuesday TV: ‘Drug Kingpin Hippos’ and Other Pests
Colombia’s Pablo Escobar was an outsized criminal drug lord, with a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion and responsible for the deaths of thousands, including hits on 600 Colombian police.…
Letterman: Fighting the Fatwa with the Funny
Becoming the target of a jihad only played into David Letterman’s careerlong self-deprecating humor Monday. It was a shot in the arm for writers just back from vacation. The jihad…
Soul Songwriting Greats, Stilled
Generations of great soul music were represented by the deaths Monday of two songwriting giants. Jerry Lieber, half of the classic songwriting duo of Lieber and Stoller, died after a…
A Hantz Returns to ‘Survivor’
Russell Hantz swore he’d never go on “Survivor” again. But he never said anything about his nephew. So 19-year-old Brandon Hantz, left, an oil tank crewman from Katy, Texas, is…
Dewey Wins Notice in New C-SPAN Series
Having profiled all the Presidential homesteads and libraries C-SPAN moves this fall into what could have been. A new 14 part series “The Contenders: They Lost the Election but Changed…
Ryan Murphy Upends ‘Glee Project’ Finale
Ryan Murphy made a mark by setting up and exploding his previous TV shows, especially “Nip/Tuck” and he’s put “Glee” on the edge more than once. His upcoming “American Horror…
Monday TV: Suddenly, ‘American Ninja’ Finale
It’s been running all season as one of the most physically demanding reality competitions on TV. But it’s been on the G4 network., where it’s been averaging only about 300,000…
Threats Can’t Stop Letterman’s Drummer Week
Extra security will be posted around the Ed Sullivan Theatre this week and “Late Show with David Letterman,” and not because it’s the second annual Drummers Week. A jihadist hasn’t…
Sunday TV: Finale for ‘Glee Project,’ ‘Same Name’ Yanked
It’s down to Alex, Damian, Lindsay and Samuel in the first season finale of “The Glee Project” (Oxygen, 9 p.m.). The winner gets a seven-eupside role in the Fox show…
Saturday TV: Denzel Thrice, Runaway Trains
Denzel Washington has to stop that darn train in “Unstoppable” (HBO, 8 p.m.), which is not the only crazy runaway train movie on toinght. The other is “Emperor of the…